The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 3, 1900, Page 20

20 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, JUNE 3, 1900. Determined Not to Yield to Those Who Would Op-| press One of California’s Greatest Industries. HE threatened formation of an |is ro?crrm}!. }mt lh?(nreinnxt season's e pds E crop is ready for harvesting we can oOr- organization by the fruit-grow- | zunize. bu co-operative San Leandro and Haywards, a cannery su arge to handle all the Howe was much | litorfal on this expressed his exactly and thought it would ve a good effect. This is il sentiment of the fruit growers of d w doubt but some definite action will be on with the low prices offered | sul m by the canneries eombination, ttracted the attention of other $O40 4010 CHO4T 404 0404 4O+ OHO40 4040404 0+ D400 4040+ ©4040 has fruit-growers in various parts of the | State, by whom it is being discussed | taken in this regard. with intense interest. The ‘majority | of them consider the project a most | W e SRR e e, impbrtant one, and favor similar or- | | ganizations throughout the State. | BUTTE. The determined stand assumed by the | Alameda County fruit men meets | with hearty commendation. Some of the growers, whose views are pre—\ sented below, feel that they are at the | mercy of the combine and must ac- cept whatever prices are offered for the products of their orchards. Many | others, however, are determined not | to sacrifice their crops to the canners under any circumstances, but, in- in d, will prepare them for the Growers Are Not Concerning Themseives @bcout the Combine. €ICO, June 1—In talking with the various fruit growers and dealers in s section your correspondent finds that the genéral sentiment regarding the outlook for prices on canning fruits is about as follows: So far as the cannery | icerned there is no evidence dried fruit market or ship them to g‘émé"“fia‘sl‘l’g o St o 8 7 freoiliye, its baving affected this section. - Eastern markets at their own risk |ready fruit buyers are contracting for ces equal and in and responsibili r n those paid last maged to some ex- d of Bartlett od, round fig- rinning for for which a fair as could have SACRAMENTO. + An Opposing Combine Will Prove the the Growers. Saivation of State he fact that they ered good prices for ell at any time. T NAPA. + . —+ Alameda County t the Growers Should Stand To- gether to Further Their interests. the them: nas re APA, June 1—The Call correspond- h of| Some | care to In gen r of com. t ts are {oreat- | ywers, as a rule, h for their f; 1 very little d e s pruné “alifornia | o joined believing that it a_protection 1 m th shipped d some fin 1 Francisco Hunter, who of tow ¥ prope their Interests d do not feel that 1 am n opinion in regard to ing between the can- i th San Leandro fruit n say is that 1 believe | + ¢ frult growers should stand to- | SOLANO. M. Fisher, who ships large of fruit to the stern markets Canners’ Combinz Will Not = g mted | 1 together and | duct. If they | “would get bet- | @ffect This County’s Growers - KINGS. ST | |+ l Various Methods Proposed to Bring the Cannpers to Time. June 1.—Your corre- interviewed the most s relative to the | en, and what 1 are not affected b,\'} ANFORD, June 1—C. V. Parker— SONOMA. H Organize. Meet organization with | organization. Until the farmers 3 get poor enough to stand together and g0 trust each other, like men, it will from bad to worse, as our ralsin busi- s did. There is only one problem, and that s to gether like men. If the grows County do not receive a fair their green frult they can dry it and take chances on the driea fruit market. A. M. Stone—Dry our peaches and apricots and other fruits. The canners must have fruit to conduct their busi- ness, and if they see that the grower is zoing to Ary his fruit in preference to selling it to the cannery below a fair living_price, the cannery people will nec- essarily have to raise their price or get no fruit. W. H. Camp—I have not given this on for the present | question much thought, but it would ap- aging and becomes | pear to me that if the grower would dry passes.’” | his gruit he would be to dictate his s idea for a remedy | price. The growers of Kings County yis year the fruit growers are | have seen the bepefits of organization, ¢ the mercy of the canners’ |and if they will juSt stand together they so far asbeir green fruit | can demand what they want and get it Fruit Men Recdy to Organize and Build a Co-operative Cannery. the OMA, May 30.