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BETTER PACKING DEMANDED. Mr W" M rin)anre of Provo Is quoted In the piesa dlsintches ns sny-Ing sny-Ing tint the large amount nf Colorado, California and Southern fruits on tho Hastern markets this )ear will leava itinm for only such nf I'tah fruits ns nre inn-it carefully snrted graded nn 1 picked Mr Rn)lante sienks tmphatl-tnll) tmphatl-tnll) regarding1 the tnreless packing hllherto ln vogue b) I'tnli fruit growers grow-ers und he talks ndilseilly. being ono of the oldest and most extensive shlp-ers shlp-ers of fruits nnd vegetables In this State This naming from Mr no)lnnce slmpl) cmphtslics the urgent nppenU that have been made fiom time tu time by tho Utah Mate Ho ml of Iloi-tlculturo Iloi-tlculturo for better packing more honest hon-est packing, of fruit for shipment As lias been stated before the bane nf Utah horticulture Is the great number num-ber nf small nrchnrds In tho hlnte The tinners of tho small tincts do not know much nbout the fruit business, and some of them evldentl) care less so they bundle Irto the cases ever) thing In the shape of fruit mid n ill nn the lid, thinking that they will perhaps never again "ell to the same customer, so "what s the difference? This is the most charitable view to take of the matter, but there Is a class of fruit growers In Utah who deliberately plan to deceive by lining the bottoms and Interior of the boxes with worthless or nt least Inferior, fruit This practlcn Is not confined to any one tominunlt), but la noticeable In ever) fruit growing grow-ing section of the Mnte Ono fruitful source of the ilUhonent p.aikers for commerce Is the rinks of children who peddle fruit tit the rnlluay stntlons These )nuthful vendors (s. ine are not ver) )outhful) sell fruit In berry cups and almost without exception the cups contain worthless fruit excepting the ttced upon transients Is continued li) the peddlerd after they grow up and begin lo pnek fruit ror shipment With such a sthool for friud ns is found In tho fruit ptd Ulng business nt the railway rail-way stntlons ll Is no wonder that shippers ship-pers tompeiln us dneH Mr llo)ltnce and In fait evtrv other shipper who attempts at-tempts tn pla t I tih fruit nn the Last-cm Last-cm markets In comiK-tltlon with tho products nf other state1 It Is high time thtt the organizations und authorities who nre supposed to l"nk nftel the moral training of the )oung in Utah shnull take up this matter mat-ter and endeavor to stop the ptactlce that Is becoming; sn notorious and so disgusting to pjssengers who bu) fruit at tho stntlons Wc do not undertake to piy that nil the trouble of whl h Mr. Hoylnnco nnd other shippers coini Inln Is trncenble to the sourie mentioned, but It is plain that the training some of the chll Inn tiro getting Is w,ll inltulntcd In mike Iheni experts in tht art nf deteptlnn wt-en they get Into the business ot packing fitilt for shipment Wo believe th it the Immedlite reined) to nppl) tnmmtrelnli) speaking, speak-ing, Is for the shlppera to demand that the fruit be brought In loose and that the price paid tn Mowers bo onl) such as will Justlf) the shipper In t,railliig, w lapping and pat king the fiult nc cording lo his own notion This tut has been ndoftel b) ono or two of the largest shlppi r In tho Slate and found tn work very snilsfirtorll) Om thing la eel tain I'tnh will oectip) a back sea) lu the markets until her growers and shli pers are alio to sen! out their products In shupi to tnmpar with tho perfect j at kagt s that come from full-f full-f oi nil, Uiegou Idaho and Colorado |
