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that is the practical effect of it. Consid¬ 
ering the shipment in bulk, it is cut in 
half; half a cent a pound—it is now a 
cent a pound. It says tariff shall be re¬ 
duced on packages running over a foot 
and a half to two and a half feet to so 
much per package, and from two and 
a half to five and a half, to so much per 
package, and in bulk both it amounts to 
one-half cent a pound. 
The chairman of the committee, Mr. 
Underwood, said that the intention was 
to cut this tariff in half, but the effect was 
to cut it three-fourths. Statistics have 
been sent abroad in this State as to the 
foreign orange box. The foreign orange 
box is twice as large as the Florida orange 
box. It is not fair to say that 10,000,000 
boxes of foreign fruit is the same as 
10,000,000 boxes of Florida fruit, be¬ 
cause it is equal to 20,000,000 boxes of 
Florida fruit. Mr. Flume has been in 
Spain recently, and he knows the dan¬ 
gers that threaten us, and he urged me 
just as strong as he could to go there 
and do everything I could to bring this 
before the committee. 
Our representation by part of the 
Ways and Means Committee was all 
right. Our reception by one member of 
the Ways and Means Committee was a 
disgrace. We had come all that way to 
present this thing, and we were given, 
possibly, ten minutes; the importers were 
given all the time they wanted. Howev¬ 
er, we got a little more before we got 
through. It was not just; they were not 
seeking to give us a fair trial. But I will 
tell you this; I think we are going to get 
a square deal before we get through with 
it. 
Air. Goodwin: I would like to call 
attention to a fact which has been over¬ 
looked. There is some other business on 
top of the earth besides the citrus busi¬ 
ness. There is a large acreage devoted 
to pineapples; in St. Lucie, Brevard and 
Dade Counties I understand there is a 
large pineapple acreage; over one and 
one-half mililon boxes were shipped 
from that section. This business is lia¬ 
ble to be thrust out of existence. 
I attended the meeting at Tampa, and 
I am sorry to say the representation there 
was small. I went home and got the 
growers together, and we created a fund 
of $125.00, and we sent a representative 
to Washington. I think they made a 
good report. 
Mr. Gillette: I think probably I know 
as much about the tariff as a good many 
of the rest of us. I think very few of 
us. do understand it. I think I am as 
deeply interested as most of us, and I 
am going to ask a question for informa¬ 
tion. 
I must admit I was scared stiff at the 
drift of the tariff legislation. But since 
this discussion through the newspapers 
has taken place, I have recovered some¬ 
what. You have probably all read the 
discussion carried on through the papers 
by Mr. Temple and Senator Bryan. I 
must confess I was very favorably im- 
ressed with the statements made by Sen¬ 
ator Bryan. It helped to take off some 
of the scare. For instance, he called at¬ 
tention to the fact that Canada consumed 
approximately 3,000,000 boxes of or- 
