The San Francisco call., 1910-12-09
STATE GROWERS
Will WAGE WAR
ON fruit PEST
Fruitmen Are Entertained by
Instructive Addresses by
Experts
Congress Will Be Appealed To
in Support of Fight on
Harmful Flies
LSpeoial Dispatch 10 The Call

ers of California viii appeal to the
United States congress and the state
legislature for assistance in their bat
tie against the fruit fly
The state convention at its session
today authorized A I. Spra que Of Sac
ramento TO draft resolutions to ibring
the matter before the legislature and
congress
The fruit fly question and standard
izatiOn Of pack weer the two big fea-
lures Of tOdav's session. The conven-
tion viii conclude its labors tomorrow
Santa Rosa and Santa Barbara have
asked for the next convention.
The fruit flies are being imported
heer by arrivals from Hawaii. Mexico
and other tropical countries. II was
said. and the only possible way Of pre-
venting the same is believed to be that
Of rigid inspection and quarantine laws.
A. /. Sprague declared that public
sentiment should be aroused forthwith
II Velieve the matter should be taken
up before the next legislature he
said Here is a matter involving the
very existence Of CalifOrnia's fruit in
dustry. There is no guard against the
fruit fly. and if there is no other way
7 would move for immediate action
and have the matter taken up at a
special session Of the legislature. 1
was amazed by the fact that the pests
are causing such damage
st understand" said President JEFF
frey. that my office is to receive better
financial support, which viii make IL
possible for us 10 take up this matter
more thoroughly
The other feature Of the work, how
ever. is dfficult-that of drawing UP a
constitutional law TO permit the in
spectors to open and inspect the bag
gage. I do not believe it is so much
question Of public opinion as that OF
rafting a constitutional law There
never before was such sympathy be-
tween the average legislator and the
fruit grower. Public opinion is ready
10 pu the law through.
STANDARDIZATION
This afternoons session was devoted
TO The reading Of papers on different
features of Standardization, the first OF
which was by George =. Kellogg OF
Newcastle His subject was Board OF
Inspection and Control; a Seasons Re
suits in Standardization
He introduced the subject by stat
sng that the California fruit growers
during the past few years learned that
other parts of the United States were
giving them keen competition. AS q
result il became apparent to. the grow
ers that their only resort was a per-
feet pack.
Kellogg said: The experiences of
the season have led Us to believe that
p state law. similar TO some neighbor-
ing commonwealths. governing the
the whole situation, would be very
beneficial"
Marshall de Motto of Corning read
an exceptionally fine paper on Grow
ers and Packers of Standardized Fruit
He stated that while il is true fruit
ras been marketed for more years than
L.. .Ir- fr- q
the past few years that dependable
package has been developed
He said Oregon men got in the lime
light early as pioneers in the move
ment for Standardization. These Ore
eon men apparently undertook TO show
the world two things, he said. "one
that they grew good apples and the
other that they grew enough good
enples 10 I'LL full sized boxes And their
goods imm mediately became very popu-
lar"
He said it had taken years 10 get
fruit growing up to the present state
Of perfection. He declared the eve sells
the fruit and that for this reason the
utmost care should be taken in pre-
paring il for market. He urged the
fruitmen to guard against the eye of
deception in the packer who would try
make his fruit look better than IL is
As TO Standardization, he said they
must standa rdize from the ground up
He started in with the nurseryman and
declared his stock needs to'be standard
lied thereby making il possible 10 test
2 mans stock by known standards
LOCAL EXHIBITS URGED
Next the speaker turned his attention
to stsndardizing localities. The real
estate man who declares his lanc viii
grown anything but hair on 2 bald
head must find and admit that this is
but small fraction Of the truth. Each
soil. each altitude and each locality
has its preferences, and these must
be studied TO standardize- Special
plots Of land for certain reasons may
be specially suited for certain other
crops but the locality as 2 whole
should he carefully standardized to get
the best results for all. To this end
each town should have a permanent
local exhibit Of it's own standards.
That is. its most successful and profit
able horticultural and agricultural
products"
As 10 trade marks he thought it
would be preferable for the sake Of the
locality and the home spirit that each
district have its own label Of standard
ization. and that il should be regis
tered trade mark
George ". Ball of Placerville spoke
of the movement in his county He
spoke very highly OF it and urged those
sections that had not taken it up to
do so. He said the organization must
be g strong one and in charge of
men whose sole purpose is standardiza-
ton.
George W. Lawrence Of Lodi reported
on the Standardization movement in
this county He said the first meet
ing was called last February and or
ganization effected in April, over so
per cent Of the growers signing up.
He said many diversified opinions
were found as to the effect or success
OF the attempt at Standardization. It
was impossible for the limited num-
her of inspectors to inspect all the
grapes shipped out.
II H Ramsay Of Red Bluff reported
for shasta and Tehama counties. He
declared standardization was a step
in the right direction. He traced the
history Of the movement in those coun-
lies. He believed the standard pack
VIII prove especially beneficial to the
small fruit grower.