6o STATE POMOIvOGICAI. SOCIETY. 



grower of such fruit be other than the packer of the same, the 

 name and post office address of such grower shall also prom- 

 inently appear upon such box or package as the grower of such 

 fruit. 



Section 2. It shall be unlawful for any dealer, commission 

 merchant, shipper, or vender, by means of any false represen- 

 tations whatever, either verbal, printed or written, to represent, 

 or pretend that any fruits mentioned in section i of this act, 

 were raised, produced or packed by any person or corporation 

 or in any locality, other than by the person or corporation, or 

 in the locality where the same were in fact raised, produced or 

 packed, as the case may be. 



Section 3. If any dealer, commission merchant, shipper, ven- 

 der or other person, shall have in his possession any of such 

 fruits so falsely marked or labeled contrary to the provisions 

 of section i of this act, the possession by such dealer, commis- 

 sion merchant, shipper, vender or other person, of any such 

 fruits so falsely marked or labeled shall be prima facie evidence 

 that such dealer, commission merchant, shipper, vender, or other 

 person, has so falsely marked or labeled such fruits. 



Section 4. Any person violating any of the provisions of this 

 act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon convic- 

 tion thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not less than $5 nor 

 more than $500, or by imprisonment in the county jail not less 

 than ten or more than one hundred days, or by both such fine 

 and imprisonment, at the discretion of the court." 



During the last year a bill was presented Congress and is now 

 before that body aimed at the same results, but more drastic in 

 its details. Such a bill will some day receive a passage, but 

 not until the whole subject has been threshed over and the com- 

 bined influence of those interests set only for personal or corpo- 

 rate gain brought into line. 



It seems to me that one of the arguments to make in favor 

 of a step in this direction is the radical change which is taking 

 place in methods of fruit growing — the opening, widening 

 competition which is making the Western fruit from the irri- 

 gated section, uniform in size, uniform in color, beautiful to 

 look at, sell today in my own city for five cents apiece, and yet 

 it lacks the good qualities of our own Maine grown fruit. But 



