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(Laughter). If that is the case, if there are not twelve meu 

 in the State of New Hampshire that know enough to do that, 

 T should say the leading question today is, How are they go- 

 ing to educate themselves or be educated so that they will 

 know enough? Because it is the apples that the people wauo 

 that the producers should be selling them. I would like to 

 suggest that the gentlemen who has just been on the floor 

 can perhaps tell us how this can be done and how it may be 

 brought about through this Association in the State of Mas- 

 sachusetts. 



MR. HARNEY OF PITTSFIELD, N. H. I am the man 

 that told Mr. Hale he was mistaken when he said there 

 were not twelve honest men in New Hampshire, and I stat.^ 

 here today that I refute that charge. I want to say that wo 

 have honest men that pack honest apples in New Hampshire, 

 but our great trouble has been that we have had the buyers 

 come in and buy them on the trees and pack them them- 

 selves, and it has ruined our reputation. (Applause). 



PRESIDENT FROST. I am glad to have Mr. Harney 

 uphold New Hampshire's reputation. I hope that every 

 •tate can be as well represented. 



MR. HALE OF BYFIELD. I am not the Mr. Hale re- 

 ferred to just now, but I want to say that apples fifty years 

 ago were packed honestly in my neighborhood. My father 

 packed honest apples and a No. 1 was a No. 1, but his son 

 has plugged a good many since then and put bad ones in the 

 middle, and I am here to say that the commission merchants 

 came out in that section and bought our apples and taught 

 us that trick. Now we have here a good honest commission 

 merchant, and I have no doubt that the commission mer- 

 chants now have got to teach us differently. We are finding 

 out it pays to put up the apples in grades. There are honest 

 commission merchants and I am dealing with one now. He 

 is selling my apples today. 



MR. HEARTY. I am very pleased indeed to find that I 

 have made one friend here and that there are some upright 

 commission merchants. (Laughter). In answering the speak- 



