The San Francisco call., 1901-12-06

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N " y chards, some owners of large
MW properties, others the wives Of
" " orchardists who take an act
i've part in the management
of their husbands properties held the
center of the stage at the fruit growers
convention yesterday at Pioneer Hall.
Their papers were timely, well written
and in many instances witty.
AS soon as the convention assembled the
committee on the Presidential message,
consisting of F. M RICHTER, William
Johnson and n. W. Motherall, reported.
johnson declined to sign the report of the
majority of the committee. The resolu-
tons were ordered telegraphed to the
President. They are as follows:
We, the fruit growers of California, in State
convention assembled send greeting and beg
citation of the interest your message to Con-
gress shows that you feel in the welfare of
the producers of this great country.
Your recommending to Congress the urgent
need of the earliest possible construction of the
interoceanic canal and the connection by cable
of the United States with Hawaii, the Phil
ippines and points in Asia, also the aid of the
Government in the preservation of our forests
and the construction of reservoirs and lrrlga-
. tion canals to be employed in the reclamation
of cur unsettled and public lands, meets our
most hearty approval.
Hoping that the good things in prospect may
soon be secured, we extend in aid of these
great accomplishments our grateful helping
COMMITTEE OF CALIFORNIA FRUIT
GROWERS.
A special programme was arranged by
the ladies. "Hedge-Row Vineyard EX-
pertinent" a paper by Mrs. Lucy Hatch
of Tulare, was read by Mrs. l.. A. Ban
croft of Contra Costa County. 1t gave i
graphic account of the struggles of four
women to undertake the management of
a vineyard without previous experience.
A similar paper was that sent by Mrs.
, Harriet Strong of Whittier. entitled Les
From NV Ranch - which read
by Mrs. John Dore of Fresno. The ranch
is on a historic spot in the San Gabriel
Valley.
Experience in Fruit Sheds.
Mrs. B. E. Hutchinson of Fowler was
extremely witty in her description of her
four years. experience on a ranch. She
said:
1 thought I would run the fruit cutting shed
each year and elected myself forelady. Back
call me forewoman. 1 was forelady for sew
eral seasons, and all my help wanted to come
back to Us.
Mrs. Hutchinson said she represented
the Oleander Woman's Study Club.
California Wild Flowers" was the sub
iect of the paper read by Mrs. Lucy E.
Webster of this city. 1t was a plea for
the preservation of all varieties of Cali
Mrs. Emma Fox Of Lemoore told of
Ranch Life in California" its hopes and
disappointments and the final crowning
Mrs. Emma Shafter Howard of Oakland
was assigned as her topic, THE Advance
ment of Women in Agricultural Pur-
suits"
Mrs. w. E. Marden of Fowler read a
letter from Mrs. S. P. Reed of Los Gatos
detailing the trials of the family from the
time they landed in the State. Mrs Mar
den supplemented the letter with an ac-
count of how the WOmanS Club of Fow-
Ter had succeeded in beautifying that
town.
Mrs Julia Shafter Howard, who man.
ages 16 600 acres of land in Marin Coun-
~, mostly devoted to dairying spoke in a
most entertaining manner of her expert
ences.
Making the Most of Our Fruit" was
the paper read by Mrs. w. n. Sherman.
On motion of w. H. Aiken the ladies
were rendered a vote of thanks for their
able papers. The Rev. Joe Waldrop of
Lytton, Sonoma County, added his con-
gratulations and advice in well-rounded
speech.
Suggestions as to Marketing.
A R. Sprague presented the following
report, which was adopted:
Your committee to whom was referred the
state of the San Francisco and other coast
markets beg leave to report as follows:
In opinion the present custom of selling
fruit and produce in these markets is waste
full and unnecessarily very expensive, especially
the following particulars:
/ The grower at time of shipment does not
know the quantity Of competing produce which