The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1895-11-06

for all the producers to combine and
see that only one consolidated sales
room is maintained in each city. This
will prevent California fruit from being
| brought into competition with itself,
thus cutting down the price realized to
the great loss of the producer. He had
found that the New York buyers would
prefer only one auction room and said
that they could make more when fruit
was high than when it was low.
He offered a resolution, therefore,
that it is imperative therefore that the
sales OF California fruit be sold in con-
solidated salesrOomS open to all corners,
that a room should be selected in New
York, easy of access to the different
railroad lines, and open to all buyers,
and that a common terminal of rail-
roads be selected in Chicago where all
shippers can send their fruit and that
! al fruit be sold there, free access be-
! ing given to Ell buyers.
! : motion being made to adopt the
resolution, Mr. Weinstock suggested
that. as there were some who did not
arree with him they should be in
vited 10 present their views to the con-
vertion that the matter may be fully
discussed
Nr. Notheral said the subject was the
most important ore that will come be
fore the convention and should be
coolIy and carefully considered. He
moved that a committee Of three be
appointed to consider the paper and
report on it.
F s. Sprague of Antelope Valley
favored an immediate discussion of the
paper by the convention, in order that
ali mieht hear and understand the
value OF the opposing reasons
The discussion of the resolution was
taken 10 and C. J. Berry asked Mr,
Weinstock if one terminal point open TO
| both roads could be secured in New
York for a consolidated auction room.
| Mr.. Weinstock said that the opinion
! Of the commission men was that the
conditions which were possible in chi
cago were not possible in New York,
as the space of the Erie and Lake
Shore roads is too Vaiua bic for them 10
receive each others. frult. lie thousLt
! the best plan would be to allow the
| fruit to remain on the pier and let buy
| ers INSPECT it there and then go TO
| consolidated auction room and bid on
| it all
r w. Armstrong of Auburn read
letter from SgObel & Day of New ofk
! of the opposition auction house, giving
reasons why in their OPINION the con
! soIi1ated auction room is impractlcable
| in New York, as the sales would take
| TOO long. taking about twelve minutes
to the car. and interfere with the lemon
sales.
| Mr.. Weinstock in return read letters
! from a number of dealers in opp ION
| TO Mr.. Days position, stating that d
carload could be sold on an average IN
! . bo1lt seven minutes. 4 question beng
| asked as to whether concessions or re-
| bates had not been made to the oppoS-
| ing firms in New York by either of the
roads he said that he had inVeStl-
gated the matter as far as he was able,
and could ascertain nothing to JUSTIFY
| the suspicion. In regard TO the OPPOSE
| ton auction-TOom in Chicago, ne sara
that if was started by the large deal
ars because the association refused to
| shut out the peddlers and huckSters OF
| fruit from bidding at the auction Iney
| found out however, that the huckSterS
stuck TO the original auctlon-room ana
were developing into wholesale men
/ themselves and taking away the busl-
ness of the opposition firms, while CIV
| ing better prices to the producer.
| Mr.. Berry said that he had been a
fruit auctioneer and knew that he could
sell carload of fruit in less than
| twelve minutes. The fruit could, as
| Mr.. Weinstock had stated. be sold much
| earlier in the day than it is
| Abram Block OF Santa Clara said that
too much IS left to the agents. II Is NOT
what the agent wants TO Go or not TO DO,
! if IS what the grower wants to DO The
agent is the growers servant, ana II he
| will not do what he is instructed TO Go,
! someone can be found who will do it.
| He favored the appointment of COM
| mittse from each side TO consider the
question and then let the grower de-
! eide what he wants.
J. Rutter of F'lorin thought it was
time for the growers to act for them
selves The large shipping houses have
henn very expensive luXuries to the
growers. and he advocated doing
without them. He favored CONSOLE
dated auction-roOms.
Motheral said it was impossible at
present for the growers to send their
| own agents East to sell their fruit, but
| it was evident they must change their
system Of selling it. He favored the
| resolutions of Mr.. WeinstOck and hoped
that the growers would make one last
grand effort to unite and determine
that their fruit shall not be brought
into competition with itself.
a grower said that there is great
competition from Oregon and Washing
ton. which sometimes makes a glut in
tho market. The competition of auc-
,ion-houses would be a curse, which
must be abolished.
The question was put on the resOlu-
ton and It was adopted unanimously.
A resolution indorsing the California
Fruit Growers and Shippers AssOcia-
tion and commencing its officers for
their efforts in behalf Of the growers
was passed before the convention ad-
ioIrned till to-day.