Vol. LXIX. No. 4066 
NEW YORK, OCTOBER 1, 1910. 
WEEKLY, $1.00 PER YEAR 
TRAINING RECRUITS FOR THE APPLE 
CONSUMERS’ LEAGUE. 
It is said that at a recent convention of brewers one 
of the topics of discussion was of ways and means 
to increase the consumption of beer and alcoholic 
liquors generally. One man advocated the giving of 
beer free to children as “bread cast upon the waters,” 
as it were, expecting that some of the children would 
become beer consumers, 
and so add to the in¬ 
come of saloon-keepers 
in general. There is 
really nothing strange 
about such an attitude, 
though it may seem hor¬ 
rifying at first glance. 
If a person gets his liveli¬ 
hood at all by the sale of 
alcoholic liquors, it is not 
surprising that he should 
want to sell as much as 
possible, and so make as 
good a living as possible. 
A farmer living near 
Scranton, Pa., works on 
a similar principle in dis¬ 
posing of surplus apples, 
windfalls, etc., that or¬ 
dinarily would decay on 
the ground. These are 
gathered and shipped to 
towp, where they are dis¬ 
tributed to the children 
of the factory district. 
Fig. 397 shows the crowd 
that gathers on a mo¬ 
ment’s notice when the 
apple sign is displayed. 
Fig. 396 shows the chil- 
dren “dodging the 
worms” as they call it. 
Pennsylvania. F. K. 
R. N.-Y.—The pictures 
tell the story. This is a 
good way to dispose of 
cull apples — far better 
than making them into 
hard cider. Every one 
of these children will be¬ 
come an apple eater, and 
will never get over the 
habit. We need not fear 
a surplus of apples in the 
future while such an 
army is being trained. 
Every year at this time 
some one comes asking 
what the Apple Consum¬ 
ers’ League is. It hap¬ 
pened that about a dozen 
years ago the writer had 
dinner at a well-known 
New York restaurant. 
He became apple hungry, 
but it was impossible to 
find baked apples or 
apple sauce on the bill of fare. We called a waiter 
and put up a hard complaint. In a short time a very 
polite man came like one who seeks to sidestep 
trouble, and about the following dialogue was spoken: 
“I hope there is nothing wrong with the food.” 
“Why, it isn’t all here!” 
“What is lacking?” 
"Apple! Many of us were born in the country and 
brought up on apples. We like them, and want to go 
where they are served. Why do you not offer baked 
apple and^apple sauce? This is a first-class restaurant 
—why not make it complete?” 
The manager looked around and saw a dozen heads 
nod with “That’s right!” He was a wise man and 
merely said: 
“Well, gentlemen, I’ll get them. Thank you for the 
suggestion.” 
The next day “Baked apple and cream” was written 
EDUCATING AN ARMY OF THE APPLE CONSUMERS’ LEAGUE. Fig. 396. 
took up the refrain. Up to that time the dish of fruit 
on hotel tables contained bananas and oranges. We 
filled up these dishes with apples, and made baked 
apple a fair partner with sliced orange. There can be 
no doubt that this simple organization has increased 
the consumption of apples by 20 per cent. 
Some amusing things have grown out of it. The 
Pennsylvania Horticultural Society met at Gettysburg 
one year. This is in the heart of the famous York 
Imperial section, yet 
there was not even the 
smell of an apple about 
the hotel. Some 50 or 
more guests began to call 
for apple, and kept it up 
at supper until the pro¬ 
prietor sent out and 
bought some Ben Davis, 
which he served raw. 
For breakfast the baked 
fruit came on piping hot. 
When the New York 
Fruit Growers’ met at 
Penn Yan there was 
served at dinner an apple 
pie “like mother used to 
make.” The writer found 
that the hotel cook was 
a woman, and he sug¬ 
gested that she ought to 
be made an honorary 
member of the Associa¬ 
tion, as a woman who 
“could take a handful of 
flour, a lump of butter 
and sugar and even a 
Ben Davis apple, and 
make a pie that would 
induce a man to buy a 
sealskin coat for his 
mother-in-law.” At the 
next meal at the hotel 
, there was. such a call for 
apple pie as nearly to 
bankrupt the kitchen. 
This way 'of spreading a 
good habit or a good 
thing is the most effec¬ 
tive method we know of. 
Through all these years 
we never heard of but 
one man who is a con¬ 
stant eater of sour apples 
and also a heavy drinker 
of liquor. 
SCRANTON CHILDREN LINED UP FOR AN APPLE CARNIVAL, Fig. 397 
in red ink on the bill of fare. There was a rush for 
the apples that startled the restaurant managers, and 
several barrels are now served there every week. That 
suggested the Apple Consumers’. League, and we be¬ 
gan at once to spread the work. We went about call¬ 
ing for apple, and when the restaurants and hotels 
failed to offer the fruit we made it our business to 
make life a burden to the managers. The apple army 
grew like magic, and ere long thousands of travelers 
CONCRETE SILO. 
These concrete silos 
are each 14x36 feet in 
size, and have six-inch 
reinforced walls, concrete 
floors and reinforced con¬ 
crete roofs. They are fire 
and weatherproof to all 
practical limits. They will 
also make silage that is 
as good as can be made 
in any class of silos. If the barns that stand by each of 
these silos were of the same material the owners would 
not have much building insurance to pay, and they 
would not be bothered with many repair or painters’ 
bills. The silo shown in Fig. 399 illustrates the method 
of building the door openings. These openings are 
closed with a sheet of heavy galvanized iron, making a 
very simple and very practical door. It is the best door 
I have ever seen in a' silo. A silo of this size and quality 
