The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-02-13

that a number OF comparative rates
be made known before vote was
taken on the resolution.
Messrs ". w Owen and ". G.
Hughes, attaches OF the Chatta-
nooga offices Of the express company,
furnished this information, which
disclosed the following random rates
on vegetables and fruits from FIori-
da points TO market centers: Citrus
fruits from Winter Haven to New
York in ten crate lots advanced to
cents per crate; beans from Wa
chula to Pittsburg in ten crate lots
same rate: citrus fruits from Fort
cents; beans from Bartol to Wash
ngton reduced cents per crate;
cantaloupes from Ocaia to New York
advanced 81 cents per crate; beans
from Ocala to New York reduced u
cents per crate.
After a thorough going into the
standing OF them, Chairman Meffert
put the resolution, which was lost
Mr.. Hockaday said he would take
it upon himself, to. assure the Gain
esviIle growers that the weight esti-
mated on a barrel crate Of beets
would be reduced 10 120 pounds.
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Gainesville representative. as he said
with this concession his people
would be able to gather their. crops
with a reasonable certainty that
they would not be an entire loss.
which would have been the result
had they been compelled to ship at
the rate as shown in the express tar
if sheets
Mr.. Tenny IN a short speech be-
fore the committee said that he be-
lieved the revision of the rates on
ultimately result in betterment OF
the condition of the Florida shipper
as the same rate would prevail, ac-
cording to distance, all over the
country. This he argued would
place US in position to get to our es-
tablished markets at less rate than
many other sections further away
And as to re-establishing the old
rates for time, this would raise the
rates to the southern markets above
the present ones, and would be most
undesirable to many sections of the
state Mr. Tenny advised the or
ganization OF the vegeta BILE growers
along the same lines as those adopt.
ed by the fruit growers of the state
| which would enable small shippers
to make up car load lots for certain
points ana secure the consequent
car rates.
At about $50 the committee ad
journed to the court house where the
members OF the convention were
awaiting their report.
| Secretary Rooney introduced Mr.
| Tenny OF the Growers league. who
made a splendid talk on the lines O
organization.
Mr.. Moore. of Gainesville spoke
very encouragingly OF the good re
suits which he believed would even
tually come from the uniform rate
made up and put into force by th'
interstate commission.
Mr.. Kellum. traffic manager o
the Jacksonville board of trade, wa
present. and made a short speech
suggesting that he believed the nev
rates, which had taken the commits
sion two long years to get up an.
put in force, would rebound to thI
best interests OF the shippers o
Florida. He favored the organiza
/ ton of the growers and the shipmen
OF our products in car lots.
Nr. Wartmann. the live wire frui
and vegetable grower. of Citra. ad
dressed the meeting, and said tha
ne was glad that it had been GALES
as it had been the means of a bette
understanding of the changes in tn
Irates. He said he believed the mis-
understanding Of the propose
changes in weights. etc. was respor
sible for a great deal Of the presen
: agitation. Mr. Wartmann also E,
dressed the opinion that the placin
OF the same rates on all SCI