oc-plain-dealer 1921-05-17

FRUIT PRODUCERS OF NATION MEET Twenty-seven states of the Union were represented at Chicago on April 5th, at the Fruit Conference called by President Howard of the American Farm Bureau Federation, at the request of the American Fomological Society and of fruit interests within the Farm Bureau. Nearly every state that produces fruit commercially was represented. Sheridan Baker and R. B. Peiera were sent to represent the California Bureau, Mr. Aaron Sapiro represented a number of California Fruit associations. To my mind, the importance of such a meeting is to bring about closer understanding and cooperation among fruit men from east to west, which can never be done except by their representatives meeting together; each man ready to contribute to the general fund of information the problems and experience of his section, the attempts at solving marketing problems, and the mistakes that have been made which all may profit by. Upon such a foundation, a national fruit policy can be worked out with intelligence, on our great subjects of marketing, standardization and increasing consumption of fruit. The necessity of tariff on lemons and other fruit suffering from the cheaply produced foreign fruit, was represented in detail by R. B. Peterson. California will need the support of eastern fruit growers, when this matter comes before congress. The cast is not interested in citrus problems, unless, thrue the Farm Bureau, the necessity of protection of citrus is made clear through the country. Many speakers gave illuminating discussions of what is being done in cooperative marketing in other states, and that is a great deal more than some of us in California realize. The big warning sounded again and again was against our cooperation. Second—The creation of a Fruit Department in the National Farm Bureau organization. This department to be headed by a man fully conversant with all matters connected with fruit production and marketing. This department will be organized so as to secure the best interests of all members within the Farm Bureau, who produce fruit. When matters of legislation are proposed that affect fruit, such a department will be able to present to our American Farm Bureau executive committee and to its legislative department the views of fruit men on the matters issue, and to recommend a proper policy for the legislative department with the understanding of those familiar and in sympathy with the fruit business. If each a department has been in existence this year and had picked out the best legislative bills for the protection of pure fruit juices, and sent them to all legislatures in session this year, through State Farm Bureau Federations, the department would have justified itself a hundred times over, in this one work alone. For, as all fruit men know, one of the things that seriously threatens the fruit business at this moment, is the synthetic fruit juice, made of coloring matter and chemicals, to look like fruit juice, but having no flavor in it whatever. Many other things were suggested which the committee of 21, and the Fruit Department should take up for the good of the fruit men. Such as work to increase consumption of fruit, indirectly, by better grading and marketing, encouraged by the formation of local cooperative pacing units; and directly, by advertising campaigns, similar to that of the California Associated Raisin Co. The idea is to finance this department largely thru the growers themselves, only a part of the money to come from the American Farm Bureau Federation. Resolutions passed looking toward uniform grading laws throughout the country and against local cooperative units signing marketing contracts. California will need the support of eastern fruit growers, when this matter comes before congress. The cost is not interested in citrus problems, unless, thrue the Farm Bureau, the necessity of protection of citrus is made clear through the country. Many speakers gave illuminating discussions of what is being done in cooperative marketing in other states, and that is a great deal more than some of us in California realize. The big warning sounded again and again was against our cooperative associations making long-time contracts with commercial marketing concerns, giving the latter the opportunity to juggle with prices and defeat the ends of the cooperative concern. This thing was reported as having been done in some states with disastrous results. Action was taken along the following lines, which I consider of great importance: First—A request was presented to President Howard of the American Farm Bureau Federation, to appoint a committee of 21, from throughout the United States, to represent as nearly as possible all the fruit interests of the country. This committee is to make recommendations for more uniform marketing system, standardization and publicity, after a thorough study of the field. It may be a year before this committee will be able to make a report, but this report should be well worth while. The idea is to finance this department largely thru the growers