The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-08-29


thus far, which are related in Mr..
Hoskins' own characteristic way:
'rThe league, as you may perhaps
know, has passed its infancy stage
and is now on a firm and permanent
basis. which has been achieved thru
the constant efforts of Mr.. Lloyd s.
Tenny, manager-secretary, since Jan.
1st, this year, and it is source of
pleasure TO say our organization now
comprises over fifty hundred indi-
vidual growers and shippers to-
gether with practically all distribut-
ing and marketing associations, or in
other words, about sixty per cent of
the citrus fruit movement from Flor
ida, and very large percentage of
the vegetable and melon industry.
Our interest at this meeting was
OF a cooperative nature and our
presence by reason of your Board OF
Trades solicitation. l want to say
right here that you have started
something which is so meritorious
that, Notwithstanding the trials and
tribulations ahead of you, you will
eventually be proud to admit was &C
complished through your initiative,
provided the policy outlined at this
meeting is diligently pursued by an
united effort of your brother organi-
cations and individuals, who will
come in the fold when coming to
full realization of the real import
ance of the move. As / have said IN
your meeting, and as we desire
known generally, we are now COM
piling statistical data in it's minutest
detail to reflect a comparison with
all competitive producing sections on
citrus fruits and vegetables. The
former task was undertaken first for
obvious reasons and its completion
will be accomplished within thirty
days. Then we will undertake the
vegetable proposition, which Will be
of gigantic proportions by reason of
the fact that we will have to make
comparisons with so many COMPETE
PARSONS will show the extent of our
Determinations and the alleged un-
.reasonableness of our transportation
and refrigeration rates and then it
behooyes us to present the existing
Inequalities to the initial lines for
consideration, which l am sure they
will take cognizance of and rectffy
without legal procedure. The trans
portation companies hold no animos-
ity toward the efforts of our organi-
cations, as a matter of fact, they
court our organization to learn in a
collective and comprehensive way
what our grievances are and l am
sure will spare no effort to satisfy US,
but we must show them wherein
charged rates and other conditions
I are to our mutual advantage. In the
because we do not get the right kind
of returns from the octopus element
| of commission men. and in cases
where we ignorantly flood market
with our own product even when we
are aware of the fact our competi-
tors may be doing the same thing,
which often occurs through the in
strumentality of wildcat commission
people for the sole purpose of clean
/ ing you up on the pretense Of your
shipments arriving in bad condition,
especially on a Saturday, the mar
/ ket being flooded, ETC., all of which
you have been SO accustomed to
absorb in silence, that it is BETTING
to compare you to the joys of which
/ old Peter Barnum often referred to
] in public announcements of his
achievements in the circus business,
but as / have said, let it be our policy
to follow the era of progression by
carrying out the conclusions reached
at the meeting just held.
81 have much more to say of the
leagues intentions, but ann con-
strained to do so right now for var
ious reasons, one of which is the
Seaboard operates its trains on time
and / must return to Orlando to-
night. However, we will let you
know of our progress from time to
time through the valued columns OF
the Orlando daily newspapers. Ii
you are not member OF the Flor
ida Growers and Shippers League
you are the man we want to com
municate with because it will be OF
interest to you"