The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 11, 1903, Page 3

THE DELIVEIS AWARD 10 CLIMANTS American and Venezue-% lan Commission De- i cides Rudolf Case. ; Allow 875,000 Damages for | Volation of Caracas Concession. Nov. 10.—A cablegram ate Department from states that the American fms commission has award of $76,000 in the Rudolf is claim was based on the vio- | e Venezuelan Government of | maintain, & market in advices indicate that Physicians. e Baffles » A strange and FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1903, INVESTIGATION -REGARDING THE MARKETING HE California State Board of Trade made some progress yester- day in the matter of inaugurating the investigation concerning the returne Californla fruit-growers recefve for fruits sold in the Eastern and San Francisco markets. A report was | submitted by General Manager Briggs in accordance with the instructions of the board. He estimated that the facts relat- |1ng to marketing in San Francisco could be ascertained by a competent man in thirty days at a cost of about 3150. Re- garding the Eastern markets, he found that an investigation could be made there, during the fruit.shipping season, in not more ays, which time would or to inquire into the each of the several than sixty for the Eastern investigation jgvas not estimated. A man competent to undertake the task would be worth $200 a month, cr could earn that much in any fruit house. After tho report of Manager Briggs had been received several members of the Board of Trade spoke emphatically con- cerning the existing conditions. W. H. Mills declared that the board should con- tinue to search. for the faets that will benefit the fruit growers. John P. Irish said that the first step was to secure the information that would put the board on the right track. C. M. Wooster epoke to the same effect. Manager Briggs said that the board could not afford to let the Investigation drop. Some additional step may be taken at the next meeting of the board. Some sur- prise was occasioned before the meeting losed by a statement by Mr. Briggs that he desired to retire from office. His rea- 0 that he has large interests that much of his time and he is com- to attend them. The board ipon authorized the appointment of mittee of three to provide for the nt of a new manager. In the Mr. Briggs holds the office work of getting facts concerning the rarketing of fruit will be taken up again as Soon as A new manager is at work. BRIGGS MAKES REPORT. The entire matter was opened up y f at auction by the report submitted by er Briggs. It began with the jon adopted at the Octo- ting of* the board, in which the manager was Instructed “to report to the board the practicability of instituting a general inquiry into the fruit market: foreign and domestic, with reference an ascert; ing reference o to su ets, and especially with relation between from the reported , to the end the fruit reaches The manager Is requested 1e board at its next meet- ager Briggs reported that he had sed a letter to all Boards of Trade, in the State and peal for information in the work. In the app went out the following was i ROO - ADVERTISEMENTS. BROS. Good Points About Good Clothes Q. There are four essential points in regard to good cloth- ing that you should consider. 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Meneyback. inment of all the facts relat- | the | fruit grower | racticability and cost of such'in- Are Needed and OF CALIFORNI the Board of Trade A’'S FRUIT PRODUC Preliminary Report Contains Estimates Concerning Expense of’ Securing Facts in Eastern Cities and in San Francisco That Will' Continue Work| California product and no good reason for be- lieving that it should not yield the producer a good profit, but there is a pretty firmly estab- lished belief that certain interests standing be- tween the producer and the consumer: have worked to the disadvantage of the men who by their skill and industry have made the State's great wealth in horticultural resource possible. Tt is the purpose of the State Board of Trade to make such Inquiry as shall establish the manifestly unjust conditions in the handling of frults with a view to securing a remedy and | bettering the growers' position. In this in- quiry the greatest possible assistance can be rendered by the growers and shippers of fruit, and this letter is written to you asking your co-operation. Wil you not urge upon the growers and - { | | | | ¥ | | SCENE 1IN THE ASSEMBLY-ROOM OF THE STATE BOARD OF TRADE YESTERDAY WHEN THE PLANS OF ’ THAT ORGANIZATION IN THE MATTER OF LOOKING INTO THE METHODS OF FRUIT HANDLERS AND { MARKETMEN WERE UNDER DISCUSSION. B * | | shippers in your vicinity, by persomal solicita- | tion, by resolution and publicity in the newepapers, the importance of their assistance n th tter, through sending to this office ained at particular times, both nd in the East, rates quoted for carload and less than carioad lots, the cost of boxes, packing, etc., whether less than car- load rates have | reason to believe shipment full cars have been made in Il individual ship- ments, and any circumstances or suggestions | that may in any way aid in this inquiry? | RESPONSES ARE MEAGER. Up to date the responses had been meager. “No information,” reported Manager Briggs, “‘has been received from individuals, commercial bodies or the that even remotely