IIli: AITLK PACKAGE AM» (iUADK UILI. L'OT 



Time of Taking Effect and Penalty. 



The Act does not go into effect until next year, but tlie Solicitor 

 advises that we are at liberty to pack, brand and act in Accordance 

 with it RIGHT NOW. Also whiJe the specific penalty prescribed in the 

 hill may not attach until next year, yet all apples, no matter how marked, 

 now fall under the power of the Food and Drug Acts. If you pack in 

 the OLD way and brand the barrels Fancy or No. 1, etc., and the fruit 

 does not conform to the brand, you still come squarely under the Food 

 and Drugs Act. 



You are, therefore, advised to see to it that all brands of every de- 

 scription are in. accordance with the facts, whether you follow the Sulzer 

 Bill or whether You Do Not. 



Make the Law Alive. 



"The way to do a thing is to do it." Th;>t was demonstrated in the 

 passage of the bill. This act was supported and fought for by nearly 

 every important grower's association in the United States and the most 

 prominent individual grov/ers, by state departments, chambers of com- 

 merce, the National Retail Grocers' Association, commercial bodies and 

 three national trade associations, comprising every one from producer to 

 consumer. 



Now that we (growers, dealers and consumers) have all fought 

 and won, are we going to retreat or iiiarch on? Are we going to preach 

 one thing and practice another? Are we going to begm to cry, "We 

 can't," or will we say, "We can and will?" Are we going to waste our 

 time talking abotit "dead letters" and throwing cold water and piling 

 up objections, or are we going to charge the ramparts and annihilate 

 our ancient and deadly enemy J-U-N-K? Are we going to do something, 

 act, stir ourselves, bring things to pass, or are Vv^e going to "Think about 

 it" and "Put it off," and "wonder if we can," and continue to wallow in 

 the same old slough of decayed fruit and dead hopes? 



If we want to make this bill alive, and thereby abolish "Junk," estab- 

 lish confidence, improve markets, increase our exports, solve the problem 

 of increased production, encourage the growing of better fruit, stimulate 

 consumption and decrease the hazards, then let: 



111 The grower sell and pack standard grade. 



[2] The dealer buy, pack and sell standard grade. 



[3] The consumer demand standard grade. 



[4J Everybody advertise s'.andard grade. 



Now, how are we going to do this? WHY DO IT. That's all— just 

 do it — do it like we do anything else. We eat by eating — not by looking 

 on and thinking about it. 



If any man is afraid he can't grade according to size, buy a grading 

 machine — there are plenty of them that will do the business. Don't be 

 afraid. Fear never accomplished anything in the history of the world. 



