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The Michigan Fruit Growers Exchange has its 

 headquarters at Benton Harbor. It has some 1,200 

 members, and during the 3'ear 1920 handled 1,200 

 cars of fruit. 



The constitution of The Michigan Fruit Packers 

 Federation, adopted February 6, 1918, describes the 

 organization as "a cooperative association formed for 

 the purpose of mutual help and without capital stock, 

 and not for pecuniary profit.'' Its object is stated 

 to be "to promote the mutual interests of the pro- 

 ducer and the consumer of fruits by (a) improving 

 the conditions under which Michigan fruits are 

 grown, harvested and marketed, (b) Fostering 

 efforts directed towards the adoption of uniform 

 standards in connection with the handling of fruits 

 from farm to market and particularly as regards 

 grading and packing, (c) Securing the best obtain- 

 able conditions and services as regards transporta- 

 tion, storage and refrigeration, (d) Collecting and 

 disseminating timely information as to supply and 

 demand, carlot movements to markets, and prevail- 

 ing prices in diiferent wholesale markets, (e) Cor- 

 recting trade evils and abuses, by discouraging all 

 customs and practices not in accordance with sound 

 business principles, (f) Extending and developing 

 markets for Michigan fruits and specifically en- 

 deavoring to open new markets, (g) To rent, buy, 

 build, own, sell, mortgage and control real and per- 

 sonal property as may be needed in the business, 

 (h) Striving to increase by judicious advertising or 

 otherwise the demand for the consumption of Michi- 



