RURAL NEW-YORKER 
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New York State Fruit Growers’ Association 
Part I. 
The annual meeting of the association 
in Rochester, January 3-5, had a good 
[)rogram which was well carried out. The 
apple exhibit was not large, but high in 
quality. 
The association went on record as en¬ 
dorsing the New York State apple pack 
law, and against its repeal, asking that 
official inspectors be sent by the State 
Department of Agriculture to inspect 
fruit, at the expense of the fruit growers, 
and that the Legislature appropriate 
,$S,000 to investigate bean diseases, and 
means to improve the crop, and favoring a 
new horticultural building on the State 
Fair grounds. 
Tlie officers elected Avere as follows: 
President. W. P. Rodgers. Williamson; 
first vice-])resident. W. P. Ten Rrock, 
Ihidson; .second vice-president. S. ^1. 
Smith. Albion ; third vice-president. Wal¬ 
ter (’lark. iVIilton; fourth vice-presid(>nt, 
I']. F. (Jold.smith, North ('ollins; secre¬ 
tary-treasurer, F. (\ Gillett. Penn Yan ; 
executive committee, E. (J. Porter. Albion ; 
11. M. McFlew. Ravena: Frank L.-itten. 
Albion.-and W. I). Auchter, Rarnard. 
Pr(>sid('nt P.radley .said: “We think it 
is a hardship to have to pack our apples 
n-ider this law. but if we were in the 
Noi'thwest and Inid to i)ack three grades 
and .about eight different sizes, twenty- 
four different grades of fruit all fro' ■ oic* 
tree, we would have to grow better fruit 
or go out of business. Perhaps the in- 
sp-'ctors in .some cases have been some- 
Av’.-.nt technical in their examiiiiitions. but 
on the whole they have done tlie best they 
could, and I think we should uphold C’oni- 
missioner Wilson in this Avork. If time 
.shall .shoAV that the law needs amending 
it can be changed to met onr require¬ 
ments. New York State is to-day the i)io- 
iieer in the East in the matter of fruit 
packing. Other States to the East. West 
and South of us have passed or Avill i)as 3 
laAvs that are nearly identical Avith ours. 
We should put our shoulder to the Avheel 
and resolve this year to grow appb's that 
AA-ill grade fancy, and if A\'e do not I think 
Ave can at least i)ack them B grade. Com¬ 
missioner Charles S. Wilson said: “For 
nearly tAvo years our fruit groAvers have 
been selling their produce under the pro¬ 
visions of the apple-packing and grading 
laAA-. At the clo.se of last .A'ear’s season 
our fruit men felt that the Iuav Avas cor¬ 
rect and that no changes AA'ere advisable. 
This conclusion Avas reached at a confer¬ 
ence of fruit men. The belief Avas gen- i 
eral ^at the Iuav ought to be tried for a ' 
longer period before a revision Avas rec- 
ommemh'd. Noav another year has passed, j 
We hiive observed the a|>plication of the ! 
law. during the Fall, to a cn)i) of poorm- j 
quality—more .scab, less color and smaller ; gj 
size. During the last two or three i j| 
months there has sprung ui» here and j] 
there a note of discont('nt. Without ' Ij 
claiming that our in-esent law is infallible, j |j 
I am strongly C(mvinced of two condl- ^ 
tions: First, that these exi)ressions of 
discontent havt' spread in i)art on ac¬ 
count of lack of understanding of hoAV 
the Department of Agricultui-c' enforces 
the l.aw, and, sm)jid, tliat the benefits of 
this hiAV, much grmiter and more far- 
ri'aching in their effect than these objec¬ 
tions. .are partly forgotten in a .season of | * 
poor fruit.” 
Dii'f'ctor .Tordan, of Noav York I'jxocyi-I 
ment Ktation, spoke on “Some Relations 
Sustained by the Fruit Croweis.” lie 
I'onsidi'red boycotting the farmers’ pro¬ 
duce unjust to the farnu'r. When con- i 
sinners boycott farm ju'oduce they should 
take in consideration the increasi'd cost 
of production and Avhether the price has 
been abnormally forced iq) by the dealers. 
