The herald., 1895-03-21

| the means of doing business in the easiest
/ and best way, and success is assured.
| Mr.. Adams then went into the uetalis OF
| the organization OF the Santa Clara ex-
| change and the drying associations. their
| methods, pointing out the advantages
! which had resulted. The expense, he
| sal |. was about SIS per acre for the dry
| ing associations, and $3 to 70 an acre for
| the Santa Clara exchange. MIR. Adams
closed by advocating that the state frult
! ters. as the fruit growers desired, leaving
| each locality to push its own sales and
| handle its own business. again emphaslZ-
| ing the Iact that no extensive movement
| can be carried on without money. AS
| matter of economy he would suggest that
| this should be done. but he urged above
everything else that something be done at
once Not to pass resolutions and go
away, but to agree on what you want 10
do. put some man in charge VINO VIII
| carry out your plans, and furnlsh the
! means for this purpose
At the conclusion of Mr.. Adams re-
marks, which were warmly applauded,
the chairman announced the following as
the committee on organization PROVIDED
for earlier in the session: Los Angeles
county, l.. II. Gallup. Pomona; San Ber-
nardino county, z. NJ. Dyar. Ontario;
Riverside county, A. J. Pulse, Riverside;
Orange county, H. Hamilton, Orange;
Ventura county, II. H. Cloud, West Sati-
coy; Santa Barbara county, L. A. Carey,
Carey.
Chairman Collins then stated that some
preliminary expenses had been incurred
which it was necessary to meet. These
included the expenses OF MIR. Adams, who
had been invited to address the meeting.
and who had come from his home IN the
northern part of the state for this pur-
pose, postage. printing, ETC.
A contribution of one dollar each was
thep IA kep m after which recess was
taken until l 80 O clock
Before this was done. however, on mo-
ton, the executive board of the Southern
California Fruit Exchange was invited to
be present during the afternoon and G. Z.
Thompson was appointed as the represen-
tative to convey the invitation.
At the afternoon session an informal
discussion of the question as to whether
or not cooperation was desirable ana
profitable among growers was held, ana
the general opinion advanced was that
it was.
Mr.. Thompson of Pasadena, a member
of the board of directors of the California
Fruit Exchange, took the position that
cooperation among fruit growers was all
essential, and that although 1T was dlfh-
cult to obtain, it must be had or certain
ruin was inevitable. He claimed that the
first few carloads of fruit that were con-
signed early in the season established the
price for the entire season. Shipments
must be controlled and regulated. The
work done by the orange growers asso-
Citations demonstrated that cooperation
was profitable. Buyers offer prices above
association prices for the purpose of dis
rupting the very organizations through
which prices had been enhanced. The
fruit growers must act and unite for their
own protection. In the past he had
thought at times that the fruit growers
were the biggest fools in the world: But
,s,.l,, MT
among them to manage their own busi-
ness. He did not believe in perfecting. an
organization for the purpose of putting
any fancy or exorbitant price ON any
colnmomdity. All that fruit growers
wanted was a reasonable price. The con-
fruit. Apricots that the dryer received
or cents for here were sold on the
market to the consumer Tor 30 and 80
cents. The industry was developing
rapidly, Mr.. Thompson said, and If now
the deciduous fruit grower could not pro-
tect himself and get fair price for his
product. what could he expect to do when
the industry had grown and become five
times as great and important as is was
now?
The committee on organization and
plan of action reported as follows:
Resolved By this convention of de-
ciduous fruit growers of Southern Califor-
mia:
First-It is advisable that the decidu-
Gus fruit growers of the state be organ
lied into local associations for drying and
selling, or for selling only. the fruit of
their members similar to those in opera
ton in this and other parts OF the state.
Second-For the sake of efficit ncy and
economy it is advisable to make use OF |
the existing citrus organizations for selling |
purposes, SO far as may be possible and |
mutually profitable.
Third-The local organizations when |
formed should cooperate with growers in |
other parts of the state, through the |
medium of the California Fruit Exchange. |
Fourth-The expediency of establishing |
a distinctive Southern California organiza- /
ton through which to cooperate with the |
state exchange is a matter to be de- |
termined after local organizations are |
formed.
Fifth-For the purpose OF formulating |
the formation of local organizations |
committee of three shall be appointed at
this time, who shall proceed to organize |
local associations throughout Southern |
California, and to employ some suitable |
person for that purpose, with the under
standing that the general expense OF the
incurred under this author
itv shall be refunded by pro rata tax on
ali the fruit handled by the cooperative
societies.
Sixth-We recognize the necessity of
financial support of the California Fruit |
Exchange, and request each local asso-
citation to do in that matter, whatever
in other parts of the state my !
do.
The report of the committee was consid-
cred and discussed by clauses and
sections.
The first clause was read and Mr.. Sherer
moved to am end it SO as to include the
driving and selling of the fruit. He
pto the Df the OrOanlZatiOn
Mr.. Adams related the experince of
some Sonoma county growers who in 1882
formed cooperative canning company.
The experience was disastrous
and very expensive to all the
stockholders, who lost all their fruit and
more too, because the association
attempted to do too much. He was in
favor of limiting the scope of the associa-
tions about to be formed and then they
could not be led into deep water.
Mr.. Sherer still held to the idea that it
was not wise to limit the scope of the To-
cal associations.
Mr.. Johnson held to the opinion that it
was best to formulate general charter
under which the local associations could
be formed all on the same lines. Then it
would be an easy matter to secure unity
of action. Unless the province of the To-
cal associations was well defined and dis
tinctly outlined there would be no such
thing as united action.
After some further discussion the first
clause was adopted, the understanding