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pl«s, that tliey set aside at the begmning of the season $80,000 

 right off the bat and added as much more to it as the sea- 

 son goes on to advertise their apples. This money is raised 

 on a percentage basis. 



MR. MUNSON : Has your organization thought of the 

 fact that as soon as we go ahead advertising fruit, other 

 fruit is going to be increased, that is the consumption of 

 fruit, if the Western grower keeps on packing and put his 

 fruit here in better shape than we do, you are advertising for 

 him ? 



:\IR. SCHEURLE: Yes; the organization contemplates 

 having a strict system of inspection. An absolute consign- 

 ment of the croi)s, and the local exchanges will have their 

 own packing and inspection or packing under exchange su- 

 pervision, so when No. 1 brand goes on a barrel or box of 

 apples or No. 2, that it is just that. The farmer himself will 

 be held to it, because his number will indicate his pack or 

 his name, and because he will be asked to sign a non-interest 

 beaming note of a dollar an acre of his orchard, and no less 

 than $30, which is to be used as a guaranty for liquidating 

 damages, or if a man isn't meeting the requirements and if 

 after all the inspection you trace back the deception, you 

 have got the man. In other words, you will have to be as 

 strict as our competitors out West or quit. In other words, 

 it comes down, as you say, Mr. Munson, that imless we pro- 

 duce as good a fruit as the Western apple and as standard a 

 pack, why we are simply playing into their hands and we 

 are not going to do that. 



THE CHAIRMAN: We will have to leave this sub- 

 ject here as we have other subjects on the program, so i 

 think we will stop at this time here. Thank you Mr. 

 Scheuerie. 



THE CHAIRMAN: The matter of spraying is very 

 essential to our having good fruit to market properly 

 through an exchange or individual. The matter of dusting 

 has come forward the las! year or two very rapidly, and we 

 are glad to have with us a man from Bolton, Mr. Ilackott, 



