FLORIDA STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY 
211 
markets at a price ruinous to our crops, 
and 
Whereas, by the use of improved ma¬ 
chinery the citrus growers of Florida 
have effected every possible reduction in 
the cost of handling citrus fruits, and 
Whereas, the removal of the present 
tariff on oranges and grapefruit would 
make it impossible to compete in our 
markets with foreign-grown fruits of the 
same kinds, thus resulting in ruin to an 
industry in which millions are invested, 
upon which thousands of laborers are 
dependent, and which forms the basis of 
numerous manufacturing and other en¬ 
terprises of our State, therefore be it 
Resolved, That we request our Sena¬ 
tors and Congressmen to use their ev¬ 
ery effort to have the 'present tariff 
schedule on oranges and grapefruit main¬ 
tained. 
