Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, June 17, 1912, Page 7

| EXISTENCE OF THE ] L. B. WEEKS| —DEALER IN—- staple and Fancy Groceries, Hay, | Grain and Feedstuffs PHONE 119 Cowdery Building WITH W00D'S MEAT MARKET mlbi Buugc‘k!etSnowdnfthl‘d.............. ............ 115 4 1bs. Bucket Snowdrift Iard ............... ..ol ! 1.2 bbl Flour in Wood . 300 24 1b. Sack Flour..... 7 1 1"bSack!‘lour..... R R e R e () Cans Small CTERM. ... oumeveeeerioiireeiiiniieiiee.. 29 Cans Extra Large Cream..........coooeeveeninin... 25 (R TOMAIORE )t as ot avasnannsnissnninde i 00 1b. Cracker Boy Coffee. A '30 1 Best Butter ..... sesessss e me v THE EVENING TELEGRAM, _A KELAND, PLA., JUNE 17, 1912, CITAUS EXCHANGE 15 NOW AT STAKE TIME HERE WHEN IT IS UP TO CITRUS GROWERS OF STATE TO DECLARE THEMSELVES. MEETING ON APRIL 18 Convention at Tampa Will Whether the Florida Citrus Ex- change Is to Continue. That the time has come when it is state to determine whether or not the Florida Citrus Exchange shall con tinue in existence and shall continue in its work for the gemerai improve- ment of the citrus fruit industry of thig state, the opening up of better establishment o1 i solid footing, the industry on a where it will tear no cempetition from any other section of Sharp edged Cutlery A carving Kknife may look all right in the store,but when pu into service it may turn out to be too soft or too brittle. It you get your table cutlery here, you take no risks, grade of steel, tempered with great accuracy. | ¥ also sell pocket knives, shears, and scissors. which can be ground | 200 edge—and will hold that edge. p- 41t you are in need o fa new razor that will make your shave J-tasant quick and enjoyable, we have the kind you are looking for. The Jackson & Wilson Co. [LOUR---FLOUR---FLOUR ;““x?h ¥heat costing $1.17 per bushel in Chicago and it takes b €8 to make a barrell of flour. Therefore flour must go higher. %5 before another rige, Best Grade on the Market. 4% 1 Flogr, 121b sack. . .. B our, 24-1b sack. . . lour, 48.1b sack -~ Flour, 24.1p sack C><) W.P. PILLANS & (0. Pure Food Store Ask the Inspector 1 who has tempors | mal | lLof the {the state have All our cutlery is of the highest, | the state, " Burton statement of R, P v oof the Florida aking in behail W, O Temple, if not perma withdrawn from the ac'ive zement of the Excha and is now at his residence in Winter Parg is the tof General Man ! nently, “Alabama Grove! In an interview granted The Times Mr. Burten outlined the situation very briefly by stating that there has heon a growing fecling among the officer Exchange that the growers not bheen granting the Florida Citrus Fxchane he amou of support that is necessary for continuance. and that the growe generally have permitted the ) change to go ahead with its work and build up the market and boost the prices while they outside and reaped the henetits there {from without sclling throngh the Ex Cchange. Withont the port of the growers of the state the | Exchange cannot continne to exist, and the time has come when the is sne must he uarcly faced and set tled. 1f the Exchange is to continue in its work, it must have the support lof the citrus fruit growers of the | state, i€ it has not that support, it s doomed to financial failure and disso { lution, | Speaking on this matter, Mr. Bur i ton said: “The past three years that the Exchange has been in existence | have demonstrated its efficiency in handling the citrus situation in Flor ida. In the face of the met results, however, it appears to have been more of a success in the marketing of frult and less of a success in getting growers into the association. Also, there seems to he a feeling on the part of the majority of the growers in the state that the Exchange is an organization composed of a small number of men with plenty of capital, who have given their time and money to the building up of the Exchange for the general henefit of the growers, and that the growers are not under | any obligation to sustain it by putting their fruit into it, There scems to ‘h.'l\’t' heen a feeling that the ‘hange is a philanthropic enterprise fostered by these men and that it is only ne- ary for the growers themselves to wigh it well and avail themselves of the market conditions bronght about by the Exchanze in dispoging of their | fruit to the onts side operators, I “With this view of the case the men | who put ther art, sonl and purse into the fight are pgetting some what weary of this sprit and somew hat in elined to feel that the Exchange has been a success in marketing fruit, hut has been a failure in convincine the growers outside the Exchange thit it is good enough for them to market through. While 1 do not know what Temple Is going to do, I do kunow that be has participated in this feeling and that the convention that has been call- ed for the 18th of April is to cive the growers of Florida the opportunity to determlne whether the Florida (itrus xchanfie is justified In its existence, lnd it so, whether or not they pro- pose to let it live or die. If they pro- pose to let it live they will manifest ti by signing up their fruit. “It {e & case Where the grow«r must cast his lot one way or the otlier and upon his decision will depend the fu- ture success or fatlure of the ritrus industry of the state. The en'crprise has been carried out to a successfull issue. The record will be prosented at this conventoin ghowing a =irc¢ss ful operation of the Exchange o management will have no apoloso= to make in ofiering this record [+ will be so clear and convineing th. oTery grower who will listen to the rooord jand read the statements uins | may arrive at a rational ¢ on. It is a case of “fish, cut z0 | ashore.” To m who have f m | erations of the Flor ‘1v ’r)‘ 1ge during the three | | existence, there is hut one "f | the ion, and that is ® 8 | tioned support of all the o of | | the state and their coopor ith | the Exchange in handi ‘rus | fruit industry of Flor Iy ing | it on a substantial a sis. The expression “in 1 Is | | strength” is express ! in | the working of the : the | ccmparisons of Exchanze 1o ith the results of the efforts of i ndl- virnal growers each work ! """ or tel- gelf and regardiess cf the ofl low. The Florida Citrus Excharge has Decide | 3p to the citrus fruit growers of the | and broader market facilities and the | have remained | financial sup | Leen efuily and thoroughiy organ ized ¢ ‘iu the ¢i sent it rinciples. In its handling of | rus fruit of the state it has| s agents throughout the entire ! country and daily reports are received | @ it market for the citrus fruit of the \l-ll(‘! may be had, in this way it avoids the | £reat trouble that individual shippe rs‘ | experience, when they all ship to the | | sume point in the belief that the mar- | | ket conditions there are better lhmf mmo\\hen- else, with the result llmt | the market is flooded and the bmuum drops out of the price, I-r«qmml\! | under such conditions a shipper willl not make the expense of picking and | packing his fruit and the freight| charges, let alone profits. This feature | (of the Exchange is one of the most | important of its organization, and by | shipping at the right time and to llh" { right place, the prices have been I\A'p! {at a figure where every Exchange shipper has come out on top. The Fiorida Citrus Exchange Mr. Temple have been cired on the attitude taken last fall, on the green it situation and lht" cnergetic campaign waged by the ex- change against the shipping of imma- ture fruit out of the state on Mr. Temple and his asociates n o the Exchange felt that they were) king for the bests interests of the | citrus fruit indestry of Florida, - that fruit that had not matured | fully and ripened could not be as “sweet and as palatable as that which to s tall maturny and, Ctherefore the consumer would not find | the Florida produet as satistactory as i should be and that the rival inter ests of the Calitornia citrus fruit ship- | pers wonld have the balge on the lo cal producers by sending their fruits 1o markets in the pink of condition, | Al these features, however, will bo thoronehly discussed at the conven: tion to be held in the Tampa Bay Ca sino April IMh and it will be then Tthat the citras froit growers of the | state of Flovida will he wine whether or not they shall act in Cdependently or through the Exchange, fwhether cach man shall ship his frait | dictates or wherever market conditions will wrdless of whether the wpping to the same throngh coopera had con wherever taney ‘|\|‘ thinks the {he the hoest, r fother fellow i [point: or whether, [tion and org ion, the Florida fruits will be scattered abroad over the country in a systematic and scien tific manner, where the hest results | | may be attained and the hest prices | On the tion of the con ol tained. vention of Florida citrus it growers will depend the fate of the Exchange, whether it is to continue as an agency representing all the citrus fruit interests of the state, or whether it is to be discontinued and the train- | | 1 2 o ed corps of experts scattered to other fields of endeavor or possibly into the ranks of the rival producers of Cali- fornia—Tampa Times. BACK TO OLD SUICIDAL WAY An Interesting Letter From the Es- peranza Fruit Company, lalatka, Fla—To the Florida Grower: While 1 appreciate to some ree how desirable it would be to large prowers into the Ex- change—what a galn it would be to control a larger percentage of the crop, 1 never for an instant conceiv «d that such a calamity to the citrus industry of Florida could oceur as the dissolution of the Exchange. What docs it all mean, anyway? This been adding to our | strength of the Ex- | change, 1 have advised some of my neighbors to do the same, and they to plant additional trees on my what the Ex- change means, With the Exchange out of business 1 would consider a de preciation in value of our grove prop- a very moderate dep get the season we have acreage on the are planning urance of erty of 25 per cent estimate of the loss, I have bad my feelings toward the “outside” growers, who so thoroughly appreciate the advantages of the Ex- change to them, as well as to the Ex- change members, but as some of the outsiders are most excellent and re- spected friend of mine, I have felt more confusion than resentment. Why in the name of common sense we do not control 75 per cent. of the fruit I do not understand. The commission men [ used to ship to were honest, I fully believe, and without the Ex- change | would go back to them, and as to that trouble I have no kick, but as to any comparison between the old haphazard unbusinesslike and suicidal way of doing our marketing and the Exchange—well, 1 though we had reached the Mecca for which we had been hoping for so many years. If we there will be enough when it is too late, | halt the have to quit “fond regrets,” lying around loose to buy groves in Florida Last se gained 25 ¢en' record for price on the Esperanza Drand per box over any past this season we w better this by some 25 cente the extinction of the Exchange we will look for a slump of at least 50 cents | to $1.00 per | imply in (rnunah]r- about jt. W firm ground unds \ If we have to | blessed (?) wa our feet o back | ¥ou people to ment in pack, whi about as well as the “other fel If you have any members who will shout more heartily and honestly for the Florida Citrus Exchange than our- | selves, we will be pleased to meet them and shake hands. Sincerely, ESPERANZA FRUIT CO., (Signed) 8. G. Warner, Treas. Maps of any description compiled on <hort given maps kept on hand sunable ked to deter- | @OS»O"'O“O'"O OOQaQ 030270«-0: OO FOE 600".‘0“. OOOOOOWJC"N:OO"*‘."‘"M pOOOOO0OCOOTOO00N | L 1ad found to ack to the old 2 ¢ ‘ 11 at least have 3 thar or an improve 'nt i -k, which seems to have put us up where we can . PAGE SEVEN vx.|.w:~l scientific .‘l‘l‘ld "b'\:hl !%..%..... SISO HCY 1 the market conditions at .ulpmms | In this manner the Exchange is en-! abled 1o determine where the lest | of piano excellence may be seen at our wareroors. No picture or de scription could reveal it like a per- sonal examination.. 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