—Hon. Robert Howe “It looks as though the warn- ded in The Call a few days e to the combine was cor- | fore fruit buyers for the | had been all over this ad the fruit all contracted 0 agents have been in the a contract of any kind, and oN: ng. 80 | tion, and rowers of | Liaha Feady caf all times to co-operate | With the growers of other parts of _the | State. The success of the California Ral- sin Grow soclation shows what can be accomplished in that line. I am | peaches and pears in the State, and in | that the action of the cannery people is @+ 04+ 0404040+ 040+ 0+ O 40+ 0+0 40 40+ 040 +0+0+0+ 0+0+ OO0 40 4040 +0+0+ O+0+0 4040+ 040+ HOW PROMINENT ORCHARDISTS VIEW THE PRESENT SITUATION ANFORD, W. H. Camp—The growers of Kings County have seen the benefits of or- ganization, and if they will just stand together they can demand what they want and get it. and take stock in a cannery o mean bankruptcy. this valley. ready market. the canneries. cannery trust. get all they can for their fruit Lane—The fruit-growers of : have the situation in their d can bring the cannery desire to do so. give them a fair AW Kings County own_ hands, an combine to time if they If the combine will not price for their fruit, they can dry it and } take chances on the dried fruit market | The combine of th p:l('kers»lmust be {1’;;!, 1 3 ywers with a similar organiza- | o e Kings County | glad that The Call is agitating this mat- ter. N. W. Motherall — Dry your fruit. That is the solution of ‘the whole problem. When we do this it will force the canners to pay us what our fruit will eI “iried, With the labor off. course this is not possible in some por- tions of the State, but if the growers there cannot get a living price for their fruit, let them put up their own canner- jes and refuse to sell to the combine. This will bring the canners to time. - ang + SUTTER. | ,———-——_—'_‘ Combination Against the Canpnery Trust Recom- mended. S | | GBA CITY, June 1L—This is the cen- ter of the fruit producing industry of the upper Sacramento Valley and the most important center for interviews recently had’ with several of | the growers we find that an organization | of the growers to control prices is not a | w id % .bler of the Stabler orchard Sutter County frult-growers | ars organized for | have for the past two ye: z the purpose of maintaining fair prices at | the canneries and in the event of failure | to do thi: he fruit would be either dried | astern markets and that | The results have been very | tisfactory. A t no organization of kind has been attempted in this sec- t it will be made before the ripening of the peach and pear crop.” He thinks producers had better let the canning business alone, that it is so en- tirely out of their line no reasonable suc- s"could be hoped for; that if the local will not accede to their de- tion this year, bu mands the producer had better take Mmbes by drying orshipping to Eastern market J. B. Wilkie thinks the producers should | combine or - will be forced to ship | to Eastern their crops; | arkets or dry {00 plain to admit of any doubt as to their intention. An organization of this kind of a majority of growers throughout the ate would bring the canners to terms, not think enough of the pro- the combine to ities that produce largely ties of fruft, as a combine growers of Alameda or the peach-growers of Sutter, would be proper . cou to take and would main- {ain good prices at the canneries for those of fruit. A combine of the pro- of the State could not be effected; s locality has for two years been benefited by the organization of ers and he hopes to see another organization this season. He contracts for crops in this sec- ave been made as yet; that the sach-growers can dry their crops if a “tory price cannot be had from the L. 4 growers in one or two v of tie cher tion 1 nneries. J. H. Backus thinks a combine of grow- ers in localities should at no time be over- jooked and if necessary organize for the purpose of canning and marketing their own products, though nothing so elabor- ate as this has ever been attempted here; that if something of this kind is not done the growers must dry their frult or ac- cept whatever the cannerfes may offer. . P. Stabler thinks a combination for self-protection is just what every. fruit- producing community should undertake and while the organization In this local- ity for two years past has been beneficial 6 the grower it has not been as satisfac- tory as he would like to see it. The pro- ducers have not “sand” enough to stand solidly together and say to the canneries, “Goed prices or no sale.” He commends I;AVAL 'MAN until Commander Nicholson receives or- WEDS BELLE Goldsborough. WILL DEDICATE NEW MARCH TO THE PARK Joseph D. Redding, Lawyer and Com- poser, Makes Offer to Park Nuptials of Lieutenant-| Commander Nichelson and Miss Elizabeth Code. | At 