The San Francisco call., 1908-08-31
WINE MEN FACE
NEW COMPLICATION
Certificates in Payment for
Grapes Criticised in South
ern San Joaquin
Movement to Discourage the
Prohibition Wave Spreads
Among Growers

While the grape growers Of the state
are senergetically joining the associa-
tion formed among them to discourage
the spread of the prohibition move
ment complication has arisen within
the industry through the action of the
California wine association in the San
Joaquin valley in Offering not money
but redeenna BILE warehouse certificates
of deferred payment for the delivered
tonnage offered at their wineries. The
action of the California wine associa-
tion has been criticised particularly in
the southern portion of the San Joa-
quin valley, but the officers of the as
sociatioa explain that their method is
the only one which may be followed,
as the growth of the prohibition move
ment, coming jointly with financial de-
preston, has seriously affected the
wine market and the cellars are full
Of lastsyearss product
Thezipractice. of the California wine
association is to make all growers for
whom the association crushes grapes
have a co. operative interest in the
sale of the wine. and in that way, it
is argued, will make the grower more
vitally interested in the marketing of
the wine and a more determined op-.
ponent of the prohibition movement.
The holdover crop in the San joaquin
county wineries is computed as the
certificates to be issued are to be on a
basis of-100 gallons of wine for every
ton of dry grapes and so gallons for
every ton of sweet wine grapes.
COUNTIES JOINING
But while the Industry is facing the
situation of narrow market the vine
yardists are rapidly enrolling them
selves in the grape growers associa-
tion, of which Andrea Sbarboro is
president. Already Sonoma, Napa, Sac
ramento, Yolo, Alameda and Contra
Costa counties have Joined the move
ment and San Joaquin county and the
growers south of Tehachapi will be or
ganized shortly.
One of the strongest of the recently
organized branches of the association
is the one formed in Yolo county. The
officers chosen are: w. w. Nelson, pres
ident; D. H. Wyckoff. first vice presi-
dent; J. w. Martin, second vice presi-
dent; j. M. Kincheloe, secretary; l..
Stephens, treasurer. Directors-W. w.
Nelson, D. H. Wyckoff. ]. NJ Kinche-
loe and Frank Miller, Woodland; H. B.
Johnson, Madison; S. Cadenasso, Capay
and f. @. Critics, Blacks.
Frank SWEET, prominent vineyard
ist of Contra Costa county, presided
at the meeting of growers at Odd Fell
lows hall. Concord, Saturday, when the
Cohtid NOotd were Or
ganized.
ALL SECTIONS INTERESTED
1t is expected that when the next
meeting of the association is held in
this city September I6 every grape
growing section. of the state will have
fallen into line and levied its assess
ment of 25 cents an acre to assist in
the campaign which has been in
augurated by the association to coun-
teract the influences of the prohibition
movement.
There has been g. great falling off in
the consumption of wine in the south
ern states, particularly about>New Or
leans, where California wines have
been popular, owing to the spread Of
the prohibition movement, and there
has been a lessened consumption in the
cities due to the departure of many
thousand Italians to their native land
Grape growers. in other states than
California have been aroused by the
prohibition novement and have fol-
lowed the example of this state in sys-
tematically organizing to combat the
movement. Andrea Sbarboro, leader of
the grape growers association of Cali
fornia, has been asked to assist in sew
eral of those organizations and in
lvited to address meeting in New
York about the middle of September.
when the growers of that state will.
seek to form an association.