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of the best authorities on agricultural law and interstate trade 

 feel that we, in New York, are treading on dangerous ground 

 when we insist that apples grown and packed in New York 

 State, or any State, must be branded and packed in accordance 

 with the State apple grading law, when, as a matter of fact, 

 the goods are for export to other States or foreign countries. 

 Good lawyers doubt if the law will hold water when the apples 

 are going outside the State in so-called interstate trade. A 

 Federal law would obviate all doubt upon the subject, and we 

 would be able to catch easily the fellow who now ships out 

 "unclassified" and after getting them outside the State shaves 

 off the "unclassified" and labels them "A Grade," or else 

 ships out carlots unmarked as to grade and so poor as to be 

 unclassified and marks them a standard grade after getting 

 them outside of the State. I think you, in Massachusetts, have 

 the same difficulty but to a smaller degree than we in New 

 York. We feel the need of such a Federal law and will give 

 such a law our hearty support. About the only opposition 

 will be from those that want no apple grading law of any kind. 

 Optional laws have been tried out, both Federal and State, and 

 from their influence upon the trade are not worth the time it 

 takes to pass them or the paper they are printed upon. 



Some Essentials of Any Good Apple Grading Law. 



The face must be a true representation of the contents of the 

 package. We have got to come to it in New York State. All 

 of the barreled apple States have got to come to it. Uniformity 

 of grade — you see top, you see all — sells western box apples, 

 sold Hales' Georgia peaches, and will sell barreled apples from 

 barreled apple States. Buyers have reached the point of no 

 patience with the snide pack, package or packer. 



Canada had to require that the face should truly represent 

 the pack. 



The West Virginia law states, "the facing shall fairly repre- 

 sent the contents as to size, color and quality." 



Delaware has gone further and requires that the face "shall 

 be truly representative of the size, color and quality of the 

 apples in the package." 



Pennsylvania requires that "face or exposed surface shall 



