The record-union., 1896-05-08
EASTERN FRUIT AUCTIONS.
Everything Points to Harmony This
Season.
What II. Weinstock Has to Say OF
the Results of His Eastern
Visit.

The reports received from the East by
telegram last week announcing that
all the parties concerned In the matter
of the sale of California fruits hao
agreed upon a plan for daily union auc-
ton sales. are confirmed by ii. Weln-
stock. President of the California Fruit
growers and Shippers Association,
who returned from New York on Iues-
day. ;.
When asked Yesterday as to the result
of his negotiations in the Eastern cities
Mr. Weinstock referred the reporter 10
the following statement which he had
prepared for publications:
HIS MISSION.
At the last meeting of the California
Fruit growers and Shippers Assocla-
ton held in Sacramento April 18th, at
which were represented practically 100
per cent of the fresh fruit shipping IN
terests, a resolution was UNANIMOUSLY
adopted that a consolidated auction
salesroom, free and open to all buyers,
auctioneers and receivers, be estab-
Gshed in the cities Of Chicago, Boston,
and New York and l was delegated to go
East at once for the purpose of putting
this resolution into effect
l spent three days in the city of Chi
cago and brought together the Chicago
receivers and auctioneers, and While at
the start there seemed to be an under
current of opposition to the movement,
the final sentiment was that the idea
should receive a thorough test the COM
ing season.
AS it was not possible in that city to
get all the shippers and receivers to
agree upon routing their fruit upon any
one railway, some favoring one line and
some another, an outside auction sales
room was selected on neutral ground,
located midway between the two prin-
cipal railway terminals.
AT CHICAGO.
The plan in Chicago will be for the
buyers each morning to visit the rail-
way terminals, examine the fruits on
exhibition there, mark their catalogues
and then all will assemble within the
consolidated auction salesroom, where
the fruit will be sold in one continuous
sale.
A system of rotation has been estab-
lished whereby all receivers will be put
upon absolutely an even footing. The
plan being one of rotating the sale by
receivers and by cars. For example:
To-day Receiver A will sell first; to-
morrow Receiver B will sell first, A
going to the bottom of the list, and SO
on Now comes the rotating of cars.
To-day, A being first, one of his cars
will be the first to be solo, then one of
BIS cars will be sold; then one of Cs
and so on, until one car of each re-
ceiver's fruit has been disposed Of
Then second car of AS will be offered;
then a second car of BIS. and so on, until
rha n aNrfS- Of ,-,.i oIxy
sold.
To cover the rental of this outside
salesroom a charge of 50 per car will be
made and deducted by the auctioneer
from the receipts and RENTED to the
California Fruit-growers' and Shippers
Association. which has absolute control
of the salesroom and in whose name the
premises have been leased. The
SITUATION IN NEW YORK
AT the start was somewhat more COM
pick than in Chicago. 1 found in New
York a very pronounced opposition to
the movement on the part of some of the
receivers. though the trade itself-and
by that l mean the buyers-were, so to
speak, unanimously in favor of con-
solidated salesroom, as was made mani
fest by a petition signed by practically
all the leading buyers, setting forth the
facts that the existence of two auction
salesrooms made the business of deal
ing in California fruits Improbable to
them, first, because they were COM
PEELED to have representatives at each
sale, and second, because two sales
going on at the same time destroys uni
formity of price-uniformity of price
being essential to doing business at
profit.
SGOBEL & DAY
The receivers who opposed the move
ment finding, however, that both buy
ers and growers demanded a fair trial
OF a consolidated salesroom, finally
agreed to give it a test. Sgobel & Day
who are one of the largest receivers not
in favor of the movement, placed them
selves on record, however, in this con-
nection in a communication addressed
to me, dated April 18th, in which,
among other things, they write as fol-
lows:
I'VE desire 1t distinctly understood
that we have gone into this union auc-
tion-room owing to the pressure that
has been brought to bear on us to give
the matter a trial, and not because we
believe it Is the true way to handle
decfduous fruit in this market, for rea-
sons thoroughly ventilated of late" Fur
Their, they say: I'VE also wish to say
we go into this to give 1t trial, and
we shall do our utmost to make it a.
success"
Sgobel & Day, In the foregoing ex-
preston, practically voice the senti-
ment of the other New York receivers
who oppose the movement. / believe it
Is a clear case of an honest difference
of opinion as to methods, and 1 believe
that these gentlemen are sincere when
they say that, despite the fact that
they do not consider the consolidated
plan the true way, yet they propose to
do their utmost to make it a success
and / am sure that they will leave
nothing undone to give the consolidated
plan a
FAIR AND HONEST TRIAL.
IT had been the intention of some Of
the shippers to send their fruit over the
Erie Railway. and some to send their
fruit over the West Shore, to New York