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  meters, 
  of 
  whom 
  we 
  have 
  been 
  speaking, 
  are 
  not 
  so 
  much 
  con- 
  

   cerned 
  in 
  the 
  successful 
  orchard 
  as 
  they 
  are 
  in 
  big 
  salaries 
  and 
  

   profits, 
  and, 
  if 
  one 
  has 
  money 
  enough 
  to 
  pay 
  big 
  salaries 
  and 
  

   profits, 
  and 
  still 
  pay 
  for 
  the 
  proper 
  care 
  of 
  the 
  orchard, 
  then 
  

   he 
  does 
  not 
  need 
  an 
  orchard. 
  Most 
  of 
  these 
  promoters 
  charge 
  

   too 
  much 
  for 
  a 
  proper 
  and 
  honest 
  development 
  alone, 
  and 
  too 
  

   little 
  for 
  the 
  proper 
  development 
  plus 
  the 
  profits 
  and 
  salaries 
  

   of 
  the 
  promoters. 
  I 
  wish 
  it 
  were 
  not 
  so. 
  I 
  wish 
  the 
  old 
  earth 
  

   could 
  be 
  made 
  to 
  smile 
  bountiful 
  crops 
  without 
  such 
  expensive 
  

   tickling, 
  but 
  this 
  is 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  checks 
  and 
  balances 
  that 
  nature 
  

   places 
  upon 
  her 
  great 
  storehouse 
  of 
  wealth. 
  

  

  The 
  Chairman: 
  This 
  is 
  a 
  matter 
  of 
  very 
  great 
  importance 
  

   and 
  I 
  hope 
  we 
  shall 
  have 
  a 
  good 
  discussion, 
  from 
  a 
  practical 
  

   point 
  of 
  view, 
  by 
  men 
  who 
  know 
  about 
  fraudulent 
  promotions 
  

   and 
  their 
  effect. 
  We 
  ought 
  to 
  go 
  on 
  record 
  in 
  this 
  matter 
  right 
  

   now. 
  I 
  know 
  of 
  numbers 
  of 
  teachers, 
  doctors 
  and 
  other 
  poor 
  

   people 
  who 
  have 
  put 
  money 
  into 
  nut 
  promotion 
  schemes 
  with- 
  

   out 
  knowing 
  anything 
  about 
  the 
  ultimate 
  prospect 
  of 
  profit. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Hutt: 
  One 
  noticeable 
  thing 
  about 
  the 
  promoter's 
  liter- 
  

   ature 
  is 
  that 
  he 
  never 
  knows 
  anything 
  about 
  crop 
  failure, 
  and 
  

   in 
  the 
  agricultural 
  and 
  horticultural 
  world 
  that 
  is 
  a 
  thing 
  that 
  is 
  

   painfully 
  evident 
  to 
  a 
  man 
  who 
  has 
  been 
  in 
  business 
  a 
  great 
  

   length 
  of 
  time. 
  In 
  the 
  promoter's 
  literature 
  it 
  is 
  just 
  a 
  matter 
  

   of 
  multiplication; 
  if 
  one 
  tree 
  will 
  produce 
  so 
  much 
  in 
  a 
  year, 
  

   a 
  hundred 
  trees 
  will 
  produce 
  a 
  hundred 
  times 
  as 
  much. 
  I 
  got 
  

   a 
  letter 
  the 
  other 
  day 
  from 
  Mr. 
  S. 
  H. 
  James, 
  of 
  Beaumont, 
  

   Louisiana, 
  and 
  he 
  said, 
  "I 
  have 
  been 
  very 
  fortunate, 
  I 
  have 
  

   actually 
  had 
  two 
  good 
  crops 
  in 
  succession," 
  and 
  when 
  you 
  come 
  

   to 
  compare 
  that 
  with 
  the 
  promoter's 
  literature 
  — 
  why 
  he 
  knows 
  

   no 
  such 
  thing 
  as 
  crop 
  failure. 
  Anybody 
  who 
  knows 
  anything 
  

   about 
  agricultural 
  or 
  horticultural 
  work 
  knows 
  that 
  we 
  have 
  

   winter 
  and 
  floods 
  and 
  everything 
  else 
  to 
  contend 
  with. 
  

  

  The 
  Chairman: 
  Someone 
  might 
  tell 
  us 
  about 
  failures 
  they 
  

   happen 
  to 
  know 
  of 
  in 
  promotion 
  schemes. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Smith: 
  I 
  would 
  like 
  to 
  ask 
  if 
  Mr. 
  Littlepage 
  isn't 
  going 
  

   to 
  open 
  up 
  that 
  barrel 
  of 
  actual 
  facts 
  that 
  he 
  has 
  about 
  yields 
  ? 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Littlepage: 
  Mr. 
  President, 
  I 
  didn't 
  know 
  that 
  I 
  had 
  

   a 
  whole 
  barrel 
  of 
  actual 
  facts. 
  When 
  I 
  started 
  in 
  several 
  years 
  

   ago 
  a 
  barrel 
  wouldn't 
  have 
  held 
  all 
  of 
  them, 
  but 
  I 
  think 
  that 
  

   now 
  I 
  could 
  put 
  the 
  actual 
  facts 
  in 
  a 
  thimble. 
  I've 
  got 
  several 
  

   barrels 
  of 
  good 
  pecans, 
  however, 
  I'd 
  like 
  to 
  open 
  up 
  and 
  let 
  

   Mr. 
  Smith 
  sample 
  if 
  he 
  wants 
  to. 
  

  

  