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because we have from fifteen to twenty salaried agents on pay all the 

 year round. 



QUESTION. If A put a good pack and B not so good, would you 

 handle both? 



Mr. NAFTZGER. Yes, sir; the goods are sold on their merits and 

 the association with the excellent pack gets the benefit of it. We have 

 goods in our association that can be sold in the auctions of the United 

 States without being opened, because they know it is just exactly what 

 it is represented to be. 



QUESTION. Do you sell in carload lots? 



Mr. NAFTZGER. As a rule. A car lot will be sold and divided 

 between two or three merchants by common agreement where the 

 market is small. 



QUESTION. What cars do you use? 



Mr. NAFTZGER. As a rule our business has been confined almost 

 entirely to the Fruit-Growers' Express cars and the Santa Fe refrig- 

 erator cars. 



QUESTION. If we saw proper to use another car would you permit 

 that privilege? 



Mr. NAFTZGER. I don't think so. I prefer not to state our atti- 

 tude on that question definitely, except to say in a general way that we 

 are going to undertake to protect our rights. 



QUESTION. Have you the right to route your cars? 



Mr. NAFTZGER. I will say there has been up to this time no 

 interference with our usual custom of routeing our cars. As far as I 

 am concerned as manager of the Exchange, I do not question the right 

 of the railroad company to route the shipments. I think, under the 

 decision of the court, they have a right to route the shipment and 

 choose the agency by which it will proceed to its destination. 



QUESTION. Would that plan apply to green fruits — peaches, etc.? 



Mr. NAFTZGER. We handle oranges and lemons only, so far as 

 this end of the line is concerned. At the other end of the line our 

 agents sell for the Southern California Deciduous Fruit Exchange. 



QUESTION. As to the green fruits — you will have to market them 

 immediately ? 



Mr. NAFTZGER. Certainly. You have got to market them through 

 some agency; either in the auctions or in the Western markets. 



QUESTION. Regarding the right to use another car from what you 

 have mentioned, I infer from your answer that there is, or will be, an 

 effort made in regard to that question on the part of your organization. 



Mr. NAFTZGER. As I said, we don't propose to sleep on any of 

 our rights, and intend to maintain them. Now, gentlemen, I suppose 

 that so long as you are asking me these questions I will try to answer 

 them. The decision of the court is this: There have been several cases; 



