The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1911-09-21
TARIFF
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down, the buyers beeR1neE- more inter
ested. At times they would jump -
their feet, wave their catalogues ct
tthe auctioneer and shont vehemently
4 An old fruit man came and sat beside
eAre these the pusheart meng"
Ii asked him.
.aThese are jobers, mostly" said
the fruit man. Some OF them do a
pretty heavy business Last week
this crowd took s24o,ooo worth OF
.aVhat Is the most that has
come IN for one day." asked Mt.
Californian :,
They have handled 1e5 carloads
OF California fruit on pier 20 in one
day. IS carloads of it being oranges
and lemons, and it sold for Sl20'-
How is the market today2" l
asked.
poor; it was warm yesterday, to-
day it is drizzling, and the receipts
OF watermelons have been heavy. A
thing like that effects the whole fruit
market. II 1t should turn cold the
.decfduous prices would advance but
then lemons. already slow would
sen lower"
us this the crowd?" asked
."that wanted to have Congress put
lemons on the free Hst2"
The fruit man smiled grimly.
Ipuess that only a very few men in
the trade cared much about the tar
i'm fight" he answered These
men. who are italians, Creeks jews
with here and there an Irishman'
don't seem to care about the tarlu'
Il think they would really prefer to
see tariff enough SO that the I'M
norters can't sell at a figure so low
mat it will keep the California
lemons out of the market. 1t makes
better competition, and there IS
more fruit offered for sale. Before
the tarin was raised the importers
controlled this market, and by resu-
llatfnG the supply virtually hxed
p4Yces. They are exporting sicilian
lemons now right along to stihen
up the market, which is somewhat
unaccountably weak. Lemons are
very cheap now"
al found that out when got my
returns" said my California ac-
quaintance, but our lemons are
certainly of good quality"
Excellent; they are better than
ever and hold up well, now Peo-
nile seem to prefer them, but
whether from patriotic sentiment
(which counts a good deaD, or be
cause the lemons are better, hardly
know. But I know that this sun
l,ist' brand of oranges which the
CaIffornians have been advertising
in the newspapers, always bring
more at the auctions by to 10
cents a box than any other brands.
"Then these men," persisted J.
are not the ones who petitioned
Congress to put lemons on the free
Iist?'
.:Huh,'' and a sardonic CLEAN
lighted up the fruit mans features
..Those chaps would sign petition
for almost anything, but I think not
MANY of them worry about free
lemons. The signers to these petit
tions were mostly pleasure seekers
Mt Coney sIland, many of them boys
not over ten years old. This cry
about cheap lemons is amusing
The fact is that lemons are cheaper
than oranges. or apples. or pears, or
almost anything except potatoes. u
there is any public outcry about the
.price of lemons, or any other fruit
haven't heard it. l suppose Can
fornia doesn't really raise enough
lemons
"Calinfornia." interposed the
gentleman from the bear has
state, raises about half enough
lemons now to supply the demand in
this country. and If the fool tinker
ing of the tarin will let the lemon
item alone for few years. we shall
raise enought to supply the whole
country, and then some. BY this
time we will compete among our
selves for the market, and the price
will be regulated better han it is
now. Meanwhile. the railroads
the wooden and cotton mills. the
manufacturers of all kinds will ben
eft. The money will be scattered
among all classes
That's the last lot" said the