Los Angeles herald., 1906-03-10
FRUIT GROWERS
ARE AROUSED
MEETING NEXT MONDAY WILL
BE WELL ATTENDED
Probability That Congress VIII Be-
Asked to Remedy Existing Evils
in the Railroad Rate
Situation

The fruit growers throughout South
ern California have been so Thoroughly
aroused, and they now are so firmly
convinced that the railroad compan-
les will work great harm to them, that
II is likely the meeting to be held in
Los Angeles next Monday will be a
lively one and will be well attended.
The growers are practically unanimous
in the opinion that congress should be
asked to provide a remedy for existing
evils.
One of their complaints is that the
private car lines are allowed to eX-
tract toll from them in the way OF
icing charges 1t is claimed that the
icing charges between California and
the east are now more than $50 car,
whereas they should not be more than
$50.
1t is denied by local railroad men
that several officials of the Southern
Pacific came to Los Angeles to head
off a fight on the part of the growers
by tempting offers. They say these Of
ficials are here to attend TO regular
business and to settle claims which
every year must be adjusted.
Send Delegates to Convention
Orange growers in every county are
passing resolutions to be sent to Wash
ington. A meeting of the San Bernar-
dino county growers was held in Red
lands and the following delegates were
appointed to the meeting to be held
in Los Angeles next Monday:
A. C. Simonds, H. H. Garstin, Charles
M. Brown. A. E. Sterling, L. G. Haight,
Henry Ruggles, +. NJ. Lyon and e. A.
Warner. The following resolutions
We're passed at the same meeting:
sEI1aCnItra1 ha Of I,o
supreme court of the United States,
rendered February &c, 1906, in the citrus
fruit cases, gives to the railways the
exclusive control of routing of freight
and thereby, in effect, gives legal
sanction to freight pool, effected by
means of division of freight over diff
ferent lines
"This decision is the last of a series
of decisions by that court, by which
the control of commerce and of rates
has been entirely denied to the inter-
public authorities, and vested in the
railways. Such construction of the
laws and limitation of public rights in
their local application to us places
us and our business and property at
the mercy of the railroads,
I'VE demand that the regulation of
commerce be resumed by congress, as
AulSuuSu anu required by the federal
constitution, and that the further act
to regulate commerce shall distinctly
empower the interstate commerce
commission to supervise and establish
reasonable rates, rules and practices
relating to interstate Transportation
and commerce, and all agencies con-
nected Herewith, including the express
business, cars operated under contract
and telegraphs whenever and where
ever existing rates, rules and practices
relating thereto are found to be un-
reasonable or unjust, and which orders
and regulations of the commission In
reference thereto shall not be set aside
or suspended except by final decree of !
United States court upon constitutions,
grounds
THAT the interstate commerce com.
mission be expressly authorized Il
establish through rates and through
routes over connecting lines engaged
in Interstate transportation, and thai
shippers be expressly authorized t.
secure and designate such transporta
tion over and upon any such lines
upon their paying the established rates
1T is our firm conviction that If :
law substantially embodying these es
sential provisions for railway contro
cannot by reason of adverse railwa,
influences be passed without unreason,
able delay the country will be driver