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of food. I think we ought to impress that upon the public 

 more than it has been. I do not think that the average 

 American takes as much account of his food as he should do. 

 They had to get the pure food law passed in order to protect 

 us from injurious articles, but the people do not take much 

 thought of the value of certain articles as food. Fruit as an 

 article of food is very little known. I doubt if the chemistry 

 of the apple could be given by one person in ten thousand, 

 and yet the acids contained in the apple are of tremendous 

 importance as an article of diet. The chemical contents of 

 fruit, as well as of all other foods that are eaten, is very 

 essential, and I think if we can call the attention of the public 

 to the great value of fruit as food that a good deal can be 

 done to increase the consumption of fruit. It is on that line 

 that I want to suggest that a campaign of publicity be at- 

 tempted, that is, increased publicity of the value of the apple 

 and other fruits as food. I think if this Society could start 

 in the cities where fruit is consumed, and work along these 

 lines, especially upon the value of the apple and other fruits 

 as food, we would have a tremendous demand for it, in fact, 

 a greater demand that we could meet. This is simply a sug- 

 gestion that I would like to leave with you, that the Publicity 

 Committee work along this line. The only point against it 

 that I can see is that it may be hard to get people to demon- 

 strate that side of the question. I do not believe that we 

 have a great many people who are able to go out and tell 

 other people about the chemistry of the apple or of other 

 fruits, so as to give them an idea of the value of fruits as 

 food. We may be handicapped along that line until we have 

 people who can carry on that work. I think that can be 

 overcome, however. I think by correspondence we may be 

 able to find the proper parties to tell what the value of fruit 

 as food is to the people. So I think if your committee could 

 take that up it would do very much to increase the demand 

 for good fruit. 



