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apples like that, for they are not fit to eat, but I dou't know 

 as you ought to pass a law and say anybody shouldn't buy 

 those if they want to buy them. It goes against my nerve to 

 see folks smoking, but I don't think I would be justified in 

 passing a law to prevent you folks smoking simply because it 

 annoys me. 



PRES. BREED: As I understand it, this law provides 

 for the unclassified. We all know there are certain people 

 who can't afford to buy No. 1 or No. 2, and it is fair and 

 right that they should be provided with fruit which they 

 can get, and it is also fair that the grower should have an 

 output for that quality. Perhaps ex-president Frost is in 

 touch with the legislative work at this time and can favor 

 us with a word. 



MR. FROST : I think that the whole thing has been well 

 thrashed out, and I can't add very much to it; but I am 

 strong in saying that I am in favor of the bill that has been 

 drawn up by our committee, and I feel that it is going to be 

 a great help for the Massachusetts fruit growers. The con- 

 sumer doesn't trust the producer and the producer doesn't 

 trust the middleman at present, and as I have studied it I 

 believe that every one of them in some cases is wrong. I 

 don't think that the middleman is any more honest than the 

 producer, and I don't think in some eases that the consumer 

 is any more honest than the producer or the middleman. 

 However, I believe a law like this is going to work out very 

 nicely if we all trust each other, and I believe that the pro- 

 ducer will get a fair profit and the retailer and middleman 

 will have to cut their profits where they are making an ex- 

 cessive charge. I know this year some retailers are making 

 an exorbitant percentage on the dollar that the customer is 

 paying for his apples, and it is checking the consumption of 

 the fruit, and I am heartily in favor of the bill. 



QUESTION : I would like to ask if this law would effect 

 the use of the flour barrel, or prevent it. As I read it, T 

 thought it would. 



DR. TWITCHELL : The flour barrel is a little larger, I 



