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loads, would mean many hours of time saved in transit of the trains, 

 to say nothing of great bunkers of ice, and the expense of many men 

 saved. 



These fruit meetings are not so much for hearing theories as for 

 facts. California fruit men are facing active and intelligent competi- 

 tion from many states in the Union that have the advantage of hun- 

 dreds, and even thousands, of miles of hauling over us. We have the 

 quality, size and beauty if our fruit is allowed to mature before pick- 

 ing, properly selected and packed, and displayed before the buyer free 

 from mold, or moisture, and with what is known as a postage rate of 

 one dollar to the markets of the East, as some other fruits are hauled, 

 the California fruit grower can meet all competition. 



I have demonstrated to my own satisfaction that the best results can 

 be obtained only through the precooling of the fruit, each individual 

 package treated and cooled alike to the center or pit before loading 

 in the car, precooled with dry pure air, removing all moisture from the 

 fruit, so that it arrives at destination with no moisture perceptible. To 

 reach this desired condition, I am satisfied that if so treated that an 

 initial icing is sufficient to insure good delivery. (Applause.) 



PRESIDENT JEFFREY. If there is no objection on the part of 

 the convention we will now hear the report of the Committee on the 

 President's Address. Mr. Rixford and Mr. Bishop were the members 

 of that committee. 



Mr. Bishop read the following report : 



We, your committee appointed to consider the President's Annual Address to- 

 this convention, beg to report as follows : 



We find the address prolific of thoughtful suggestions on important questions 

 which are thus brought to the earnest consideration of the fruit growers of the State. 



We would especially commend to your attention the suggestion that cooperative 

 leagues or committees, such as the Citrus Protective League, be formed to consider 

 the interests of each branch of the fruit industry, and to handle every proposition 

 that has a general bearing on the particular branch it represents and in which all 

 can rely in times of peril. 



We indorse his idea that we are not confronted so much by the problem of over- 

 production as by that of underconsumption leading up to the stamping out of dis- 

 honest packing and standardizing the California pack as a business proposition, 

 which he brings to our attention for the first time, and which must inevitably lead 

 to further extension of the markets for choice fruit on its merits. 



The President should be commended for the movement he has inaugurated 

 recently, in holding community meetings of fruit growers in various places in the 

 Sacramento Valley and which are in the months to come to be extended to other 

 parts of the State, to consider the economic questions connected with the industry. 

 It seems to your committee that these meetings will be productive of much good in 

 threshing out various problems of especially local interest and leave them in a con- 

 centrated form for consideration on the broader plane of the State convention. 



And we would earnestly call your special attention to his suggestions concerning 

 the disapproval of the fraudulent land booming, hoping and believing it should 

 receive the emphatic indorsement of every loyal Californian. . 



Finally, we commend to the convention a thoughtful consideration of the entire 

 document as filled with timely suggestions for the good of the great industry in 

 which we are all interested. 



G. P. Rixfokd. 

 Roy K. Bishop. 



MR. BISHOP. The Citrus Protective League in southern California 

 is a league in which the shipper pays so much for every car load of 

 fruit he ships, and that money is used to gather information and 

 protect us in the legislature and in congress. (Applause.) 



Mr. Stephens moved the adoption of the report. 



