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should be passed, and how large an appropriation we should 

 ask for to properly enforce this grading law. 



DR. TWITCHELL : We have an appropriation this year 

 of $1500, and we have had six men. The fruit territory in 

 Maine is pretty large. "Where I am living we are sending 

 out about 50,000 barrels, or would have if they had all been 

 picked. These six men must cover that territory. One man 

 is located in each of the six leading sections of the state in 

 the fruit-growing sections. But the packers don't cover 

 the whole territory. It will require a larger appropriation, 

 1 can't say how many packers will be required in Massachu- 

 setts, because I don't know how much territorj^ you have to 

 cover, but this year we are attempting to get an appropria- 

 tion of $2500 to enable us to employ more inspectors for the 

 months during the packing season, that is, from the middle 

 of September until the first of January. 



MR, JENKS : What type of men do you use and what do 

 you have to pay them for the day's Avage? 



DR, TWITCHELL: I don't know what the inspectors 

 are receiving, but I fancy that it is about $2 per day and 

 their expenses; perhaps it is $2.50, but we are getting good 

 men, men Avho have been on the road, representatives of 

 some of our fertilizing trade, or in selling implements, men 

 who have had experience in doing business and in handling 

 men, men who are good "mixers," who are capable of exer- 

 cising prudence and reason and caution, 



MR. JENKS: Good politicians? 



DR. TWITCHELL : No, I wouldn 't drop them down to 

 that. 



MR. JENKS : Who has the appointment of these men ? 



DR. TWITCHELL: The Commissioner of Agriculture 

 has the appointment of the inspectors and the oversight of 

 prosecution. 



MR. CUNNINGHAM : Why not leave it in the hands of 

 the people themselves, for the community to decide whether 

 they will have packers come and pack their apples for one 

 body of people in a uniform quality, and then you can get 



