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with the growers were often “ jug-handled ” affairs. They were in 
position at all times to dictate in the matter of contracting for to- 
matoes. If the grower’s crop happened to be late and the canner 
had received from other growers about all the tomatoes he cared 
to pack, he would at times refuse to receive any more tomatoes 
under any consideration, although the quality of the fruit might 
have been of the best. The same holds true with corn, peas and 
some other crops. 
Contracts for produce are generally made with the grower two 
or three months previous to the planting of the crop. If the can- 
ner: desired a large acreage of peas and the contracts were not 
forthcoming from the growers, he would refuse to take a contract 
for tomatoes, unless the grower agreed to contract for a certain 
acreage of peas, or vice versa. 
There are many other instances of unfair treatment, such as 
having to wait long hours in line when making delivery, and, 
after having done so, have the inspector inform you that he would . 
be obliged to cut you two or three dollars a ton on the load as the 
tomatoes were not as perfect as they should have been and did not 
conform to the contract. I have had my own load of tomatoes 
turned down for no other reason than to help eliminate the large 
loss which was occurring daily on account of deterioration of the 
fruit, the canner being unable to properly care for the tomatoes. 
The accumulation of a large over supply at such times invariably 
caused a loss which the grower was asked to help sustain. Such 
discrimination and unbusinesslike management on the part of the 
canner has had a tendency to create great dissatisfaction, and 
where growers are obliged to stand for treatment of this kind there 
is not a likelihood of making much money in growing tomatoes 
for the canneries. 
. The grower, as an individual, is not in position to make demands 
on the canner; he will be given to understand that he is not run- 
ning the canning factory — in fact, he is not taken into serious 
consideration. If he does not like the treatment accorded him he 
can, of course, refuse to contract next year, but that does not help 
the present situation. 
What I have said of unfair treatment of the growers by the can- 
ners is, undoubtedly, the exception rather than the rule, but in 
