The record-union., 1897-11-17
Discussing Vital Questions That Affect
Their Interests.
Recommendations Made by President Cooper in His
Address,
He Calls Attention the Aduteraon of Food Products and
Poisonous Bogus Liquors.
President Shippers Association
Report of Shipments During the Season.

The Senate Chamber presented fine
appearance yesterday morning, the
desks of the President and clerks being
profusely ornamented with palms and
potted plants, both tropical and semi
tropical even including an india rubber
tree, which State Gardener Dunn had
brought up as a curiosity not to be
found in the orchards of the State The
room was further ornamented by the
presence of a number of ladies, young
and middle-aged, from various parts
of the State
The California State Fruit-Growers'
Convention assembled yesterday morn
ing with a good attendance, and was
called to order by Ellwood Cooper,
President of the State Board of Horti-
culture.
Mayor Hubbard was to have delivered
an address of welcome, but after walt
ing for more than an hour for him the
convention was called to order, and
Rev. A. c. Herrick pronounced an elo-
quent invocation.
The first order of business was the
selection of two Vice-Presidents. B. +.
Walton of Yuba and William Johnston
of this county were chosen. Professor
Childs, formerly Principal of the San
Jose Normal School. was chosen as a
third one, for the first time.
The President announced that Gov
ernor Budd had been expected to be
present, but was unable to do so on
account of other engagements.
At the request of the President. r. D.
Stephens explained that Mayor Hub
bard had promised to be present and
deliver the address of welcome, but
they had been rival candidates for
Mayor, and it was possible that Mr..
Hubbard had got things mixed, and
thought the speaker had been elected
Mayor, which was very far from the
fact. Under the circumstances it de-
volved on him to welcome the visitors,
which he did most heartily.
He spoke of the magnitude Of the
fruit interests in the State and their
Importance to the community, and
hoped that the discussions held in the
convention would result in the dis
semination Of knowledge among the
fruits growers, and would result in great
good All citizens of the State Will
benefit by their success. from the grow
er himself to the drayman who handles
the fruit and the merchant with whom
the proceeds are spent.
President Cooper next read his an
nual address. which was as follows:
THE PRESIDENTS ADDRESS.
This is the twenty-first Fruit-Growers'
Convention and the seventeenth held
under the auspices or the State Board OF
Horticulture. 1t was recommended at
the last convention that this one should
be held at Redding. On examination OF
the railroad time table, we found that
account of the incOnEenient hours
along the route and the impossibility of
securing sleeping tickets for all that
might want to attend, il was not wise to
select that place for the present. We hope,
however, in the early future that these OBJ
jections viii be removed.
So far as outlining the subjects of the
work of the convention | must refer you to
the programme l viii omit general re-
marks as has been my usual custom at the
opening of the conventions and refer you
TO the addresses of 1895 and 1896 as relating
to the subjects of inspection Laws, "
Tramp Danger and Appropriations" 2"
The subject of appropriation will be de-
ferred until the convention of November,
1858: and the investigation of parasites has
been so fully treated that 1 VIII IN TINS
instance only mention that nearly all OPP
position in the southern portion of the
State has disappeared and a growing in
terest is manifested in every locality. Peo-
pie feel that the only security from the
raVages of pests will be in parasites and
that no effort should be spared in prose-
cutting this work. The policy OF the state
encoura ging the fruit industry as demon
strated by what the German Government
has been doing. has proved the farsighted
wisdom of that nation in what they did TO
encourage the manufacture OF beet sugar.
In the year 1896 the United States i'm
ported one hundred millions 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 a disgrace TO our intelligence
and reflects favorably upon the wisdom Of
the German people for the money they
expended in various ways to encoura ge
that industry.
The olive industry will be fully consid-
cred when this subject comes uD on the
morning Of the 1Sth as laid down on the
programme.
The all-important and the one great
question that concerns us is the distribu-
ton of our fruit. In November. 1883.