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OFFICIAL REPORT OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE 



THIRD DAY— THURSDAY. 



December 14, 1899. 



Topics for the Day : The Raisin Industry — Review of the Season's Output, 

 and Operation of Cooperative Organizations; 

 Fruitfulness; 



Varieties of Fruits to be Encouraged, etc. 



Suppression of Fruit and Tree Pests; 



Tree and Plant Diseases; 



Beneficial and Injurious Insects, Birds, etc.; 



Protection to the Fruit Industry; 



State and National Legislation, etc. 



At 9:30 o'clock a. m. President Cooper called the convention to order. 



ADULTERATION OF FOOD PRODUCTS. 



M. Theodore Kearney, of Fresno, submitted the following resolution': 



Whereas, A bill will be introduced in the present Congress prohibiting the adultera- 

 tion of food products ; and 



Whereas, It is notorious that a very great proportion of the fruit jellies offered for 

 sale are not true to name, and in many cases do not contain any fruit whatever; that 

 the adulteration of olive oil is carried on to so great an extent as to threaten the destruc- 

 tion of an important industry of this State, and that the so-called "brick" vineyards 

 in Eastern cities are marketing large quantities of liquids labeled brandy, port, sherry, 

 angelica, etc., which do not contain a particle of grape juice, but are concocted of 

 glucose, saccharine, raw grain spirit, aniline dyes, flavoring extracts, and other poison- 

 ous ingredients, which are deleterious to health, fraudulent, and a menace to our busi- 

 ness interests at home and abroad ; now, therefore, be it 



Resolved, by the fruit-growers of the State of California in convention assembled, That 

 we urgently request of our Senator and our Representatives to assist, by every means 

 in their x>ower, the passage of a bill that can be enforced in every State in the Union 

 which will promptly put an end to the evils herein complained of, and to the further 

 evil of the sale of any articles of food or drink under a false or fraudulent label. 



Referred to Committee on Resolutions. 



The Committee on Resolutions reported having carefully considered 

 the same, and recommended its adoption by the convention. 

 Whereupon the resolution was adopted. 