established a 35 This occasioned surprise to the manager, and he remarked: If this indicates indifference on the part of growers little will be accomplisted by con- tinuing this method of in is due to a fear that information in some way work to their dis: the future with buyers or shippers of green fruit 1 am not now able to see What argument can be used effectively with them. With respect to commercial organizations I am unable to understand why information should be withheld if they have any to give. It is best accounted for probably on the theo that what is everybody's business is nobody’s. «nd by the further consideration that specific infc With the Interior press there may or may not be welghty considerations which it could be difficuit for the members of the board to understand why 1f any general and previous wrong exists in the manner of handling frult, and they have knowledge of it, the fact should not be made known. Extracts from letters received by the manager were read. They contained no definite information. Mr. Briggs said that he had learned from parties well informed in the green fruit business that during the last two seasons there has been much less occasion for complaint concerning the manner of handling fruit than there had been formerly. Continuing, he said: It is claimed that under the cperation of the organization known as the California Fruit Distributors, of which Alden Anderson is manager, there is small opportunity for the . of gharp methods by commission men Cngaged In the fruit auction business. This organization is a stock company in which both shippers and producers are represented, and fruit growers either large or small are not excluded from the list of stockholders. This would seem to be a step toward co-operation and in an effective and practical way. To what extent growers have taken advantage of this closer identity with the shipping and handling of frult I have not been informed, CITRUS FRUIT GUARDED. Mr. Briggs alluded to the history of the combinations formed in this State for regulating the sale of dried fruits—prunes and raisins particularly. They were re- ported to have had their troubles, but the California Fruit Agency had made a marked success of handling cltrus fruits. The/ citrus fruit growers would not there- fore be directly concerned in the investi- gation proposed by.the State Board of Trade at this time. Mr. Briggs sald that co-operation is needed on the part of the fruit growers to make a success of the work in hand. Regarding the question of co-operation he safd: 3 operation on the part of .fruit growers must, it seems to me, be 4 fundamental fea- ture if @ remedy is eought for the wide dif- ference between the prices consumers pay for fruit and the vrices growers receive. Whether the disparity in prices fs the result of illegiti- mate customs on the part of handlers of green fruits or from any other cause little hope is there for a change uniess growers come to ap- preciate the benefits of union ahd join sin- cerely and honestly in some plan that can ef fect & combination of interests, In reference’ to the matter of getting the Decessary information on which to base intelli- gent action, there scems now but one effective way for accomplishing it, viz: to send an agent or agents through the fruit- shipping districts, whose duty it is to work out and record facts and conditions as they are. This would entail considerable expense, viz: pay of the agent to- ation is not readily obtainable by them. | been charged when they have | gether with his traveling and incidental ex- penses. To do -this work properly an experi- enced and tactful man must be employed. This one step accomplished, it would then re- main to be determined, if wrongs were found what further steps were justified. The > canvassing the local or San Francisco market would be but.trifiing as compared with other branches of the work should it be under- taken. Probably canvass of this city by a competent man would disclose all that is necessary to be learned here in order to establish a_fairiy correct basis to work on. This expenditure should not exceed $150. While the opportunities in the present slack fruit market are not as good as they could be In the height of the frult seazon an inquiry properly conducted even. now should not be barren of results, It has been suggested over and over again that a remedy for the wrongs complained of in the local market might be found through a corporation_composed wholly of producers who seck San Francisco for disposition of their fruits. Whether this is practical or not it is for the board to consider. With respect to a more extended inquiry such as s involved in investigating methods and conditions in the large Eastern markets, this, it seems to me, is not the proper time of the 'vear to actively enter on it. The true methods employed for disposing of consign- ments of fruit at auction sales and the prac- tice which obtains could, it seems to me, be Dest learned by coming in daily contact with that business. A man competen to do that work and who would do it as it should be done could easily command a salary of $200 per month or more in any fruit house where his services were employed. In other words that branch of the inquiry would cost a good sal- ary and all traveling and incidental expenses during the service, and a thorough canvass milght take some