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THE 'WEEKLY CONSTITUTION: TUESDAY, MAY 23, 1882.
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THE COMING CONVENTION.
The executive committee of the democratic
What we need most is a good western line for : repression bill. Gladstone’s plan seems to be
fruits and vegetables. This will be offered by j to at once placate honest Irishmen and ter-
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party met yesterday, as will be seen by a re the Tiffany refrigerator car company, a rep-
port of the proceedings in another column, resentative of which will attend the conven-
All except three of the members of the com- tion on Thursday. It must be understood
mittce were present in person or by proxy, that this experiment interests every truck
The large attendance of members of the com- farmer, or berry, or grape or melon, grower in
mittee shows conclusively that the party is in ; the state, and in the adjoining states. We
“Nolo Episcopari" is president Haygood’s
reply to the conference. The worthy doctor
prefers to carry out the great work he has in
hand at Oxford; a work with which he 4s
thoroughly familiar and in a field in which
his talents arc confessedly pre-eminent. While
his declination of the bishopric is to be re
gretted on many accounts, his friends will,
to a great extent, feel happier to know that,
while the honor of being elected bishop is
his, he will stick to bis present work, than if
he should venture out and away from it.
Fhom a letter printed elsewhere from En
tomologist Riley, of the U. S. department of
agriculture, to a gentleman of Cave
Spring, it appears that that dreaded insect
the army worm lias made its appearance in
Alabama and in this state. On all accounts
it is desirable to know just where it is and
just which way its progress is likely to be.
For the benefit of the farmers we will be glad
to hear from any one who has seen the worm,
and farmers will do well to look out for the
larva; and make public the fact when found;
for by so doing some partial remedy may be
applied to stop the devastation which Pro
fessor Riley seems to think likely to take
place.
From a letter printed elsewhere from En
tomologist Riley, of the U. S. department
of agriculture, to a gentleman of Cave
Spring, it appears that that dreaded insect
the army worm has made its appearance in
Alabama and in this state. On all accounts
it is desirable to know just where it is and
just which way its progress is likely to be.
For the benefit of the farmers we will be
glad to hear from anyone who has seen the
worm, and farmers will do well to look out
for the lame and make public the fact when
found; for by so doing some partial remedy
may be applied to stop the devastation which
Professor Riley seems to think likely to take
place.
Toe Celt and the Teuton arc to be rivaled
by the Italian, if the recent arrivals of irnmi-
gjants at Castle Garden are an indication of
xvltat is coining. The influx of Italians is not
wholly unexpected, for Italy is overcrowded,
and the condition of the Italian peasant iscven
rvorso than that of the Irish laborer. The
Italian exodus was first tnrncd to the coun
tries on the La Plata, bnt now it is coming to
the United States. There are some who pre
dict that the Italian influx will soon be 200,-
000 a year, and that it will rank second only
to the emigration from Germany.
Tus. yellow-fever experts say that this is a
test year in the south; that if the south
escapes this year a visitation of yellow-fever,
it will be established that yellow-fever is not
* of local origin. The winter was very mild
the early spring warm and damp, and the
lower valleys were all inundated. If these
conditions do not lead to a development of
the disease, then it has no permanent habitat
in this country. Of course the disease may
be brought in from other gulf or far southern
ports, bnt, as a rigid quarantine against in
fected ports will be established, the suspicion
will arise, in case the disease breaks out, that
wc are always subject to sporadic cases. If,
however, we have no yellow-fever this year,
the theory of local origin will at least be
greatly weakened.
TRANSPORTING OUR PEACHES.
We print in another column some commu
nicalions from fruit growers as to the best
method of transporting the fruit crop of the
present year. As these letters come from
practical persons who are directly interested
in the matter, they are entitled to weight
and we commend them to all concerned.
About the best suggestion that can be made
is to have a peach-growers’ convention and
let it adopt some general plan by which the
railroads can meet the demands of the oc
casion. Atlanta is a capital place
for such a convention. Commissioner
Henderson, of the agricultural department,
will gladly make all the arrangements as re
gards a place for meeting, etc. Let the grow
ers around Griffin or those in Griffin name the
day and the convention will be a fixed fact.
It should be held within the next six or eight
days, so that there can be time to have its
suggestions discussed and plans made for the
present crop.
A gentleman prominently connected with
the fruit trade is now investigating a plan of
shipment, the details of which he will give in
a few days. The Constitution feels a lively
interest in this matter, and our columns
are open for suggestions. We believe that if
the fruit-growers will only take hold
of the matter, schedules can be arranged, and
cars provided by which all the peach crop of
middle Georgia can be shipped to Chicago and
other western cities, in refrigerator cars at
less than 50 cents a bushel. This fruit will
command in Chicago, in any quantity, the
season through an average of perhaps $3
bushel. In this connection we may say that
in a fonuei editorial on this subject we put
the price our peaches would command in the
north and west “at $10 to $2 a bushel, the
price declining as the season advanced,” and
the printers put it “$10 to $12” a bushel. By
all means let us have a convention of the
peach growers of middle Georgia. We have
the beet peach country in thg worljl., Let
improve the opportunity it affords us.
better shape than it has been for several years.
