FRUITGROWERS' PLIGHT.
£3,000,000 ALREADY LOST. i , NO TRAINS TO MOVE CROP, j A. and N.Z. NEW YORK. Aug. 15. 1 Advices from San. Francisco stater that 1 probably never in the history of the '. great fruit country has there developed such a tie-up of transportation as is now effective in California. Fruitgrowers estimate their irretrievable losses at £3,000,000, and what will happen if the railway paralysis lasts a fortnight leaves the country aghast. Bankers, as well as growers, are facing collapse. In San Joaquin Valley alone 40,000 cars were loaded, and only 2600 were moved. Grape growers claim that they will lose £4,000,000 unless the situation clears within a week. It is estimated that 15,000 farm labourers have been discharged, by growers, who have given up picking. Several trains which had been stalled in the hot desert country have finally reached Eos Angeles, where the prostrated passengers were removed on stretchers. .
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 18171, 17 August 1922, Page 7
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