The record-union., 1897-11-17

( twelve years ago, this subject was first
discussed and the danger of competition
as amongst ourselves clearly pointed out.
At every convention since that time this
subject has become more and more inn
portant until it has become one of great
alarm Our success, our prosperity depend
upon the distribution That our present
condition was foreseen is apparent from
the essays and remarks of various fruit
growers during the past ten years. NO
solution no general plan has been pre-
Sented that effected united method Satls-
factory to all the fruit growers: 1t mas
been stated on this floor at the last con-
vention that such thing is impossible
If we accept this view then the final So
luton resolves itself into the survlVal Oh
the fitteSt." If we cannot unite on some
method that will combine all the fruit pro-
ducts then we should seriously discourage
any further fruit tree planting FUR
chasers will not enter the market so long
as individuals resort to the consignmenI
plan. If no purchaser presents hlmsef
for the product Of an orchard, the owner
will surely collect his fruit and forward II
to some market in the hope at least OF get
ting something.
If you will permit me will make com
parison as to the best use or the vacant
lands under present conditions. A state
ment of the net result of sugar beets
grown in San Benito County and sold 70
the Watsonville factory, crop of the tan
and winter of 1896, was published IN the
Rural Press of May Is, 1897, as follows:
Result from 23S acres, net proceeds, ~
102 47, or nearly $40 per acre, not counting
the rental value of the land. At Los All
mitos. twelve miles northwest of Anaheim
in Los Angeles County. where beet
sugar factory has just been started, a
community of over 600 people was settled
in the beet growing industry before the
factory was completed. No such prosper
ity has been enjoyed by fruit-growerS IN
the past few years. Therefore until bet
ter methods of distribution of fruits can
be assured we should discourage further
tree planting.
Adulteration of Food Products.-This is
a great source of loss to the fruit-grower
and greater source of danger to the con-
! sumner. 1t has been shown by the Board OF
Health of San Francisco that the bulk or
jellies for sale ON the market were spur
ious. The lemon, orange, raspberry, black,
berry. strawberry and currant jellies did
not contain a particle of the fruits named.
The so-called We're composed of glucose
and dyes and other stuffs that were injuri-
Gus None examined were pure. Some,
however. did have a portion of the fruits
so-named. All of you | presume have
read of the bogus brandies being shipped
out of the State. While the cost of pure
brandy is from s. to $40 a gallon and higher
according to age, the bogus substitutes
are produced from raw corn whisky. burnt
sugar. molasses and dangerous haVors ana
coloring matter at about 40 cents. Pure
blackberry brandy, q valuable medicine, is
substituted by cheap wine f1avors, poisons,
etc These substitutes cause such depre-
citation of values of the pure article that
the latter cannot be produced without
loss. If this business is allowed to con-
tinue we might as we'll root out our trees
and vines and DESTROY our berry patches
and depend upon the laboratory to supply
the markets with foods This substitution
of glucose and poisonous dyes with fayOrS
necessary to produce a somewhat similar
taste for the fruit is simply criminal, while
We have thousands of tons of the luscious
article going to waste. We have a good
pure food and drug law Tt needs, how
ever. an amendment, as no provision was
made for its enforcement. therefore rec
onmend that a committee he appointed TO
prepare an amendment and submit 1t to
the next fall convention It appears to me
that a commission should be appointed
with the necessary appropriation TO en-
force the law: also that in addition to the
fines, imprisonment, as suggested by Pres
ident Jordan of the Leland Stanford, Jr.,
University. at the Pure Food Congress. be
considered. ! trust that every fruit
grower will appoint himself or herself a
committee OF one to agltate fhls question;
We will have to create a public sentiment
and TO show TO the consumers how they
are deceived in many of the foods they
purchase / recommend also that this
Congress to pass an interstate food and
drug law. similar to the one that passed.
the Senate March 9, 1892.
call your attention to the coming
Worlds Fair, to be held at Paris in 1909
1t will be golden opportunity for Cali
fornia TO exhibit her products 1t will be
our best advertisement to enable us to sell
our fruits in European markets, in fact, in
ali markets that it is possible for us to
reach. 1t will advertise our products
amongst a class of our own people who
know so little of what America is produc-
ing, that they purchase only goods decora-
ted with foreign labels. We ought to make
our best showing very liberal appro-
priation should be made by the State at
the next Legislature We can if we are
united make showing that will establish
our ability, our superiority over and above
any State or country the world has ever
seen. I recommend that this convention
appoint a committee of five members to
confer with the members of the California
State Board of Trade and committee OF
other bodies that have been appointed to
consider California's exhibits. The dis
coveries of gold in Alaska in Trinity
County and other places viii attract the
world TO California. VIII we take advan-
tage of this opportunity and profit by it =?
NV attention was called Yesterday at
the board meeting to the fact that many
counties in the State have not County Hor-
ticultural Commissions