The principle lyf boycotts in Avrong and 
against co-operation and mutual exchange 
that benefits all. as for instance, if fann¬ 
ers should retaliate by boycotting articles 
Avhich consumers of their produce manu¬ 
facture. He spoke further on the need 
of standardizing the farmer.s’ produce. 
The wlnde trend of the times is toAvard 
standardization, and the farmer and fruit 
grower must get in line Avith manufac- 
tufors and not rebel against a just apple- 
jiacking law which may be his salvation. 
If the ijresent aiiple-packing Iuav is too 
high an ideal it AA'ill doubtless be amended 
after further trial, but do not repeal it. 
The jiroduction of high-class ajiiiles that 
can be standardized begins before the tree 
blossoms, and is a long process before the 
apples go to the packing liouse. 
_ I). Johnson, (hinadian Fruit Commis¬ 
sioner, said that in his country apiile- 
jiacking had become almost a scienci* of 
dishonesty, and the “stovepipe” method of 
])aeking apples Avas commonly iiracticed. 
'I’liis brought Canadian fruit into disre- 
luite. The moi-e iirogressive fruit grow¬ 
ers AA’ere compelled to get together and 
agitations in faA’or of legislation to gov¬ 
ern the packing and marketing Of fruit 
became general at conventions, the final 
ontcome of Avhich Avas the “Fruit and 
Market Act,” passed by T’arliament. This 
act required all fruit to be graded accord¬ 
ing to certain standards, and the name 
.and address of the packer to be marked 
on each closed package, also the A’ariety 
of truit and a grade m.ark to denote its 
(pmlity. One important clause of the hiAV 
provided that the face of the fruit olfered 
for sale in any package Avhether open or 
closi'd, should be a fair representation of 
the contents of the package. It is the 
duty n't the insiiector to prosecute the 
liacker or dealer Avho transgresses any 
jiart of the Canadian Fruit Act. The re¬ 
sult was marvelous, and immediate con¬ 
fidence Avas established in Canadian 
grades of apples. Buyers in Great Brit¬ 
ain and elseAvhere could order certain 
grades and depend on receiving the grade 
ordered, becau.se the packer that packed 
them would be held responsible and prose¬ 
cuted if the fruit Avas not as represented. 
They had found that the best Avay to jyre- 
vent dishonest or unlawful i>acking is to 
educate the packers, and so correct the 
evil at the producing point. To do this 
each fruit inspector has a district of his 
oAvn in AA’hich he is held responsible by 
the head office. ^lany of these men use 
motor cars and are aLvays Avilling to 
.a.ssist or instruct the packers. They have 
do local insiiectors at present, employed 
only during the packing seasons. These 
men AA’ere mostly formerly head packers. 
In each province is a head inspector. 
w. ir. J, 
Farm Labor and High Wages 
If W. W. Reynolds, page 1535, or any 
other farmer, expects ever to harve.s't 
high-pi-iced crops Avith cheap help, I ani 
afraid he is do'omed to disappointment. 
If the city people Avho arc hoAvling about 
the high cost of living expect to buy 
farm produce cheap Avhile Avages are 
high I think they haA'e another guess 
coming. Wagi'S are never high except 
Avhen Avork is jilenty. When city Avages 
go up the hired man quits his job and 
goes to the city. Renters refuse to lea.se 
again and folloAV the hired man cityAvard. 
''I’he ri'suT is that many of tlu* ' lar.ger 
farms, like Mr. Reynolds’, are Avorked 
short-handed, and .some of the {loori'r 
small farms are abandoned or semi- 
abandoned. 
As a re.sult the number of city con¬ 
sumers is increased, Avhile production is 
cut doAA'n and prices of farm produce go 
up. When the demand for city labor 
falls off Avafres drop and the cuiTent of 
labor floAA's b.ack to the country, the sup¬ 
ply of jiroduce is increased ami 
drop to the level of labor. 
These movements are so broad, and 
modified by so many lesser causes, that 
they are generally overlooked, but I be- 
lieA'e the aboA-e statements are true, and 
if they are it is equally foolish for the 
farmer to try to hammer dciAA’ii Avages or 
for the AA'orkingman to try to loAver the 
price of farm produce (to the producer). 
It seems to me that the farmer and the 
laborer are in the .same boat, and the 
sooner they find it out and luill together 
the sooner they AA'ill get someAvhere. 
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