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I The most practical fruit picker 

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presidents in charge of operation. But 

 .vour coniiiiitlee desires to mention 

 particularly the support given by the 

 General Freight Agents of the Union 

 Pacific, the Rock Island, the North- 

 western, the Milwaukee and one Assist- 

 ant General Freight Agent of the 

 C, B. & Q. 



Your committee was received most 

 cordially by the different railroad offi- 

 cals and they listened most attentively 

 to the arguments put forth for the 

 elimination of the peddler cars. The 

 committee desires to mention particu- 

 larly that, in the conferences with the 

 railroads, no threats of reprisal were 

 used or at any time found necessary. 

 The greatest co-operation was given by 

 the railroads and all they asked of your 

 committee was logical reasons why the 

 peddler cars should be eliminated. 

 Some opposition developed on the part 

 of the State Railway Commissions, 

 probably at the instigation of some 

 grower or association. The State Rail- 

 way Commission of Nebraska sus- 

 pended the tarifl's carrying the prohi- 

 bition against peddling, and the hear- 

 ing was held at Lincoln, Nebraska, be- 

 fore the Railway Commission. A 

 decision was rendered, but we have 

 not yet received a copy of it. We un- 

 derstand the State Railway Commission 

 of Montana suspended the C, B. & Q. 

 tariff, but we have no advice as to what 

 action was taken in that case. The 

 Public Utility Commission of Illinois 

 suspended the C, B. & Q. tarift' in Illi- 

 nois, and your chairman attended the 

 hearing before the examiner, appointed 

 by the commission, and is pleased to re- 

 port that all the evidence adduced at 

 that hearing was in favor of eliminat- 

 ing the peddler. No protests had been 

 made against the adoption of the tarilT, 

 but Ihe examiner explained that the 

 conimissison suspended the tariff so 

 they could hold a hearing and ascer- 

 tain the attitude of the railroads toward 

 regular jobbers, commission merchants 

 and brokers. We expect a favorable 

 decision from the commission. The 

 Interstate Commerce Commission was 

 requested by the Iowa Commerce 

 Council and one of the State Railway 

 Commissioners of the State of Iowa 

 to suspend the tariffs, but they took no 

 action, which indicates that the Intre- 

 sfate Commerce Commission is in 

 favor of any reasonable action by the 

 railroads to induce the prompt unload- 

 ing of cars after arrival at destination, 

 thereby keeping the cars in service. It 

 is reasonable to assume that railroad 

 cars were built for the purpose of 

 trans|)orling commerce and were not 

 intended to be used as retail store- 

 rooms or warehouses. 



Your committee questioned its .juris- 

 diction to appeal to railroads operating 

 east of Chicago to eliminate the 

 peddling practice, and having ascer- 

 tained that the National League of 

 Commission Merchants is opposed to 

 Ihe iK'ddling evil, your cominitlce has 

 taken the proposition up with Mr. 

 French, the business manager of the 

 league, with a recpiest that they co- 

 operate with our association and fur- 

 flier request that they appoint a com- 



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Motor oil 

 made from 

 asphalt-base 



crude gives best 

 lubrication with 

 least carbon. 

 Such is the testi- 

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 As Lieut. Bryan, U.S. 

 N.,putsit:"Oilsmadefroin 

 the asphalt-base crudes 

 have shown themselves 

 to be much better adapted 

 to motor cylinders, as far 

 as their carbon-forming 

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 Pennsylvania oils." Zerolene 

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 selected California crude — as- 

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WHEN WRITING ADVERTISERS MENTION BETTER FRUIT 



WHEN WRITING ADVERTISERS MENTION BETTER FRUIT 



