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Mr. Miller: By our bureau service. He can subscribe to it and get 

 what information we have. 



Delegate: But maybe they won't subscribe. 



Mr. Miller: I won't say they will, but if the housewives were anxious 

 for that information they would get it. But the supply now is too uncer- 

 tain. You can never look forward to getting certain supplies cheap this 

 week and cheap next week. There must be a variation. We have onions 

 raised in Orange County, two hours distance by passenger train, and it 

 takes a freight car eight to fourteen days to get in a lot of onions from 

 Orange County. A dealer told me last year he tried the experiment of 

 putting baskets of onions in retail stores at five cents a basket ; because 

 the consumer hadn't any idea they were coming into the market they did 

 not meet a ready sale. In other words, their eyes were not attracted to it, 

 and you must keep things before the consumer constantly if you want to 

 make them buy. 



Delegate: How are you going to regulate that? 



Mr. Miller: By studying the supply. The housewife will do that 

 herself. As it is now, we have low prices this week, high prices next week, 

 and she doesn't know what she is going to do, and even the retailer doesn't 

 know what he is going to do. 



Delegate : Recently on account of the weather we have had poultry 

 go bad, probably one or two birds in a box, and the rest salable. How 

 would the Municipal Market handle that? 



Mr. Miller: You would have an inspector for those who would 

 determine whether they were fit for food or not. 



Delegate: Instead of condemning it he would sort out the bad and 

 sell what was good? 



Mr. Miller: Yes. 



Mrs. Smith: There are so many here who know something about 

 this part of the discussion we would like to have all of you take part. 



Delegate : Why is a carload lot necessarily the unit? 



Mr. Miller: For the reason you can get better freight rates with 

 carload lots than a fractional lot. 



Delegate : What is the difference in carload lots and fractional lots? 



Mr. Miller : It depends on the distance and the amount you carry. 

 It is different on different railroads. 



Delegate: That is the key to the whole situation. 



Mr. Miller: I think we will both agree there is a difference in 

 freight rates. 



Delegate: Yes, and in numerous instances unjustifiable difference. 



