Superiority of the California Orange 



Unstinted Praise "The California fruit is gradually taking the 



from market, and will eventually take it all." This 



Opponents. startling and sweeping statement was made by 



Francis E. Hamilton, appearing in the interest 



of citrus fruit importers at the Tariff Hearings, November 18, 1908, 

 before the Ways and Means Committee of the House of Representa- 

 tives. 



Mr. J. C. Chase of Jacksonville, Florida, speaking at the same 

 hearings of the advantages enjoyed by California, and of the greater 

 need of Florida for protection for her citrus fruit, said, "California 

 can ship oranges every day in the year" 



Certainty Mr. E. P. Porcher of Jacksonville and Coco, Florida, 



of who appeared upon behalf of the Jacksonville Chamber 



Crop. of Commerce, referred to the superior richness of the 



California soil, the better climatic conditions, the security 



from drought and freedom from cold, all insuring a certainty of crop. 



(See page 45, Tariff Hearings before the Ways and Means Committee 



of the House of Representatives, Nov. 18, 1908.) 



What is Left Any one who will take the trouble to read these 



for the hearings on the citrus fruit industry before the 



Boosters to Say? Ways and Means Committee will be amazed at 



the many unsought tributes paid the California 



fruit by opponents in business. Boosters for California could not say 

 more. 



Credit to Whom There is no intention to enter here into a dis- 



Credit cussion of the merits of the tariff, or its bearing 



is Due. upon the citrus fruit industry, but before leaving 



the hearings, one quotation from Mr. Champ 



Clark, a member of the Committee on Ways and Means : "God Al- 

 mighty has done a great deal for your state, and the more protection 

 you have thr more you want." To this Mr. Woodward of San Fran- 

 cisco made rejoinder, "God Almighty, as you say, has done a great 

 deal for California. At the same time the citizens have done a great 

 deal." 



Climate and Soil It has taken brains and hard work, as well as 



Plus climate and soil, to produce the California orange 



Brains and Brawn, of commerce. In a way it may almost be classed 



as a manufactured product. The certainty of 



crop testified to by Mr. Porcher of Florida, has been made possible 

 by an elaborate system of irrigation, and by the use of natural and 

 artificial fertilizers. No rain descending from above has ever been 

 graduated so to facilitate the growth of a fruit as has the application 



