The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-04-17
Learned A Lot
In California

cndnSe emlSSaTleS SeHl W Ndliloi MIA
to gather information as to the
methods used by the California eN-
change in running a supply house
for its members have returned to
this city, full of enthusiasm about
the things they saw and packed with
facts which they will make known
at the next meeting of the board of
directors of the exchange on We'd
nesday, April 10.
The party, which included Mrs.
Ross and Mrs. Jones, left Tampa
March 81 and made their headquar-
tiers in Los Angeles.
But We were there for very little
of our time" said Mr.. Jones. THE
magnificent roads of that country
are an invitation to travel and we
were on the go great deal of the
time. Out there they think nothing
of going off sixty-five miles or so in
an automobile to Riverside. The
trip is very comfortable and they
make it as a matter of course. We
have much to learn from them in
the way of good roads and in the
way of care for and identification
of the roads,
Brought Back Much Information
Mr.. Jones did not want to tall
much about the lessons learned To-
the growers of this state from tn,
California Citrus exchange example
Thit is matter to come before tn
board of directors of the eXchang
but he said he and Dr. Ross ha
brought back an accumulation o
facts that would take them som
time to assert and digest in shap
to place before the board
Il could not tell you off-hand ho'
many packing houses we were in,
said he, but it was a great ban.
They were finely equipped an
mighty fine places. We learned
great deal about the supply bushes
of the California exchange, too, an
will make that public at the NEE
, ing of the directors"
There are many wonderful thin'
about California but perhaps IL
most wonderful Of all its people
said he. 81 don't know where thu
got their germs or just what m
crope they are infected with, but
: has resulted in their doing wonde
: full things with that country
: theirs. Many of them could be dol
C here just as well and will be
: time. I am confident, but it is ia
that in many ways, they are yea
ahead of US.
"Their roads are one Of the gre
features of the country and tn
have a law which requires the cou
# ty commissioners to keep them bea
e tifieed. In consequence all th'
e roads are planted with pepper, pa
a, and other trees which make the
If beautiful avenues. We Will do t
n same thing here in time and VIII
N we do we will add wonderfully
S, the attractiveness of this countr
N 1t will pay us at.it does them
y the numerous settlers and ouri
Sc it will attract"
al California Exchange Ahead Of F
ST The California Citrus Exchange
IL much better supported than
III Florida Citrus Exchange, handli
le last season 67 1-2 per cent of
10 fruit of the state while this year
u will handle about 70 per cent, 1t
~ believed The Florida body
VI never handled so much as %
cent of the fruit of this state,
VI operation being much weaker
Florida than in California.
there the independents" do
fight the exchange but work in h
- mony with 1t and the growers
ognize that in the exchange is tn
only salvation. CALIFORNIA; pr
lens were really much greater Il
those of Florida, too, due TO II
much greater distance from the
- the numerous settlers and tour
The Floridianse visited sey'
parts of the state and took in
Diego and San Francisco, where
exposition buildings are still sta
- ing, before they returned. T
came back by way of Salt Lake c
Denver and st. Louis, going out
80 M, and FL Pass