MISCELLANEOUS PAPERS. 34T 



ORGANIZATION 



"Will protect the transportaiiou of your fruit in every way from the 

 time you deliver it to the association shipping agent at your staiion.. 

 He handles it carefully into the car and the car goes intact to the asso- 

 ciation commission agent in some distant city, who does not handle 

 and rehandle it (as do the express companies, in sorting and delivering 

 to the various consignees), but delivers the contents direct to his cus- 

 tomers as their orders come in, and they, in turn, get them to the con- 

 sumers in the best possible condition. In the matter of railroad rates, 

 to any and all markets, I need not tax your patience or question your 

 intelligeace, by setting forth the immense advantage an association 

 will have. 



Organization accomplishes that all-important object, the findiug 

 of the best markets. The association's manager should receive daily 

 advices, either by mail or wire, from reliable agents in every available 

 city. Transportation charges would be closely watched. Railroad 

 and express companies do not reduce their rates without knowing why 

 they must do so to hold their business. Hon. Geo. T. Powell says : 

 "The county would get its most valuable reputation to handle this 

 fruit, especially apples, peaches and grapes, through an organization 

 that puts its stamp of thoroughness and uniformity on everything that 

 goes out." Co-operation in shipment is of the utmost importance to 

 small shippers, who cannot avail themselves of the market without it,. 

 and with it have equal advantages with the large shippers. Begioners 

 often let fine fruit waste because of having too small lo:s for shipment 

 ready at any one time. '"Kefrigeration laughs at time," and no country 

 has the monopoly of any market very long. California can sell fruit 

 in the Chicago market in prime condition 30 days from the tree. Re- 

 frigeration will help immensely to market our fruit, however great the 

 production, and renders the problem only one of the cost to grow and 

 transport. Refrigerator car service can only be obtained for con- 

 tinuous large shipments through the organized co-operalion of ship- 

 pers. 



Our apples must find their way to other countries in the near 

 future, and it is altogether possible that we may even ship our peaches 

 to England. Peaches go there now from the Cape of Good Hope, and 

 why not as well from the United States? A really fine peach is never 

 to be had in England for less than 8 cents. When the right time comes 

 our shipping association can test the carrying qualities of our fruit by 

 sending trial packages to the various markets of this and other coun- 

 tries and noting the results. 



