The herald., 1897-10-21

own for foreign trade An association
that would grade, sort and pack fruit
under common brands would afford
greater facilities for extending the
market.
A vote of thanks was given Mr.
Filcher; the chair asked if there was
any opposition to the matter of organiz-
ing, but there was not a dissenting voice.
and +. M Douglass Of Duarte empha-
sized Mr.. Filcher's points by relating the
experiences of the growers in his section.
On motion of j. b. Lankershim COM
mittee was appointed to draw up plan
toward an organization of deciduous
fruit growers in the noon recess, and the
morning session adjourned to o'clock.
The chair appointed c. c. Thompson,
f. M. Douglass, ]. B. Lankershim, A. P.
Griffith, L. T. Garnsey and J. A. Filcher,
by special and unanimous request, to
serve on the committee for the organiza-
ton.
The afternoon session was opened by
Chairman Sprague, who read, while
waiting for the committee to report, the
following tabulated statement from ].
j. Groom of Ontario on the cost of a.
small cannery:
Amount of labor and material required
to finish cannery ready for machinery,
with a capacity of $4,000 cans per day;
size of main building, 50x5O feet two sto-
ries with addition for bathroom, 24x6O
feet:
Foundatlon Observation-Disclosures. 100
HARDWARE OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 63
LABOR ...........''..'"......... 265
Total Observation-Disclosures. $152S
Tools and machinery .................... 1909
Total cost of plant ...................S3 .S302S
Estimate of cost Of packing 5000 cases of
canned goods:
1901 900 cans, laid down in Southern
California at S21 per 1000. .s252O
250O cases of standards
1850 cases of extras
1850 cases of pie
5000, shook for cases. $500
Nails and making cases................ 100
12O tons of fruit at $40 per ton. ....... 24OO
%, 900 lbs. of sugar at cts............ 1850
Labor at 80 cts. per case on 5000 cases 2500
10000 labels at $3.50 per 1000. 300
insuraHce .'.......'............. 40
Interest for six months at 10 per cent per
annum, $4S475. Total cost, $10,1797o
as follows:
100 cases apricots at $2.65 per case. .s19S7. 80
1900 cases peaches at 81. per case. 4425. 90
250 cases Bartlett pears at $2.95 per
case ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 1890
1850 cases of extra goods
$50 cases apricots at $415 per case. 1887 80
SIS cases peaches at S4.65 per case. 406S. 70
1926 cases Bartlett pears, at s4.15
per case .......................... 5lS. 10
1850 cases pie fruit in 212-lb. cans,
at $2.35 per case. e.................... 2937. 80
Total selling price ................$ SIS, 712. so
Total cost ...................... 1918. 70
Total profit ........................s5 5,532. rs
The committee having meanwhile ma
terialized their report was called for
and was read by l.. T. Garnsey as fol-
lows:
"First-That there shall be central
association called the Southern Califor-
mia Deciduous Fruit Growers exchange,
with headquarters in Los Angeles city.
"Second-That this organization shall
be divided into several districts, each
having its OWN association and its board
of directors, who shall report to the CEN
trail exchange as to the output, produc-
ton and grading Of their fruits; and
such central association shall have the
exclusive control and charge of all sales
from those several exchanges.
"Thrd-That each of the several local
associations should have local can
merry in each district with drying plant
of sufficient size to utilize such fruits as
the local directory may designate and
direct, to be either canned or dried
HEo,,rtb-That n unit of MI m 40 rcti :,
shall be one share of stock to an acre,
from three years Of age or older.
"Fifth-That each member Joining
these local associations shall deliver to
it's exchange their fruit; and no fruit
shall be received at any of the exchanges
except from those who are members of
Sixth-That the members Of the CEN
trail associa tion. shall consist of one men,
ber from each local association.
On motion, the report as whole was
received, and then speeches, limited to
five minutes each, were made by the
various interests and localities repre-
sented, in taking the report, section by
section, and discussing 1t. 1t was ex-
planned that the report was skeleton
only and formed on broad general lines
and salient features to be settled in de-
tail at some future time.
Many valuable suggestions were made
and many more that were wide of the
subject in hand. A letter was read by
Mr. Mills of the experiment station at
Chino recounting the successful result
Of like organization in Butte county,
There was considerable discussion OF the
subject of finances and more on that of
whether the fruit should be received by
the aesocia ton if dried by the individual
are graded; and finally all the sections
were adopted with the exception Of the
fifth, which was voted on to the table.
G. c. Thomson made a vigourous plea
for the organization and cited the
orange growers success, and advised
submitting little individual differences
and throwing the common interests to-
gether Mr.. SpTague earnestly advo-
Gated a serious consideration of the
matter by all, and going about 1t
tarmoniously and systema tically. He
spoke Of the tendency to give the at
tention all to the growing and leaving
out the important maSer of marketing.
and the best way to accomplish the
latter is to get together, to keep to-
gether and protect individually and
mutually.
j. B. Lankershim moved that the
Southern California Deciduous Fruit
Growers association hold regular meet
iuigs the third "Wednesday of each month
at the chamber of commerce, list to be
open for fruit growers who are in sym
pathy with the organization to signify
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