The champion. (Arcadia, Fla.) 1895-1911, 1908-12-24
The Orange situation

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issue of the Advocate, by Col. ]. L. Sauls Except
for its length we would be glad copy the article
tire for every line is interesting, witty pathetic in
structive There is doubt our orange growers are
in a hole and COL Sauls has a remedy to offer, In
part he says
Come together at your school house or your church
and organize you local orange league. You will
have no expenses there except coal oil and if its not
get you fat spnters they are not very costly,
Elect you an executive body of the best brains and
energy. Include most, if not all of your growers
Do this in every voting precinct school district in
your county.
When this is done call meeting of the executive
boards together from all the precincts where leagues
have been formed. Agree to build, buy or rent your
packing houses; put your old gallows orange
grower to pack your fruit Gle or his sons do it
anyway. )If hou need more packing houses put them
up Pack your own oranges. Spend part of that
one hundred thousand dollars you pay the broker in
securing the best statesmen in the cities. Don't turn
it over to the broker Have it sold on the market by
the best statesmen you possibly secure. Sell it at
no cut prices.
Where, oh where is the money to do this with?''
hear you say. What fools we mortals be- The one
hundred thousand dollars you pay these brokers' to-
geher with the other four hundred thousand it costs
to pick and pack the crop, will, in one season. do all
the work and will give you your equipment net if
you have just got little bit of nerve to try it.
If you can't do what have above mentioned, get
your Organization together SO to cut out brokers
and the consignment of your fruit if you do this you
can again sell your fruit on the trees with our pres
ent system of marketing fruit California is driy
ing back and out of business very rapidly in fact
we are now out. California now has one hundred
and twenty four of the best statesmen in the cities
No brokers in California. They broke California in
1898. Now California has her local orange leagues,
with thirteen central leagues, with one head ex-.
change The central leagues notifies the exchange of
all of its cars when ready to move. The exchange
sells and places in the markets of the country every
car of fruit that is shipped from California No car
of stuff is permitted to crowd into market on any
other No car of fruit is shipped to market un-
willing to pay the price placed the fruit by the
head exchange If a market seems to be slightly
glutted, the fruit is taken firm the market Immediately
and that market given a rest BY so doing Califor-
mia markets her thirteen million boxes at price
which makes lis poor Florida growers tremble with
energy and starvation.
The exchange of California sells and distributes
every box of California oranges placing them in
city, village and hamlet No market is crowded or
over-fed, yet none not the smallest is left I'M
supplied. All large commission houses in the market
of the country refuse even to handle Florida when
CALIFORNIA; come in. California makes contracts
with reputable commission houses not to place any
thing in the way Of their fruit while we poor fools,
as soon as California IS Of the way 60 to these
same houses quoting and underquoting our own prod
uct When it's like stealing it they take little un-
til California makes them quit.
Among the successful candidates who are eligible
to appointment the consular service Of the United
States the secretary Of state makes public as having
passed the examinations prescribed two
Florida candidates, viz Geo. B Schumacher and
Albert W. Robert So
No more forcefuI instance Of the potency Of aver-
Using has come to our knowledge than the prouptsj
pess with which the lost storm due in Florida last
sunday responded to the Tampa 7ribunes advertise
ient The Tribune advertisement appeared Ires-I
lay morning and the storm naaterialized Tuesday
The Tribune sure has the phil that brings