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package is universal. The style of package assists honest 

 packing. The demands of the situation prohibit dishon- 

 esty. The grading under the eye of a disinterested party is 

 uniform. This is what the consumer desires. He wants 

 uniformity in the box or barrel of apples purchased. Noth- 

 ing discourages consumption so much as imperfect -grading, 

 whether this merely exhibits lack of uniformity or consist- 

 ent dishonesty. 



The eastern packer has not grasped the situation. The 

 use of the barrel aids the packer who is willing to misrep- 

 resent, and the personal manner of grading places an addi- 

 tional strain on the man of elastic conscience. 



We need more faith in the fruit producing ability of 

 our climate and soil. "We should realize that the product 

 of these conditions is a fruit of the highest oualiiv ""'^ 

 should preach quality, and we should pack so that the qual- 

 ity of the grade is as high as the product itself. 



Fruit growing is old in the East, but really up-to-date 

 methods are to be learned from our brethren of the West. 

 We have all the advantages of location, the soil and climate 

 are provided, and let us hope that the men who are to in- 

 augurate this newer and better system of fruit growing are 

 in our midst, endowed with energy, optimism, and the busi- 

 ness ability to properly exploit the latent fruit growing re- 

 sources of New England. 



This was followed by the address of M. C. Burritt, De- 

 partment of Agriculture, Washington, D. C. : 



CO-OPERATION IN PACKING AND MARKETING 

 OF OUR FRUIT CROPS. 



We are living in an age of organisation and coopera- 

 tion. All modern successful business operations are based 

 on organization, and only those lines of business which are 

 well organized are markedly successful. Keen competition 

 and an insatiate desire for greater profits has driven nearly 

 all classes of inductry not only to organization, but to co- 

 operation. Moreover, in many lines of business combina- 

 tion was necessary to cheapen cost of production, or in- 

 crease the selling price, or both. Our great industrial com- 

 panies are nearly all cooperating in their respective lines. 

 The so-called trusts are, of course, the direct result of this 

 extensive cooperation. 



