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fresh fruits to Eastern markets, on the sole and sufficient cause that such shipments 

 must inevitably result in loss to the grower. And for the further purpose of giving 

 force and effect to such proposed demand, it is 



Resolved, That the fruit growers of Placer County organize by mutual contract, agree- 

 ing each with the other to ship no more fruit unless such satisfactory rates are made; 

 and 



Resolved further, That this meeting form a committee of twelve, to be appointed by 

 the Chairman thereof, which committee shall have all delegated power to do any and 

 all things necessary to form such organization, to gather statistics necessary to demon- 

 strate the reasonableness and necessity of the demand, to communicate with the fruit 

 growers of other localities which have suffered equally and more by reason of the 

 large freight and refrigeration charges, and to induce them to take similar action in 

 organizing and in joining in making the proposed demand, and to do any and all other 

 things required. 



After the passage of these resolutions the committee, in carrying out 

 these instructions, sent about the county to the different fruit-growing 

 districts a circular letter, in which they made mention of this set of 

 resolutions, inclosing a copy, and in which they promised — pledged — 

 cooperation with any effort that might be made to secure this seem- 

 ingly necessary reduction in railroad rates, and in which they begged 

 the growers in every district to cooperate with them. They suggested 

 that if organizations had not been made in the different districts which 

 could cooperate with them, such associations be made, and wound up 

 saying that they should give all the assistance that they could in this 

 matter. Last night a number of gentlemen from the different counties 

 met with the delegates from Placer County and an informal discussion 

 resulted. There seemed to be unanimity of feeling in regard to this 

 matter and the necessity of reduction in fruit rates, and it was decided — 

 of course it was expected it would be — that matters would be left to 

 the action of the convention which was to meet to-day. As far as the 

 district which I represented is concerned, I beg most earnestly that the 

 subject shall be treated fully and fairly and that everything shall be 

 done to secure what we certainly do think is essential in this matter. 

 The district which I represent shipped this last year something over 

 1 ,200 carloads of green fruit ; this is 20 per cent of the total shipments 

 of deciduous fruits made from this State. And if we find that we can- 

 not ship our fruit in a fresh state at a profit we shall have to come to 

 drying. That will bring us in competition with the dried fruit men in 

 other districts, and they have enough to do now to find a market for the 

 fruit already dried. We ask, therefore, that we have the help of the 

 growers in different sections of this State who dry the most of their 

 fruit, because we wish to keep out of competition with them, and it is for 

 their interest we do so. 



FRUIT MARKETING. 



By H. Weinstock, of Sacramento. 



In presenting my thoughts on the question of " Fruit Marketing," let 

 me preface my remarks by quoting from an article on this subject re- 

 cently published by the " Sacramento Bee," in which I took occasion to 

 write as follows: 



u We find ourselves in 1894 back again to similar conditions that ex- 

 isted in 1885 and 1886 — with this difference: In those years about 1,000 

 carloads glutted the markets of the East; this year it takes nearly 7,000 

 carloads to do it. The difference between these two figures represents 