There was but little discussion and but little
difference of opinion about calling the con
vention and the mode and manner of select
ing the delegates to the state convention.
The convention, which meets in July, will
have no trouble in performing its duty. The
delegates will be selected in each county on
the same day, and in the manner to be deter
mined by democrats in each count}'. This
will prevent persons who are seeking the
nominations from having any undue influence
by having some of the counties lead off in
their favor, and when the delegates all come
together it will be an easy matter to arrange a
platform and make a selection of candidates
for the various offices to be filled in the ap
proaching election. We have no doubt but
that this convention will nominate the next
governor of Georgia, and we are satisfied to
wait and see their action. We will not advise
them, nor persuade them. We have no choice
of candidates for the various officers to be
elected, and only ask that men who are and
have been true to the principles of the demo
cratic party be selected as candidates. The
election this year is an important one, and
will have much to do with shaping the
politics of this state for the next four
years. We consider the unanimity and
promptness displayed by the members of the
committee in coming together at the time ap
pointed by the chairman os a good omen of
the success of the party. The members of the
committee all make favorable reports about
the condition of the democratic party in the
state. They say that the party is solid, and
in better fix for a successful campaign than it
has been since 1872. Considering the fact
that since that time the democratic majority
in the state has reached as high as eighty
thousand, we may look for a very heavy ma
jority in October for the nominees of the July
convention.
A PRESBYTERIAN EPISODE
An interesting episode in .the history of
Scotch Presbyterianism is now practically at
an end. Since 1843, when the Free Church
men left the “auld kirk,” or established
church, there has been constant rivalry be
tween them, which has been made specially
noticeable by the active exertions of Principal
Rainy and Professor Bruce in favor of dises
tablishment. Mr. Gladstone, upon whom de
pendence must be placed for legislative action
looking towards disestablishment, practically
gives a point blank refusal to Principal Rainy
and will not move in that direction until the
people of Scotland generally have done*so.
Principal Tullocb, who, with Professor Cal-
derwood, the Edinburgh university.metapby
sician, is the chief exponent of the establish
ed church’s liberalism, makes some very
strong points against Principal Rainy in a
recent review article. He shows that the
established church lias steadily gained on the
free church, and now has 1-13,000 more com
municants. This gives the established church
in Scotland the advantage of a working ma
jority, and puts aside the argument that the
kirk is falling behind in its duty to the peo
ple.
The people are not anxious for the dises
tablishment, and, in point of fact, care noth
ing about it. The movement is, so far, a theo
retical discussion among the free church lead
ers, and is only intended to awaken public
attention. In Principal Tulloch’s opinion,
and he represents the libersl and intelligent
section of the Scotch kirk, there is no call for
disestablishment, and “no more force in this
‘plea now than there has been any time these
forty years.” The present movement seems
to be confined to the Free church leaders and
not to the will of the whoic body of Presby
terians. As a recent writer says, speaking
of church disestablishments: “In Scotland
■the question is whether the family of Pres-
“byterians, essentially the Scotch type of re
ligion, shall adhere to the traditions main
tained since the revolution of 1690, and keep
“to to the original order, or become a chaos
“of ecclesiastical parties which can never
“make a church or mould the national Pres
’byterians into any fair unity of ecclesiasti-
‘cal life. Disestablishment among the Scotch
‘thus means, as Principal Tulloch signifi-
‘cantly says, the destruction of the church of
“Scotland. It is as yet a movement which the
‘people are not prepared to indorse.”
THE PEACH CARRYING PROBLEM.
It is our purpose to lay before the fruit
growers of Georgia in advance of their con
vention, which meets here on the 25th, all
the information upon which they are to
act.
In accordance with this plan we present
this morning an interesting letter from Mr,
J. H. Parnell, an interview with Mr. Appier,
and other items. The immediate recognition
of the importance of our suggestion, by the
fruit growers themselves, is the best proof of
the imminence of the problem of cheap and
swift transportation. With it, middle Geor
gia will bloom with orchards—without it
those now prospering must fail. Mr. Parnell
strikes the key note, when he says that the
prices of the past few years can be no longer
maintained. With only a limited quantity
of Georgia peaches offered, tley commanded
fancy prices by reason of their extra quality
and their being ahead of other fruit With
the immense crop of the present year, and
the larger crops of the future, poured into
the markets the price must tumble. We may
expect the Cunningham-Woodruff shipment
of this week to bring perhaps $10 a bushel
but in two weeks the price will hardly be
one-fourth of that While, therefore, the
growers have been able to pay $2.50 a busbe
for express charges heretofore, they will be
able to do it no longer. It may be clearly
said that the time will never come when
Georgia peaches ' put into Chicago and New
York at 50 cents a bushel will not be the most
profitable crop that can be raised on Georgia
soil. It is our opinion that the present crop
could be carried at these figures if the fruit
growers, the merchants, the refrigerator com
panies, the express men and the freight
agents, could mutually understand the situa
tion. The Central road already ships peaches
by its steamers at about GO cents per bushel.
