Show A Florida Orange Trust NEW YOlK July 27The Mail and Bz press says A meeting of the wholesale fruit merchants who are interested in the disposition of the Florida orange crop will be held in this city August 1 Leading dealers in oranges from the principal cities throughout the country will attend The object of tho meeting is ostensibly tho com jination of the largo houses in tho trade for thopurpose of obtaining lower rates of freight and quicker aud better transportation transporta-tion and tho concentration of the ship m < 5nts t two or three of the most important import-ant northern cities The real object is to form an orange trust which will control the entire trade of the Florida i orange crop I both packing and shipping and confine the sale of oranges to the members I The call for the meeting was sontout by one of the largest dealers in Florida oranges or-anges in this city and several wealthy firms are said to be ready to furnish all the financial backing that will be necessary It is proposed t < form a pool of one hundred I of the leading fruit merchants and capital list each one of whom is to contribute 110 This will make a total capital of 1000000 With this amount packinghouses packing-houses are t be built at different points in Florida and the whole business sorting packing and shipping the fruit will be conducted 1 con-ducted The entire orango crop of Florida is t be contracted for and shipped to members of the pool in New York Boston Philadelphia Chicago St Louis Baltimore New Orleans and possibly other cities The promoters of the scheme claim it is not a trust but a cooperative arrangement for the benefit of growers shippers and sellers I The growers will be asked t sign contracts disposing of their crop on the trees at a uniform rate of SI abox for five years The fruit will bo sold at auction t the trade All private sales will be stopped and tho j demand for fruit will regulate tho price |