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Avlio was interested in the production and distribution of 

 r,i>}iles in this State and in the New England States. It was 

 an attempt to get a universal law established all over the 

 New England States and. New York, and the past winter 

 three of the New England States passed this law. New 

 York has almost identically the same law, and Maine has 

 an apple law which grades its apples, only instead of grad- 

 ing them as "Fancy." "A," "B" and "Ungraded." it 

 grades them as 1 and 2 and Ungraded, so while Ave differ a 

 little there in denoting the grades, the grades practically 

 correspond. We hope in another year that New Hamp- 

 f-liire will follow suit, so that the law will be practically the 

 same all over New England, as New England is very much 

 alike in the production of its apples. 



Last fall after the passage of this Act we started a 

 campaign to familiarize people Avith packing apple's imcler 

 this laAv after it goes into effect, Avhich is the first of July. 

 ]916. and I Avant to say at the outset that there Avas a dis- 

 tinct understanding among the persons interested that the 

 enforcement of this laAV Avould be a A'ery gradual thing. 

 This first year or tAvo it Avill l)e simply an educational meas- 

 ure, and Ave Avill try to do all Ave can to get people familiar 

 Avith the packing and grading of apples under it. We Avill 

 rot attempt in any Avay this year to enforce the laAV, so that 

 there Avill be any hardships Avorked upon any person unless 

 there be flagrant violation, and this gradual process is in 

 my opinion the only Avay in Avhich Ave can make the laAV 

 workable. 



I am going to read just a brief statement oi AAdiat the 

 laAV really contemplates, or Avhat it does: "The laAv fi^es a 

 standard for barrels which is the same as the United States 

 standard, and a standard for boxes uniform with standards 

 of the principal apple-groAving States; it defines a closed 

 ])ackage; it establishes three standard grades and proA-ides 

 that all apples sold in closed packages not conforming to 

 these three grades or if conforming, not branded in accord- 

 3iif'e thercAvith. shall be deemed "UNGRADED" and so 



