The record-union., 1896-04-12
EVERYTHING IS HARMONIOUS.
Success Of the ruit-GrOWerS' and Ship
perS' Association Secure.
Plans Are Thoroughly Matured. and
81. Weinstock Goes East to Es-
tablish Auction Rooms.

tablish Auction Rooms.
A meeting Of the California Fruit
Growers and Shippers Association was
held yesterday at the office OF the
Chamber of Commerce. Among thoSe
present were: W. ]. Wilson, Newcastie;
F. H Buck, vacaville; A. Block, san
Jose; H. A. Fairbanks, Sacramento; N.
r. Salisbury, Sacramento; ]. T. Staoler,
Yuba City; E. T. Earl, Sacramento; H.
D. Stephens, Sacramento; H. P. Stabler,
Yuba City; James Martin, San Jose; A
T. Hatch, Suisun; 2. Anderson, San
Jose; Henry Armbrust, Stockton; j. A.
Webster, Vacaville: A. Anderson, Sui
sun.
President Weinstock presided
The resolutions passed by the Com
mittee of Conference appointed at the
Fruit-Growers' Convention last fall,
which met in San Francisco last Wed
nesday, were taken up. They are as
follows:
Whereas, At the State Convention OF
Fruit growers held in Sacramento, No
vember 49, 1895, Committee of Confer
ence, consisting of seven growers and
ments engaged in the fresh fruit trade,
were appointed. with instructions from
the convention to harmonize existing
differences between shippers and grow
ers, with the view of establishing con-
solidated auction sale rooms in the va
rious Eastern markets for the sale OF
California fresh fruits; and whereas,
said Committee of Conference having
thoroughly gone into the matter, and
having found that the consolidated
salesrooms established on neutral
ground convenient to the various rail-
road terminals in each city are not
alone entirely practical and desirable,
but for the welfare Of the fruit interests
are imperative; be 1t therefore
Resolved, That this Committee OF
Conference do hereby call upon the
California Fruit-Growers' and Shippers
Association to establish such consoli-
dated auction SalesroOms upon neutral
ground in the various Eastern cities,
said salesrooms to be under the abso
lutte control of the California Fruit
Growers and Shippers Association,
and made free and open to all buyers,
auctioneers, receivers and shippers of
California fresh fruits upon a fair and
equitable basis to all under such rules
ard regulations as the association may
establish; and be it further
Resolved, That this Committee Of
Conference. representing as 1t does the
growers and shippers Of fresh fruit of
the State Of California, hereby earnest
ly call upon all growers, shippers in car
load lots, and upon all cooperative So
cieties and fresh fruit shipping COM
panies whose names are not yet enrolled
to become members Of of the California
Fruit Growers and Shippers Associa
ton, and to lend their fullest and heart
lest support to said association in it's
endeavors to carry out the desire Of the
growers and shippers OF California to
establish and maintain consolidated
auction salesrooms free and open to all.
and to continue the publication Of
daily bulletins, tabulating the daily
shipments of fruit for the guidance Of
growers and shippers.
A long discussion followed the putting
of the question on their adoption.
A. Block, the veteran fruit-grower of
Santa Clara, favored the resolutions
strongly and said he hoped if there was
any opposition to them, that 1t would be
expressed now.
Frank H. Buck of Vacaville was
strongly in favor of their adoption It
meant, he said, that the association
should establish its own auction sales
rooms. have its own auctioneers and
select the railroads over which fruit
should be shipped. The fruit growers
will have absolute control over their
products and he could see no valid OBJ
jections to be urged against it. He
hoped that any objections entertained
by anyone against it would be made at
this time. so that If the idea was bad
one, it could be abandoned.
n. r. Salisbury. representative of Por-
ter Bros, declared himself heartily in
accord with the resolutions and said
he would do all in his power to carry
them out, IL adopted.
Henry Armbrust Of Stockton was also
in favor Of it, as was z. T. Earl, of the
Earl Fruit Company. who said his COM
pany would support them heartily.
Alden Anderson of the Suisun Fruit
Growers Association, w. j. Wilson of
Newcastle, ]. z. Anderson of San Jose
and others expressed themselves to the
same effect
II. P. Stabler of Yuba City said that
If there was any money In shipping he
wanted to ship, and he was therefore In
favor of the resolutions, as were the
growers Of Sutter County. He believed
that the action Of the association was
directly in favor Of the small shipper
Mr.. Fairbanks said that what he
wanted was that matters should be ar
ranged so that all could be on an
equality. and the proposition made
seemed to him to be In that direction,
and therefore he was in favor of 1t.
STEPHENS OPPOSES 1T.
r. ID. Stephens said that his idea was
that the proper way to do was to start
fair; to be honorable and honest in all
dealings. and not to deceive people. He
would attack the resolutions on that
ground Last November the Chairman
and he had a tilt over this same matter
II the association starts out to misrep-
resent matters, 1t would be we'll to
watch 1t all along the line, for If it
VIII deceive in one thing 1t will in
others. He quoted from the proceedings
OF the convention last fall, and said
that the resolutions referred to were
passed on one day and annulled on the
next, and the subsequent action con-
trolled on 1t. For that reason, the sem
timent expressed In the resolutions is
misleading.
Mr.. Buck had stated that the fruit
growers would have absolute control
over their fruit and, SC far as able the
principles contained in the resolution
would be enforced. He thought the gen.
tlemen who prepared the resolutions did
not intend to mislead, but they were La
ble to land the association somewhere
that had not been contemplated