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covering. Is it any wonder that ro- 

 spoctable grocers dislike to trade in our 

 fresh fruits, and tliat the people g(!t 

 sick and weary of buying them, wIumi 

 the opening of evcsry new package is 

 the unveiling of a new deci^ption ? 



J am a fruit-grower, a fruit-packtu-, 

 and a fruit-buyer, and I stand hei-e in 

 all three capacities to protest, in all the 

 earnestness of my soul, against all 

 kinds of deception in fruit-packing. It 

 is impolitic in the highest degree, and 

 it is unworthy of all decent men. A 

 large dealer not long since .said to me 

 that the whole business of fruit-pack- 

 ing, east and west, north and south, 

 with now and then an e.\ception, is 



worm-eaten, and rotten with dishonesty. 

 My friends, I hope his denunciation was 

 unjust, and I believe it is far too sweep- 

 ing, but severe criticism is called for. 



T^t us away with all stufKngs and 

 facings, with all deceptive covering.s, 

 with all undersized packages, with the 

 packing of all green, half-grown gnarly 

 and worm-eaten fruit in any kind of 

 packages. If we must pack poor fruit, 

 put it on top where it will tell its own 

 story. Let us do this, and we shall 

 find that it will pay in money, pay in 

 the plaudits we shall win frou) all men, 

 and in our own self-respect and in- 

 tegrity of souh From Address of Eiyhlh 

 Meeting, San Jose California. 



