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, Aldei' Anders, in Sacramento : — 



" I have lieard the addresses, and so far I have not heard a false note. 



Everybody is for standardization, and it is as weW as a progressive business 



people that the fruit-growers should be so, for standardization is nothing 



but a matter of evolution in the matter of handling Californian fruits." 



A. P. Anewalt, general freight agent, Sante Fe railway, Los 



Angeles : — 



" This is an age of efficiency, which is another word for standardization, 

 and uniformity in complying with it; without uniformity of performance, 

 standardization, whatever may be its merit, -will accomjilish little good." 



Many other members of the Convention spoke in a similar strain, 

 some especially instancing the way in which the fruit industry in Cali- 

 fornia had benefited by standardized packing. The benefits which have 

 accrued to the fruit industry in America by standardization have been 

 alluded to in past numbers of this Journal, more particularly in con- 

 nexion with the establishment and development of the Californian Citrus 

 Fruit-growers Exchange, and the ISTorth-western Fruit Exchange. These 



Orange Packing House, Pasadena, California. (Reprinted from 



in Agriculture.") 



Co-operation 



two co-operative exchanges, which are now the largest handlers and dis- 

 tributors in the world of citrus and deciduous fruits respectively, rose 

 from small beginnings, and under the most adverse circumstances. Their 

 success has been almost solely due to the standardization of their packs, 

 and the reputation for honest grading and packing which they have 

 thereby established in every market where their fruits have been placed. 

 The frequent allusions in this Journal to the success which has been 

 achieved in the United States and Canada by the adoption of standardiza- 

 tion packing has been met by certain sections of our fruit-growers by the 

 statement that the conditions in existence on the North American Conti- 

 nent were so different from those which obtained in Australia as to raise 

 grave doubts as to their applicability here. An endeavour will be made 

 later to show that not only is it possible to apply the same methods 

 in Victoria, but that the application of these methods would probably 

 result in benefit to the producer, seller, and consumer of our fruits. 