The trouble with this is that there are only
two steamers a week to carry out fruit, and
that these cany it only to the eastern market.
hope to sec them all here. Thomasville should
send a full delegation.
The situation is a simple one: There are
one thousand car loads of peaches in Georgia
that will ripen in a month, and then await
cheap and swift shipment. There are hun
dreds of cars hauled back to the west empty
every week. The great cities of the north
and west want the peaches,the railroads want
freight cargoes, the orchard men want a
market. Surely there ought to be an accom-
nodation that will suit the three classes, and
develop one of the prettiest and most profita
ble industries of the state.
HOW THE MINORITY SECTION IS BLED
Senator Vance’s speech on the tariff com
mission bill is in part devoted to showing how
the majority section is draining through une
qual and unjust legislation the resources of
the minority section. He first shows that the
public domain which was the common prop
erty of the people of the United States, has
been in great pari given away to northern
states. He then shows where the
expenditures of money and is
sues of bonds have gone. The
whole makes a grand total of money and
bonds expended by the governmenl for
the development and protection of the north
ern states of $275,362,260, against $94,814,379,
expended in the southern states, and a grand
total of the public lands of 24G,449,326 acres
expended for the benefit of the northern
states, and 28,319,797 acres expended for the
benefit of the southern states. Tiiis does not
take into account at all the fishing bounties
and other drawbacks on taxation of which the
north received the exclusive benefit. When
to all this is added the fact that more than
seven-tenths of the emoluments of public
office have for twenty years past been enjoyed
by the northern people; that fifty millions in
ensionsare annually paid there, together:
with almost the whole of the interest of the
public debt, there can be little wonder, he
added, that the northern section of the union
keeps ahead of the southern.
But he shows that this grabbing of public
plunder does not equal in injustice the tariff
legislation that insiduouslv bleeds one section
for the benefit of the other. Those who de
clare that they are for protection for protec
tion’s sake, simply s’ay they are in favor of
levying money, not for the support of the
government, but tor the benefit of a particu
lar class of men at the expense of another.
This is not taxation; it is robbery; and it is
just this that falls most heavily upon the ag
ricultural people of the south. How is it
with the cotton-grower? asks Mr. Vance. In the
first place lie pays all the taxes, state and na
tional, that all other citizens are required to
pay. When he starts out in tne spring to
pitch his crop, on his plow he pays 50 per
cent ad valorem; on his trace-chains to pull
the plow, 2\4 cents per pound; on his wagon,
harrow and other irons, 50 per cent; on his
jack knife, 50 per cent; on the square by
which he measures his work,6 centsperpound
and 30 per ceai ad valorem; on his files and
rasps, 10 cents per pound and 30 per cent; on
his saw, 814 cents and 30 per cent; for his ax,
40 per. cent; for the iron hoops which inclose
his bale of cotton when made, 134 cents per
pound; for his hammer, 214 cents per pound;
his wrought nails, 2]4 cents per pound; his
cut nails, 13i cents per pound; his horse shoe
nails, 5 cents per pound; his tacks and sprigs,
2>2 cents per thousand; for wood scrow^from
8 to 11 cents per pound; for cast-iron hinges
for his door, 214 cents per
pound; on his wife’s sad-iron, VA cents
per pound; on his cross-cut saw, 10 cents per
foot All this, averaging nearly 100 per cent,
he pays to the Pennsylvania iron and steel
manufacturers, not to the government. On
the bagging for his cotton-bales, he pays 2
cents per yard; on his cotton shirt, 5cents per
yard and 10 per cent; on his wife’s calico
dress, 534 cents per yard and 20 per cent; on
her spool thread, A cent each and JO percent
on the common stone-ware of his table, 25 per
cent; on his school boy’s slate-pencil, 40 per
cent; on his glass tumblers, 40 per cent; on
his sugar and molasses, 49 per cent; on his
coarse blankets, about 95 per cent; on his
wool hat and flannel shirt, about the same
n hi wife’s shawl, 50 cents per pound and 35
per cent, (over 100 per cent;) on his borax, 10
cents per pound; his clock, 35 per cent; his
wife’s camphor, 5 cents per pound
her gloves, 50 per cent; hair-pins,
50 per cent; on his glue, 20 per cent.; his
grindstone, 1 cent per pound; powder, 6cents
per pound and 20 per cent; suspenders, 35
per cent; rubber boots for bad weather, 30
per cent; his leather 25 per cent; his kero
sene oil, 40 cents per gallon. In sickness his
morphia is taxed $1 per ounce; castor oil,
$1 per gallon, and his opium $1 per
pound. Even on his fruit trees and his gar
den and his agricultural seeds he is taxed
20 per cent ad valorem. Nearly all this goes
into the pockets of the manufacturers, who
claim that the planter’s prosperity is cr easd
by this searching taxation. Nothing is free
to him. Nothing escapes, said Mr. Vance,
this all pervading, inevitable protective tariff
—certain as death, hungry as the grave, un-
satisfiable as the sea.
rorize evil-doers. The arrears bill is limited
to teanneies up to £30, Guffiths valuation, and
is to be administered by the land commission,
assisted by the county court judge. It only
deals with two .year’s arrears, and requires a
tenant to pay one year’s arrears up to Novem
her, 1S31. When that is paid, the whole of
the remaining arrears will be cancelled. Mr.
