206 FRUIT-GROWING 



extend their gratitude to one W. J. B. for the 

 free advertising which he gave them. There 

 has also been a marked increase in the demand 

 for fresh grapes and consumers pay a price far 

 above that which was obtainable a few years 

 ago, and apparently offer no objections. Even 

 with these higher prices, however, the growers 

 of to-day do not have altogether easy sailing. 

 Increased costs of distribution have reduced 

 the profit, not to the point of loss to be sure, 

 but to a place near that. With a readjustment 

 of freight rates it is probable that the grower 

 will still obtain a good price for his product 

 and take his own profit instead of turning it 

 over to the carriers. Unless a very material 

 revision of these rates is made, the grape- 

 grower will be in the same box with all the 

 other fruit-producers, and the answer will be a 

 more widely distributed system of producing. 

 Local production for local markets will take 

 the place of centralized production for dis- 

 tant markets. 



