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I welit to a fountry town ;iii(l pui ;ni ailvertisenieiit in the oountl-y papol', 

 and said tliat I would furuisli rlioice apples at $1 a basket, delivered free. 

 We found this a f;ood way to dispose of oUr apples. There were a great 

 many people that wanted to buy apples in that Way. We started out by 

 furnishing rod apples, but in these red apples we would slip a few 

 greenings, because the people had it in their heads that for an apple to be 

 good it must be red, and that yellow or green apples were no good. As 

 I have said, we slipped a few of these apples among the rest, and without 

 exception they asked for the green apples next. This shows that the peo- 

 ple can be educated. We have sold three or four liundred baskets at a 

 dollar a basket. This is a nice way to sell the apples. In the tirst place 

 you can get good prices and deal direct with the consumer. This is more 

 satisfactory than dealing with a middleman. When apples are kept 

 on the table all the time the children get in the habit of eating them, 

 and they could not eat anything that is any better for them. These 

 people will get used to having apples, and will want another basket when 

 this one is gone. I don't Icuuw liow this would work in Indianapolis. 

 When you are putting up pmall packages of apples you have to put in 

 good ones, and this Avill keep your customers. Never put a poor quality 

 of apples in small packages. If you do this you might just as well mark 

 "fraud" on the back of the package. Sometime ago I went Into a restau- 

 rant in New York City, and was very hungry indeed. There were no 

 apples on the bill of fare. I called the waiter and said that I wanted a 

 baked apple. She informed that they had no apples. I said, "What! No 

 apples. I thought you were running a first-class restaurant." I acted 

 as if I were very indignant. The proprietor came to me, rubbing his 

 hands and asked what the trouble was. I told him that there were no 

 apples on the bill of fare. I told this man if he intended to run a first- 

 class restaurant he had better put apples on liis bill of fare. I got two or 

 three of my friends to go in and do the same thing, and the first thing 

 that struck my gaze was "baked apples and cream 10 cents." Afterwards 

 this proprietor told mothis was the best thing he ever did. I think we 

 should organize the American Apple Consumers' League, tind whenever 

 we go to a public table, or restaurant, we should ask for apples iu some 

 form, and if they have none, we will call the proprietor and ask him 

 about it, and ask why not? We should all join this league, and ask for 

 apples wherever we go. If people would eat two apples before breakfast, 

 two before dinner, and two before going to bed at night they would live 

 ten years longer. There is no reason why every restaurant should not 

 have baked apples and cream, and if they do not have it, ask for it. If 

 you will do this you will spread the good work. This is one of the ways 

 in which we have spread thi.s work in New York City. The New York 

 Council of the I'.oaid of Aldermen passed a law prohibiting the use of 

 acids in niaking lemonades. By this law the people were warned not to 

 drink the lemonade unless they saw the juice squeezed out of the lemons, 