4 o'clock vesterday Miss Elizabeth | Commissioners. Cc and Lieutenant Commander Regl-| Joseph D. Redding, the well-known law- nald F. Nicholson, U. 8. N., were united | yer and composer, has written tg Park in marriage at the residence of the bride’s | Commissioner Zeile, proposing to compose father Valencla street. Rev. Bdward | a new march and dedicate it to the open- B. Church, principal of the Irving Insti- | ing of the new music stand at the park. tute and assistapt rector of Trinity | Mr. Redding is now in New York, but Chure perfomed the ceremony. Ouly |expects to arrive in this city some time ives and & limited number of Imme- | guring the latter part of July. He hopes were present. | to be here when the new stand {s opened. t is needless to say that his offer will be | promptly accepted, with the thanks of | the Park Commissioners and of the public 1who know and lie Mr. Redding's music. ——— -Shooters Warned. There has been considerable complaint | 1ately to tne officers of the Soclety for as best but owing to the pressure of Govern- 1t affairs he was unable to stand by - bridegroom. Misses Enid Peel and Afleen Code, two tiny, dainty tois, ac train bear- ers for the bride. The bride wore a gown of gray grenadine over gray taffeta. The ders to repair to Seattle, where he is to | take charge of the torpedo boat destroyer | #kirt was -en train and trimmed with cir- .ular flounces. The waist was trimmed white chiffon appliqued and point iace. A% “he conclusioneof the ceremony the | nev;y wedded pair led the way to the dining hall, where an elaborate wedding | breakfast was served. Covers were laid for thirty. Lieutenant Commander and Mrs. Nich- olson left by the afternoon train for San Jose. They will be guests at the Vendome the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals to the effect that the pigeon shooters at In- gleside are not always particular about killing all of the wounded birds. The statement has been made that for sev- eral days after emeh shoot wounded pig- eons have been caught in the gulches near the trapping grounds. Secretary Hol-. brook says this must be stopped the officers of the society willya shoot to-day and see that mo cruelty or negleet is practiced. > THISTLE CLUB GAMES ON NATIONAL HOLIDAY Grand Gathering of Scottish Club ‘Will Be Held at Shell Mound Park. The eighteenth annual gathering and games of the San Francisco Scottish Thistle Club will be held at Shell Mound Park on the Fourth of July. The games committee has secured a large list of prizes, amounting to $3000 in value, which will be offered for competition. The games will commence promptly at 10 a. m. and continue without interruption until nightfall. There will be a display of fire- works in the evening, coupled with a grand open-air concert and ball. ‘The games will be under the supervision of John Donaldson, assisted by John Ross and George W. Paterson. As an intro- ductory to the event the club will hold a liferary and musical entertainment at Metropolitan Temple Thursday evening, June An excellent programme has been arranged. The affair is strictly invi. tational, and all desiring tickets may se- Clire them by applying to the officers fiembere of the Ehb: o e — Funeral of Sam Sample. Sam Sample, one of the best known sa- loon men in California, is dead. His funcral will take place to-day. Many will gather to pay the last tribute of rey:pec: t0 one who did many a kindly aect and whose marked individuality ve m ik ot Detebas e aing A o’clocl 25 cAllister street. The interment il be at Laurel Hill Cemetery. f our own. the action of the growers at Hayvwards and says that that community has the caé:nnlv to back up their threats. . W. Harney, manager of the Abbott orchard, thinks the alarm of the fruit- rowers is unwarranted: that prices will e satisfactory and that 'there is no occa- slon for such steps as have been taken at Leandro and Haywards; that a prop- ion to bufld and operate a cannery by e growers would be a hazardous under. taking as it takes both capital and ex perience to successfully operate a_ can- nery. When conditions are favorable for arying this process of handling the fruit would be far more profitable and fraught with less danger than to undertake to can. SANTA CLARA. Growers by Standing Firm Wiil Be Enabled to Bafile the Combine. AN JOSE, June l1—Santa Clara County cherry and other fruit-grow- ers do not fear the cannery com- “bine, in fact they are confident that if Alameda fruit men hold out they will be masters of the situation. Two remedies are suggested—one that the growers can or ship their products and the other that they dry their cherries. This county crop is being mostly shipped and the can- neries in the combine would be unable to secure many cherri Apricot-growers always get a good price from canneries ?eclxuse many of them prefer to dry their Tuit. F. M. Burkholder, a grower and buyer | for severai companies outside of the com- + | i tons r Pitted Royal SAN JOSE, F. M. Woods—The many driers in Santa Clara County place the growers out of the reach of the canners’ combine. 