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SIMMONS MAKES PLEA
FOR TOMATO GROWER
Tells Gamers They Are Neglected,
And Submits Plan For Stabiuzmg
Conditions.

Atlantic City. N. J.. Jan. lS.-t're-
dieting early union Of all tomato
growers into one national organiza-
ton, DR.. T. q. Symons, director OF
extension service. University OF
Maryland. today urged formation o.
regional committees OF Gamers an"
growers and bonded safeguarding OF
contracts as the salvation OF tn" to-
mato industry. He also advOcat"C
the inauguration by Gamers anC
growers of "buy-a-case- Of-tona-
toes" movement, similar to the buy
a-bale-of-cotton" campaign early III
the war.
DR.. Symons who is taking part IL
scientific conferences Of the Run, hu
of Raw Products Research. National
Gamers Association, addressed the
tomato section of the association on
The Tomato Growers" This Is
the first of the associations conven-
tons at which growers problems
have been given prominence.
Aberdeen Man Heads Section
William Silver, of aberdeen, -'LG.
was elected chairman of the section
this afterI Don. John Il. BaIncE,
president CT canned goods exchange
of Baltimore, and H. B. Messenger,
Of fredericksburg were m2de mem
hers Of the advisory committee.
Declaring that discussion of IN"
growers status at the convention
was a decided step forward but only
a start, DR.. Symons delivered ii talk
on the place of the growers in inc
industry.
The growers has not been given
proper consideration in the minds cl
the majority of Gamers" he asserted.
Some OF you have looked upon the
growers as some industries look upon
their laborers. You have not
recognized that you are the creatures
Of the growers, but considered that
the growers were creatures OF the
canning industry
In many sections tomato grow
ers are organized and it viii not be
very long before 81 overs OF all SOC
tons 49, unite into one commOdit!
organization, like those in otner in
dustri5s, such as milk. potatoes ana
fruits. / wish to emphasize that Il
Is decidedly in the interest OF tins
canning business that the grower
be perfectly organized. Many can,
ners in The past have not reauZeG
lue advantages TO themselves ana this
industry in growers organizations.
They have only considered the mar
row view Of what such organizations
may exact from them.
Sees Two SIues .,Ialing Prices
The TINE has passeu in the Trl
State territory( Maryland, Delaware,
New Jersey, at any rate, when
prices paid for the raw product VII
be decided by one party to the con
tract"
DR. Symcns then asked for q re
turn to a business contract which
ooth grower and Gamer Will keep Il.
every detail, and told of many grow
ers VINO had suffered absolute loss o.
their crops by business failure OF
Gamers.
This raises the question" he con-
tinued, ''lf it is not a sane business
requirement that the Gamer give
bond to ,-1e growers that all products
delivered will be pa .vf III full ana
that the Gamer exacL a Dand ola
the growers organization that all
tomatoes raised upon an agreed acer
age will be delivered to the Gamer.
DeueVe there Will be reason
auIe demand for talr pack OF to-
matoes next fail and winter. 1 think
nothing can be gained II growers or
Gamers decide not to grow OF pack
tomatoes next summer. The acre
age should be reduced with a view
Of increasing yields to the acre, ana
many growers who have not been
able to produce an average crop
should not attempt to raise this
crop"
Submits His Proposals
DR.. Symons tnen submitted his
proposal for regional committees OF
Gamers and growers, the adoption
of which, he believes, would go far
to prevent a recurrence of the de-
moraliZed conditions which prevail
ed in the Maryland tomato industry
last fall. These committees wouIu
agree on contracts, prices acreage
bonds.
1T should be understood" he add
ed that il they cannot agree upon
any of these Things, they would be
authorized tose lect two arbiters and
the two to select a third, which
would guarantee an agreement for
this years business.
After asserting that a large body
Of growers have abandoned the Idea
OF growing for W. DIR. Symons con-
tinued:
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