The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-01-22
A Continuance of Favorable
Reports.
Members of the Exchanges Remain
in High Hope.
No Change in tn, MARKELL ucky Bald
wins Crop sold fer $4,000.
War on the Middlem IN.
Los ANGELEs, Jan. 81.

that is ready for shipment. at the regular fob.
quotations; 30 say the fruit exchange officials,
and they exhibit lettsrs and kilograms that
corroborats their assertions. If the CHEEKY dis
position of the exchange people is true indi-
sation of the condition of the crop and the
state OF the market, than the situation is in
deed encouraging,
LUCKY BALDwISs CROP.
H. A. Unruh, manager OF X. ]. Baldwin's
Santa Anita ranch, ia authority for the state
ment that Mr.. Baldwin sold this seasons crop
of his $50 acres OF oranges, to the Ratl Fruit
company, for a little over R45 900. This is
about 1870 per acre, and is the largest single
orange transaction reported this season. 1t
was originally stated that Mr.. Bald win re-
ceIved only $50, 900 for his crop. The fiuit is
said to be- in splendid condition.
VERNON ORANGES.
vernon oranges arc displayed both navels
and seedlings, which, II fair samples of the
average run of the crop as represented, show
that the Vernon dlstrc. has better fruit this
year than ever befo raised in that section.
The fruit is swest and Arm and remarkably
free from the smut which has heretofore char
acterized the oranges OF that loislity.
ENCOURAGING REPORTS.
Encouraging reports as to the condition of
the crop continue to bs sacelvod at fruit eS-
change headquarters. Among others received
since Sunday or, the folloaiag;
FAN DIEGO, Jan. 81.
Our fruit good no. injured at all.
8. w. MORGAN.
RivExsIDE, Jan. u.
Careful investigation doei MT dev.lop any
damage thus far in this locality
RIvEEsIDE FRUIT EXCHANGES.
RIvEaaIDE sHIrM .NIs.
The correspondent. Of the As ,ociated Press at
Riverside makes the following report:
Owing to continued heavy rains. ship7ing OF
oranges here has almo-t COMA to 3 h,anlsill
Before the rains but few orA9geI ware eufdti-
emily coiored TO bs fit for oh pmant but eiiice
then the fruit has ripsned SO Rapidly .h4; now
there ara 400 carloads in the valley fit for chip
ment The fruit exchange OH ;lals gay that
just assoon Gs the weather psrmits thsrs will
be shipped from 10 to 20 ca.loadi day 70
date there have been SO carloads shipped,
against 100 the same date last ysss, The nun
beI Of boxes shippsa this Sc lson is ID, 020. The
fruit is hrst-slass. Isij now estimatea that
the total numb,r of cars OF aee5l.ugs this sea-
con wiz fall 500 short Of ths hhipm snts last
year, The number OF cars of nayels Will ex-
coed last yea q crop fully 200 oatloAds.
CHAMPIONS OF TINE zxcHASGEs.
The fruit exchanges have many sbls cham
pi0ns among the members of the country
press. The editor of tho sAnts Aus Blade
a7ows his faith in the exchange 81 ITEM in the
following language:
We have often spoken Of tho orange growsrs'
rn "a at ~ 80
ton for the pnrp3ie OF mailta Mag prlcra, but
for establishing teputaoe brands anl gyslcm.
atzing the marketing OF fruit rs we'll One of
the good effects Of the org .aiz4tiJn has been
shown in the last few weeks. When th9 Flor
ida orange crop was destroyed in the middle OF
great rush OF oraers for Cellfornia fruis was
experienced. The exchange, recognizing That
our oranges were not yet ripe enough to make
O good impression upon tbs trade, Tisely fe-
fused to avail themselves OF this temporary adj
vantage, knowing that 1t would prove pefm.-
nent injury to the orange industry in ihis
state. Consequently thu greltssi OF care W IS
taken to forward only such fruit as was per-
fectly ripe. although many orders had to go
unified. II the orange crop OF southern Cali
fornia had been in the nands Of individual
shippers. it is safe to say that they would not
have exercised this precau,ion TO preserve the
reputation OF our oranges in the eastern mar
ket, but in their easerness to I'll orders aud
reaitzs immediate prohts, they would have
shipped our half ripe fruit without compunc-
ton, thus injurins its reputation aud doing
the industry inealculable harm. the exchange
however, has taken into consideration ths
value of good reputation and reliable brand,
and has pursued policy which chG.noterizes
it for executive ability and sound business
Judgment.
The editor of the Blade helped to organize
one of the first CO. operative fruit asauciations
in Southern California, and presumably knows
whereof he speaks
AwHAcK AT THE MIDDLEMEN.
Mr.. G. ]. Griffith. an extensive orange grower
and one of tho organizers OF the Pioneer Fruit
drowers' association, is one of the strongest
advocates the exchange system has. IL let.
ter 10 THE HERALD he handle, tine middlemen
without gloves. His letter spsaxs ioc itself
Here 1t Is:
Los ANGELES, Jan 81.
To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD:-In your
issue of January 10Th appears statement to
the orange crop, which evidently emanates
from one of that class of human cormOrants
known as iniddlemen or shipping commission
merchants and which is 30 palpably false MS
TO deserve no refutation, locally, ms every. enc
in this section knows that the oranges are not
hurt at all, but the cause which hiss led to the
attempt to give circulation to this report, 80
plainly untrue and go outrAeeous'y injurious
to the leading industry of southern California
Is probably not SO well known, and, ns it Is
Simply putting in Il new dress One of the old
tricks Of these people, whereby they have in
the past fAttened at The expense of the strug-
ghng producer and filled their purses by nearly
production. 1T will no doubt be well to make
known the motive OF this last maneuvar
AS a matter of fact. the middlemen are at
their wits end for a scheme whereby they CAN
handle some of the orange business this season.
The fruit and vegetable growers were so system
atically robbed, year after year by these peo-
pie. by articles and in ways that hare been SO
4 generally exposed as to make repetition super
y fuous, that In pure self-defense, prompted by
righteous indig nation, they have been pushing
the organization, widening the scope Of and
pushing in every way, the fruit marketing as
soc ationf, until, in spite of we'll organized,
strenuous and NEST determined, opposition
good management which S ensSiss ,h ana
Ito handle the orange Gro with profit and sat
tisfaction to the grower, where the middleman
kformerly gave him only Encouragement and
taclual loss. And these associations are grow
ling in number, power, influence and useful
mess daily, for now that the wisdom of their
|ereat on has been so thoroughly proved and
kheir unqualified success in the past season
|has come known, those timtd growers who
Feared to join in the initiation of the. move
bent are fast focking into the associations in
brder to share the great benefits which they
bffer; so that when the time drew near to COM
Hnence MARKETING this Seasons crop, the mid
Htllemen looked over the field and found to
Aheir chsgrin that but u very small portion of
Nhe fruit could be handled outside OF the as
Hociationsa, as the great bulk-more than four
Wths-had been placed in the latters hands
br marketing, and the small amount LETT out.
kde was not sufficient with which to break the
harket nor would 1t pay very well to handle
b little on fair terms.
when 1t is romem bered that the orange crop
\ Southern California ia worth more than
| u, 900. 600 annually and that the middlemen
hve formerly handled this immense volume
business IS they pleased. without regard to
Nstice, right or anything else wherewith the
Nowar Ia connected the MAGNITUDE of the