Show I I IThe The Open F Forum arum I II I A A. A bot 1 1 space e r ran n be pl given cn I letters letter tt rs la iii Ibis writer mint to 10 COO 6 AT M z COO 01 oe words th they 1 II i their Ir full and cs their l rs wll II norlie not nor be lie Cun No u manuscript will be he nn unless aniess 5 lie writer scuds 1 IK SOO for t pur vuc c. c The Thc TI Ien's li II mn mil or may my not cot I reflect the of The Tue I FRUIT Editor Herald Since when was the thc thela I I la law made that allowed a of or com coin mission men to band tu together ether In order order order or or- der that they may dictate and arid control the fruit market Are Arc not nut Ufo tile men who will till the soil sol plant the fruit trees sweat an and toll toil while watering and spraying them Incur expense to provide help to pick the fruit entitled to tu some profit 0 Should hould the fruit raisers back after the they have ha worked through a hot hut summer and accept the lowest pric j for their fruit Just because commission commission commis commis- sion zion men form a combine telling them i brazenly If 11 they do nut not take the price the commission slon men have agreed to topa pa pay the they will be forced to accept a astill astill astill still lower price With the prospect of oC canned peaches selling at 30 50 0 cents per quart the thc coming season and a good demand for the fresh fruit now would it be unreasonable unreason- unreason unreasonable able if Ie the should hold i out for or a fair all price I Should not the oppose tho ho demands of or tho the commission men The commission men do not nol know what amount of or work there is in involved In involved in the raising raisin of or fruit Tho They swivel spend their time lolling in chairs or ride around in big automobiles automo automo- I biles bought bibs bought with profits squeezed I out of oC the worker I j The solution of or the problem seems simple enough Dont Don't j sell ell them an ounce of or fruit until they accede to the he I demands of oe the Do io away with the middle men Sell di direct dl- dl lIl to the consumer I Peaches are bringing 1 t and more per crate on the Salt Lake market today to- to toi to-I to i day one day one crate holds from eight to nl nine e quarts quarts o oven at this price hou housewives housewives house house- c- c I wives will find It cheaper to can their I II I own peaches than to bu buy the canned fruit Why h not arran arrange c ways was and i means whereby the housewives may I get ct their fruit direct from the lie outlying outlying out- out lying or orchards hards Instead of or being forced I Ito to buy bur the fruit after alter It has been bandied han han- t I I a IThe aThe died two or three times The time lime has passed when wizen the commission corn com com I mission men can bu buy at their own low I figure ure only to turn around and double dou- dou bio ble and treble their profits while the I producers are forced to accept the the i small end of or the deal MRS A. A J J. J F F. I |