The herald., 1895-07-11
Nearing the Close of the Orange
Season
WORK OF THE EXCHANGES
The Washington Navel Orange Is Always
in Demand
Protest Of the Northern Fruit Growers
Against the Competitive Auction System
of narketing Fruit

While it is to be regretted that the or
snee crop is not thoroughly cleaned up,
It is satisfactory to note that the market
holds out and oranges still sell through
out the east in spite of the table fruits
raised in. the east and OF the deciduous
fruits now being forwarded i'll large quan
titles from Southern California. Orders
for two cars, at exchange prices, were
received Yesterday form Toledo o.. and
one from the far east. But by the middle
of July shipments will have practically
ceased, and more than half the orange
exchanges have closed their season 8
business. It is estimated by one OF tn Q
eastern experts that since February lst
over 54O0 carloads of fruit have been mar.
keted by the exchanges; OF these so per
cent have been oranges. For the first
time there has been practically no call at
apv price for Seeding and Mediterranean
Sweet oranges and of these varieties over
1000 carloads remain nnpicked. The de-
mand for navel oranges mas peen gfea.esa geatsa
than the supply and at very profitable
prices. A year ago the Orange Growers
Exchanges in Southern California mar
keted about 5000 carloads OF fruit and
there was then particularly good de-
mand for Seeding and Mediterranean
that the orange crop for this year has
brought about 81. $50. 900 to growers. An
other account says that the railway COM
panies will receive about $l,70O, 700 for
transportati on. We shall soon have the
full statistics of the years work IN Or
anges, which will be widely interesting.
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There has been much done during the
last weak in ascertaining the Will OF the
growers and shippers with reference TO
the sale of California fruit in keastern
oities in the open auction rooms. Men
ton has been made of the demand made
by Sacramento river growers In favor OF
for what they buy. Since then meetings
have been held in San Jose. Suisun, Va.
cayjIle. Penryn and other points, in all
of which harmony of sympathy and unan-
unity OF declaration prevailed. Strong
statements of TACT and belief we're adopted
by all the meetings 10 this effect:
Whereas, We learn that the National
Frnit association. Sgobel q Day, New
York agents. and the California Green
and Dried Fruit company, P. Ruhllman
Il Co.. New York agents have established
q rival auction salesroom in New York
against the expressed wishes and the ear
nest protest of the growers, and
Whereas, The continuance OF such rival
auction salesrooms defeats the object of
the growers of bringing all the bidders
under one roof, so that the growers may
enjoy the fullest benefit of free and full
competition among eastern buyers ana
largely forces the fruit into competition
with itself, thereby perpetuating past
evils; be it therefore
Resolved, The we, the growers of San
Jose, Santa Clara and vicinity, assembled
in mass meeting. do hereby pledge our
selves to withhold our support and refuse
to consign our fruits to any shipper. re-
ceiver or auctioneer unless he agrees to
sell our fruits in the union auction sales
rooms approved by the Fruit Growers
and Shippers association.
Resolved. That we call upon all fruit
growers elsewhere to stand by the pledge
taken at the November state convention,
and to lend their fullest support to the
California Fruit Growers and Shippers
association, and to support the union
BalesroUms only.
AS the Pacific Rural Press says: THE
point for which the growers and ship
pers associated with them are striving.
is not that the fruit should be made to
compete with itself for the benefit of the
BUYERS but the buyers should compete for
the benefit Of the fruit. This can only be
done by open auction at one point, and
if the growers will stand together the
buyers will come to it all right if they
want the fruit. 1t is no effort to corner
supply or fix prices. The growers simply
want no interference with the fruit
bringing what it is worth.
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Marsden Mansen, J. L. Maude and r.
g. Irvine, members of the state bureau of
highways, are still on their travels being
this week due in san MateO county. They
are consulting their supervisors and other
county officials about the highways. On
their visits the commissioners undertake
to ascertain he number OF miles of road
maintained in the county and the COST of
the same; what the roads OF the county
have cost during the past ten years and
TO obtain such suggestions and TO give
such as may result In good for the cause
OF good roads IN the state of California.
No doubt many will be surprised when
the report OF the commission shows ere
long what vast sum our bad roads have
cost and how little they are worth. and
when Mr.. Maude reaches Los Angeles
county, which is the portion of the state
assigned to him, we shall be told how to
get good roads for the money spent. And
that information will be as welcome here
abouts as elsewhere.
r. W. Burnham. manager for r. G.
Dun d Co., furnishes the following week.
ly review of local trade conditions:
The leading retail houses report trade
as satisfactory daring the past week and
the month opens with excellent prospects
for midsummer business. The weather
continues cool anu lneTe appears 10 De no
falling off in the multitude that daily
swarms our streets, but for all hat the re.
sorts report a good business.
Jobhing houses have had a good week 8
trade and collections are satisfactory.
Several new oil companies are in the field
and additional capital is being invested
in the industry. We hear Of new manu-
featuring enterprises about starting here
now that cheap fuel is assured. The
clearing house shows gain of As per cent
over corresponding week last year and
our banks report heavy deposits with IN
creasing demand for money IN legitimate
channels but at moderate rates of interest.
Margins in business, however, lave
been reduced to a minimum and merch-
ants must do a large volume of business
to make any headway, leaving but little
more than bare living.
Our landlords are disposed to demand
too large interest on their investments
and it will be happy day for the mer-
chants when the city becomes over built
and landlords are forced to bid for ten
ants.
The city will always have moro mer-
chants than the population demands, but
it would be only fair for the landlords to
contribute their portion toward health
full mercantile condition.
The country towns in Southern Califor-
mia are Keeping we'll up in the procession
and the assessment rolls of the auioin-
ing counties indicate that the entire dis
trict is going ahead.
Only four failures have been reported
in our district so far this month, with
liabilities Of $4,000 and pop,ipa al ccots 80