We are no nearer the goal-I will not say that we had only started toward the goal when President Taft signed the bill. The bill itself is only permissive in its character, it is not mandatory; but it will soon become mandatory through competitive business, if we are consistent in our actions. The first time that some man in this country has the moral courage to pack apples and brand them under the terms of that bill, and take his chances on a penalty, and exports them under this bill, those apples will command a premium. I am firmly convinced of that. When that has been done, when someone will have the courage to do this, others will follow suit. Be consistent. Live up to the principles. You will find the same thing in your local market. If you will have the courage to go out and contract your apples under the terms of the bill, so they can be packed according to the bill and then mark them so, you will find that competition will lift the industry beyond your conception. It is not the question of too many good apples at any time. It is often a question of too many apples, but not too many good apples. There will be a good many other legislative matters that we are going to want, and I want to suggest, gentlemen, that before we advocate anything further we firmly make up our minds to the fact that we want it; that we are going to be the Doctor ourselves, and that we are going to take the medicine just as the Doctor prescribes it. If we are going to do that and will do that, we will shorten the road to success, not by half, but many times half. The fight we have gone through, to those who have been in front of the battle, has been a tremendous education. And one of the great things we have learned is-start out for that which is right, and then be consistent. Live Up To Standard Grades Be Consistent--It Is Not Impossible--Growers Will Co-Operate From the General Discussion of "Legislation and Consistency," By A. J. Rumsey, Batavia, N. Y. Mr. Rumsey said in part: "I wish to speak of this matter, especially with reference to making contracts for the purchase of apples to conform with the bill. . "As soon as a system of grading was adopted by the International Apple Shippers' Association, of which we have been members quite a number of years-since the Rochester meeting-and at every one of which either myself or my son have been present, we got out printed contracts. It was stated in these contracts that the packing should be in conformity with the rules adopted by this Association, and we have been living up to them. "There is one more matter I would like to mention-I trust it will not be digressing from the subject. With reference to good packing, I have been out for some days with my car looking up the apple situation in four counties in Western New York, Genesee being my home, and I find there is a tendency among the growers to establish a reputation for good packing. This I met with frequently, and was pleased to note it. "In recent years I found that a good many of those from whom we purchased are inclined to be proud of their packing and are stamping their barrels with their name and address. I remember back some years ago when there were instances of that kind, but I also noted that the dealers were apt to scratch off the name, because they feared the packer would become a shipper. This same question was raised last year by a man who had put his name on his barrels. He had stored his own fruit. He said to me, 'Are you willing, if you buy these apples that they go to market with my name on the barrels?' I encouraged this and said, 'If you are proud of your fruit, I want to know it, and I will take the chances of buying and shipping it.' He stated afterwards that he received from a southern state letters asking him the price of apples, but he said he knew that I knew my business, and he advised them that he could not supply them. He said he would stick to me. I think every proper packer is willing to put his name on the barrel, and we should encourage it. The Battle Cry-A Call to Arms- Retreat a Disgrace Enlist For The Full Term-"Everybody's Doing It." The Sulzer Bill is now known throughout the apple world. Before very long it will be USED throughout the apple world. The best Growers, Horticultural Societies, Dealers, Commercial Bodies and Consumers "Have sounded forth the trumpet That shall never call retreat." This bill was passed for a purpose. That purpose was to Abolish Junk, Give a Square Deal, Establish Confidence, Preserve the Investments in the Orchards of This Land, and to Establish a Sound Basis For Publicity. We are going to carry out that purpose. This bill is going to be used. MAKE NO MISTAKE. We can either fall into line voluntarily and fight the good fight, or be forced into line in the end. Never have we seen so great an interest in anything pertaining to the apple industry. Requests are coming from all parts of the United States for copies. Some individuals want as many as 2,000 copies. We are sup plying them. The first edition has been exhausted, but we are printing more. If you want some of These Bills, Send in Your Request. Assist in Their Distribution. If you don't want any extra copies, you ought to want them. This bill is going to be the