The record-union., 1897-11-18

to travel and attend to the business
and pay their own expenses, and such
men are scare.
Mr.. Fowler said the great trouble Is
the loose way of doing business. He
knew of scarcely q horticultural socl-
ETY. or club, for instance, that has any
samples of graded fruit to show pur-
chasers. The reason the Fresno Coun-
ty Farmers Club has been successful
is that it is a live body, and went
about its work systematically and in
telIigently He could bring figures to
show that its action in regard to rails
ins has saved the growers of the State
SI000OO this year alone. AS 1t IS to-
day, the horticulturiSts of this state
are held together by a rope of sand.
Their only salvation is to organize, and
to do it Systematically and judiciously.
Professor Childs said the Grange had
done some good in Santa Clara, but
had been hampered by lack of money
Many members Of the Grange object
to the Farmers Clubs, thinking they
will injure the Grange, and that it
can do all the work the clubs propose
to do.
PRESENTED NO PLAN.
port it had been requested to make on
plan of organization.
| Mr.. Stephens said that the mem
bers of the committee We're not willing
! to stand the responsibility of formu-
lating g plan of organization, but felt
! that the matter of finding a foreign
| market for dried fruit should receive
| immediate attention from the conven-
ton. He did not think the subscription
would have to be raised by the fruit
| growers of the State, as he was salts
| fed that there We're number of busi-
ness firms in Sacramento and elsewhere
who Will subscribe literally to the pro-
| posed fund. 1t is a vital subject and
cannot wait for a meeting of the Legis-
| lature and an appropriation. He would
like to hear from Mr. Weinstock on the
subject.
A PRACTICAL BEGINNING.
Mr.. Weinstock said he was heartily
in sympathy with any organization that
would help the fruit growers He did
not think, however, that any organiza-
! ton of fresh fruit growers could be
successful, and that experience showed
that they had not been. With dried
fruit an organization was all right, and
had done much good. The committee
had evidently come to the same con-
clusion, judging from it's report, which
declined to present a plan. He was
satisfied that Mr. Stephens had gone
| into the matter thoroughly, and he is
an active, ar-seeing man. He evident
ly thought it was not practicable.
Mr.. Fileher had shown yesterday
| hot
eign market for our dried fruit. by the
| expenditure of only $4,000 at the Ham
| burg Exposition If $4,000 can do so
much, what could not a larger amount
do in bringing to the attention of 9TH
er nations our fruit products? He felt
it would be mistake to wait and de-
pend en- an appropriation being made
by the Legislature 1t would be a
fatal loss of time and would meet with
strong opposition and a charge of spe-
| clal legislation, and not for the benefit
of the people at large. He believed that
those who were to benefit by the raising
OF the fund should subscribe the money.
| believing this, he had this morning
called together his business associates
and laid the matter before them. stat
ing that the matter was an important
one, and that he believed that it should
be acted on Immediately, while the
| convention was in session. and the sub
ject under discussion. He asked them
II they would agree that the firm should
contribute 5000 toward the raising of
Si0,JO0 for the purpose of placing our
DRIED fruit products on exhibition in
foreign lands, and they had unanimous
lily answered yes
lie had therefore prepared a subscrip-
tfon paper for signatures to a fund. con-
dluoned on raising the full amount and
took pleasure in making his signature
the first. The result would depend
largely on the action taken at this time
and would largely influence the success
OF the subscription and hoped that all
the members would subscribe whatever
they felt able, little or much, and work
for it earnestly after they went home
He felt that if the fund was raised
soon and the exhibits placed properly
they would be before long shipping
dried fruit. not only by the hundred
carloads but by the thousand
Mr. Weinstock was greeted with a
hearty round of applause as he made
| the announcement of the subscription
and the paper was placed upon the
SecTetary's desk to allow further sig
natures TO be appended to it.
The convention then took a recess