The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1912-06-14

NAtsMef ufusned Ms head and SAID !:
-nraah that ny away. Sam, and let
me listen for that train"
In this effort OF the Florida Citrus
Kxchange 10 induce the commissioner
uf agriculture. through the pure food
department. 20 abide by the decision
&C the attorney general and lend his
"a 60 the enforcement OF the imma-
ture fruit law. the Florida Citrus Elk.
chanEe pat the commissioner on no.
tice that n he failed 10 do his duty,
ne Exchange would be forced to re-
sort 20 drastic measures, foreshadow-
ina the lettergram sent TO the pure
food departments Of various states,
warning them against the food of
immature. poisonous oranges that the
eountFy was about 20 be flooded with.
The commissioner disregarded this
warnlng. making II necessary TO re-
sort 90 this drastic measure. After
weeks % deliberation and exhaustive
'eff0Ft % stop the shipment of green
fruit. that lettergram was sent 1t
meant success or failure to the citrus
tndustry % this state: the sending of
ehta isttsrgram. which was published
o. the press throughout this country,
and favorably commented on editorial
~ the leading newspapers of the
country The opponents who thought
that they had successfully defeated
ths law and were az that time violat-
inm n had green fruit scattered
through the country, which was re-
fused and some Of IL condemned. The
neKt tread Of footsteps that Mr.. Rose
beard was the call for the convention
~ Orlando 90 condemn the Florida
citrus Exchange for sending out that
letteFKram that Ubiquitous letter
gFam' That convention was adver-
aiaed and heralded over the state.
Systematic campaign work was done.
Ma1 Alexander ST Clair Abrams was
selected % manage the campaign. He
wrote a series Of caustic letters, pub
ilshed IN the Times-Union. and at a
given time. the convention assembled
ca Orlando That convention is his
tory There were thlrty-three faith
and no doubt when the State Chemist
reads that list and recognized the
character Of the men who made up
che thirty-three. he felt that there
must have been some miscalculation
tn bis estimate o. the eighty per cent
The next tread that his listening
ears caught was the assemblage of
more than Eve hundred growers at
Tampa on the 18th Of April.
The strongest objection ever urged
ny the opponents 20 the immature
fruit law - that there is no standard
AIRED BY the law for determining the
maturlty of an orange. Mr.. Rose en-
phaslzed that very strongly in the pa
per read before the citrus growers
convention AZ Tampa on the 18th of
april
Orange Juice Analysis.
lExtract from Speech of Hon. r. P.
Burton a. Meeting Florida Horticu!-
tuFal society. May 4. 1922
80 much having been said, publicly
and privately, after the passing of
she immature citrus fruit bill as to
when an orange was ripe or when it
uaa sweet. or when immature, that
ans Florida Citrus Exchange decided
90 carry on a series of experiments
IN the way Of analysis of oranges
from different localities at different
times. In order 90 determine some of
the uncertain questions at point.
some years ago certain experiments
were made by the bureau OF chemistry
of the United States department of
agriculture, IN the way of analyses of
oranges AZ different stages of matur-
aty being very careful In their deter
Hnination OF the total percentage of
ritric acid Ia the juice and total per-
oentage o. sugar as invert in the
1uice. and the Exchange line of work
Waa inaugurated 90 follow this plan
much more completely and thoroughly
ahau had ever been done before
Wiley 4 Co. a firm Of analytical
chemists Of baltimore, of undoubted
reputation and ability. whose name
and work are international, were Sc
aected. after due investigation. as the
arm best equipped TO carry on the
analyses of the Exchange.
Pour different sets OF experiments
we're carried on simultaneously. First,
arrangements were made with grow
mrn la seven localities in the state
whereby they would select a certain
tfoe Ia their groves. which should not
- picked for any purpose except for
these experiments. through the season.
of feiil2 ON the same day every
month. az intervals OF a month apart.
enc dozen oranges were picked from
each Of these trees and sent TO Wiley
q Co for analysis. On arrival, the
saice was carefully extracted from the
oEanEes. thoroughly mixed and then
tasted The taste OF the juice was
classified az very sour" sour"
tart sweet" or very sweet" AT
ter fhls notation was made on the
test sheet. the analysis was proceed