12 PROCEEDINGS OF TWENTY-SIXTH FRUIT-GROWERS' CONVENTION. 



factory mass of legislation upon a very important subject. The fruit 

 industry is one of the largest and most important in this State, and it 

 would seem that some plain, simple legislation upon so important a 

 subject should be formulated and passed." 



Regarding the olive oil law, Judge Torrance, of the Superior Court 

 of San Diego County, in a test case appealed from the Police Court, 

 decided that the sections of the statutes making it unlawful to substi- 

 tute any inferior or cheaper article whatever, wholly or in part, for 

 another, or to sell one article under the name of another, are unconstitu- 

 tional. 



The Sacramento Record-Union on July 11th published as an Asso- 

 ciated Press dispatch from the Union of San Diego, that former State 

 Senator D. L. Within gton stated that under the amended pure food law 

 the word " manufacture," which was in the old law, was omitted, and 

 that the words " knowing" and " knowingly" have been inserted in the 

 new act, so that the prosecutor must prove that the seller of an adulter- 

 ated product had knowledge that it was adulterated when he made the 

 sale — a fact not ordinarily susceptible of proof. It seems to me that" 

 these laws should be revised by some competent attorney so as to over- 

 come or remedy their defects, and a mode be devised of sampling foods 

 offered for sale, and analyzing them and prosecuting offenders, with an 

 ample appropriation to insure the relief which was intended. 



Cleopatra's Needle. — In my opening remarks at the Convention 

 held one year ago, I recommended that an effort be made to remove 

 Cleopatra's Needle from Central Park, New York, and set it up in 

 Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, giving my reasons why this should 

 be accomplished (see pages 80-82 of the Report for 1900). A resolution 

 was passed referring the matter to the California State Board of Trade 

 and the Park Commissioners. No action has been taken by either, so 

 far as any report to the State Board of Horticulture. My enthusiasm 

 to secure the greatly-desired object has not abated. There are several 

 important localities in the State where the obelisk could be set up, and 

 since San Francisco has practically done nothing the matter should be 

 taken up by a committee of fruit-growers and farmers, who could ask 

 for bids from various localities for its possession, and an additional sum, 

 if it should be necessary, could be donated by the fruit-growers and 

 farmers to meet the expense. 



Recommendations. — I will not discuss further in this paper the mat- 

 ters that are coming before this Convention, but before concluding will 

 recommend : 



First — That we pass a resolution, to be sent to our members of Con- 

 gress, that we object to and will oppose any reduction in tariff duties 

 on fruits and fruit products by reason of reciprocity considerations. 



