92 TWENTY-EIGHTH FRUIT-GROWERS' CONVENTION. 



Disbursements. 



Expenses of lecturers and traveling representatives in the East, 8 in 



number, to date _. $2,200 00 



Printing, stationery, telegraphing, telephoning, expressage, and 



cartage .__ 78 99 



Stereopticon material, including gas, view plates, etc 41 85 



One standard lantern ____ 85 40 



Engraving and printing show cards for store windows _._ 50 25 



Printing 30,000 booklets, first edition 175 00 



Printing 30,000 booklets, second edition bill not in 



Telegrams to and from the East and local telephoning 19 00 



Stationery and rubber stamps 8 47 



Sundry small expenses connected with the return of lecturers' out- 

 fits _._ _ ._ 10 00 



Total disbursements $2,668 96 



Total cash receipts $3,000 00 



Total disbursements 2,668 96 



Cash balance on hand _ $331 04 



In closing this report I can not refrain from calling attention to the able manner in 

 which chairman Stabler has performed the arduous duties imposed upon him. He has 

 given freely of his time and money, having paid his own expenses in traveling about 

 the State. The fruit-growers and farmers of this State have had the benefit of the best 

 efforts that your committee could put forth, and there can be no doubt as to the bene- 

 ficial results that will obtain from the work already done. 



Farmers and fruit-growers of California, it remains now with you to provide work 

 for the hundreds of young men and families that will apply to you during the fruit har- 

 vest. Great numbers have arrived, are arriving, and will continue to arrive until the close 

 of the low railroad rates, which will be June 15th next. These people must be provided 

 with work and comfortable living accommodations, and it is to be hoped that you will 

 lend a helping hand and assist your committee in its labors. Statistical blanks have 

 been prepared and mailed to a very large number of farmers and fruit-growers, and the 

 committee earnestly urges that you fill out these blanks and return them to the com- 

 mittee at 25 New Montgomery street, San Francisco. 



Respectfully submitted. 



CALIFORNIA EMPLOYMENT COMMITTEE, 



B. N. Rowley, Secretary. 



Los Angeles, May 6, 1903. 



The report was received, and a vote of thanks tendered to the com- 

 mittee for the great amount of gratuitous work its members had done. 



VICE-PRESIDENT GRIFFITH. I think the subject of the report 

 calls for discussion at this time. The report is now before you. One 

 very important feature touched upon in the report is the matter of 

 accommodations to farm labor, which I think requires consideration at 

 the hands of a convention of this kind. If we are going to invite farm 

 labor to come from the East to our shores, we require more than employ- 

 ment to make those who come want to stay here. 



MR. ROWLEY. The written reports from the lecturers who have 

 been through the East would lead one to believe that there is a scarcity 

 of farm help all over the United States, and particularly so in California 

 during the rush of our busy fruit season. In order to get people who 



