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country. Let the "ood work i^o on. The more of these vahi- 

 able meeting-s we have, the better it will be for the fruit busi- 

 ness, and the better it will be for the different men that are 

 producing these apples. The time is coming when if a man 

 does not grow choice fruit he can not sell anything. 



Now, Mr. President and ladies and gentlemen, I thank you 

 for the attention which you have given me, and if any one has 

 any question, or has any suggestion to make, if 1 can help you 

 out any about giving you the benefit of what little knowledge 

 I have about the apple business, I shall be only too glad to re- 

 spond. 



The President: Now is your opportunity. Mr. Cross 

 knows what he is talking about. I have done a little work with 

 him once or twice, and I know that he knows a wdiole lot about 

 apples. Now^ has anybody any questions to ask? 



Mr. Lupton : Mr. President, "the gentleman from A'ir- 

 ginia" seems to have made some sort of an impression upon 

 the gentleman from New York, but just what that impression 

 is there seems to be some doubt. Virginia is in the minority 

 here to-dav, but ^Ir. President, minorities since time began 

 have shown the majority the benetit and wisdom of a moderate 

 course and perhaps a better way altogether. Now I have felt 

 very much encouraged since listening to the gentleman from 

 New York. I feel like going back to Virginia and telling my 

 people that we are safe from competition so far as New York 

 is concerned, (laughter). Now- there is a lesson that we ought 

 to learn from what the gentleman from New York has stated. 

 He says that last year the growers and buyers got into some 

 difficulty so that the growers were very late in putting their 

 crop on the market ; that the farmers couldn't sell their fruit, 

 and the apple orchard men were unable to make favorable 

 terms with the buyers, and that as the result of their quarrel 

 that Ihey got into, the growers got caught by the cold weather 

 coming on, and they wasted a lot of fruit because they did 

 not have a proper opportunity to box or pack their fruit, and 

 the buyers were at the hotels waiting for the growers to accept 

 their prices. Well, ladies and gentlemen, that was a surprising 

 statement for me. I never expected to hear a thing like that 

 from the State of New York. What would vou think if we 



