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dence market who sold his own produce, — whatever it was I 

 could not tell you, — and loaded up on the peas at $1 a bushel. 

 He lived within 20 miles of Taunton, a city of 20,000 people, 

 with 20 or 25 good stores, and he brought those peas there and 

 sold them for S2.25 a bushel, and made more out of that deal 

 that he made in peas than he did on his own production, because 

 the distribution wasn't being handled properly. If the people 

 in Taunton had been able to buy those peas at $1.50 a bushel 

 they probably would have bought a great many more than they 

 did at S2.25. 



