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energy is taken up with the distribution of the product. 

 There is so much expense put out for commissions that 

 even though the consumer pays a high price the producer 

 receives a low price for his product. Of course, it is not 

 all paid for commissions, but goes for other purposes as 

 well, but all of those things increase the cost of distribu- 

 tion, and that is what I have particularly in mind. Xow 

 that situation is not applicable entirely to the raising of 

 apples, but it is a question that is coming to the front in 

 all of our industries, to get more men into the productive 

 side of the industry, and to get less wasted time, money 

 and effort on the distribution side. That simply costs 

 money and adds nothing to the wealth of the country or 

 the wealth of the world. That is one of the subjects that 

 I believe you are going to study, and when you find out 

 how to bring the product of the farm to the consumer with 

 less expense, then we are going to have the consumer 

 satisfied and the farmer well paid. 



A short time ago I heard Mr. Hale make a great 

 speech on the subject of apple-raising in New England. I 

 heard it in New Haven, at the meeting of the State Board 

 of Trade. Before hearing him make that speech I did not 

 know anything about the subject. After hearing him I 

 knew everything. He covered the whole ground, and he 

 told us all about it, and I believe what he said was true. 

 We have got the land and the soil here To do that kind 

 of farming, and do it just as well as it can be done on 

 any farm in other parts of the country, and I hope that 

 the time will come soon when Xew England farms will be 

 more fully developed with apple orchards, because we have 

 a market near at hand, and we can cut out. to a great 

 extent, that element of cost in transportation which is in- 

 volved in bringing the production of the grower to the 

 consumer. Now Mr. Hale recommends that all Connecti- 

 cut farmers take a dose of ginger and go to work. In rid- 

 ing around the state of Connecticut, and going out through 



