Co-Operative Marketing of California Fresh Fruit

Fred Wilbur Powell

The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 1910, vol. 24, issue 2, 392-418

Abstract: Fruit shipments from California began with opening of railroad communication, 393. — Little profit because of high rates, slow trains, and speculative activity resulting in over-production, 396. — Co-operative association proposed by railroad, 399. — "California Fruit Union/" — a temporary success, 400. — Freight rates and icing charges, 402. — "California Fruit Glowers' and Shippers' Association," — a brief success, 404. — "California Fruit Distributors," — a success, 405. — "California (Fresh) Fruit Exchange," — another success, 407. — The refrigerator car question in California, 409.— Net result of co-operative activity, 415.

Date: 1910
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