themselves, only a part of the money to come from the American Farm Bureau Federation. Resolutions passed looking toward uniform grading laws throughout the country and against local cooperative units signing marketing contracts for over a year at a time with commercial sales agencies. A good deal of opposition seems to exist to the Joint Stock Land Bank, one of the banks provided by the Farm Loan Act, and this opposition, coming, strangely enough, both from large money loaners like insurance companies and at the same time from farmers whom the Joint Stock Bank was supposed to benefit. Promoters of the Joint Stock Bank are at a loss to understand this and have written us to ask why this opposition. We have replied as follows, and believe this is the answer to the apparently inconsistent attitude of farmers on this subject: "We recall no special opposition to the Joint Stock Land Bank in the State Farm Bureau, in fact there were one or two strong defenders of the bank on the board last year. "But we do think the general feeling exists that the whole Farm Loan Act is endangered largely because of "MORE FORTUNES ARE MADE IN REAL ESTATE EARTH IN NORTHERN ORANGE COUNTY, SUPE HOE, AND SHE LAUGHS WITH A HARVEST. AN IDEAL CONDITIONS ARE EXPRESSED IN ORA You've Seen Our Products! WHAT DO YOU THINK OF US? When it comes to investing one's money, so that it may be sure to gain an increment and at the same time be as secure as the giltest edge investment can be, there is nothing like exercising common sense to arrive at a rational conclusion. Every one knows or ought to know that land values are created by the presence of population. As population increases, land values increase. This territory is necessarily restricted in its scope. It is limited. Population on the other hand, knows no limit. THE THING TO CONSIDER, THEN IS WHETHER THE POPULATION OF THIS IDEAL CITY AND SURROUNDINGS IS MORE LIKELY TO INCREASE THAN DIMINISH! What a sure investment Orange County real estate—city and suburban is! Within a few years every foot of this land will be at a high premium. Will you be an "Owner," or a "wisher" then? "Buy Now" means independence later on. THE ORANGE COUNTY PLAIN DEALER, ANAHEIM, CALIFORNIA the Joint Stock Bank provision, that part of the act being under strong opposition from the large insurance companies, because of the Joint Stock Bank being allowed to issue tax exempt bonds. "The cooperative feature of the Federal Farm Loan Bank has enabled it to stand on firmer ground. Therefore the opposition that exists around local Farm Bureau organizations is largely due to the feeling that the Joint Stock Bank provision will cause the repeal of the whole act, unless it is eliminated. I think that is what the Smoot Bill proposes to do. It will have the support of the large money loaners on the one hand and the farmer on the other, who thinks that he is thereby saving the Farm Loan Banks." UNCLE SAM CHASING DELINQUENT TAXES Uncle Sam, in the person of Deputy Internal Revenue Collector Elmer B. Burns, is on the trail of several scores of Orange-co persons who have not been paying unto Uncle Sam the tax that is due him. Among the delinquents are oil stock brokers and dancers and fidlers, to say nothing of an unknown number of distributors of soft drinks and ice cream cornucopias, delightful adjuncts of childhood. The internal revenue laws of the United States require a stock broker to pay $50 a year for a certain kind of a stamp. The fiscal year for that stamp will end July 1, 1921. So far as Burns is able to determine at this time, comparatively few of the stock brokers in this county have provided themselves with the stamp. "A broker under this law," said Burns, "is anyone who negotiates the purchase or sale of stocks for others. That does not apply to a regularly employed car dealer or a concern. It does apply to a large number of persons in this county who are selling oil stocks on commission. "A broker is supposed to buy his internal revenue stamp the month he starts into business. He pays at the rate of $4.16 a month for the remainder of the fiscal year. In case he has been operating as a broker without having his license, he must pay his back tax of $4.16 a month with an added penalty of 25 per cent. In case of wilful evasion the offender may be fined from $1,000 to $10,000." Dances and other entertainments that have been held in the past year in which proper payments of war tax have not been made are subject to investigation by Burns. "I have a stack of complaints that high to look up," said Burns, indicating an altitude two-thirds the height of a Webster's unabridged dictionary. "The complaints mostly concern free admissions on which war taxes have not been paid. A man giving an entertainment at which an admission fee is charged has a right to issue as many complimetaries as he desires, but either he or the person issuing the free admission must pay the entrance war tax based on the admission price for paid admission." At 4250 feet the Petroleum Development's deep test well No. 88 struck gray sand. 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