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FLORIDA STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
Mr. Hart—It has a membership of 
about five hundred, hasn’t it? 
Mr. Warner—Yes, sir. 
Mr. Hart—Why didn’t they call on 
us ? 
Mr. Warner—They did. We have 
written letter after letter, and asked 
everybody to help us that we possibly 
could. But we have not had funds 
enough to foot the bills, and have had 
to go down in our pockets, because we 
thought we were doing the right thing. 
Mr. Skinner—The penalty of being 
a Director is about $500.00. 
Mr. Warner—We have hired the 
best attorneys we could hire. We have 
hired attorneys to get up briefs and 
have had all kinds of expenses to con¬ 
tend with and nothing to meet them 
with, unless we paid them ourselves. 
The next meeting will be held in Jack¬ 
sonville some time in July. 
Mr.- 1 would like to ask if any re¬ 
duction was asked for anything less 
than carload lots. 
Mr. Warner—No, sir. We thought 
we had a fight big enough for us to 
handle when we asked for a reduction 
on carload lots. There is a great deal 
of shipping done in less than car lots. 
They made a proposition to us say¬ 
ing that they would give us a carload 
rate provided we would accept their 
terms on less than carload lots. We 
refused to do this. However, the fight 
was taken up originally to get a car¬ 
load rate on fruits and vegetables. 
Mr. Skinner—The Clyde Steamship 
Line pays the Atlantic Coast Line 
Company ten cents for every package 
they deliver to them at Jacksonville, 
as a sort of compromise for not carry¬ 
ing it to Savannah and delivering it to 
the Ocean Steamship Line. The rate 
to Jacksonville is from 17 cents to 20 
cents on oranges. The rate to New 
York is 35 cents, 10 cents of that goes 
to the A. C. L. We contend, and I 
think we are supported in our belief, 
that they are transgressing the law, 
and that they should carry it to New 
York for 25 cents. The grower should 
have the benfit of the 10 cents that is 
paid to the A. C. L. 
Mr. Warner—In other words, the 
Clyde Line pays the Coast Line 10 
cents for not hauling it to Savannah. 
Now, gentlemen, if we will join to¬ 
gether and stick together, there is no 
doubt but that we can get our just de¬ 
serts and I think it is the duty of every 
one of us to uphold this Association in 
its fight. 
Mr. Skinner—It means about $200,- 
000 to the state if we win out. This 
is worth fighting for. 
Prof. Rolfs—I think we ought to 
hold up the hands of the Association, 
like holding up Aaron’s hands of old. 
I understood, Mr. Skinner, that a com¬ 
mittee was appointed this morning to 
prepare resolutions of some kind com¬ 
mendatory of the work this organiza¬ 
tion has been doing. If you have them 
ready, we would be glad to act upon 
them at this time. 
Mr. Skinner—“Whereas, The fruit 
and vegetable shippers of Florida have 
for years been discriminated against 
by the railroads and have been obliged 
to pay a much higher rate of freight 
than our competitors for a less haul; 
therefore be it 
“Resolved, that, The thanks of the 
Horticultural Society of Florida be 
tendered the Florida Fruit and Veg¬ 
etable Shippers’ Protective Associa¬ 
tion for their work so far, and that 
