The St. Lucie County tribune. (Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Fla.) 1905-1920, 1909-10-29
GROWERS WILL
HANDLE CROP
s. Goodwin Replies to Letter
',tf.P. Porcher of Last Week
MUTATION EXPLAINED
..,.u< the Results Of Past Years, and
o.,X;t,s that Citrus Exchange Will
Handle Majority of Pineapple Crop

Fort Pierce, Fla, Oct. 25, 1909,
Gtor TRIBUNE; ,, ,...
.snt date, ! beg to say, | saw the
ssr aide of the question to my sorrow
v n from the way the pineapple grow
,aspond to my efforts to assist them,
Sslieye they too, see the other side.
i i true that actions speak louder
Asn words, and next season will show
very plainly.
IN shipments," there were few,
nv few of my shipments that Por-
sr's association did not get a COM
issiOn on the freight, and I'll let that
Itis true that honestly defended the
slrbution plan of both Porcher's as
tiation and Chase 4 Co., as being
ebest method at hand to market our
nit at that time.
Since the "plan without a flaw" has
N presented to the growers, l see
NJ much better the new plan is than
old; have my eyes open and can
the mistakes in the old plan, and
" am boosting the new plan all ]
ssiby can. | am simply wiser, Mr..
,rcher. Wise men change their minds,
BIS, never! Experience is the best
heher, and I've simply been taught
kssOn knowledge comes dear and
he paid the price.
II you had investigated Mr.. At
hter's shipments, you would find that
shipped you his whole crop. He al
believed in you but now like Il SEN
Ne man he believes in the Citrus En-
hnge plan.
want to thank you for the interest
d took in the Exchange in paying
stage to notify the people to come
hear Mr.. Reid; am doing the
me thing everyday and realize that
{ only thanks we get will come in
sway.
You say, "our associations have not
en- trying to pull down to build up. y
e grower has been pulled down how
er and would stay down and out If it
se not for the Exchange that is going
pull US out.
hr. POrcher says: "In 1907 we
ndled some of Mr.. GoOdwin's fruit,
der the three stencils, netting him
~, $3.50 and $2.l3. This same
llt," amounted to llS crates at the
ginning of the season.
funny that the first shipment of the
lson nets so big and returns are very
Pmpt and later returns are small and
a long while in getting to the grow
The first returns were ~. 81 net,
y 18th when fruit was scarce. The
) shipment netted me, through Mr..
Fcher, $3.50. A shipment to Frost,
T., netted 81. Is same date, though
association got the best fruit.
pne of the three stencils were my
hers and the data of his scencil a.
writing are not available as ne is
Of town.
nlSS Mr.. POrcher says, 1--WE han
some of Mr.. GoOdwin's fruit under
&c stencils netting him $l.O3, 81. 81
~. The net of $l.03 was shipped
e 18th; l55 crates. The day before
shipment was made sold LOG crates
l65 per crate. The day after, |
As at 81. ~, 30s at SLIGO. wish
had sold the 1855 you got. The
o. N.S was made on November 2,
me next day | shipped to Chase d
q crates and they Melted $l.95.
lSS ! stuck to one plan-The
&c Pineapple Growers Association,
tled up their crop with Mr.. Por-
association and we gave them 80
cent OF our crop; | gave him al but
! abbakas that he said he did not
asl It would bring down the aver.
net results at the end of the sea-
ana this was true also regarding
"A" ripes.
ARK this, the exchange will get
ior ripes this coming season and
aooakas than ever in the. history
ne pineapple business. In 1909 my
uents all went to Porcher's asso-
~n and met disaster and lost ~,
49, II one can lose what they never
Net returns last season, under
pa management and a plan OF
90 distribution that was promised
crate.
difference between the 81 cents
veg and that | should have netted
AZ Total shipments consider a loss.
ails Bros, of Chicago, the biggest
1'ers OF Cuban pines in the United
~, located at Chicago, lay all the
uIe at the doors of mishandling by
sScalied distributors, and say they
VIII beglad to cooperate with any
oo % keep in touch with all mar
ana keep them clean. They plainly
mat our fruit often sold lower thar
actually got for Cubans and
.nelr market at one time to such
..ent that they had the growers IN
actually stop picking for a week.
prove that l am right, next sea-