The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-02-12

The committee appointed by the cr-
rectors Of the East Carolina Fruit and
Truck Growers Association to confer
with the Carolina Fruit Package Com
pany made their report to the directors
Of the East Carolina Fruit and Truck
Growers Association yesterday.
Those who attended the conference
were: Messrs. w. l.. Hill. or Warsaw,
= T.. Westbrook, of Wallace, ]. A.
Westbrook. Of Mt. Olive. W. E. Spring
Der. OF Wilmington. and w. E. Thigpen,
OF Chadbourn. of the Truck Growers
Association and Messrs. T. B. Pierce
W. r. Newberry. of Magnolia. j. A.
Brown of Chadbourn, of the crate
manufacturers association.
The conference between the crate
manufacturers and truckers associa-
1tioh representatives was held at War
saw or Tuesday. The directors met
yesterday morning at IL o'clock in the
office of the secretary of the ~associa-
ton, Mr.. II. T. Bauman, in the Masonic
Temple building.
In the absence of President w. L.
Hill. Vice President w. E. Springer
presided.
days meeting we're: Aessrs. W. E.
Springer, of Wilmington. I. L. Faison,
Od Faison. D.. w. Russell. of Rose Hill,
J. s. Westbrook. of Wallace, J. H.
Moore. of Burgaw. DR.. E. Porter, of
Rocky Point. H. T. Bauman of Will
mington. J. A. W~estbrook, Of Mt. Olive.
W. E. Thigpen, of Chadbourn. DR.. Geo.
r Lucas. of currie and II. s. Strange.
81 Fayetteville.
The special committee made the fol-
lowing report to the board Of direc-
tors:
"Gentlemen:-We your committee
appointed at the last meeting Of the
ard to ascertain the facts of the
- 'bination Of the crate manufacture
- f North Carolina and the proba-
80 ults and make a special report
- 40 board on the 10th inst, re-
Soacff,In submit the following report:
evo,.. mmittee invited the follow
,nz oe.oa-. IN composing the officers
.p $3.50 ae directors OF the Carolina
srr,,,t pacLea company. Messrs. T. B.
P;erce of WSors w. president; A. =.
johnson. vice pre- en'. SiiLl.Cn' W.
r. Newberry, +secrl ~. "asiio!la' =.
A. Brown, of Chadb. zuieNe'.oi' -
meet them at WARSAW tbis az I'll
a conference on of SI,p,on
Messrs. Pierce. Johnson, OF CIln'on:
Johnson. of Burgaw. N. ~ s1epr' or
and %. P. MIDI III ~!
Warsaw, general manager d lne
Carolina Fruit Package Coz upanS !,
were present at this meeting wit. .ie
fu1l executive committee and Mr.. h gu
man. business agent of the ASSOCIATE, on
In attendance.
THE meeting was duly organized andl
committee asked the president of
the Carolina Fruit Package Company
MT. Pierce. to define the attitude of hisl
company towards the growers. Mr.
submitted the attached state-I
ment Is to their position and earnest
spoke in defence Of their organtza-I
o IS tending to benefit the growers byi
the prices throughout thel
season and a ~guarante Of a full SUPPLY
~ crates at all points
'!f6 the Truckers and Berry Growersl
II North Carolina:
"In reply to many criticisms which,
have been made through h press and
upon the organization and
xxfficipated methods of the Cardinal
Fruit Package Company, we would rel
spectfuIy submit the Following state-I
ment Of facts:
dThe crate manufacturers who are
in this company have peri
hans more interest in the prosperity
berry growers tina any other class
Or our citizens because they have larGel
Investments depending upon the rel
xuits OF the berry crops. Most on
tAem have other interests besides mani
ufacturing berry crates. all OF which,
are directly involved in the prosperity
asf this section. They have been CON-
sfdered men of fair common sense and
business foresight. Surely they could
not afford to adopt any course that
would In any wise injure h interest
OF those whom they expect to huyI
product. Is it not common sense
To believe they would desire rather to|
promote and securely establish the
best interest of every grower whether
large or small?
tsThere has been heretofore no uni
formity I'm the system Cor rather lack
sf system) by which this great indus
try has been supplied. No single man
faeturer has been able satisfactorily
to distribute his product. but has been
subjected to much unnecessary expense
snd many unforeseen losses.
"The Carolina Fruit Package Cam
pany was organized to reduce expenses
and losses to a minimum and to pro-
vide a systematic method of supplying
the demands of every section so that
there may at no time be a lack OF
crates at one point while there may be
an over supply elsewhere.
EVERY intelligent person knows
there has been a very large increase IN
b cost of lumber and labor, which
affects the manufacturer Of crates as
these two items constitute four nfthe
af the cost of production. n ad-
vance in cost OF these items within
three years has been from 30 per cent
TO 80 per cent in every locality where