Gladstone proposes to take the remaining one
year’s from the Irish church surplus fund,
and all other arrears are to be arbitrarily dis
charged. The Irish people will contribue on
this plan about £1,500,000 and
the government not over £500,000,
which will be taken from the
consolidated fund. This bill is the first of
Mr. Gladstone’s new measures for the relief
and conciliation of the Irish people, and it is
generally believed it will be followed up
with a bill embracing the chief features of
Mr. Healey’s. proposition to bust the land
lords by extending the purchase system to
all tenants who desire to purchase portions of
estates bought by the land commissions.
Mr. Gladstone’s new policy necessarily in
cludes peasant proprietorship, and the beauty
of the situation consists in the fact that the
landlords are now as ready to go as the ten
ants are to bid them farewell—all, however,
to be- brought about on acceptable terms
through the aid of the government.
The tories still threaten to oppose Mr. Glad
stone’s bills, chiefly on account of the so-
called Kilmainham treaty, which is,
they claim, “an unholy alliance”
between the government and the land
league. Undoubtedly there is an under
standing between the liberals and the Irish
members, but there is no compact that the
tories can use to advantage against the gov
ernment. It is more probable that their
opposition will be confined to amendments,
and that the twin bills will go through with
out encountering a close division. When
that is accomplished the Kilmainham treaty
will go into effect, Mr. Gladstone endeavoring
to put the small tenants on their feet, and
Mr. Parnell, Ireland’s uncrowned king, en
deavoring to restore order and peace to his
distracted people.
The Egyptian crisis attracted no little atten
tion during the past week. It grew out of
the conspiracy of Arabi Bey, an Arabian ad
venturer, who, by concessions to the army
and by appeals to the prejudices existing
against all foreigners, hoped to drive the
khedive out of the country, and to make
himself dictator. He has miserably failed.
He found arrayed against him not onl^ the
sultan and England and France, both of which
powers promptly dispatched iron-clads to
Alexandria, but the Circassian officers of his
own army and also the Bedouins, who can
put ten thousand men in the field on short
notice. Arabi Bey, as secretary of war, only
commands 16,000 men. The bumptious ad
venturer soon saw that his schemes had mis
carried. The khedive is now stronger than
he was before the trouble was precipitated,
for he has won the full support of the present
ministers, and it is belie-ved that the British
and French consuls will improve the occasion
to lessen the power of the army and wholly
deprive Arabi Bey ©f capacity for future mis
chief. While England and France act uni
tedly no change can take place in Egyptian
affairs. All the talk on the part of the fol
#wers of Arabi Bey about Egyptian nation-
alitj is nonsense, for the men who indulge in
it have driven the Copts or Veal Egyptians out
of the o.ffices to make room for Arabs.
A ministerial crisis has arisen in Spain over
an attempt to re-establish the jury system.
Scnor Sagasta, prime minister of Spain, is
opposed to this popular measure, and his at
torney-general has resigned. The latter will
introduce a jury bill in opposition to the gov
ernment measure for instituting oral or pub
lic trials. If the jury bill is adopted, Sagasta
will give place to some more liberal leader.
In view of the situation he has asked a vote
of confidence. The crisis is considered serious
in Madrid. The current of Spanish politics is
steadily setting towards liberalism, if not re
publicanism.
THE WEEK ACROSS THE WATER.
Affairs in Ireland were not greatly changed
during the past week. The victims of Phoe
nix park are in their graves but the assassins
still walk the earth, although detectives are
working night and day to hunt them down
Numerous arrests of suspected persons are
taking place, but no reasonable clue has been
obtained to the crime.
In parliament the repression bill passed to
its second reading by a vote that included
nearly every member present except the Irish
members. This bill suspends trial by jury and
gives the lord lieutenant acting through spe
cial courts almost absolute power over the
people of Ireland. The clauses of tne bill
applicable to the press are Yery severe. The
government has, however, agreed to accept
any reasonable amendments on this and all
other points, although it refuses to entertain
any material changes in the scope of the bill.
Mr. Gladstone insists upon the prior passage
of the repression bill, but the arrears of rent
bill was introduced on Monday of last week
with the intention of securing its passage im
mediately after and in connection with the
enough for nil practical purposes, and that leaves
practically daily.”
SOUTHERN EXPRESS CO.’S ACTION.
W. H. Clayton of the Southern express company
said:
‘•I can give you no information this morning that
would be definite and satisfactory. I am now en
gaged in preparing a schedule of rates that will be
submitted to the convention of fruit growers that
meets here on next Thursday. This rate, with the
explanations which will accompany it, will sbo.v
exactly what the Southern express company can .10
iu the "wav of fruit transportation and cbea.. rates.”
