The herald., 1897-11-01
ANNUAL FALL MEETING
Fruit Growers and Shippers Associa
ton Of Southern California

A meeting composed of all the lead
ing fruit packers and shippers, together
with representatives from various
orange growers associations, met Sat
urday to effect permanent organiza-
ton from the present organization
known as the Fruit Growers and Ship.
pers' Association Of Southern Califor-
nia."
The meeting was well attended from
every district, and two delegates from
the Redlands Horticultural club were
present. A permanent organization was
effected with the following officers
elected to direct the affairs of the or
ganization: President, A. ]. Hecht.
man of Porter Bros. company; vice pres
ident, +. P. Fay of the Fay Fruit com.
pany; treasurer, W. Il. Cronemiller OF
the Fart Fruit company; secretary
Marshall v. Hartranft Of the Fruit
World.
An executive committee of eleven
members were elected to look after the
matter of trade abuses and particular;
the rejection abuse. This committee Is
now composed Of Edwin T. Earl Of the
Earl Fruit company, A. J. Hechtmar
isbury of Allen Bros. company, Nathan
w. Blanchard of Santa Paula, Major E
F. c. Klokke of the Placentia Fruit as
sociation, w. G. Fraser of the Airing
ton Heights Fruit company, E. s. Moul-
ton of Moulton & Greene, l.. G. Haight
Of the Haight Fruit company, z. M.
Lyons Of I. L. Lyons & Sons, F. b. De-
vine of Devine & Kincel, and F. p. Fay
Of the Fay Fruit company.
This organization was founded last
December, at which time the orange
industry was threatened serious injury
by the reckless manner in which GER
tain eastern dealers rejected fruit on
arrival without just and sufficient cause
The Fruit Growers and Shippers asso-
citation have accomplished their pur-
poses in the matter of regulating this
abuse and the organization is looked up
on by reputable eastern dealers as a
protection to them as well as protective
to the sellers interests at this end.
All members of the association are
governed by the action of the above ex-
ecutive committee in the matter of
terms of sale and the proportion of sizes
in oranges and lemons that constitute
the standard car in trade parlance.
The organization is a representative
Southern California institution, it's
membership representing the control of
fully Is per cent Of this years crop. So
successful has been this organization
in the line Of work mapped out for it..
that at Saturdays meeting many i'm
portant acceSSiOns were made to the
ranks Of membership.
The organization is maintained main
1y in support of the f. o. b. method in
marketing oranges; to give strength to
the home market by the practical elm
ination Of trade abuses, and the estab.
lishment of uniform terms and trade
customs in that method of shipping
fruit. The membership now includes
all the packers and shippers, with many
Of the growers associations and promi-
nent individual growers and shippers
in all parts of Southern California.
At the afternoon session the executive
committee formally re-affirmed the reg
ulations governing a standard car that
governed last seasons work with the
exception of the arrangement for dis
counts on off-sized st. Michaels, which
will be arranged later in the season, as
that variety is the last to ripen.
In the matter Of selling terms, consid-
erable discussion was provoked over
movement to change them to a flat
sight draft without discount. For many
years California oranges were sold f. o.
b. subject to thirty-day draft. This
has been changed to uniform agree
ment to sell subject to fifteen-day draft
IocS nor cont for oach If mi IN n rriya
of goods.
The members of the association in gen.
eral meeting compared notes and agree
that the estimate of 10000 to $4,000 car
loads is about correct. Every one re-
ported that the fruit was coloring rap
idly during the past two weeks and that
there would be a large quantity Of
navels ready for shipment for Thanks
giving trade, with an ample supply for
every market for the Christmas trade.