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the price is twenty-five cents. The intent is not to load it down with 

 frnit articles, not to take the place of any other publication, but simply 

 to make it a sort of monthly letter which will be to every member of the 

 society a personal matter. 



Mr. Morrell — I think this is a splendid idea, and should yield excellent 

 results. I can see where it can be made an excellent means of asking 

 questions for information which others can answer, and in this way 

 keep informed as to crop conditions, etc. I cannot see any reason why, 

 so far as the State of Michigan is concerned, it cannot be made the most 

 authentic source of information. I will subscribe for five copies to be 

 sent out, and — 



Mr. Bassett — I could not send them out that way — they must go to 

 bona fide subscribers. 



Mr. Morrell — Then I will send them out to separate people. 



Mr. Sabin — I happen to be the secretar^^ of our local society, and have 

 drummed up a few subscribers, but I have found the members so in- 

 different, and so I have concluded that it would be a good rule to pay 

 for it with the membership. 



Mr. Bassett — That cannot be done, for we would get into trouble with 

 Uncle Sam, Nebraska and Wisconsin tried this, but found themselves 

 in trouble. We have to keep close to the line of Uncle Sam. If you want 

 to subscribe for two or three friends, as Mr. Morrell suggests, that would 

 be all right, but your society cannot do it. We cannot, however, include 

 it in the price of the member-ship. 



A Member — We will not fool Uncle Sam, but will fool the other fellow. 

 It seems to me that it is up to us to furnish the material for this paper — 

 the editor knows how to make the paper — might we not give Mr. Bassett 

 one or two dollars, paying for the paper several 3'ears in advance? 



Mr. Bassett — ^That would be all right. 



A Member — How much does it cost to send out the whole 2,000 copies? 



Mr. Bassett — About ^1.80 per month. I have advertising enough 

 to pay for the paper, but we must have a bona fide circulation. 



Mr. Hutchins — A few years ago in our section, when we talked of 

 fruit, we always meant peaches. I think now the first thought, or the 

 one upi^ermost in our minds when we talk of fruit, is apples. And as 

 the apple growers are up against it, we might as well understand from 

 the start the situation. I do not wish to utter scare words, but those 

 of you who have been in close touch with the situation will readily recall 

 that it seems to be a settled policy of the American Apple Shipper's 

 Association to "bear" the market. Last summer when the apple season 

 began to take form the apple buyers started out paying fair figures. 

 Then the Apple Shipper's Association put out a report that was entirely 

 out of proportion to any semblance of fact, and this is in keeping with 

 their general methods. Those of you Avho noticed this, will recall that 

 immediately after that, the apple market was dead, and remained so 

 until the winter apples were moved. There was nothing in the situa- 

 tion to warrant this, and the government report showed that there was 

 nothing to indicate this bearish situation. But my word for it, in six 

 weeks you will pay as much for apples as you do for oranges. But how 

 are we to combat it? By becoming intelligent, and it is through such 

 a medium as this little bulletin that the facts can be brought out, and 

 so can any of us afford not to give twenty-five cents in order to keep 