•Will it give the quantity that the company can
handle ?’ * ~
“Yes. We wifi have annexed to the schedule of
rates an estimate of the amount of fruit we can
nandle in justice to the growers and ourselves. I
need not say that the Southern express company
will, as it always has done, do all in its power to
advance this or any other industry of the state.”
THE REFRIGERATOR CAR SYSTEM.
We have a 1 tter in hand from Mr Charles F
Pierce, manager of the Tiffany refrigerator car
company, of Chicago. This company furnishes re
frigerator cars to any lines of railroad that desire
them, and send with each car or each train of cars
skilled hand to attend to the ice boxes, and t> see
that the fruit is kept in proper Oq§>r. It does ail
enormous business in the west in llic shipment of
berries from the southwest, and in the shipment of
dressed beef from the plains to New York and Bos
ton. They have reduced the transportation of the
fruit and berry crops of the west and southeast,
and of the fresh meat from the plains to a perfect
system, and are m >w anxious to take hold of the
Georgia and Honda berry.vegetnble and fruit crops,
and to arrange for their transportation cheaply and
swiftly into the western markets. Mr Pierce says
that he is ready to send a refrigerator car here as an
experiment and have it loaded and sent out to Chi
cago. It could then be seen how it worked, and at
what rates it could be handled. He says:
The fruit growers themselves should learn that
ery much of the success of shipment of fruit de
pends on themselves. 1 hey must have in certain
towns or stations a cooling house built where the
first heat of the fruit can be taken away. This
would bring the cost of ice in the car to a mini
mum, and would insure the fruit keeping longer
fhan if the natural heat of the peach was allowed
to remain until it was put into the car. Fruit that
is reduced to perfect coolness immediately after
picking can be kept perfectly fresh and llavorous iu
a refrigerator car for’anv length of time.”
Mr. Pierce, or one of his representatives capable
of giving the fullest information upon this subject,
ill in all probability attend the fruit growers’
convention next Thursday.
• MELON PATCHES NEAR ROME.
A gentleman said yesterday: “1 have just re
turned from a trip to Rome. All through north
.coigia, and especially near Rome, 1 saw melon
patches of from one to twenty acres. The melon
crop of that section will be a very large oue, and if
it can be transported cheaply and swiftly to Cincin
nati or Chicago it will realize a very handsome
profit for the fanners who try it Your agitatition
of the fruit transportation problem is calculated to
do more good for Georgia than anything the papers
have tuken hold of for a long time. Thu melon crop
of southwest Georgia and of Augusta and vicinity
is a tremendous item, and has been heretofore mar
keted exclusively in eastern cities, and has contin
ually glutted them, consequently low prices have
resulted, if we can get a quick and cheap schedule
to the western cities where most of the fruit that is
used is hauled overland from New York high Drices
could be realized, and there would be little danger
of glutting. I hope that your convention of fruit
growers will comprise uot only peach men but
melon and berry growers from all sections of
the state and truck farmers as well. The question
of transportation interests them all. I understand
that there will be during Au-ust 50,000 bushels of
pears shipped from Thomas snd adjoining counties
alone. These will need cheap transportation as
muchas the peach crop.”
WHAT COMMISSIONER nENDERSON SAYS.
Yesterday Commissioner Henderson said to a
Co> stitition reporter:
“You cuuuot say too much concerning the im
portance of the fruit growers, convention which
meets here on Thursday. he fruit cron this vear
will be simply enormous and the fruit growers'ean
make money if satisfactory shipping arrangements
can be made. I hope to see a full convention and
to have thincs take such a shape as will result iu
p- rmanent good. The fruit growers will have to
unite on some plan by which they cau get their
fruit to market quickly and cheaply or else they
might as well have no fruit. hey cau make it
to .their interest to come here Thursday, discuss
the matter among themselves and with the repre
sen tatives of the transportation lines and come to
some understanding which can take immediate ef--
feet."
MR JOSEPH SI. BROWN.
We haven most important interview with Mr. Jo
seph M. Brown, general freight agent of the Western
and Atlantic railroad, upon the subject which is
discussed above. The interview will appear on
Tuesday. Mr. Brown has been steadily at work
arranging a schedule of low freights, and we may
state in advance this morning that he will start
fruit trains over his road in a very short time, and
will be prepared to land cars in Chicago at about
875 to the car or 30 cents a bushel for fruit. He will
be prepared to make an elaborate and exhaustive
statement to the convention.
MR. JOHN H. PARNELL’S VIEWS.
