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SECRETARY WHEELER : You mean if they are put in 

 on consignment. 



MR. WEEKS : Yes. 



SECRETARY WHEELER: You would not own them 

 then. 



MR. WEEKS : No. 



SECRETARY WHEELER : I should think the man that 

 owns them would be the one to ask for it; the owner is 

 responsible because his name is on there. 



MR. WEEKS : I say the purchaser wjien he comes to 

 buy them, says they show some scald, who is to ask for it? 



SECRETARY WHEELER: I cannot see anything but 

 that the man who OAvns them is the one th^t has got to ask 

 for re-inspection. 



MR. WEEKS : What if he doesn 't have that opportmii- 

 ty? 



SECRETARY WHEELER : Well, then you would claim 

 that you owned them as a commission man. If you claim 

 that you own them you would have to ask for it. 



MR. WEEKS : When they come out, some barrels show 

 a little discoloration and some might show none; the pui*- 

 chaser when he examines them might find some little fault, 

 they might be an eighth or a quarter off in size; is there any 

 law that compels the commission man to ask for a re-inspec- 

 tion of these apples. 



SECRETARY WHEELER: If the person who receives 

 the apples can prove they were received by them in good 

 condition at the time he received them, he would not be re- 

 sponsible for it ; no, that is in the law. 



]\1R. WEEKS : AVho is responsible for this deterioration 

 that is going on? 



SECRETARY WHEELER: I should say that the ap- 

 pies were. (Laughter). 



MR. WHEELER: I would like to ask if there is any law 

 in regard to stamping the weight of apples on the barrel or 

 box, either in the State or to be shipped out of the State? 



SECRETARY WHEELER : No. there is no law about 



