The Hawaiian gazette., 1906-05-15
FARMERS ARE
TO CONTROL
MARKET

The committe on cooperative mar
keting of the Farmers Institute has
been continued in office, with instruc
tions to effect combination among
the pineapple growers of Hawaii in
particular which shall agree not to ship
any island fruit on consignment. and
shall keep the prices at which the
product shall be sold in the control of
the producer.
This action was taken at a meeting
of the Institute last night. called es-
pecially to consider the subject of CO.
operative marketing. The committee
that is to effect the organization con-
sists of Byron o. Clark. John Emme-
luth, James ID. Dole, r. II. Trent and
Mr.. Eames. Jared Smith presided at
last nights meeting of the Institute,
which was held at the rooms of the
Bureau of Agriculture and Forestry,
with fairly large attendance.
The meeting was opened by the read
ing OF report from part of the com
mittee on cooperative farming, of
which the essence was contained in
these two paragraphs:
HOLD THE MARKET.
THE practice of growers consigning
produce to dealers, to be placed on
sale in competition with each other,
without any restriction as to minimum
price for which the produce shall be
sold, is unnecessary and ruinous and
should be discontinued.
we believe cooperative marketing
along the lines now in operation among
California fruit growers can be made
success for Hawaiian growers at
any time that they may agree so to do,
but we find they are slow to avail
themselves of the remedy; until such
time as cooperative plan of market
ing may be perfected, we recommend
that the individual shippers establish
n minimum price for their produce
r. o. b. Honolulu, or Coast distributing
point, and refuse to Consign any fruit
FOR sale on commission. This win en-
able the individual TO establish a
schedule of prices yielding a margin
of profit, and your committee believes
Will be step towards cooperative
marketing, which will be realized in
the near future"
In offering this report Mr.. Clark
said that II was only signed by two
members of the committee, but he be-
lieVed that 1t would have been ap-
proved by n third If the committee
could have been gotten together. 1t
was or seemed impossible to get all
the committee of five to meet.
MEETS WITH APPROVAL.
The report, however, met with very
general approval, and was supplement-
ed by the reading by Jared Smith of an
extract from the Pacific Rural Press
consisting of an article by Alden An
derson. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS of Cali
fornia, descriptive of the aims and pur-
poses of the California Fruit Distrib-
uters, which is a kind OF clearing
house for deciduous fruit growers in
California which enables the producers
themselves to control their market.
General discussion, approving CO.
operation and the reaching out for n
market followed, the end being that
/ motion was made and seconded and
carried that the Clark report be adopt
I'd. and the committee of five retained
With orders to go ahead and effect
combination to control the market
or the growers In time to make profit
II the next years crop OF pineapples.
'he organization of these is expected
o be followed by organization and CO.
peration along broader lines, so that
n time the island growers OF tropical
nd sub-tropical products will reach
nd regulate the immense Mainland
markets which as yet. have hardly
een touched for both fresh and pre-
AIRED fruit products.
AN ENVOY TO GO.
1t was brought out. after the dis
nssion, that j. e. Higgins will go to
ne Mainland within the next two
'eeks to study market conditions with
eference to pineapples and bananas
articuarly. to find out why fruit ship
ed does not arrive In good order, to
se whether prices cannot be improy-
1, ana to make the experiment of
lipping a carload OF bananas. pine
pples. alligator bears and mangoes
om San Francisco straight through to
ew York.
John Emmeluth read a very well con-
dered paper on Some Advantages of
cooperative Marketing" and Mr..
'einrich another on the Necessity of
rowing More Fruit in Hawaii" this
eing dissertation on the excellence
native fruits, and the little that the
Verage citizen Of the islands knows
bout them. The result of this paper,
ne result, was the appointment of
essrs. Welnrich and Higgins as a
'mmittee to wait on the Secretary
the Promotion Committee and enlist
Is interest In the spread OF know
dge concerning island fruits.
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