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to co- operate with you, and if not we shall have to do the work 

 our own way, 



M. Pearce : — I move to have a committee appointed to consist 

 of Mr. Elliot, Mr. Dartt and Mr. Grimes. 



M. Cutler: — I think we should take this question up and discuss 

 it while we are together. This is a matter of great importance. 

 In the east everything is sold by the pound, whether it is pota- 

 toes, turnips or anything else. Apples are sold by the pound, and 

 I presume berries are; in fact, everything is sold by the pound; 

 and this is probably the fairest way in which any kind of pro- 

 duce can be sold. This is especially true in regard to fruit, 

 and I think it is a proper matter for consideration here. On 

 going into our markets here we find a good many different 

 styles of packages and boxes. We find strawberry boxes that 

 do not begin to hold a quart, and yet there is no law to regulate 

 this, and I believe this is a subject in which all of us are inter- 

 ested who raise fruits and vegetables for the market, and I be- 

 lieve while the commission men wish regulation something 

 should be done to regulate the commission men. While there 

 are honorable and upright commission men, yet there is a great 

 deal of trickery practiced, and a large amount of fruit is lost 

 through carelessness in handling. If there was an arrange- 

 ment made so that fruit shipped in here from other states could 

 be sold previous to its arrival, at auction or otherwise, I believe 

 there would be a great saving. My idea may be wrong, but I 

 believe there would be a great saving made if some such ar- 

 rangement were carried out. 



E. H. S. Dartt: — As I understand this matter there is to be 

 a committee appointed to confer with the city council, and I 

 would suggest as the best plan to appoint a committee from our 

 society who are residents of Minneapolis. They need not 

 confer with the council committee now, but at some future 

 time, and I think in that case our president would be just the 

 man to head that committee. 



M.M.Frisselle: — I think this subject is of the utmost import- 

 ance and needs to be thoroughly discussed. Evidently there is a 

 great injustice done to consumers. The commission man, the 

 wholesaleman and the grocer buy their articles in the market by 

 weight. He buys his potatoes by weight; he does not sell them by 

 weight. He buys a bushel by weight, but when he sells, he sells a 

 bushel and a peck by measure. I think this matter should be 

 carefully discussed by this society. Now I am in favor of sell- 



