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open to our products, and they will be 
supplied by people outside. 
If there is anything here, it is the in¬ 
terest of the man who is producing the 
orange, and where will you be when you 
have put yourself where you can be dic¬ 
tated to by a few individual growers. Let 
us have all this thrashed out, and if it, 
takes a week to discuss it, let us do it in¬ 
telligently. There are very few people 
who have thought it over, and I am ap¬ 
pealing to you not to be impatient over 
this proposition, and not railroad it 
through too quick. Be fair, and you will 
not regret it; but if you hurry this prop¬ 
osition it will be the most unfair thing 
that I can conceive of. In the name of 
fairness, let us discuss it until we thor¬ 
oughly understand it. 
Mr. Gaitskill: Well, our friend seems 
to be very much worked up over it. I 
can’t really understand, myself, how any 
man interested in oranges can fail to un¬ 
derstand the bill thoroughly, if he is at 
all up to the times, and keeps his eyes 
open, and his ears, too. It seems to me 
that if a man’s thoughts are clear and 
concise enough to be of value, he ought 
to be able to express himself pretty well 
in three minutes. The bill has been— 
Mr. Hume: This Green Fruit Law 
is not a part of our program. You can 
put it to a vote. , 
Let us settle this right now; Mr. Gait- 
skill, I will let you have the floor in a 
moment. I shall give every man who 
wants to speak, the opportunity to do so. 
I can sit here just as long as you can. I 
have no preference in this matter; I am 
not being dictated to by anybody, and I 
defy anybody to prove it. 
I do believe this matter ought to be 
brought to a conclusion in a reasonable 
length of time. It is done in every leg¬ 
islative body, and I intend it to be done 
here, unless you vote me down. 
Mr. Carlton: Would you be willing 
to sign an instrument before reading it? 
Mr. Hume: Mr. Gaitskill has the 
floor. 
Mr. Skinner: I wanted to move that 
we lay the whole thing on the table, 
but— 
Mr. Gaitskill: I just simply wanted 
to say that anyone who has been trying 
to inform himself, ought to be pretty 
well informed. It was up in Tampa and 
endorsed by both conventions. I don’t 
think the matter should have very much 
discussion over it. We all know, or 
ought to know, what it is. 
Mr. Stewart: .What side are you 
talking on? I want to enter my protest 
against this bill. I want to— 
Mr. Hubbard: I want to rise to a 
point of order; a motion was made to 
lay on the table. 
Mr. Hume: As I understand it, Mr. 
Skinner did not make a motion; he said 
he wanted to make it, so there is no mo¬ 
tion before the house. 
Mr. Stewart: When this proposition 
is up for discussion, I want to enter a 
protest. I want the privilege of being 
heard and giving my reasons for enter¬ 
ing a protest. 
Mr. Glass: I would like to know 
whether it is customary in this Society to 
refer matters to any standing committee. 
If it is customary, I thnk it had better 
go to a committee. 
