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and its neighbors, monopoHzes the apple-trade of 

 the world. 



This means that onr fniit-market is a world- 

 market. There will be no exception: apples, 

 peaches, prunes, cherries, apricots, English wal- 

 nuts, chestnuts, pecans, hazel-nuts, and berries of 

 all kinds. The outlook therefore is encouraging 

 for the fruit-grower. Labor seeks opportunity, 

 and fruit-raising will give more and more employ- 

 ment to labor, at fair, if not at high wages. Fruit- 

 growing will become more and more a profession, 

 a business, demanding expert preparation and 

 service. And expert labor of any kind is always 

 well paid. The market being the world-at-large, 

 the demand for fruits must increase. Americans 

 who have traveled in all lands have remarked 

 again and again on the presence of American food- 

 stuffs, — canned goods, prepared fruits, of familiar 

 brands. The Arab in the desert breakfasts on 

 fruits prepared and preserved in American fac- 

 tories. Sailors in seas most remote are served 

 American-made foods. Savages — the curious few 

 who remain — ^barter skins, feathers, and totems for 

 a jar of Pittsburgh pickles. The price of fruits as 

 compared with that of other foods must remain 

 fair, and the fruit-grower must therefore pay fair 

 wages for labor. 



All transportation companies will consider the 

 fruit-grower, not altruistically unless compelled 

 to; but the aggregate freight to be hauled from 

 orchards, vineyards, from berry and truck fields 



