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increase over the alreadj established fund, bu1 I doubt very much if 

 the legislatt rs will stand for if because they will not be able to see the 

 necessity of it. 



There is a necessity for a correction of conditions in San Francisco. 

 I know thai seme of the people there do not remit honest returns and 

 those are the people that Mr. Weinstock ought to get after because 

 they are working under the laws of California and be is an employee of 

 the state. 



We .see qo necessity of becoming a member of the State Market 

 Bureau. We are satisfied with the system under which we have been 

 satisfactorily and successfully operating for years. As I stated a few 

 minutes ago. we have never levied an assessment, we have been con- 

 sistently paying dividends, and collecting and paying railroad claims 

 to our growers, and as we are purely cooperative, organized and operat- 

 ing solelj for the benefil of the industry thai our members may secure 

 a legitimate value for their products and receive the most efficient service 

 at the minimum cosl of operation, it does not appear to me that with 

 this record we need a guardian appointed by the state of California. 



SCI] NTIFIC DISTRIBUTION OF FRUIT. 



Discussion by A. L. Wiskeh, Grass Valley, Cal. 



Before beginning my remarks I would like to call your attention to 

 the fact that this is perhaps the most important matter that will be 

 discussed at this assembly. 



In connection with the chart that you now see before you I wish to 

 call your attentii n to the fact that you cannot fairly judge the market- 

 ing experiences of a season by isolated comparisons, because a man who 

 is adept in the selection of his figures can usually prove any case he 

 slarK out to if he knows where to go. 



I would say in this connection that you are faced with the fact that 

 on Monday a large tonnage reached the New York market and it sold 



for a low price. I mighl suggest that « of the contributing causes 



was the fad that thej -ell in New York on but five days in the week, 

 while here in California the fruit ripens for seven. There was. there- 

 fore, an extra tonnage to he disp< sed of on .Monday that represented the 

 ripening of two additional days on the trees. However, what I wish 

 to do is to attracl your attention to the ad itself under which the state 

 Marketing Bureau exists. It was. if I interpret the acl aright and if 1 

 understand the history which caused it to he passed by the legislature, 

 an attempt to regulate abuses existing within the state of California 

 through the commission merchants of the state. It did not contemplate 

 ai the time extending the power of the state, which stops at slate lines. 

 to interstate questions of marketing, and I question the legality of any 

 state authority to regulate matters beyond state lines. That is one of 

 the weaknesses 



Another fad in c ction with the ad was that the State Market 



Director was given the authority, and in fact, ordered to establish 

 markets at any and all cities within the state at his discretion, and I 



