The San Francisco call., 1904-12-07

San JOSE, Dec. 6.-Ihe thlrteenlh
annual convention Of the California
Fruit Growers began its sessions at
the Unitaiian Church this morning.
About two hundred Of the leading fruit
and vine nen and those interested In
the auxiliary branches Of the Industry
were present when Ellwood Cooper
chairman Of the State Horticultural
Commission, called the meeting 10 or
der. The convention promises 10 De
o. much benefit 70 the fruit Industry
and for the next three days all phases
OF growing. packing, shipping anu
marketing Of fruit viii be olscusseo:
The foremost men in the science or
horticulture and agriculture VIII reao
papers uron the subjects and these
viii be discussed by those in attend
ance The convention is held under
the auspices Of the State Horticultural
Commission.
after Cmirman Ellwood had called
the convention 10 order Rev. Anthony
Mills. pastO- Of the Unitarian Church,
offered an invocation. and Mayor
WOrsWick d9livered an address OF wei
come on belaf Of the city.
Governor Pardee was 10 have de-
llrered an address but he failed TO
appear. being prevented, as was stated
in a telegram from the Governor, by
illness.
PRESIDENTS ADDRESS.
President EIIwood Cooper then read
his opening address. The object OF
this convention. he said, is 10 better
organize ire fruit growers in order
that they nay realize fair compen-
sation for rleir expenditure and labor.
one OF The most important subjects
To come before the convention, he
said is that Of finding a market Tor
their products
i need not call your attention to
the presem demOralized condition OF
the prune, raisin and orange growers,
and the dred fruit market generally,
Sid Cooper, for you are already
. aware Of hat fact, but the remedy Is
in our Owl hands. If we can organize
combine ourselves together and work
tremendously We can control our own
markets and secure fair prOnts Tor
cur products. With prunes at IA
cents. ralsins at cents and other
fruits al similar ruinous prices, there
is nothing left for the fruit grower
but a choice between organization and
starvation
The following recommendation
was made by President Cooper in re-
gard 10 q pure food law: I recon-
mend that a pure food law or rather
"a true label law, be passed after the
pattern Of the German law. For the
drst Offense a fine Of $50 and imprls-
orment for six months, and for each
SUBSEQUENT Offense an increase Of pen
altv. The national law imprisons
ccunterfeiters OF money. Counterfeit
ers Of food products are thousand
times worse
Concerning insect pests Cooper said;
Two parasites Of the Goblin moth
are now being prOpagated at the head
+r.arr7 7rrrr-
sion. They have also secured a lady
bird. which has kept the red scale in
subiectiOn in the citrus orchards OF
the Mediterranean Some relIef VIII
come from these parasites
Cooper called attention 10 the re-
cent Investigation before the Inter
state Commerce Commission at Chi
cagO al which Watson the president
Of the Porter Brothers Company was
shown TO have received more than
s. COO coo in rebates from the rail-
road. no part Of which ever reached
rhe fruit grower He referred TO the
trusts and the great Drohts they re
allied. and said that he believed legis-
lation would be enacted 10 control
them.
Hessrs. Fowler, WOrthen and Wool
sev were appointed a committee to re-
port on the presidents address.
Dr.. Anderson Of the State Poly
-technic school Of san Louis Obispo
was noticed in the audience and he
was invited 10 address the meeting.
Fe sketched the school course on hOr-
ticulture and viuculture and the fea-
tslres in the work Of the school. DR..
Anderson said he was trying to make
the agricultural work the school or
Tho sort that every boy performs on
farm.
secretary Isaac read his report,
which showed the matters that had
come uD since the last convention.
Al the opening Of the afternoon
meeting President Cooper announced
the following resolutions committee:
John Markley. Geyserville; B. 5. Wal
ton. Yuba City: Z. 7. Pettitt Santa
clara County; F. L. Kellogg, Colita,
Santa Barbara County, and John 5.
Dcre. Fresno.
Dr. David Starr Jordan delivered
au address on the theory Of ''Selective
Preceding" He said. Luther Burbank
was first in this work. He said if there
was need for lap elephants these
could be produced by select breeding.
The commercial elephant is ferocious,
but If we wanted lap elephants in
time they would be so bred that we
could hold them in arms, their tusks
would not be dangerous and their
handling not distressing 10 them" The
propagation Of flowers as carried on
by Burbank was referred to by Jor-
dan and he told how il was done and
what selection has resulted in.
The Cross Polarization in the Cul-
-tCre Of Apples was the subject Of a
paper by A. y. Judd OF Watsonville.
The speaker told Of an experiment OF