The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-04-25

a-UDU car loauS Oh aiTISH pOIatoesr UU
car loads of beals. and peas, 4oO car
loads of cucumbers, 200 car loads Of
Strawberries. POD car loads of rad
ishes, beets. spinache, etc, 300 car
loads of w~atermelons, and 300 car
Dads of peaches.
Next in order we reach North Caro-
lima with its great strawberry and veg
etable interests that is today reco--
nized the world owe as the head center
and star trucking state of the Union.
In North Carolina you have the largest
strawberry shipping point in the
known world and likewise the largest
Mention strawberries II green vege-
tables on the markets of the Northern.
New England and Middle States and
North Carolina is mentioned iii the
same breath and sentence, so that We
find North Carolina and strawberries
with green vegetables n truck gen.
orally, synonymous with each other. If
| give you a few facts and figures on
these great industries of the ''OId
North State l am sure you will not
complain under circumstances. Your
growers ship now annually about $500
car loads of strawberries from this
state, 5000 car loads of potatoes, 1000
car loads of beans and peas, 1900 car
leads of cucumbers, 1900 car loads of
cabbage. 800 car loads Of peaches, 200
car loads of apples, 1000 car
loads of lettuce, LOCO car loads of
watermelons, 1900 car loads of anta-
loupes and 1000 car loads of miscella-
neOus fruits and vegetables. This is a
showing | am sure the good people of
~fD, ND tho c%ato I~-.n
might feel a p%ardonable pride in. 1t Is
worth to your people all the products
your mills and mines. and is not only
building up your farms and developing
your soil. but is enriching hat class Of
people who employ other idle capital
to the best advantage. 1t is no die
boast to say that North Carolina today
has more acres under cultivation in
fruits and vegetables than any state
III the union.
In conclusion, Col. Thompson paid
the following compliment to Mr.. White
head and Mr.. Bauman, and his words
are fully endorsed by The Messenger:
while we have just enjoyed a most
delightful trolley ride around your
beautiful city and partaken quite lib
orally of a most delightful oyster roast
at the Light House, my remarks would
be incomplete should / fail to do JUS
tice to our official organ, The Carolina
Fruit and Truckers Journal, which
has done so much for the upbuilding of
this association and the fruit and vegc
table industry of this territory. Broth
er Whitehead has been indefatigable
in his efforts to steer the grower clear
of %curbstone operators and irrespOns;-
bic houses, and has at the same time
borne aloft the banner of the American
Fruit and Produce Travellers Asso-
citation, warmly supporting the Ma
tiOnal League of Commission Mer-
chants in the iaudable work of that as
ISOLATION, until his paper has become a
power for good in all the land an
agency for usefulness that his friends
at home and abroad could hardly APP
preciate. For this association | desire
to tender Mr.. Whitehead the thanks
and cooperation of this association to
a man, knowing from M experience on
the road that he enjoys the support
and following among the growers and
shippers that he so richly merits. IN
deed, we are proud of Editor White
head as we know you are. In conclu-
sion let me bow my compliments also
to Mr.. Bauman, the very able and bust
ness-like shipping master for the
truckers associations; without him we
would all be in fhe dark"
After Col. Thompson had concluded
his speech, there were a number of
short speeches by different business
men present and also produce men.
Congressman G.. B. Patterson made a
o talk which was most interesting.
After the conclusion of the speeches
Mr.. Gerrist, On behalf of the produce
men, presented Mr.. Whitehead with a
handsome fountain pen.
The entertainment committee was
composed Of Messrs. u. W. Whitehead.
D. q. Thompson and J. r. Franklin,
and they certainly proved that they
were fully competent of giving all at
tending a most enjoyable time. These
meetings grow of more importance
each year and in this way the growth
of the trucking industry can we'll be
judged.