The San Francisco call., 1897-11-17

who are in attendance here to-day, there
need he no feelings OF doubtful concern.
Tney look like business, they talk bu-i-
ness ana they transact business. The
facility and speed which mark their pro-
ceedings would serve as a very profitable
lesson 10 the u en- bers of tho State Sen
ate, who waste more time in one day
than these fruit-growers would in six. In
his address opening the convention Presi-
dent Ellwood Cooper said:
This is the twenty-frst Fruit-Growers' Con-
Vention and the seventeenth held under the
state Board Of Horticulture. IL was recon-
Inended al the last convention that this one
be held at Redding. On examination OF the
rsilro time Ia BILE we found that on account
Of the incouvenlent hours al ong The route and
the impossi blltty OF securing sleeping-car
tickets for all that might want 10 attend, 1t
was not wise to select that place for the pres
ent. We hope. however, that in the early tu-
ture these objections will be removed.
As 10 outlining the subjects of the work OF
the convention, must refer you TO the pro-
Rramme. / viii omit general remarks, as mas
been my usual custom at the opening OF the
conventions, and refer you u the addresses OF
1895 and 1896 as relating TO the subjects OF
ms SpectiOn laws, tramp danger ard appropr1a-
tioHH. The subject OF appropriations Will be
deferred until the convention of Move M ber,
1888 and the investigation of parasites has
been so fully treated that l will in this in
sta CO only mention that nearly all Opposi-
tion in the southern part of the State has dis
appeared. and growing interest is manifest
In every locality. People teel that the only
security IRON the rRes OF pests will be in
parasites and that no effort should be spared
IN prosecuting thls WORK. Inc poncy OF the
States encouraging the fruit industry, as
demonstrated by what the German Govern
mept has been doing. has proved the far
sighted wisdom OF that nation in what 1t did
70 encourage the manufacture OF beet sugar
In the year 1896 the United States imported
500 000, 900 value in sugar. Ninety millions
of that sum was paid TO Germany for beet
sugar. while we had vast areas uncultivated
and thousands OF able bodied men without
work. This condition Is q disgrace to our in
telltgence, and reflects favorably upon the
wisdom OF the German people Tor the money
they expended III various ways TO encourage
that INDUSTRY.
The olive industry will be fully considered
when this subject comes u on the morning of
the lStn, laid down on the programme.
The all-imDortanl ard the one great ques Il on
that concerns US is the distribution OF our
fruit IN November. 1885, twelve years ago,
this subject was first discussed and the danger
OF conn petition as among ourselves clearly
pOiIeted out. At every convention since that
me TINS subject has become more and more
IN poftani. unth IT has become one OF great
alarm. Our success, our prosperity, depend
upon the distribution. That our present con-
dillon was foreseen is apparent from the es-
says and :emarks OF various fruit-growers
during the past ten years. No solution, no
general plan, has been presented that effected
a united method satisfactory TO ali he fruil-
growers. 1t has been stat d on this floor at
the last convention that suca thing is i'm
possible. Il we accept this view, then the
finnl solution resolves Itself into The survival
OF the ittest." II we cannot unite on some
method that Will combine all the fruit-pro-
dueers then we should seriously discourage
any further fruit tree planting. Purchasers
will not enter The market so long as indi-
viduals resort 10 the assignment plan. II no
purchaser presents himself ior tue product oil
nn orchard, lhe owner VIII surely collect his
fruit and forward 1t 10 some market in the
hope, at least. Of getting something.
II you viii permit me, viii make com
parison as 10 the best use OF the vacant lands
under present conditions statement OF the
net result of sugar beets grown in San Benito
County and sod to the Watsonyiue factory,
crop OF the fail ana winter of 1896. was pub
lshed IN the Rural Press of May, 1897, as fol
lows:
Result from 23s acres. net proceeds,