. Better fruit. Fruit-culture. /pj/ BETTER FRUIT Page 37 THE STANDARD PACK A AT the meeting of the Western Fruit Jobbers at Sacramento, California, February 15-18, 1911. the following letter from Mr. N. G. Gibson, chairman of a special committee on the subject, was read by Mr. Prentiss Martin: I had previously planned to be present with you at this meeting and make my report to you personally, but owing to an unfortunate railway accident a short time ago I have found it impossible to make the trip, as my physician will not permit me to undergo the strain of the long journey to and from Sacrame
. Better fruit. Fruit-culture. /pj/ BETTER FRUIT Page 37 THE STANDARD PACK A AT the meeting of the Western Fruit Jobbers at Sacramento, California, February 15-18, 1911. the following letter from Mr. N. G. Gibson, chairman of a special committee on the subject, was read by Mr. Prentiss Martin: I had previously planned to be present with you at this meeting and make my report to you personally, but owing to an unfortunate railway accident a short time ago I have found it impossible to make the trip, as my physician will not permit me to undergo the strain of the long journey to and from Sacramento. However, my report regarding progress of securing a law for uniform boxes, baskets and barrels for apples can as well be put in writing, and I will promise not to take up much time in presenting it. Since our last meeting your committee has done all possible to do in the further- ance of your instructions, but it seems little or nothing has been accomplished so far as actually securing the enactment of a law such as we are working for. A trip was made to Washington early last year, and with representatives of the International Apple Shippers' Associa- tion, National League of Commission ^Merchants and other interested parties, your committee appeared before the committee of agriculture of the house of representatives. Every argument was made and every influence was brought to bear on our national legislators to get a favorable report on the then pending Lafean bill, which was the measure we previously had introduced. This meas- ure was not favorably reported for rea- sons with v^hich you are no doubt as familiar as your committee. In a recent communication from Lafean he states it is quite likely the same measure will be introduced again; yet it is doubtful if anything can be done until the next congress ERNEST SIMONS, GLASGOW, SCOTLAND Of Simons, Jacobs & Co. ID PACKAGE OF APPLES Now, gentlemen, it does seem we are doing a lot of work for nothing. The question
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