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fruit which goes out from the Province of Ontario or the 

 Province of Quebec. Some one will say very likely that the 

 buyers will say " If we can't get Maine fruit without this inspec- 

 tion, why we will go to New York " and so on, but you know 

 as well as I do that that is not going to be the case. There are 

 lots of people that are going where they can be sure of getting 

 the best, and I believe in the near future if we keep at it, keep 

 agitating this subject, that we are going to get some laws which 

 will help us to insure the sending forth of first-class Maine fruit 

 with the Maine mark upon it. Let us keep at it. 



Mr. DeCostiir: This is an important question that should 

 interest all of us. I was talking with a commission man who 

 told me that it would pay him lots of times to go through barrels 

 and sort them. You don't realize what a peck of apples means — 

 pick out that peck of apples and thereby you can get a dollar 

 more for your barrel. I tell you I believe the time is coming 

 when we have got to look after this packing more than we do. 

 I believe the time is coming when we shall have a little pride in 

 the matter, feel like putting our name on every barrel that is 

 shipped, stamp our name, have stencils of our own, and pack 

 them accordingly, 



Mr. Craig: I omitted in my remarks on the work of the 

 inspectors, how it varied. It seems to me it would be the easiest 

 way to get over the difficulty in Maine if you could have inspec- 

 tors who would stay at the ports and railroad stations and not 

 look over every barrel but one in a car lot and so on — that is the 

 way they did in Canada. And the first year they prosecuted 

 only two individuals, I believe, but gave warnings. The next 

 year there were fifty-five prosecutions, and I understand that last 

 year there were very few, only something like twelve. And 

 now they prosecute every case they come across that is not up 

 to par. They have, as you know, number ones and twos of a 

 certain size, and if they are not up to the regulation, if the face 

 is not a true representation of the barrel, they are prosecuted. 

 Now I have an idea that that is about the only way you can get 

 out of the difficulty here, to bring it about by pubHc inspection 

 the same as we have in Canada. 



FEASIBILITY OF LEGISLATION, ETC. 



The following recommendation was passed at the last annual 

 meeting: Recommended that a committee be appointed to con- 



