Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-03-09
GROWERS Of SOUTH
WITH EXCHANGE
ORGANIZATIONS IN SEVERAL
STATES PATTERN AFTER THE
GEORGIA FRUIT EXCHANGE.
ORANGE SHIPMENTS LIKELY.

Fruit, melon and vegetable growers
of the south are organizing. following the
success of the Georgia Fruit exchange,
and, having adopted that or5an-zaiion's
shipping plan, are cooperating with Il
for better prices that would result from
improved facilities and the avoidance OF
glutted markets.
The organization of the Georgia ex-
change has encouraged other states to
take similar steps. Organizations have
either been formed, or are in process OF
formation, in Texas, Florida, Oklahoma
and Tennessee, and several growers o.
Tennessee and South Carolina have
Joined the Georgia exchange and viii
ship through il.
1t is very probable that the orange
growers of Florida, and also the vegeta-
BILE growers there, will act with the Geor-
gia exchange and handle their shipments
through IL. Such an organization as this
would be eminently practicable, because
the shipping seasons do not confiicz az
To time, and the combination would have
the effect of keeping the full organizs-
ton of the Georgia exchange 1ctsye the
year around.
Manager /. NJ. Fleming, as southeastern
agent OF the Armour car lines Ia
handled the Florida shipments and wouio
BE- in position u handle them again for
lilC 0COA BID CASAoASCs
Oklahoma Organizes
The Oklahoma State Fruit Grovers'
association. which met in IL Reno on
February 81 and organized. and the Lo-
gan County Fruit Growers association, OF
Guthrie, Okla. have both adopted PLANS
similar to those of the Georgia Fruit ex-
change. and have promised their CO..
operation. The Texas fruit growers
formed an organization after the plans OF
the Georgia exchange, and have prom
Used their hearty cooperation. Ii Is re-
ported that 80 per cent of the Texas peach
crop in the vicinity of Morrill, has been
killed.
The Tullahoma. Tenn, growers wrote
the exchange for information about its
plan, and say that they will adopt Il.
President Eagley, of the Georgia ex-
change. has met with the Cleveland grow
ers and addressed them on the Georgia
plan.
The South Carolina growers have al
ready Joined the exchange and the can
teloupe growers of Oglethorpe. Ga.
through u. P. Coogler. Rave notified the
exchange that they want to join 1t. The
exchange officers announce that tney VIII
be glad to explain their plan to anyone
interested, and promise their eo-opera-
ton.
President H. C. Bagley. of the Georgia
exchange, is enthusiastic. over the OUT
look for cooperation among southern
growers.
ssIt must be understood at the outset,
he said. that our plan is not a trust.
and has no radical or Socialistic tenders
cies. So far from benefiting the grower
alone, II is a protection for the commits
sion men, and has been Endorsed py mosr
of the leading members of the National
League of Commission Merchants. The
railroads are heartily in sympathy Win
II. and the growers themseves-or at leasE
Is per cent of them in Georgia--have
shown their faith by pledging to ship
through the exchange and by subscribing
to its stock.
''There is nothing radical in our plan.
II is simply the systematizing Of plan
already in USE 1t is protection to the
grower against glutted markets, dishonest
commission men, poor packing, and saves
him the trouble of adjusting claims with
the transportation men, gives him 9. bet
ter system of schedules. and takes the
details Of shipping from him.
''The commission which the dealers
share with the exchange goes back 70 the
growers as a dividend on their stock. 80
far from the exchange costing the grower
anything II gives him profit. On the
other hand. the commission men, being as
sured against the Cutting Of the market,
gets more commission on higher prices,
and has his f. o. b. shipments protected
The railroads profit by settling all claims
or disputes through one man, the manager
of the exchange, instead of with individl-
al growers.
The exchange, moreover, is not prl-
vate enterprise. run for the profit OF one
grower or set of growers. All growers,
large and small. profit in proportion 70
the amount of their shipments
1.-THE exchange will widen the markets.
I should be glad to answer any inquiries
which NAV be directed to me, and l am
gratihed TO know that the growers Of the
south show such disposition TO get 20
gether."