Los Angeles herald., 1905-04-26
GREAT IMPETUS TO
FRUIT INDUSTRY
RIVERSIDE GROWERS TAKE
INITIAL STEP
COOPERATION NOW URGED
Banquet to Government Officials CAL
euIated to Do More for This
Section Than Any Like Affair
In Recent Years
COOPERATION NOW URGED

No gathering held In Southern Cali
fornia in recent years has been calcu-
lated to do more toward upbuilding the
citrus industry Of this section than that
at Riverside Monday night, when the
chamber of commerce of that enter
prlsing little city entertained b. T. Gal
loway, chief of the government bureau
Of plant industry, and G.. Harold Powell,
the federal pomologlst, who were sent
here to investigate fruit storage condi-
tions.
one hundred and twenty-five persons.
representing the wealth of Riverside
and Pomona valleys, assembled at the
beautiful Glenwood hotel, where an ele.
CANT repast was served. All were in full
dress and marched into the handsomely
decorated banquet hall to the strain Of
we'll drilled orchestra. Mission style
was followed throughout the decora-
tions and the effect was very pretty
President C. e. Rumsey of the River
side chamber of commerce acted as
master of ceremonies at the banquet.
The principal speakers were Messrs
Galloway, Powell, j. II. Reed, Prof. A.,
v. Stubenrauch of the University Of
California and Congressman Daniels.
President Rumsey made a brief ad-
dress. urging cooperation of the fruit
growers with the department of agricul-
ture at Washington and the state uni
versity. He said theoretical ideas have
been succeeded by the most practical
the world has ever known in the ques-
ton of fruit raising, adding that the de-
partment at Washington has led the
work. He urged the farmers to CO.
operate if they would accomplish the
best results.
Mr.. GaIIoway's Address
Mr.. Galloway was introduced by the
chairman as the first speaker. II am
reminded of Mark Anthony's Grafton
over the dead body of Caesar, when he
said, we come to bury Caesar, not to
praise him." remarked the chairman,
land in this respect 1 want to say we
came to praise Mr.. Galloway. not to
bury him."
During the course of Mr.. Galloway's
address he took occasion many times to
compliment the farmers of Southern
California for their enterprise and get
up. In part he said:
1T has been my pleasure to visit
many places and view horticulture from
many standpoints, but must now take
my hat off to Riverside and the whole
of Southern California. This is surely
the greatest part of Gods country, and
must compliment you because you
have one of the best experimental sta
tions the world has ever known. 1t is in
reading and interpreting your achieve
ments that we of the department of
agriculture are enabled to get the best
scientific results
"Very few people understand the work
think it is for no other purpose than to
collect and distribute seeds. This Is,
of course, one of the smallest divisions
of our work, although it is, to say the
least, an important one"
Tells of Departments Work
The speaker described in detail the
work of the department, reviewing the
growth of the different branches Of the
agricultural service. He showed how
beneficial the weather bureau, which Is
one of the divisions of the department,
is to the farming interests of the coun-
try; how important the bureaus Of
forestry, seed, soil, chemistry, animal
industry, plant, etc, are to the develop
ment of the agricultural interests Of the
whole country and the great work
these different branches are doing to-
ward improving and upbuilding farming
conditions throughout the states.
AS an instance of the work that Is
being carried on by the department, Mr..
Galloway said an expert was sent by
the government to Russia five years
ago. He brought back some Of the
Durham, or macaroni, wheat which
thrives there. This was taken to the
Dakotas. and from 1t has grown a crop
of over 100000 bushels year. The
introduction of rice into the southern
states has also been found most profit
able.
more than a million and a half dol
lars a year are sent to foreign lands
for morphine and opium such as we use
in our medicines" continued Mr.. Gallo
way, "and there is no reason why this
money should not be kept right here in
our own country. The department is
working on this now. We propose to
use the California poppy in effecting
this saving, hence California will derive
the greatest benefit"
Best Flower Seeds
Speaking OF flower seeds. Mr., Gallo
way said California is furnishing 90
per cent of the amount distributed by
his department. They are the BEST he
said, of any used.