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requirements was that ho should not be personally interested in 

 any one of the members; therefore we advertised for a manager 

 that understood the fruit business along the line on which we were 

 working. \Ve succeeded in hiring a very competent young man, 

 who, through his ability and energy, soon established us as an or- 

 ganization that had fruit to sell at right prices, quality considered. 

 Since we need a source of income to pay the running expenses 

 of our office, we adopted the following plan : All members are 

 charged 3 per cent on the supplies purchased for them and on all 

 sales of fruit made by the exchange. If a commission were paid 

 to the association on all sales made bv each member it would be 



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FIG. 190. STORAGE ROOM OF HUDSON RIVER FRUIT EXCHANGE 



much better, but this restriction could not be enforced at once. 

 However, we have hopes of soon amending our by-laws covering 

 this point. 



SELLING THROUGH COMMISSION HOUSES 



We had as our main object the selling of our fruit f. o. b. 

 loading station, but realized that we could not accomplish this 

 ideal condition at once. We were thus compelled to make ar- 