months if carried into more than one large distributing market. It {s, how- ever, possible that the situation in one would be taken as representative of all the Eastern markets, in which event possibly thirty, at the outside sixty, days would be all the time re- quired. Mr, ‘Briggs had not been able to aseer- tain any instance in which a different freight rate had been charged to the fruit shipper from the one actually paid for the transportation of his fruit to maiket The fruit handled by the fruit distriba- tors, he said, was under watchful care from the time it leaves this State until it is finally disposed of. When Mr. Briggs had concluded the reading of his report Mr. Stearns of Duk- land announced that the letter sent to the Board of Trade of Oakland was im- mediately acted up. “I had twelve coples made of the letter,” said Mr. Stearns, “and sent them to the newspapers and to various people and invited them to re- ply. I would like to learn whethar any replies were recelved?” “Not one,” replied Manager Briggs. “I saw the letter in only four papers. I sent one to the Bacramento Valley De- velopment Assocfation and it took tho. let- ter up at.once. Mr. Baird reproducel it in a circular and not one single reply has come in.” READY TO CONTINUE. “This State of indifference, 1d Mr. Mills, “would indicate that the producess of California are not particular - about those who wish to despoil them. I have no doubt but that these wrongs exist; that the producer-does not get a proper return, and that too much of the profit is wasted between the shipper and the consumer. I belleve that we should by no means let this matter drop. The fruft season is cldsed, but we should pursue our investigations, and as we nava re- course to past seasons we should pursue the inquiry.” “In the meantime,” said John P. Irish, let us equip ourselves with the infor- mation that will put us on the right track.” “This i{s an inquiry.that the producer knows nothing about,” saild Mr. Mills. ““The question that is never answered- is, ‘What is the price paid by the great mass of consumers? The grower has not given any attention to it; in fact, he knows f ! nothing about it. There ought to'be a falf” profit to the shippers. They are active and their profits are Increased by the activity they put forth. What is the price of raisins grown at Fresno? You will find that they are being sold at 121 cents a pound in San Francisco, and yet at Fres- no they are purchased at 6 cents. Does it cost 6 cents per pound to distribute them to the consumer? The system of distri- bution that grows raisins at 6 cents per pound and sells them at 123 cents is not profitable to the producer.” “You will find raisins exhibited for sale in the Middle West from 4 cents up to 12% | cents per pound,” sald Manager Briggs. “They use the cheaper raisin as a leader and make their profit on the higher grades. They claim that the poorer con- sumer will not take it unless they can get it at the cost of other products. They argue that if dried apples can be had at 4 cents a pound they are entitled to pay the same price for raisins, and they will not buy ralsins at a higher price.” “I think the proper thing to do is to find out what the differen.. in price is in the Eastern markets,” said Mr. Wooster. “I think we ought to do it,” saild Mr. Sharp. ‘“We sent a man to Hamburg to introduce our prunes. What ought to be done is to go on with our investigation.” “We can’t afford to let this matter drop,” sald Mr. Briggs. “The eyes of the consumer and producer of the State are upon us. I belleve if we go at this in an energetic and conscientious manner some good will come in the end.” BOARD DISCUSSES FACTS. ‘“When a grower says it is a good thing for the Board of Trade to investigate this matter he contradicts himself,” saild Mr. Mills. ‘“‘Because if he is satisfied he would say, ‘I 'know all about the marketing of my fruit. If T were a fruit grower I would not put myself in antagonism with the instrumentality for marketing my fruit. I could be left out. There would be plenty of fruit without mine.’ There is therefore no disposition on the part of the fruit growers to make themselves obnoxious. They can't afford to do it. I never ex- pected any Information from them. All my resolution contemplated was to make this investigation possible.” ““The price of dried fruit in the Eastern market is fixed by the buyer,” said Chair- man Chipman. ““The commission men are the men who buy our dried fruit here and sell it in- the East and fix their price ar- bitrarily. They commence operating be- fore the fruit is ready for the market and | the world can’t match. of great encouragement to us and we | they fix the rate without regard to what they can get for it in the East.” ““A large frult grower said to me,” said Mr. Mills, “that everything was all right and that he had no complaint to make. I asked him what volce he had in fixing the price at which his frult was carried and he sald ‘None whatever.’ I asked him what arrangements he had to make about having his fruit properly refriger- ated and he said .‘None." I asked him whether he had a volce in saying what sort ‘of ‘a box was used and he replied ‘None whatever.” I asked him if he had a voice in the price at which his fruit should be sold and he said ‘None what- ever. ‘Even in the price returned to you,’ I asked, and he sald ‘No, sir.’ *‘Then it is a fact,” I sald, ‘you raise the fruit and until you receive the money for it you have no voice whatever? and he asserted that to be the fact. If this be true,” said Mr. Mills sarcastically, “it is the greatest advertisement Californta can get. When it is known that it is all determined by one side—the handlers of the fruit; if it is true that the fruit is well marketed, it 1s of Importange to the world te know that if we have people here so honest that they save the grower T GOES ON all trouble of handling it and that the twelve Apostles could not be more honest than the people who are handling it; if that be true, this is the best advertise- ment in the world for the State. All you have to do is to grow the fruit and some one takes it off your hands. (Laughter.) If this is the condition of the fruit indus- try of California it 1s a very hopeful con- dition and it is a commercial one that It ought to be ought to invite immigration on that fact alone.” (Laughter.) “And leave the facts out of it,”” Mr ‘Wooster facetiously remarked. “The nec- essary thing for us to do is to get the facts and give them greater publicity. We know the wrong that is being done. If we can get at the bottom of it we should do. so. I move that a report of progress made be placed on file and that the committee be empowered to pursue the inquiry.” The motion was seconded by Commis- sfoner Irish and adopted. DECIDE OTHER MATTERS. The board attended to several other matters. A communication from the Cali- fornia Promotion Committee asking the board to appoint a member of the ad- visory committee of the Promotion Com- mittee was placed on file and the man- ager was instructed to write to the man- ager of the committee and say that the board will extend its aid, as it has to all -organizations that work for the good of the State. It was decided to have the publications of the board, together with a descriptive sketch of the work of the board, bound and sent to St. Louis for exh'bition at the exposition. Concerning the proposition to hold a | citrus fair in this city during the pres- ent month it was decided, in view of the | expense to which the counties are put on account of the exhibits they are pre- paring for the St. Louls Exposition, to inform the citrus growers north of Te- hachapi that a citrus exhibition will be made in the permanent display of county products in the hall of the State Board of Trade this year and that the annual November citrus fair will be continued hereafter. It was left to the manager to take up tt@ matter of having a turnstile in the exhibition hall of the board to count the visitors who go there to see the county products. There were 10,000 visitors to the hall in October, so Manager Briggs r ported. phlet telling about the climate of all parts of Califorma, it ‘was voted, shall be sent to the fat stock show at Chicago. On motion of John P. Irish, it was voted to request Secretary Cortelyou to have space for a display of California’s pro- ducts in the bullding that will be erected for the Department of Commerce at Washington. Resolutions were adopted in memory of N. W. Spaulding, who was a member of the board at the time of his death. —_———— Steamer Imnaha Is Wrecked. LEWISTON, Idaho, Nov. bers of the crew have reached here re- porting that the steamer Imnaha, plying between this point and Imnaha Mines, on the Upper Snake River, was fvrecked this morning at Mountain Sheep Rapids, two miles below Eureka. Her cable got caught in the capstan and the boat swung on a rock, destroying the engines. The passengers were saved, but cargo was lost ————— Date Is Fixed for Frohman Wedding. | NEW YORK, Nov. 10.—It is an nounced that Daniel Frohman, the theat- rical manager, and Miss Marguerite Illington, the actress, whose home is in Fifty thousand coples of a pam- | | | | | | | | | he was lald upon a cake of | thrown over the rall—a drop of twe | thrown 10.—Mem- | 1t the | | olY3 STUDENTS ARE MURDERERS Physician Denounces Men Who Conducted Fatal Initiation. e Declares That They Should Be Hanged for Causing Loew’s Death. e S Ul NEW YORK, Hirschmann of this c tin Loew, a medical s occurred recently at Baltimore soon ter his Initiation\into a Greek letter ternity, says he has n the affair from a student. The I clares that when Loew went to t ternity hall to take the first degree he was met by twenty-five men. He was told to undress and after doing so was Blindfolded and taken into a room, whers No then carried upstairs to th On the floor beneath stood a number of students holding a sheet. “When Loew fell into this,” sald the doctor, “he was tossed up and down un- til he was unconscious. After being re- vived he was beaten until his body was a mass of bruises. “That night he was in such a wretched condition nate stayed up all night w m. ky and quinine were given during the night, and In the morning he felt relieved. five feet. at “The follo Saturday he took the second degree. In the morning he was found dead taken the condition. to the gallow et Gt FRIENDS OF CONDEMNED MURDERER MAKE THREATS Authorities Fear an Attempt Will Be Made to Release Him From Nov. 10.—Governor decide Thomas Horn's fate on Thursday night. Deputies with a Gatling gun and a Hotchkiss gun are con- stantly on guard at the jall in anticipa- tion of an attempt of cattiemen to release Horn. 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