PROCEEDINGS OF NINETEENTH FRUIT GROWERS' CONVENTION. 95 



The adopted plan of organization is as follows : 



The West Side Fruit Growers' Association, Campbell Fruit Growers' Union, East Side 

 Fruit Growers' Union, and Santa Clara County Fruit Exchange, and such other coopera- 

 tive fruit associations as shall hereafter be elected to membership by a majority of the 

 Board of Control at a regular meeting, shall form an organization to be known as the 

 California Dried Fruit Agency, for the purpose of selling the dried fruit products of 

 these concerns, and attending to such other matters as may be assigned to them. 



Each Union shall operate as a packer as it has been doing in the past, and shall pre- 

 pare its product for market in such manner and under such brand as each shall decide. 

 All fruit shall be graded in a way which shall hereafter be adopted by the Board of 

 Control. Whatever fruit sold through this Agency shall by brand indicate where 

 grown. 



This selling agency shall be managed by a Board of Control, consisting of one repre- 

 sentative from each Union and Exchange now becoming parties to this contract, which 

 representative shall hold office during the pleasure of the organization which he 

 represents. 



The Board of Control at their first meeting shall elect a President, Vice-President, and 

 Secretary. The President and Vice-President shall perform the duties ordinarily per- 

 taining to such offices. The Secretary shall keep full minutes of all meetings, and 

 shall be the custodian of all records of the Board. 



The Board of Control shall also elect a Manager, who shall not be a member of such 

 Board. He must be elected by a two-thirds vote of the full Board. The Manager shall 

 be a general executive officer, and shall conduct all business under the direction of the 

 Board of Control. No member of the Board of Control shall be elected to, or hold, any 

 position to which any compensation shall be attached, except as hereinafter provided. 



All officers shall hold office at the pleasure of the Board of Control. 



Regular meetings of the Board of Control shall be held once a month during the 

 year ; three members shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. Special 

 meetings may be held on call of the President, or of any three members of the Board of 

 Control, twelve hours' notice thereof being given to each member. 



Each member of the Board of Control shall receive a fee of $2 50 for each meeting 

 that he attends. 



The Board of Control shall establish agencies throughout the United States and 

 Canada, and shall conduct the business of selling dried fruits, etc., on the general lines 

 which have been established by the trade, and shall take such steps toward advertising 

 and making known the value of dried fruit as a food product as to them shall seem 

 proper. 



All agencies shall be bound to represent no other shipper or dealer in dried fruits, 

 where it is practicable to make such agency. 



The Board of Control shall arrange for the purchase of supplies at wholesale, and 

 lurnish to members when desired, at cost. 



This organization being perfected, the several concerns hereinbefore named shall 

 make and constitute it the sole agency and means of sale and disposition of their entire 

 product, by means of the contract herewith inclosed. 



It is also agreed that the foregoing conditions become a part and parcel of the follow- 

 ing contract, to be signed by the several Unions : 



This Agreement, made this day of , 1895, between , California, 



a corporation, organized and doing business under the laws of the State of California, 

 party of the first part, and California Dried Fruit Agency, party of the second part, 



Witnesseth: That whereas, the West Side Fruit Growers' Association, Campbell 

 Fruit Growers' Union, East Side Fruit Growers' Union, and Santa Clara County Fruit 

 Exchange, are corporations, organized and conducting the business of drying, curing, 

 packing, and shipping of the fruits raised by their stockholders and others ; and, 



Whereas, it is desirable to facilitate the sale of dried fruits when prepared for market ; 

 and, 



Whereas, the said party of the second part is agent for the said corporation, under 

 the same terms and conditions herein provided ; and, 



Whereas, it is desirable and necessary at all times to have for sale, to meet the present 

 demands of the market, a certain quantity of fruits of the several kinds ; 



Now, therefore, in consideration of these premises, the party of the first part hereby 

 appoints the party of the second part their sole selling agents, for the sale of their this 

 year's product of dried fruit, upon the terms and conditions as follows, to wit: The 

 parties of the second part are to thoroughly advertise the Union and its products 

 throughout the various markets of the world, by means of circulars, agents, and such 

 other means as may be found practicable, and are to sell as far as possible f. o. b. the 

 shipping point, for the highest price obtainable from time to time. And in case f. o. b. 

 sales cannot be made to advantage, shipments shall be made to, and sales effected 

 through, such approved authorized and responsible agencies as shall be established 

 from time to time by said party of the second part. 



The prices at which said dried fruits shall be. sold and offered for sale shall be fixed 

 from time to time by the party of the second part. 



The said party of the first part shall have the right to at any time offer or withdraw 

 from sale any of its products, save and except as follows, to wit : If at any time no fruit 

 be offered for sale by said first party, or any other of the corporations above mentioned, 



