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the people. I have proposed to leave this with the people rather than 

 with the California Fruit Exchange, for the reason that we know such 

 a movement must grow, must change, from month to month, from 

 year to year. I do not mean to belittle the power that still rests with 

 the California Fruit Exchange, for I know it means to aid us in this 

 movement, but it must begin from the other end. 



Mr. Berwick: May I put to Mr. Sprague this statement, that " begin " 

 and " carry on " are not the same. " Begin " means taking initial action 

 now. " Begin " and " Carry on " are quite different. 



Mr. Sprague: I did not say so; Mr. Adams did. It would be gross 

 discourtesy to the gentlemen to say that nothing had been done before. 



Mr. Adams : I do not think that any of the directors of the California 

 Fruit Exchange care a sixpence about the terms. I suppose I have 

 been extremely unfortunate, in not making myself thoroughly under- 

 stood as to the difference between the California Fruit Exchange and 

 the California Fruit Growers and Shippers' Association. The gentleman 

 only asked for information, to ascertain what the machinery is to be in 

 starting the work that is embraced in these resolutions. What we want 

 is to get an idea as to how the work may be done, and, when it is recom- 

 mended by this convention, I will go home and tell the organization that 

 sent me to represent it on this floor as to how the work shall be done. 

 As it has been stated here that the great trouble is money, I will say 

 that if we go to work and organize, and elect directors of that institu- 

 tion, I would have no hesitation in saying that we can raise our quota 

 at any time, and we will go right ahead and work with you, heart and 

 hand. I understand that Mr. Sprague's idea is to have the local societies 

 so organize that they will not conflict with us. 



Mr. Sprague: That's the idea, and it should be possible that these 

 local societies should be able to direct their affairs as may seem wise, 

 but it must be an autonomous body. 



Mr. Fowler: We want to get in touch with every portion of the 

 State. We want to help that spirit which is to-day getting to be 

 more and more widespread throughout the State. You have got to 

 use a great deal of patience with your neighbor, owing to the fact 

 that there is a disposition on the part of some of your neighbors to sus- 

 pect you of having an ulterior motive. Human nature is suspicious. 

 The conditions, however, are now such that these societies can be estab- 

 lished to-day much easier than two years ago, when the California Fruit 

 Exchange began its work. The idea that growers should attend to their 

 own business, if they want to succeed, is growing among the people, and 

 will ultimately win. In so far as the Exchange is concerned, we want 

 to see this matter go on. We must persevere, and we want you gentle- 

 men to take charge of the organizations already in existence. 



Senator Hall: I am in favor of this step that we have taken, and of 

 these resolutions, because I believe it is a step in the right direction. I 

 am confident that it will tend to unite the fruit-growers of California, 

 which is the essential thing. It has been hitherto the great difficulty, in 

 trying to get the people together, to make them understand that it is to 

 their interest to unite in a body. I have labored a long time in Cali- 

 fornia to impress these facts, but failed simply because we have not been 

 organized. The one great trouble, it seems to me, in the shipment of 

 our fruit, has been that the fruit-grower has grown his fruit and borne 

 all the expenses of production, and then, when he is ready to go into 



