Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1907-03-30
WAY SUCH DISCRIMINATION.

. | 'e'Ns w ehe Ssuie pFOuucte from
California and other States. Many ~.
. forts have been made TO remedy thi,
evil, but 90 far without beneficial re-.
'ults. The Florida Fruit and Veg.
etaole Grouers' Association, how.
ever, which was organised at Jackson.
v'lle some weeks ago through the
Efforts OF Frank D. Warner OF this
city, have nov taken op hi. matter IN
= way that shOuId accomplish results.
In letter 20 The various transpor.
tsiion companies the Asso station calls
attention 10 the disei minstiou, and
cites tn rates nov in effect from "a.
ious other points So compared with
the rate. from Florida.
W. have no esr-lot rates 20 the East
on vegetables, oranges or pinespplrs.
All shipping points in Texas, Georgia.
Mississippi, Californis, and even Cubs
snd Porto Rico, enjoy cheaper freight
sud refrigeration rates than Florida,
DotwiihstandinR the fact that Florids
produces about one.tenth to one
twelfth OF the early sessonable veg.
etables and fruits OF the country.
As an example. California. basiDe
the rate on 100 pounds per hopdred
miles, enjoys a much better advau.
tage in freight rates on oranges than
Florida, California having q rate OF
3.5 against our 70, taking New York
as receiving point. On vegetables.
such ss celery, lettuce, etc., California |
ha. rate Of as against 1917 for Flor
ida.
The refrigeration rates from Califor.
mia, q distance Of 8,2el miles, 10 s67 80 |
per car, where Florida shippers must
psy for l,l4e miles, a little more thsn
one.third the distance. $50 per car for
same number Of packages.
On vegetables Of ell kinds the Florida
shippers have q carload rate TO the
West. taking Cincinnati 40 q receiving
point, OF IL per 100 pounds per 100
miles, and they are compelled 10 pay
eS for the same service 90 the Esst.
taking New York as q receiving point,
while the rates from the West, includ.
ing Californis, are a great deal lower.
Truckers on the East Coast are com.
PEELED TO pay Ill per 100 pounds per
100 miles TO Atlanta as Q receiving
point on pineApples, while Cuba,
several hundred miles further with a
transfer 90 make. puts the same goods
on the came market att.
Cryst6l Springs, Miss, hiss rate on
tomatoes to New York of5s per hun.
dred pounds per hundred miles, while
from Boyington, on the Esst Coast,
the growers are compelled 20 pay 100
TO get their produc TO the same mar.
ket.
% peaches there il smother diserimi-
nation which should be corrected. The
Florida growers pay 1912 to New York ,
as q receiving point, while the growers
In For; Valley, Ga, enjoy the same
service, $50 miles nearer that market,
Tor SIS.
The growers OF fruits are given 70
,arlosd rates TO the East, bu; I'll,
have this advantage to the markets OF
The West.
The Association, st considerable ex-
pense, has tabulated the rates from
vsrious shipping points and in letter
10 the freight agents OF the country
makes exhibits and comparisons, from
which data We could cite numerous
lther instances OF injustice done the ,
shippers. but the above 10
luffieient. All the Florida growers ask
4 the same showing Ne residents OF .
,ther States enjoy on the same pro-
ucts, and 90 this end the Florida
Fruit and Vegetable Growers' Protee-
i've Association have asked for q uni
orm rate OF FIVE cents per 100 pounds
yer 100 miles and minimum carload
4 10000 pounds, and car lot rates 10
N Eastern points. The reqaest i.
ust aud reasonable, and IL the trans.
companies desire 10 be fair
o Florida shippers they will grant
hese rates without hesitation.
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