The San Francisco call., 1896-04-09
TO AVERT 4 FRUIT WAR
Resolutions Adopted by a Com
mittee of Growers and
Shippers.
Proposed Effort for the Consolidation
of Three Large Chicago Auc.
tion-Houses.

AT the nineteenth Fruit growers Con-
vention, held in Sacramento in Novem Der
OF last year, committee was appointed
whose duty was to be the taking OF meas
ures for the averting of last seasons fruit
war in Chicago. 1t appears that owing to
undue competition among the wholesale
fresh-fruit dealers in the last-named city
Californian shippers had been obliged to
let their products, though far superior to
any Eastern fruit, go for song more than
once.
The committee met yesterday in the Of
fees of the State Board of Horticulture.
II. Weinstock, president of the California
Fruit Growers and Shippers Association,
presided, Frank II. Buck of Vacaville act
ing as secretary, besides whom were pres
ent: Joseph Martin of the California
Green and Dried Fruit Company, H. A
Fairbanks of the National Fruit Associa-
ton, William Johnston OF Courrland, A.
[. Hatch of Suisun and r. d. Stephens of
Sacramento.
The chairman opened the meeting by
stating that the committee had been doing
its best since its appointment for the es-
tabllshment OF harmony of interest
among fruit growers and shippers and
others interested in the fresh fruit trade,
in order TO avert recurrence of last year s
disastrous fruit war. Their latter efforts
he said, had been directed toward the con-
| solidation under one roof of the three
great fresh fruit auction-houses of Chi
cago. The fact of buyers and sellers being
| in different parts Of the city had, in his
opinion, tendency to demoralize the
m arket, threatening great irregularity and
fiuctuation in prices and lack of concerted
action among traffickers. We're these
auction-houses consolidated this state of
things would be done away with and the
attainment of a liberal, uniform schedule
of prices rendered possible by the cesssa-
ton of needless and harmful rivalry and
lll-advised competition.
Other members of the committee spoke
IN the same strain, after which the follow
ing resolutions were read and adopted:
WHEREAS, At the State Convention of Fruit
growers held in Sacramento, November, 1895,
committee of conference, consisting of seven
growers and shippers, re presenting the various
elements engaged in the fresh fruit trade, were
| appointed, with instructions from the conven-
tlon to harmoniZe existing differences between
shippers and growers, With the view of estab-
nshlng consolidated auction salesrooms in the
various Eastern markets for the sale of Califor-
| MIA fresh fruits and whereas said committee
| OF conference having thoroughly gone into the
matter, ana having found that consolidated
salesrooms established ON neutral ground con-
venlent to the various railroad terminals. in
each CITY are not alone entirely practicable
and desirable, but for tie welfare OF the fruit
interests are i'm perative. Be it therefore
ResOtUed That this committee of conference
90 hereby call upon the California Fruit Grow
ers and shippers Association to establish such
consolidated auction salesrooms, upon neutral
ground, In the various Eastern cities, said
salesrooms TO be under the absolute control of
the california Fruit Growers and Shippers
Association, and made free and open to all
buyers, auctloneers, receivers and shippers of
Caliornla fresh fruits, upon q fair and equit-
able basis to adj, under such rules and reg11Ia-
tlons as the association may establish and be
it further
ResotUed. That this committee of conference,
representing as 1t does the growers and ship
pers OF fresh fruit OF the State of California
hereby earnestly call upon all growers ship
ping In carload lots and upon all cooperative
societies and fresh fruit shipping ompanies
whose names are not yet enrolled to become
members OF the California Fruit Growers and
Shippers Association, and 10 lend their fullest
ana heartlest support 10 said association IN its
enoeaVors 10 carry out the desire of the grow
ers and shippers OF California to establish ana
maintain consolidated auction salesrooms free
and open to all. and to continue the publica-
ton OF daily bulletins tabulating the dailv
shipments OF fruit for the guidance of growers
and shippers.
1t was decided that copy of the resolu-
tons be submitted to the California Fruit
Growers and Shippers Association for
that body's adoption at its meeting next
Saturday afternoon in the Sacramento
Chamber Of Commerce.