60 PROCEEDINGS OF NINETEENTH FRUIT GROWERS' CONVENTION. 



Judge Aiken moved the adoption of the committee's report. 

 The report was adopted by unanimous vote. 



APPOINTMENT OF COMMITTEES. 



President Cooper announced the appointment of the following com- 

 mittees : 



On Memorial as to the Death of L. W. Buck. — William H. Aiken, of Wrights; A. Block, 

 of Santa Clara, and R. H. Hewitt, of Los Angeles. 



On Excursion to Folsom. — Hon. A. P. Hall, of Penryn; J. T. Bogue, of Yuba City, and 

 George C. Roeding, of Fresno. 



MARKETING- FRUIT. 



Mr. Vanwarmer: I came from Fresno with the expectation of hear- 

 ing something about cooperation, but I haven't heard anything definite 

 on the subject. There is one point that we ought to have in view as 

 members of this convention, and that is: That it has not received the 

 proper attention, it seems to me, it should have received. AVhile Colonel 

 Weinstock and others have talked encouragingly enough for transporta- 

 tion, the subject of cooperation that has been mentioned here a number 

 of times by different members of the convention has received a sort of 

 milk-and-water attention. We must cooperate. It is our only salva- 

 tion. Our ranches are covered with mortgages, and we must cooperate; 

 but you don't tell us how to cooperate. Now, if it was understood that 

 something would benefit Sacramento, the head-center of the fruit 

 industry of the State, and that they would call a meeting to-morrow 

 morning, at 9 o'clock, for the purpose of cooperating, every man would 

 be there. They would cooperate from the bootblack to the banker. The 

 men who ship our fruits, the railroad companies, the receivers in Eastern 

 markets, the auctioneers, why, they all cooperate virtually. They slide 

 into cooperation as readily as ducks pass into water. Let us know how 

 to cooperate. We want something definite. Now, I will tell you 

 plainly that I do not believe you can get them to cooperate. Pardon 

 me for interrupting this programme. We want to be let alone. Let 

 the people alone. Let the farmers alone, and by and by they will get 

 nothing, and then they will be — somewhere — I don't know that I will 

 > be among the number. I am going to call things by their proper 

 names. The farmers are a pack of fools, and the middlemen and the 

 transportation companies get the best of them on every occasion. If 

 you can make a man see what his own interest is, and get him to see it 

 thoroughly, you are doing well. 



Mr. N. W. Motheral, of Hanford: I am from a section of the country 

 that is largely interested in raisins and dried fruits. We have shipped 

 very largely of green fruits, too, but I think we are not likely to again 

 if the experience of the present year is to be repeated. We are interested 

 in dried fruit and raisins, and all that we have heard in this convention 

 that has been of interest to the farmer has been on the subject of market- 

 ing green fruits. We represent a section of country that shipped not 

 less than 4,600 carloads of raisins, representing about $1,000 per car. 

 You can figure about how much money there was in that transaction. 

 Now, there have been various efforts to unite the raisin-growers. We 



