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you stated that on the average, when the retailer sold those 

 apples, he got twice as much as the grower did. Now you 

 state that you allowed the packer in your orchard 25 cents. 

 Why in the name of good business don't vou do that vour- 

 self? 



]\Ir. Lupton : That is a problem I have been trying to 

 work out. Perhaps you will think I am blowing a little, 

 but 



Mr. Hale : I know you are. 



Mr. Lupton : Well, I can afford to when I am with you. 

 (laughter). Every year I have determined to pack and ship 

 my own fruit. I have made up my mind to that, and four 

 years ago I bought 17,000 boxes. I sent up to New York and 

 I was determined to put my own fruit into this market, but 

 the fact was the New York men offered me two dollars a 

 barrel for that fruit, and I could not resist the temptation. 

 There was about seven or eight thousand barrels of it, and 

 all I had to do was to walk around, or sit under a tree, and 

 let him do the work. I simply could not aff'ord to take the 

 risk of loss in the face of that offer, and the buyer refused 

 to let me pack any boxes. I said to him, "Won't you let me 

 pack five hundred boxes and see what I can do," but he 

 said to me, "If you are going to sell me your fruit I must 

 have it all." Up to the present time I have not had the moral 

 courage to go into the market and sell my own fruit. As 

 long as the price oft'ered was so satisfactory I just simply 

 could not do it. 



Now I should be glad to answer any further questions. 



The President: If there are any of you that have any 

 questions to ask Mr. Lupton he certainly can give us a good 

 deal of valuable information, and we ought to try to get all 

 we can out of him. 



Mr. Waller: Did I understand you to say that 2)^ cents 

 apiece was the average price that you have paid for your 

 barrels ? 



Mr. Lupton : It has not been as high as that. Until last 

 year the average price was about 31 cents. Last year barrels 

 were higher with us, but I think they will go down next 



