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 markets, extend 



which are made a part of this agreement. 



" // is further agreed, that the present stockholders of the 

 Fruit Growers' Trade Company who shall become parties to 

 this agreement shall stand credited with amounts already paid 

 in as capital in the said company as against assessments under 

 this agreement, and on the return of the present part-paid 

 certificates the treasurer shall issue new paid-up certificates 



Tfos™ agreement shall bVvalid and binding upon the said 

 company when properly signed by the grower, but shall not 

 take effect until signed 1>\ growers representing a majority 



available records and statistics of the crop." 



Abundant pledges of support have been received, and 

 the above scheme now appears to be assured of a thorough 



be the following : 



"i. The establishment of daily sales at auction at Liverpool 

 and other distributing centers, where cranberries are now only 

 occasionally catalogued and sold. 



by convincing them of its merits and popularity, and by 



"3. To educate the people to use and appreciate them 

 by cooking and gratuitous distribution in pul>li< market places, 

 after the plan successfully pursued by Hecker and others. 



" 4. To interest the large canners and preservers in the fruit, 

 and, if possible, have them put up in the same style of package 

 and placed alongside other popular jams and preserves : failing 

 in this, to have them put up by contract and so placed, and 

 with such a margin of profit as will be interesting to dealers. 



