The Daytona gazette=news. (Daytona, Fla.) 1901-1922, 1909-06-05
THE DRAINAGE GROWERS Of
THE STATE HAVE ORGANIZED.

THE STATE have ORGANIZED.
Enthusiastic Meeting of Florida
Citrus Growers Was Held
In Tampa.
Four hundred or more orange
g:owers from various parts of the
State met in convention at Tampa,
THURSDAY, June LIST, for the purpose
Of organization.
The gathering was the most bus
iness-like getting together OF the
the orange growers ever held IN
Florida and organization prom
ises to effett most successful revo-
luton In the gathering, packing and
marketing of the citrus fruit crops
the State. The morning session was
devoted to the reading of reports OF
several committees appointed from
the delegation of forty-six represen-
tative orange growers who recently
visited California to inspect that
States system of handling it's orange
industry. These reports embraced
packing, grading, transportation,
picking. machinery and appliances,
packing houses, selling and dis
tribution, cultivation, fertilization
and irris CATION as found in Callfor-
MIA, and proved revelation to the
assembled Floridians.
Col. Thomas Palmer submitted a
most instructive report on the for
nation of the California fruit ex-
change, describing the local associa-
ton, sub-exchanges and central ex-
change with their wonderfully sys-
tematic workings and satisfactory
results under the California laws,
provided for them, and urged that
an organization copied after the
California exchange be formed in
this State under Il similar law If OBJ
tainable at once or even under the
present laws of Florida, pronounc-
ing the California method as near
perfect as can be obtained. The
report stated that laws providing
for the exchange had been sent to
the Florida Legislature but so far
no action had been taken on them
On motion of Col. Palmer, the
California plan was adopted unan-
imously and 4 committee of thirty
three representatives OF the several
orange growing sections of the
state was appointed to draft the de-
tails Of the organization which is to
be known as the Florida Citrus Elk.
change. This action brought the
convention with but little speech
making to the most important par
OF its work bcfpre it had been IL
session two homs and a recess was
taken until , o'clock when an eq
ually business like session com
pl ted It's work By announcement O
the organization committee, and ad
journmenf until next day, when the
convention finished up its work
The great feature of the Afternoon
session vas the enthusiastic manne
IN which those assembled met thu
request for funds to perfect the or
ganlzatlon. 1t WAS suggested tina
about S23on would be required t,
perfect the work laid out and insid,
of 50 minutes over $4,000 h d heel
rlsed III amounts If $50, 500
$40, SO and SO, contribute,
by firms and inviduals.
The men who made the investiga
ton of Cliifornia's methods OF
growing, shipping and maketing it
orange crop are all agreed that tin
growers of that state have mo-,
perfect system, which Florida shout,
adopt an | ii is the intention of tin
delegation to the Golden State +
urge the organization of Il Florid;
Fruit Exchange. modelled after tn,
of California, with such modifilca
us the circumstances may suggest a
improvements on the California
method, though the generally ex
pressed opinion is that the Califor
MIA system is SO nearly perfec. as t.
warrant it's being closely followed i,
this state. Col. Thomas Palmer O
Tampa VIII WAS one Of the mos
oraroofio and ,cf;ra ,oamharo If tn.