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Success with Small Fruits. 



by any of the shops in the city, and on one occasion were counterfeited. 

 Mr. Young now has his own printing-office, and gets them up in a way 

 not easily imitated, nor does he issue them until just as the fruit begins 

 to ripen. He has, moreover, given authority to one man only to cash 

 these tickets. Thus there is little chance for rascality. 



He also requires that no tickets shall be cashed until the fields have 

 all been picked over. Were it not for this regulation, the lazy and the 

 " bummers " would earn enough merely to buy a few drinks, then slink 



Exchanging and Counting Tickets. 



off. Now they must remain until all are through before they can get a 

 cent. Peters and Harrison see to it that none are lying around in the 

 shade, and thus, through the compulsion of system, many, no doubt, are 

 surprised to find themselves at work for the greater part of the day. 



And yet neither system nor Peters, with even his sanguinary reputa- 

 tion, is able alone to control the hordes employed. Of course the very 

 dregs of the population are largely represented. Many go out on a 



