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FLORIDA STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY 
CONCLUSION 
While the foregoing traffic matters have 
consumed a large part of the time of our 
Traffic Manager, considering that not un- 
frequently he has had to attend rate hear¬ 
ings and conferences away from head¬ 
quarters, they by no means constitute all 
the work that has been undertaken. Your 
interests are being watched in many mat¬ 
ters to which I have not made specific ref¬ 
erences. We are not unmindful of the 
development of perishable traffic from 
California through the Panama Canal, nor 
the advantage in low water rates to New 
Orleans and New York City that is caus¬ 
ing a most wonderful development of 
pineapples and grapefruit in Porto Rico, 
Isle of Pines and Cuba. These are things 
with which in time we must reckon. We 
are looking forward with keen interest to 
the reconstruction of all rates throughout 
the entire southeastern States, which the 
traffic officials have been working on for 
months and will continue throughout the 
summer, in order to bring the rates in 
harmony with the long-and-short-haul 
provision of the Act to Regulate Com¬ 
merce. Many important changes in our 
rates must necessarily follow the comple¬ 
tion of such a gigantic task. In all mat¬ 
ters of common interest we have the co¬ 
operation of other organized bodies, such 
as the National League of Commission 
Merchants, the International Apple Ship¬ 
pers Association, the Western Fruit Job¬ 
bers Association of America, the National 
Industrial Traffic League and the Califor¬ 
nia Citrus Protective League. 
Many of the matters on which we have 
reported are only under way. The field 
of work is very great indeed. We want 
the support of every member. We need 
more members. We need a larger finan¬ 
cial support. The possibilities are almost 
unlimited. We thank you for your past 
support, and we trust that the personal re¬ 
lations between officers, Executive Com¬ 
mittee and members may continue as 
friendly and cordial as they have been in 
the past. 
