He said do, and informed me that he could sell a carload of that kind. 

 I telegraphed to my ranchman to send on a carload, which was done, 

 and they sold within two hours. But the worst of it was that the Cali- 

 fornia papers credited me with giving those oranges out to the members 

 of Congress. The fact is, they were sold so quickly that I had no chance 

 to give them away. The reputation of California fruit is now well estab- 

 lished. The only question is how it shall be handled. If your freights 

 are too high you must take measures to have them reduced; and if your 

 commission merchants are not treating you as they should, you must 

 have that rectified, and insist on fair and equitable dealing at their 

 hands. But if I continue in this vein I fear I will be giving you advice, 

 and that is not my purpose. I would much rather have your views on 

 these questions, and when I write my message to the next Legislature 

 I will adopt them if I can. In conclusion, I thank you all for your 

 kind and courteous attention. [Applause.] 



EEASSEMBLED. 



On reassembling, the hospitality of the city of Sacramento was ex- 

 tended to all connected with the convention, in the following 



REMARKS BY MAYOR B. U. STEINMAN. 



Mr. Chairman, and Members of the State Fruit Growers' Convention, 

 Ladies and Gentlemen: It affords me great pleasure to welcome you to 

 the City of Sacramento — to our new City of Sacramento. I am glad to 

 say that the executive committee of the citizens of Sacramento have 

 selected a successful fruit grower to welcome you to Sacramento. He is 

 so successful a fruit grower that he has been able to retire from fruit 

 growing many years ago. I am happy to give place to Mr. Weinstock, 

 who will tell what he knows about raising fruit. 



ADDRESS OF WELCOME BY MR. H. WEINSTOCK. 



Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen: It is some eight years since 

 the State Board of Horticulture in its wisdom saw fit to select Sacra- 

 mento as the meeting place of the Sixth Annual Convention of Cali- 

 fornia Fruit Growers. Since that time there has been a marked growth 

 in our city, in the attendance of your conventions, and in the develop- 

 ment of the great industry which you represent. In 1886, when you 

 last met here, there were shipped from the State 4,000 carloads in all, of 

 green, dried, and canned fruits. At that time that was regarded as a 

 phenomenal achievement, and many wiseacres expressed their belief 

 that the limit of profitable fruit raising had been reached; and yet you 

 and I have lived to see more than 20,000 carloads sent out of the State 

 this one year. We have lived to see that great increase in the output 

 within a period of but eight years. In spite of the discouraging condi- 

 tions, in spite of the fact that out of the 20,000 carloads sent forward 

 this year there were very many that did not realize satisfactory prices; 



