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demand or sale therein for tirst-class apples ; and further, the price that this low grade 

 of fruit sells for is so low that little or nothing is netted the grower for the sale thereof; 

 therefore, be it 



Resolved, That it is the sense of this Convention that steps be taken to relieve the 

 markets of this State, particularly San Francisco, of wormy and scaly apples, by pro- 

 moting such legislation as may be necessary to prevent such grades of fruit being 

 received and sold in said markets ; and be it further 



Resolved, That a committee of three be appointed by the Chairman of this Convention, 

 and empowered to take the necessary steps to secure the enacting, by the Board of 

 Supervisors of San Francisco, and by the State Legislature, of such legislation as may 

 be necessary to keep said markets free from wormy and scaly apples. 



Referred to the Committee on Resolutions. 



AFTERNOON SESSION-THIRD DAY. 



Thursday, December 10, 1903. 



VICE-PRESIDENT McIXTOSH. Members of the Convention, you 

 are all probably aware of the fact that the program for this afternoon 

 has been turned over to the ladies, and will therefore be recognized as a 

 ladies* session of this Convention. 



I desire, before proceeding to the program proper, to appoint a com- 

 mittee of three, in compliance with an order of this Convention passed 

 day before yesterday, to inspect the exhibit in this hall and to report 

 upon the same before the close of this Convention. I will now make 

 that appointment, with your consent, viz: Mr. Leonard Coates, Mr. 

 W. D. Weaver, and Mr. R. D. Stephens of Sacramento. 



Ladies and gentlemen, the first topic upon the program this afternoon 

 is that of " Co-operation and Organization," an essay or paper by Mrs. 

 E. Shafter-Howard. 



ORGANIZATION. 



By MRS. EMMA SHAFTER-HOWARD, of Oakland. 

 (Read by Miss Ixa Dore.) 



In coming before this Convention, I am called upon to qualify the 

 subject '"Organization"' as given to me, by reference to the L^nion of 

 "Women in Agriculture and Horticulture.'' as suggested three years 

 ago. 



I had just returned from a trip to England as a voluntary delegate 

 to the "International Council of Women." At this great council only 

 the broadest conceptions of the relations of the individual to the in- 

 terests of humanity were considered, and the various educational, 

 industrial, and economic working forces leading thereto. There were 



