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Chairman: You don't have to go out of Michigan, to find this in- 

 equality, for near Lansing, f!2 a bushel was paid for peaches while 

 others bought peaches for a good deal less than half that amount, be- 

 cause those outside of the State didn't know that Midiigan had any 

 fruit. 



Question : I would like to ask Mr. Bush if it is not true that the 

 peach growers of Michigan pay higher rates than do those who raise 

 southern fruits? 



Answer: I know that you get poorer service than the southern 

 people do, and pay higher rates of transportation. The cause is be- 

 cause every peach grower in the .State of Michigan has a chip on his 

 shoulder and is looking for a fight. If the farmer and fruit growers 

 of the United States would stand together solidly, and fight together, 

 they can get anything they want. There is no question about it. But 

 there is a whole lot of people in Michigan who are just like the people 

 of New York — you want to forget whether your grandfather and your 

 father was Republicans or Democrats. But remember that you are a 

 farmer and fruit-grower — that you have your money invested there, and 

 pay a little attention to the people who go to your Legislatures. Stick 

 together, when you want something from your public service commis- 

 sion or from your Legislature. The minute that these boys know that 

 all the farmers and fruit-growers want a particular thing, you can bet 

 your last bottom dollar that you'll get it. For, every one of these fel- 

 lows has his ear to the ground listening and they are not slow to hear 

 calls that come from their constituency. 



Question: I would like to have Mr. Bush give us a few words re- 

 garding the peach selling proposition. This year peaches were shipped 

 here into Grand Rapids from Oklahoma and other southern points, and 

 through ads in the papers and otherwise, house canners got those 

 peaches instead of our own, regardless of the fact that Michigan had 

 a good crop. I think there should have been an organized effort to 

 advertise to canners and house-wives and others, that the Michigan 

 crop was large and would be as reasonable and a much better flavor than 

 the foreign crop and that they should wait and purchase their peaches 

 from the home crop instead of taking a foreign product. But this was not 

 done and as the result there were many car-loads of southern peaches 

 shipped in and sold here — something that should not have been done, — 

 as I said, I think there should be some organized effort to see to it 

 that the condition of the Michigan peach crop should be made known to 

 the public. 



Mr. Bush: If you don't spend your money along these lines you 

 won't have any money to spend by and by. 



A Member: We come together and talk about the adverse condition 

 of things and what ought to be done to relieve the situation, and all 

 that, but I believe that if we get any good out of the discussion of this 

 matter, we ought to lay plans now for our next year's advertising and 

 have some concentrated effort. I would therefore like to ask Mr. Bush 

 if this advertising in New York is done through an organization or 

 how? 



Answer: It is not done through an organization anywhere except in 



