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The special committee of the New England Peach Grow- 

 ers Association took the Eastern States Farmers Exchange 

 as a basis upon which to build up a New England fruit grow- 

 ers exchange. A constitution and organization plan worked 

 out by the United States Bureau of ^Markets was also care- 

 fully studied and made use of. These plans have been 

 worked out thoroughly and carefully and there is a pro 

 posed constitution and by-laws to be presented at an or- 

 ganization meeting, so that when you come to this organiza- 

 tion meeting you will have as the basis for discussion a plan 

 concretely and specifically worked out. and adjusted to New 

 England conditions in harmony with the federal and state 

 laws, — a plan whicli will ])e based upon local exchanges and 

 upon local groups of efforts, that will bind together the pur- 

 chasing, sales and advertising power of New England and 

 the East. 



We are calling a meeting to be held at Springfield. 

 March 5th, in the Mahogany room of the Municipal Building 

 at 11 o'clock in the morning for the purpose of considering 

 the organization and incorporation of the New England 

 Fruit Growers Exchange. This exchange will avail itself of 

 the facilities of the Eastern States Farmers Exchange. 



The Eastern States Farmers' Exchange is aiming to 

 bring together the purchasing power not only of the fruit 

 interests but of the dairy interests and of all other agricul- 

 tural interests, so that when fertilizers are bought, they are 

 bought on an enormous scale, and when grains are bought, 

 and everything else, you have the tremendous advantage of 

 great purchasing power. But that exchange also is built 

 upon local exchanges and will deal primarily with the local 

 exchanges. The exchange is a service institution operating 

 at cost and bringing all the benefits that can be obtained to 

 the local exchanges and their members. 



THE CHAIRMAN: You see, Springfield men are get- 

 ting down to brass tacks and going at this market problem 

 in a broad way. I wonler if you don't want to ask Mr. 

 Scheuerle some questions. The thing is being worked out 