West Point, May 18.—Editors Constitution: I
have noticed your article on one of Georcia’s most
important crops, the peach, and its cheapest and
most rapid means of transportation to market. I
will therefore indorse all that w’as said on that
subject, and I also agree with lir. Alexander in
what he said about the great future importance to
Georgia of the peach crop, and I must come to the
same conclusion that unless the railroads come to
• lie rescue of her present large crop, we must see
over half go to waste or rot in the field for lack of
cheap and rapid transit. Peaches will not keep
;ood over three or four days, no matter how care-
ully they are handled. In consequence they must
have rapid transit. The express company' is a
rapid transit, but what is the use of that rapid
company if the profits for our peaches
are all eaten up by their charges?
As it costs two dollars and fifty cents per bushel to
deliver peaches, with express and refrigerator
charges to New York, it is very certain there will
bever - ”"’ *
less it ... . ,
for a large crop must fall to two dollars and fifty
eents per bushel, and long before half the carl
crop is sold. As I have been shipping for years, _
have had consideraple experience iu shipping by
express and freight, and 1 have come to theconclu-
GEORGIA DEMOCRATS.
MEETING OF THE STATE EXECU
TIVE COMMITTEE.
The Convention Callel for Wednesday, July 18th—
Election of Delegatee and the Day on Whieh It
Will be Done—Some Important Reso
lutions Adopted—Other Business,
THE FRUIT CROP.
The Convention of Fruit Growers Next Thursday-
Borne Interviews on the Frnlt Question.
The discussion of the fruit transportation problem
started in The Constitution has excited very gen
eral interest, and has already evoked
many suggestions of a practical nature,
that we are satisfied it will be solved thor
oughly at the convention on next Thursday,
Already ten railroad companies at least, leading to
the west, are preparing schedules for swift fruit
trains and for low rates. Two companies repre
senting refrigerator cars will be present in person
or by proxy to make tender of their cars for the use
of the Georgia fruit crop. The Southern Express
company is making extra arrangements for trans
portation, and is arranging rates that will be
lower than those of last year, to
the least. The railroad and express
men have been formally invited to he present at the
convention and to participate in its discussions,
and have agreed to do so. It must be understood
that the convention is not confined to peach grow
ers alone, but will embrace all truck farmers and
growers of any kind of fruits or vegetables that are
grown for distant markets and that require swift
transportation and cheap rates. There ought to be
not less than 200 delegates to this convention They
will be met in a fair spirit by representatives of tEe
leading railroad, express and refrigerator compa
nies of the country.
We invite attention to the following compilation
of suggestions and opinions bearing on this sub
ject:
WHAT MR APPLEB, OP THE CENTRAL SAYS.
Mr. Dave Appier, freight agent of th- Central
railroad in Atlanta, in esnversaflon with a Consti
tution man, said:
“As you see from Mr. Cunningham's letter the
Central has already done more for the fruit growers
In the way of low rates and swift transportation
than any other road. We have been for some years
'hauling their fruit at a dollar per hundred pounds.
This is about sixty cents per bushel for fruit from
Griffin to New fork, ana is as cheap as could be
“Why, then, does not the Central carry the entire
crop?”
“For the simple reason that our steamers on
which the fruit Is transported leave Savannah onlv
twice a week. These steamers carry out throngh
the winter and spring from 3.000 to 6,000 packagi
of fruit and vegetables each trip, but making onl
two trips a week there can be only two shipping
slon hat we must give up this delightful branch of
southern industry, if rapid and cheap transporta
tion Is not furnished. My study for several years
has been how to get peaches through to New York
cheaply and in good order. For several years Geor
gia and Alabama peaches have sold for high-prices
on account of their scarcity, but now, we cannot
get these fancy prices for large crops, and cannot base
our estimate on those prices for the years to come.
Peaches generally paid then, no matter what
prices they cost tolship but whatfprofitare we now to
expect with the same heavy freight, when shipping
a large crop, such as Georgia and the south expects
this season.
The express and railroad companies ought not
then to mar this new and great industry, but ough
to allow the south every facility to ship their fruits
and to allow them some profit, before they grab the
whole. This subject of cheap and rapid transit’
ought to be pushed ahead by the fruit growers as
quickly as possible. A great many growers are
going to ship their first peach crop this vear, and
most of them have had no experience in'handling
fruit and the cost of it. These people are expecting
big prices, and are judging by former years. If then
these growers find, before the season is half
over, that they have lost money,
altogether on account of high freights,
neach growing will come to a halt and perhaps
be killed in consequence of monopoly by railroads.
What then can be done?
Let the fruit growers combine together and
agree not to ship only at certain rates. This would
soon bring the companies to terms.
Let them petition the railroad companies to carry
a fruit car, or cars on their passenger trains at cheap
rates, and if they will not do that, get the railroads
to run fruit cars or trains, and to guarantee their
arrival in three days to New York. Two years ago,
when I only bad a partial crop, I- saw the impor
tance of shipping cheaply in the future.
I therefore run the risk (although peaches were
very scarce) of a whole car of peaches by freight to
New York, because I was obliged to test shippin-
cheaply before I had a largi—--
The plan carried well. lit
in good order in New York at twenty-five cents
per crate.
On my way lately from New York I had an inter
view with Mr. Sol Haas in regard to shipping my
peaches this year by freight by all rail.
