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Mr. Chairman, I move you that a vote of thanks be tendered to the 

 Southern Pacific Company and all other continental lines for the 

 elimination of the private car lines from the fruit transportation service. 



The motion was duly seconded and carried unanimously. 



THE CHAIRMAN. I wish to inquire if Mr. Bowers is here or if his 

 paper, the report of the Committee on Prunes, is represented? 



MR. CRANDALL. As a member of the Committee on Prunes, I will 

 state that neither of the other members, Mr. McDonald or Mr. Bowers, 

 is here, and owing to unavoidable circumstances, the sickness of Mr. 

 Bowers and the absence from the State of myself, there has been but one 

 meeting, and therefore there is no report to be made. 



THE CHAIRMAN. I would like to have Mr. Isaac read a telegram 

 which he has received, and that will set another good man right 

 with us. 



The Secretary read the following telegram: 



Palo Alto, Cal., December 4, 1907. 

 Me. John Isaac, Fruit-Growers' Convention, Marysville, Cal. 



President Jordan is delayed on account of illness. Can not reach Marysville to-day. 



G. A. CLARK, Secretary. 



THE CHAIRMAN. Now, we will hear from Mr. Judd, and his sub- 

 ject is "Tax Discrimination between Farmers and Cities and Towns." 



MR. JUDD. Mr. Chairman, and Ladies and Gentlemen: I want to 

 preface this paper with a remark or two. It may appear to you some- 

 what like our grain used to appear after we got through threshing in 

 the early days of farming in the Pajaro. There was a good deal of 

 reddish wild oats, and we had to keep the grain separated properly so 

 we could tell which we had threshed. Now, there may be some cockle- 

 burs and other things in this paper that a re-cleaning might improve, 

 but I am going to charge up the whole field to Mr. Rogers and Mr. 

 Isaac, who selected the article for me after presenting several to them 

 for their approval. I want to say that, as I look at it, taxes are a 

 burden upon an individual, whether it is done by a legalized assessor, 

 or by a railroad company, or by a labor union, or by any other way in 

 which there is unjust discrimination between the farmer and the 

 balance of the country known as cities and towns. 



TAX DISCRIMINATION BETWEEN FARMERS AND CITIES 



AND TOWNS. 



By A. N. JUDD, of Watsonville. 



During the framing of the new Constitution, the especial pet of the 

 agricultural interests was Article XIII, on taxation. This particular 

 article caused more public discussion than all the rest of the Constitu- 

 tion, and, when voted upon, the corporate interests of the entire State 

 were lined up against the agricultural producer. However, right pre- 

 vailed ; but, as is often the case, what the corporation interests could 



