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  Mr. 
  Littlepage: 
  I 
  think 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  great 
  deal 
  in 
  what 
  Professor 
  

   Lake 
  says. 
  I 
  am 
  not 
  sure 
  he 
  has 
  got 
  the 
  cause 
  of 
  the 
  facts 
  he 
  states. 
  

   One 
  reason 
  why 
  the 
  Ben 
  Davis 
  is 
  being 
  planted 
  is, 
  as 
  he 
  stated, 
  that 
  it 
  

   will 
  grow 
  almost 
  anywhere; 
  but 
  the 
  reason 
  the 
  public 
  accept 
  the 
  Ben 
  

   Davis 
  is 
  because 
  they 
  can't 
  get 
  enough 
  of 
  another 
  at 
  a 
  reasonable 
  price. 
  

   There 
  isn't 
  any 
  doubt 
  that 
  if 
  there 
  were 
  plenty 
  others 
  at 
  a 
  reasonable 
  

   price 
  the 
  Ben 
  Davis 
  wouldn't 
  be 
  used 
  at 
  all. 
  We 
  hear 
  so 
  much 
  today 
  

   about 
  this 
  high 
  cost 
  of 
  living. 
  Of 
  course, 
  there 
  are 
  artificial 
  conditions 
  

   that 
  have 
  contributed 
  to 
  this 
  to 
  a 
  greater 
  or 
  less 
  extent 
  ; 
  but 
  the 
  prin- 
  

   cipal 
  element 
  is 
  that 
  we 
  have 
  come 
  up 
  against 
  the 
  problem 
  of 
  feeding 
  

   the 
  great 
  American 
  public, 
  that 
  has 
  grown 
  faster 
  than 
  the 
  facilities 
  

   have 
  grown. 
  The 
  time 
  for 
  low 
  priced 
  food 
  products 
  is 
  gone 
  forever. 
  

   Yet 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  good 
  deal 
  in 
  this 
  commercial 
  phase 
  of 
  it. 
  

  

  President 
  Morris 
  : 
  The 
  Hales 
  hickory 
  is 
  going 
  to 
  be 
  like 
  the 
  Ben 
  

   Davis 
  apple, 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  very 
  most 
  popular 
  in 
  the 
  market. 
  

  

  Doctor 
  Deming: 
  I 
  will 
  say 
  regarding 
  the 
  retail 
  price 
  of 
  nuts 
  that 
  

   in 
  New 
  York 
  City 
  shelled 
  filberts 
  are 
  priced 
  at 
  $1.25 
  a 
  poimd, 
  shelled 
  

   almonds 
  $1.00, 
  ordinary 
  run 
  of 
  hickories 
  and 
  chestnuts 
  in 
  the 
  shells 
  

   twenty 
  cents, 
  black 
  walnuts 
  in 
  the 
  shell 
  twelve 
  cents. 
  

  

  President 
  Morris 
  : 
  Hickories 
  will 
  give 
  somewhat 
  over 
  fifty 
  pounds 
  

   to 
  the 
  bushel 
  ; 
  black 
  walnuts 
  about 
  forty. 
  If 
  we 
  make 
  a 
  rough 
  estimate 
  

   of 
  fifty 
  pounds 
  to 
  the 
  bushel 
  for 
  shagbarks, 
  and 
  forty 
  for 
  Persian 
  wal- 
  

   nuts, 
  we 
  will 
  probably 
  have 
  a 
  good 
  fair 
  average. 
  

  

  NUT 
  PROMOTIONS. 
  

   By 
  W. 
  C. 
  Deming, 
  New 
  York. 
  

  

  Promoters 
  attack 
  their 
  quarry 
  with 
  a 
  two-edged 
  sword; 
  one 
  edge 
  

   is 
  what 
  they 
  say, 
  the 
  other 
  what 
  they 
  leave 
  unsaid 
  ; 
  and 
  both 
  edges 
  are 
  

   often 
  keen. 
  What 
  they 
  say 
  generally 
  has 
  a 
  foundation 
  of 
  truth 
  with 
  a 
  

   superstructure 
  of 
  gilded 
  staff. 
  You 
  must 
  knock 
  over 
  the 
  staff 
  and 
  ex- 
  

   amine 
  the 
  foundations 
  to 
  see 
  if 
  they 
  are 
  laid 
  up 
  in 
  good 
  cement 
  mortar 
  

   or 
  only 
  mud. 
  Sometimes 
  they 
  are 
  honestly 
  laid 
  but 
  your 
  true 
  promoter 
  

   can 
  no 
  more 
  help 
  putting 
  on 
  his 
  Coney 
  Island 
  palace 
  of 
  dreams 
  than 
  a 
  

   yellow 
  journal 
  reporter 
  can 
  help 
  making 
  a 
  good 
  story 
  of 
  the 
  most 
  every- 
  

   day 
  assignment. 
  I 
  suppose 
  he 
  takes 
  a 
  professional 
  pride 
  in 
  his 
  decora- 
  

   tions, 
  even 
  when 
  the 
  real 
  facts 
  themselves 
  are 
  good 
  enough. 
  Or 
  even, 
  

   in 
  his 
  enthusiasm, 
  half 
  believes, 
  and 
  fully 
  hopes, 
  that 
  what 
  he 
  says 
  

   is 
  true. 
  So 
  you 
  never 
  can 
  say 
  that 
  because 
  of 
  the 
  evident 
  gilding 
  there 
  

   is 
  nothing 
  worth 
  while 
  beneath. 
  

  

  What 
  the 
  promoter 
  does 
  not 
  say 
  it 
  is 
  absolutely 
  necessary 
  for 
  the 
  

   safe 
  investor 
  to 
  find 
  out. 
  Deductions 
  from 
  experience 
  in 
  general, 
  and 
  

  

  