most RED HOT proposition in the apple world. Plans are under way to make it so. This bill was not passed to be forgotten, and it is not going to be forgotten. There is too much at stake from the orchard to the consumer to allow it to be forgotten. Now, then, everybody-Growers and Dealers-use this bill. The time is ripe. Conditions are favorable. Conditions are favorable. RETREAT IS DISGRACE AND DIS GRACE IS RUIN. There is no excuse under High Heaven for not using this Bill NOW -in this Year of Grace, One Thousand Nine Hundred and Twelve, when the trees are bending with a load of fruit from Maine to California, and when everything possible should be done to keep the markets of the world open to their full capacity. We have a duty to perform-a moral obligation. We cannot escape our responsibilities. If we are to preserve the orchards of this land at their highest point of efficiency; if we are to foster "Better Fruit" and to make it possible for the Grower to produce good fruit, we must use the Sulzer Bill and send the cider apples where they belong. WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO? Are We Alive? Well, We Should Guess Editorial From The Washington Post One result of the Chicago Convention was to turn the attention of the press toward the apple. After Mr. Border's address many papers took it up and by cartoon and editorial contributed to the publicity campaign we are seeking to start. The following is an editorial from the Washington Post: THE COSMETIC APPLE. If it was, indeed, the apple which bequeathed us a heritage of spade work in lieu of the leisure of Eden, it has done what it could during the succeeding centuries to make atonement. In its varying stages, after it comes from the cider presses, the rich juice takes rank with the mild metheglin or the heady usquebaugh, as the case may be. Carried to the next power it becomes sui generis, and as a partial tribute to its strength is known as Jersey lightning. The homeopathic qualities of the adaptable pippin are shown by the fact that the mature fruit, as it comes from the tree, takes away the crav ings of dipsomania and restores the primitive taste for water from a wooden bowl. More than any other filling, it is responsible for the constant slipping of the pie belt, which is now practically coterminous with the equator. But the apple shippers who recently assembled in Chicago felt the need of emphasizing a stronger claim than all these. They have made the shrewd appeal that it is a more effective beautifier than all the cosmetics ever offered to a pallid world. The artificial baby tints produced by swan's-down and rosaline will seem as the daub work of the early impressionists compared with the glow of health painted direct by the wholesome hand of nature. Around this slogan is to be carried on an advertising campaign. addressed to the justifiable vanity of womankind. In a short time we shall have a race of beauties who, like Ninon de l'Enclos, will still be fresh and fair at 90 years. The Romanites and the Russets, the Baldwins and Ben Davises will work a transformation by their hygienic chemistry. "Eat apples and live forever!" said Bronson Alcot. "Eat apples and die beautiful!" say the enterprising apple shippers. Committees For The Coming Year The President Makes His Assignments Big Plans Are Being Made-Give Them Your Support Walter Snyder, Chairman, of Snyder & Blankfard Co.... Baltimore, Md. Chester Franzell, of Chester Franzell & Co... R. H. Pennington, of R. H. Pennington & Co....... R. J. Coyne, of Coyne Bros...... James M. Rothwell, of Rothwell & Co... Arbitration. . Pittsburgh, Pa. . Evansville, Ind. Quincy, Ill. Chicago, Ill. Martinsburg, W. Va. Walter Snyder, Chairman, of Snyder & Blankfard Co.... Baltimore, Md. Hon. H.M. Dunlap, of Illinois Orchard Co... W. B. Geroe, of The Geroe Co... . Savoy, Ill. Toledo, Ohio Geo. W. Nix, of John Nix & Co... W. H. Kirby... Apple Show Premiums. New York, N. Y. .Quincy, Mich. Frank E. Wagner, Chairman, of G. M. H. Wagner & Sons. . . . Chicago, Ill. J. E. Hunt, of Hunt Bros. Fruit Co...... W. H. Blodget, of W. H. Blodget & Co..... J. E. Stewart, of The Stewart Produce Co.. .St. Joseph, Mo. Worcester, Mass. St. Louis, Mo. Governing Rules for Apple Exhibit. George C. Richardson, Chairman, 3031 Olive St... ..... Kansas City, Mo. C. W. Kimball, Chairman, of C. H. & C. W. Kimball... New York, N. Y. Charles E. Furman, of Furman & Page.. Eben James.. Herbert Oyler. Carl Basedow, of P. Astheimer & Son... Legislation. C. B. Shafer, Chairman, of Shafer Fruit Co.... W. L. Wagner, of G. M. H. Wagner & Sons. Membership. New York, N. Y. Toronto, Ont Kentville, N. S. Hamburg, Germany Gasport, N. Y. . Milwaukee, Wis. John H. Hile, Chairman, of R. H. Pennington & Co... ... . Louisville, Ky. Carl Piowaty, of M. Piowaty & Sons.. J. G. Schlotter, of J. G. Schlotter & Co..... R. A. Gamble, of Gamble-Robinson Com. Co........ O B. West, of C. C. Taft Co...... John I. Gazzolo, of Gazzolo Produce Co..... Publicity. C. A. Muehlbronner, Chairman, of Iron City Produce ...Chicago, Ill. Indianapolis, Ind. Minneapolis, Minn. Memphis, Tenn. Cincinnati, Ohio Des Moines, Ia St. Louis, Mo. Springfield, Ill. .Seattle, Wash. Co.. 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