3 SACRAMENTO, Mrs. E. M. Shields—The only way would befor us to get together VISALIA, Major C. J. Berry—I do not think and can hardly believe the intention of the cannery trust is to squeeze the fruit-grower down to prices fog his fruit which would SONOMA, Hon. Robert Howe—This year the fruit-growers mercy of the canners’ combination, but before next season’s crop is read can organize, build and equip a co-operative cannery sufficiently large to MARYSVILLE, W. H. Raub—I would favor the establishment of community can- neries, conducted in such a manner that no individual grower should acquire a controlling interest; pack our fruit in first-class shape, and I believe we would have no trouble in finding a YUBA CITY, L. A. Walton—A combine of the growers in localities that produce largely one or two varieties of fruit, as a combine of the cherry-growers of Alameda or the peach-growers of Sutter, would be the proper course to pursue and would maintain prices at VENTURA—A. Everett favors a State organization of fruit-growers to fight the NAPA, W. M. Fisher—The San Leandro fruit-growers have done a wise thing in forming a combine against the cannery men. The fruit-growers should stand together and : 3 : % § : : § : ; § : : § z : : | O+ are completely at the y}for harvesting we h ndle all the fruit of for shipping purpose, owing to climatic | commun canneries, cond | conditions. he cherries are not as firm {a manne that o as’ the aised here. He does not be-|should acquire a controll; | than 7 cents per pound. .ruptey. FRUIT GROWERS OPPOSE THE CANNERIES COMBINE. They Will Ship or Dry Their Fruits, or Form Organi- zations in Retaliation Against the Canners. Alameda County cherries are not as good | ever, T should favor the establishment of our fruit in wa lieve the canners could secure over ten fes this county for less tons of cherries in COUBEE. for. Jems can dry their cherries turns_than selling to th shape would e ez Alameda_ County to see The Call t in and get better 3 - n rest it d 1 canners’ combine for 5 cents, which t it will be the mwa are reported to be offering His firm | fruit growers to handles considerable dried cherries and | dicament that is sta X get good prices. He thinks if the grow- | " R "C_ Kells, one o known fruit B O e & Conin par' DIUDG. SUE STEIGE | prcwer: TF (R i i me what I think of the fruit growers of firm they will get it. this section organizing to can and mar- | TULARE. — ket their fruits themselves. It is my | opinion, as a grower, that the Canning Association of California are business men and that they are in a better posi- tion to know the crop conditions and =a= kets of the world than the grower. T Cum sider it useless, as well as foolish, for twe | i d tell the Canna Squeeze by the Combine | §UTER5 ?hg'; f;e;s'n!hflg\ pay for ;‘?“ » | thi: r, although we shoul 'ee! thal Would Mean Growers Srces are too low. I only see one way out of it, and that is for us to take our medi- BanKruptcy. ine” fet it be good or bad. So far I do not see cause for alarm, and don't let us antagonize until we have good cause ISALIA, June 1L.—Regarding the al- leged threatened combination of canners to keep down the prices of fruit, Mayor C. J. Berry, one of the most _extensive growers in the San Joa- quin Valley, has this to say: “I do not think and can hardly belleve the intention of the cannery trust is to squeeze the fruit-grower down to prices for his fruit which would mean bank- Business men are generally very _ clear-he: about their affal and no one will deny that the managers VENTURA. [+ + HO+0 40404 O+0+040+ 0404 0404 CHO40 40404 D4DH IO +O40HO+ CHOHD 40404+ OF bine, says he Is paying 6 cents per pound | for cherries. He declares the Flickinger, | Alnsley, Golden Gate, Code-Portwood and | Pacific companies are not standing with | the combine ard the Los Gatos company 1s evidently playing between the grower and combine, The Los Gatos company 1s | gaylng 5% cents per pound for cherries, | ut in paying this half cent above the | combine price they write across the con- tract, “These cherries are not for can- nin; poses.” Mr. Burkholder sus- gests that Alameda County growers fix a set price and if they do not get it either | can or dry their product. Some cherries are dried in Santa Clara County