Mr. Haas informed me he could get all my peaches
through by all rail, at reasonable prices, iu from
three to four days.
I am, therefore, perfectly willing to still further
test the shipping of peaches by freight, because I
think we can get them through iu course of time
all right.
I would be glad to obtain other parties to join
me in a car, if either of us did not have sufficient
to fill a car.
In regard to selling our peaches in the orchards,.
think it would be a good plan if It could be accom
plished; but even to enable the growers to sell
days. 'It is very important with the peach
man that fruit is shipped daily so
that it can get the benefit of early
markets and not lay in the orchards a day after it
has been picked. If we had daily steamers I am
satisfied that we could carry the bulk of the peac
crop of Georgia at the rate of sixty cents a bushe
Our steamers are provided with immense refrigera
tors, but these are seldom used by shippers. The
crates are packed In the hold of the ship, not one of
them touching the other, so that each gets perfect
ventilation, and they arrive in New York fresh and
in good order.”
“Will there be any improvement in the steamship
service?”
“Not ior this year. Our company Is now having
built three additional steamships, one-third larger
than the Gate City, at a cost of 8400.000 each. They
are being built by John Roach, but will not be de
livered in time for the present fruit crop. When
they are in our possession we will send out at least
four steamers a week for New York. Then we will
be able to give the fruit and vegetable growers of
Georgia a cheap transportation—one that is swift
Persuant to a call front Hon. L. M. Tram
mell, chairman of the state democratic exec
utive committee, that body met in the break
fast room of the Kimball house at 2 o’clock
p.m., Wednesday, May lSth, and was called,
to order by the chairman, who stated the ob
ject of the meeting to be for the purpose of
appointing a time to hold a convention for
nominating a governor, state house officers
and congressman at large, and for such other
purposes as the body might think for the ben
efit of the democratic party of the state. The
following members were in attendance:
From the State at Large—Thomas W.
Grimes, of Columbus, and I. E. Shumate, of
Dalton.
First District—R. W. Grubb, of McIntosh
county, represented by Evan P. Howell, of
Atlanta.
Second District—W. A. Harris, of Worth
county,represented by H. H. Cabaniss, of At;
Ianta; Richard Hobbs, of Albany.
Third Distr ct—John A. Cobb, of Sumter
county, represented by W. A. Hawkins, of
Amencus, and George P. Wood, of Pulaski
county, by R. A. Bacon, of Atlanta.
Fourth District—J. T. Willis, of Talbot
county, by T. W. Grimes, of Columbus; A. D.
Abrahams, of Troup.
Fiftli District—J. H. Mitchell, of Pike coun
ty, represented by -J. C. McMichael, of
Thotuaston; W. T. Newman, of Atlanta.
Sixth District—J. L. Hardeman, of Bibb
county, by Albert R Lamar, of Bibb.
Seventh District—N. J. Tunilin, of Polk
county, by L. N. Trammell; Arthur H. Gray,
of Catoosa.
Eighth District—Wilberforce Daniel, of
Richmond county, and F. H. Colley, of
Wilkes county.
Ninth District—C. J. Wellborn, of Union
county, and T. M. Peeples, of Gwinnett
county.
W. T. Newman, secretary of the com
mittee, tendered his resignation of the
office, and nominated Mr. Bacon for secreta
ry. His resignation was accepted, and Mr.
Bacon elected.
The committee was then ready for the busi
ness of the day. Hon. Tyler M. Peeples-
offered a resolution calling the state nomina
ting convention for the first Wednesday in
August. Mr. Lamar suggested the 26th of
June. Mr. Hobbs moved to make it July
12th. Mr. Lamar withdrew his resolution in
favor of that proposed by Mr. Hobbs,
Mr. Peeples made a short argument in favor
of the time proposed in his resolution. Mr.
Howell favored the resolution of Mr. Hobbs,
and Mr. Shumate suggested as a compromise
measure, that Wednesday, July 19, he made
the day. Mr. Wellbome spoke in favor of
Mr. Peeples’s resolution. Mr. Haykius fa
vored the adoption of Mr. Hobbs’s resolution.
Pending the discussion, the following reso
lution was introduced by Mr. Newman, of
Fulton:
Resolved, That a convention of the democratic
party of Georgia is hereby called to meet at the
capitol, in the city of Atlanta, at o’clock on
, the day of July, 1882, for the purpose of
nominating candidates for governor, attorney gen
eral, secretary of state, comptroller general, treas
urer, aud congressman for the state at large.
Resolved further. That each county iu the state
shall be entitled to douDle the number of votes
iu said convention that it has members in the
house of representatives in the state.
The blanks were filled in by inserting 12
o’clock, Wednesday, July 19th, as the time
for the assembling of the convention, aud the
resolution as a whole was then adopted..
The following resolution was then offered
by Mr. Colley, and adopted:
In accordance with the previous action of this
committee;
Resolved, That each county in choosing its dele
gates to the convention be urgently requested to
expiess Us desire as to whether the convention
shall, in nominating candidate* observe the two-
thirds or the majority rule, and communicate its'
action through its delegates to the convention.
