The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1911-09-21
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AND FIR III CROPS
What a Visitor Nov ofk
Learns abont adRs
Fruit Crops
IMPORTERS u Z IS q
Conditions Which Encoura g
Fruit Culture n lbs
Country

NEW YORK, Sept.
me why I came TO Ne
spend my vacation, earzse tae
scribe to q real New YORKER
who has always lived Pnd
here; "but the tact ~ Fe8unlee t4s
party OF the hrst part, ne
very interesting place to Loaf =, 2.
/ am not. in any grelt fear tas.5 4
shau carry home case Of tyQlq1..
fever, or Indigestion. mosduito
or malaria, as very likely Should
4 were enjoying an outing = tne
country"
'.NothinE strange, Rentgntlou
responded the party OF ne
part. u myself md II pretty sols
place to stay in for my Yecation I y
fact is that have no time 70 see alilS
thing during all the rest or the year
except. perhaps. a theatrical perfoI
ance now and then. People who o.
casionaIly come to the city know
great deal more about 4 than o.
They take time 70 see things taat u
am always going TO see but 49S
have time for
A good Californian who came nom
New England originally said almost,
the same thing to me q day o. Two
after the above dialogue took Ace.
"I stood looking at the statue ol
BENJAMIN Franklin in Boston, aald
he, "and CHANGED a remark Z
to a substantiaI-looldng eitison ao
was waiting for . cab or . car,
looked surprised. and PeeFtng etst9ll
statue through. hi. glaasea
marked: ut Is F'rankltn, isn't its Do
YOU know, i've lived here al my 1ite.
and / thought It was Daniel Wiebl y
I'm going to get acquainted with t1i3
town some day
At the time we were watching qn
auction sale or California fruitTto
me one Of the most interesting elsht9
of New York. It's great place TOT
character study.
Now I'm a grower Of lemons e
oranges, at home" said the Calitor-
MAN, "and although AL OF my fruit
is disposed Of in this manner have
never before seen the way the eyg-
tenn works in actual practice. lt9 9
revelation to me; and suppose
may say, with perfect proprietN that
we orange growers have the most
perfect, cooperative selling organi4a-
ton for agricultural products that
can be found anywhere. see mat
the farmers back here are Just begin
ming to get wise. on the subject o.
cutting out the middleman. Wei,
we have not eliminated the 1obber ax-
actly, and 1 don't know that We wish
to do SO, but we have eliminated 2
good many OF the dishonest 1obber9'
and we can tell the farmers Of New
York and other states good deat
about cooperation"
This morning was down on pier
80, and It looked like a big horticul-
tural exhibit" / remarked.
isn't it great? remarked Mr.. cal
Ifornian. The Erie railroad stocks
up that pier every night, aud every
day it is cleared on ready Tor new
shipments. Today forty-ive car
loads of fruit are stacked up there.
All night long, $50 freight handlers
carried boxes Of fruit on to that pier,
piled them up in orderly fashion. ana
opened up sample boxes for the buy
ers to see the varieties. condition and
manner of packing. These are lem-
ons, oranges, peaches, pears, grapes
and plums."
Eyes. sampled some OF them" :
remarked, land its surprise 70 re
what fine flavor that fruit has. after
1t has come all across the country
preceding, sir; preceding ac-
counts for It" sententiousIy said NE.
Californian. They MI up that pier
every day, except on Sundays and
holidays.7 he continued. Seems -
wonder where the fruit all goes. for
that pier is about $50 feet long. and
pretty wide. They heat It IN the
winter. too"
We became Interested IN the aue-
ton now. and talk languished. The
auctioneer faced room where seats
rose tier on tier, and IN them were
about 200 buyers. Not dRpper lock-
ing brokers' these but unlrenpt-
rIl4r