and they seem to be profitable in this form. Colonel Philo Hersey, Fresldent of the Santa Clara County Fruit Exchange, thinks the San Leandro cherry men are at the mercy of the canners. It is rather late for them to erect canneries of their own. As for dried cherries he said the exchange handled between two and three a y at the following prices: | 15 to 16 cents per cents for black and Apricot-growers fear | nothing, as most of this fruit is_dried. | Prime apricots have been sold for Tij cents per pound, but he doubted if they could be bought now for less than § or 9 cents. F. M. Woods, a grower, suggested that the Alameda County cherry men can or dry their fruit. He advises them to pre- Te at once to handle their apricots and peaches. The many driers in Santa Clara County place the growers here out of the reach of the canners’ _combine. C. B. Bills, manager of Porter Bros., dces not think the combine of canners can carry things their own way if the growers | will only and firm. The canners must | have cherrie ney cannot be secured | in this county. The shippers will handle most of the cherry crop of this count and good prices are being realized in m% East. Growers will receive from 5% to cents per pound net from their shipments. pound net; unpitted, 7 cents for white | | ple | Farmers of the cannery combine are about as an up-to-date association of business peo- | as exists anywhere in our State. sometimes imagine they are going to run the whole universe, partic- ularly in their spec line of produc- tion. They are apt to forget that it is the customer who makes the prices of an article of food. If the pack of cherries and apricots last season was in excess of | the demand, I am reliably informed ENTURA, June 1.—The fruit growers of this county, fortunately, will not be at the mercy of the cannery trust. Growers @Are Independent fruit and Will Dry,Tbelr N Apricots are practically the only f The Crops. raised extensively in this county. total crop this season is estimated at 300 tons of green fruit, as against 9000 tons was the case, then with the present im- rear. he Sacramento Packing Com- mense fruit ¢rop promised all over the | a5t Year. mhe Boc o anery in this city United States it would be a great deter- | faut’yooy. They purchased some 750 tons rent for the cannery combine to buy in | tp grean apricots. most of which they any large way or at very liberal prices. | canned at their local plant. There was The shippers are here making contracts | S ienal 200 Ctons’ of ~green fruit for our fresh fruits, and while prices of- | 3 SCq' 0 % nories at Los Angeles, San fered are not as good as they gave last| prancisco and Colton. In 18§ some 300 year, yet the prices being paid are not bad.” It is a pretty hard thing to do to combine for prices among the fruit-grow- ;‘rs“}’:‘uh such a perishable article as ruit. tons of apricots were shipped to outside canneries. It may be seen that the growers in this section depend largely upon drying their fr Practically every grower iS pre- pared to dry his fruit; especially is this ving to the light erop. trust desires to purchase apricots for canning they - YURBA, ‘ Ventura Cour must pay a fair and reasonable price for | | the same. The local growers have the reputation of - being extremely Inde- | pendent. The apricots will commence ripening < Growers Should Dry and Can rapidly about July 1. The buyers to se- s, H cure frui by contract should be in the Their Fruits on the Co- field by June 15. The growers will be will- : i sell to the cannery trust provided operative Plan. fon pays a fair price. owers have deg ded on ¥y have generally secured ARYSVILLE, June 1—W. H. Raub b B B B sald: “The question is a hard prob- TG SI0 T tosk Ty Grech aptiaete lem to solve, and although I have The dried product sold at an given the matter considerable ion above 10 cents per thought I am not satisfled as to which would be the best course to pursue, but I| A Everett, who is one of the am inclined to the opinion that we grow- | SPTICOt ETOWer - | ers should prepare to dry and can our own | net hart Ven - produce on the co-operative plan. It is an | their fruit and secure a good figy easy matter to dry our fruit. but to can it | their crop. To fight the trust a State or- is a different proposition, and then to mar- ket it is another doubtful question. How- ion of growers would be the proper o follow. ganiz cou e Let No One Despair! conscientiously advise ELECTROZONE. been permanently cured by the proper use T 5 . » G4 2507474 We would like to have all sick and suffering humanity know what ELECTROZONE is and what it will do for them. 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