The following resolution was offered by
Mr. Cabaniss:
Resolved, That wc recommend the executive
committees of the democr&lie party in the various
countie, of the state to have delegates elected to
the state convention on the first Tuesday in July
next by county conventionsor primary elections, as
may be deemed best by the executive committees.
Mr. Grimes offered the following as a sub
stitute, which was accepted by Mr. Cabaniss,
and adopted:
Resolved, That as to the mode and manner of
selecting delegates to the convention, whether bv
county nominations or mass-meeting or preliminary
•lection, we leave to the wisdom of the democracy
of each county to decide for themselves, and wc
suggest as the day for final action aud selection of
delegates the first Tuesday of July.
Mr. Grimes also offered the following reso
lution which was adopted:
Resolved, That the several counties in this State
are earnestly requested in the selection of delegates
to th* nominating convention to select men
who they are assured will attend the
cpnvention and personally discharge the
trust reposed in them, for we deem it unwise and
inexpedient for delegates to transfer their author
ity to persons uot selected by the democracy of the
■everal counties. We recommend that the county
conventions select alternates to take the places of
any delegates who may be personally unable to at
tend the convention.
After the adoption of the above resolution,
Mr. Shumate offered the following resolution,
which was listened to with marked attention,
and was unanimously passed by a using vote:
Resolved, That we profoundly regret the serious
illness of the Hon. Benjamin H. Hill, who repre
sents Geergia in the United States senate with abil
ity so conspicuous as to command the admiration
of the American people; that we sympathize with
him in his severe suffering, and with his fam
ily in their painful anxiety; that we sin
cerely hope that he will soon be restored to
the country in the full vigor of his splendid pow
ers, and that the nation will not be deprived of
so wise a statesman and his section of so eloquent
an advocate.
On moton of Mr. Lamar, the secretary was
directed to transmit a copy of the resolution
to Senator Hill. Mr. Newman offered a reso
lution of thanks to t he proprietors of the
Kimball House l’ortiie use of the room, and
a resolution that the democratic papers of the
state give due publicity to the
action of the committee. Mr.
Howell offered a motion that the com
mittee adjourn, to meet at 2 o’clock p.m., on
July 18th, unless sooner called together by
the chairman. * The motion was adopted ana
the chairman declared the meeting adjourned.
L. N. Trammell, Chairman.
R. A. Bacon, Secretary.
GEORGIA SNAKES.
From the Detroit Free Press.
We were sitting on the post-office steps at Ring-
gold, Georgia, when Judge Hallam winked me
arouud the comer and whispered:
“The old chap on that cracker-box Is Colonel
Slasher, the biggest liar in the state of Georgia. Ask.
him for a snake story.”
I slid back, looking ionocent and unconcerned,
andat the first opportunity I inquired:
there any moccasin snakes in this
ught the fruit, and if they could not get a
cheap outlet we growers could not sell our peaches
I therefore advise all growers to combine to push
this question through before the season begins. 1
will gladly do all In my limited power to help fur
ther cheap and rapid transit of our large crop.
Please excuse for tresspassing on you so long. Yours
very respectfully, John H. Parnell
THEY OUGHT TO DO IT.
Editors Constitution: The call of The Consti
tution and Judge Henderson for a convention of
fruit growers is a move in the right direction. Bu
why not invite the railroad and express men to
meet with us? To these alone we must look for aid
and assistance. After we have met and appointed
committees and wait on the railroad officials and
express managers there must be delays in arrang
ing plans and attaining results, so whv not write
these gentlemen to confer with us and gain pre
cious time as the shipping season is right at our
doors and no time to lose in the matter.
TrusUr.g the suggestion will meet the ap
proval of all, the coming meeting wilt be looked
forward to with much interest by
“Fulton.”
“Colonel, are
state ?•■
“Billions of ’em,” he replied.
“Atiy very big ones?”
“Well, 1 reckon! Yum! Don’t talk to me about
big snakes!”
“Colonel, how long a snake did you ever see?”
He rolled his quia over and over and got both
hands over his left knee before replying: “I’m.
afraid you wouldn’tbelieve me.”
“Yes, I—that is—yes, I would.”
here?” kn ° W 11141 suakes 8«>w mighty fast down
“Of course.”
. that our swamps offer them a secure re-
treat?”
“Certainly.”
“Iwouldn’t have you doubt my word,” he rc-
a “ he squinted his leit eye ata
spotted dog across the street.
“How could I, colonel?”
He rose up slowly, stepped down over the sand
and paced off about iorty teet.going over the ground-
ariStohta^rtSST' '' he “ hC had returned
seen'a snak^forty^eet'iong?” 101161 ’ **“* y0U haVC
t,*?] 1 ’ “e Quickly replied. “I was simply
Pff~J*g off to see if there was room to plant six
hitching posts in there. The longest snake I ever
saw measured exactly ten inches by the rule, and
he had oeen dead three days to boot!”