174 PROCEEDINGS OF THIRTY-SIXTH FRUIT-GROWERS ' CONVENTION. 



FOURTH DAY. 



Watsonville, Cal., December 10, 1909. 



PRESIDENT JEFFREY. The convention will please come to 

 order. I would like to ask if the Committee on Resolutions are ready 

 to finish up what little business they have? 



MR. KELLOGG. On that matter of unfinished business yesterday, 

 laid over for to-day, the committee would amend their report and have 

 it read as follows : 



Resolution as to Formation of Protective League. 



Whereas, There are many general problems affecting the fruit industry aside from the 

 marketing of fruit, in which our interests are identical, and upon which we can unite for the 

 good of all concerned upon common ground; therefore, be it 



Resolved, By the Fruit Growers' Convention, that the fruit interests would be best sub- 

 served by the organization of a league, or association of some character, to look after the 

 freight rates, standardizing of the fruit pack, uniformity of packages, and other matters, look- 

 ing to the harmonizing and helping all interests. 



Resolved, further, with this end in view, we recommend that a committee of ten fruit 

 growers be appointed by the Chairman of the convention representing all interests, as far 

 as possible. This committee to meet as soon as possible, formulate a plan of organization 

 with such constitution and by-laws as they may think wise, and submit for approval to a 

 delegated convention to be called by them, in the city of Sacramento, within the next sixty 

 days, if practicable, the said delegates to be duly accredited from established organizations 

 representing the fruit interests of the State. We recommend that the said delegated conven- 

 tion effect a permanent organization, for no profit to themselves, but for the general interests 

 of the whole fruit industry. 



Mr. Stephens moved the adoption of the resolution and his motion 

 was duly seconded. 



PRESIDENT JEFFREY. The resolution means simply that a com- 

 mittee of ten fruit growers will be appointed to formulate a plan for 

 organizing a protective league of some kind to take up general proposi- 

 tions relating to deciduous fruit and grape industries, general propo- 

 sitions touching the interests of everybody connected with the business, 

 railroads, fruit distributors — every interest must be handled by some 

 central authority. 



The resolution was unanimously adopted. 



MR. JUDD. Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen: We had a 

 paper yesterday, or rather a speech made by Air. Irish, which covered 

 a very large scope and at the same time it brought the question of 

 education down to my idea of what our youths, especially the agricul- 

 tural youths of this State should have. He said nothing about the 

 Polytechnic School at San Luis Obispo, which has something like 150 

 or 160 students. It is one of the most progressive institutions of learn- 

 ing in this State. It is a place where a young man can get any kind 

 of an education he wants, whether agricultural, mechanical or almost 

 any other except the professional education. I want to call your atten- 

 tion to that particularly in the form of a bulletin, the agricultural 

 number, published by the class, and all you people that have an interest 

 in the Polytechnic School, which is the very essence of education for 

 our agricultural youth, I want you to get one of these and also the 

 bulletin, and it will give you some idea of what is being done in the 

 State for your boys and your girls that you don 't know anything about. 



