The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-07-22

WIN Oos
through the office of the secretary
leads us to believe that the jobbers
prefer to handle mature, ripe STOCK
and, further. wish to advance the or
ange and lemon growing industry IN
the United States
On page 1924 is the following
language:
The next topic for discussion was
Green Citrus Fruits.
Mr.. S. r. LUX: Florida seems to
have had the first trouble. we De-
lieve it would be better If the snip
pers of citrus fruits would wait until
such time when the fruit is suffl,
GENTLY matured before shipment is
made. As jobers. we naturally IKE
to order early. and We always get
the first car of oranges. but frequent
~ when they arrive. they are as
green as grass. with no color. They
are immature. and the grocer who
buys them is led to believe that they
are fit for use. His customer buys
them once and may make another
purchase. but finding them worthless
he refrains from buying more for
some time. thereby retarding the con
sumption of fruit
MIR. Charles b. Bills. | would like
to see this recommendation adopted.
Last year We commenced shipping
and packing oranges when they were
about one-third coored The result
WAS that there WAS nothing but grief
on all early shipments This year |
reversed the order OF things and did
not allow a single grower 10 bring IN
fruit until il was Well coorcd and
sugarcd mp to a certain percentage.
and This season nave uor had a sin
Gle complaint
MI. Washer. ! move that the ID, a
set turh unGer the heading, Green
Citrps Frnit' be rteoonierl as cor
ret n principle ana ihlt The priei
pies aA therein ereus a3,d be adopted
as The seas" OF tha Western rmil
!ohAcrs' NssocIaiio, !, }morica.
THE motion VAS syeendcd and car
Rod"
Mr. $, i, lux IS one 81 The large.
and mos, rcspalsible wholesale frllit
dealers in Topeka. l<ans. Mr.. Charles
b. Bills is the president Of the Pic
ncer Fruit Company Al Sacramento.
Ca. which handles i considerable
NolGG}r oi ctras fruits
lhcrc is a mo-, rate demand loi
ORANGES through tAiS country Ter
Thanhssblu-. Following ths there
is i tremendous demand lur orange
!nr the Christmas trade. ! here is 4
strong temptation on the parl of all
leaders Ia supply this demand, ANA
tor il 2rtat many years, California
has ihdaI1ed IN the practice Of ship.
ping %rccn oranecS. She can put OFT
but Il Emitted quantity, however, Tor
THANKSGIVING, and :s soon rs these
Thanks Giving orders are iIfcd they
cut out their shipments until time
10 be@n shipping FOR Christmas They
usually shut their packing houses
down ON The >th until The 10th oi
December aud dc not open again I'M
I'll there is demand from the Eastern
markets Tor oranges. There Is a
short period between the Thanksgiy-
ing trade and the Christmas trade
which gives the dealers an oppor-
Iunity TO clean up the poor stuff which
hey have bought, which they rarely
rver do at a profit TO themselves or
10 the satisfaction of the consumers.
Aitcr the Christmas trade is over.
here is Il lull, sometimes of thirty
lays before there is any considerable
Of California oranges. This
gives their fruit an opportunity to ma.
urc. In Florida there has been dis
position TO begin in September and
o keep continuous stream of or
lngcs going to market. regardless of |
market conditions or the maturity of |
he fruit. and We can look back over
he past ten years prior TO the season |
If 19ll-12 AT the consecutive years |
II disaster TO growers and dealers, |
Iue TO this foolish policy of forcing
oranges upon people who
10 not want them. and will not have
hem. In a vain effort to persuade
,rOwers affiliated with the Exchange,
nd operators not affiliated with it,
o refrain from this suicidal course,
he Exchange took up the matter Of
egislatiOn and succeeded in having
bill passed by the Florida ,isla-
urc making it crime under IL law
or any person to ship, or off,, for
hipment, from this state citru4 u'ts
hat were immature or othcrW m
t for consumption. This act + cd
he legislature almost immea ely.
was hcralded as good law. rae
icaily before it WAS out OF ,he }nds
the governor, agencies uHs had
roGted and would continue "a r9lit
Trough the handing of this if 'lre
nit, took steps to Offset its 81 in
uence, and to this end wpr or.
d TO have employed counse 20
ito the law. disscct il and .-r
weakness, if it was Their 4.ca
,ould make it imperative. @ Of
leir number visited Tallaha and
some of the trade and dali pars
ppeared what purported To h.. N
,rview with these gen'lenes n
'hich IL uac c+afoJ thu .gv j