Smyrna times., 1893-06-21
For the Smyrna Times.
The Gift Crate" and How it Works
ARE THE SMALL GROWERS DIsCRI,r1N,rvn
AGAINST ?

nm NE SMALL GROWERS Disseminated
AGAINST
... Inc strawberry season of 1899 with all ifs
',o''i liu"nU IlU WORK, worry, stew hustle and
poor pay, Is a thing Of the mast ana H.
summing up OF results will probably indnco
many growers to partially or aitogotbor
! qulI the business. The season heinz Ioto
ana the hot spell of June 3rd and 4t5 Saro To-
:HelnS the lrult OF the upper and lower pom
lnsula on the market together, caused q
SttulIP III prices. This unfortunate circum~
Yao1 cratoS T T"s oeyO1d control. But the gift
| crate demanded by the dealer and o.,
mission men of New York and Rostor
cnlelly and very largely acceded to bv tbn
growers IN this locality seem not tn 10 80
1'Hg 50 well since counting stock
me growers were lured on as in the o,ift
peach basket ascapade by the arguments Of
;;neSo WHY commission men and dealers
o,,I orvI eue oelleI that their fruit in new boxes
anu crates would enchance sales suficontI~'
10 pay the extra expense for them, TbSe
JAPeTlehce OF growers this season fails 70
GeVelop any apparent difference in nr;ooC W
oi III Ehelr frult in either old or new pacEagos
Inc obJect of the commission men 1bo
i Ire always wide awake, and dealers also
@ @oack Oh tnem, was probably to get one sea- |
sIii > tIIai khoWlng 1t would establish or 90 |
aIohg way toward establishing the desired |
result: We know the man at the other end /
II subjected to great deal of accusation
ana aOuSe from many farmers DerhaDs NJ
Justly and indeed with some TO saw bon5 III
thlhgS Is almost chronic. In this we tai,a
80 ,io iIUoN' DouOt!ess the commission men
oOTiu Tt say nara things about some farmers
oI.,! Lnlo%l.g thIs question aside we now
almost daily hear some one exnross 81 ~"
serves as astounded ut the verv fact fbot
ot commission men apparently for
convenience simply and dealers In onrioL ~.
lheif pockets only should demand tho 80.
phchhge, hard to the usual 10 per cant
IllIIil5sIon on sales and in great measure
"a o~' oS snGlr point over the growers, perhans
No fiTILny strong Dody of men if thew
"Oulu De. thousands of dollars have 80
'e1 'e over the railroad in gift PACKAGE 20
'ther points from this Peninsula tb;s W
eason alone, that ought to be circniat;nio ;Iio
.nong y 0Hg Its people. Probably moro +bns
'iiVUO ~ from Jheswold, one shipping noint /.
. II III oIner sections as in this the piclrers |
IoI. iolo cII gown half cent to meet the extra
'1'',amu' ',,r II seems like bread taken from
'ur very homes. The gift peacb baiI'nt b,lp J
experiences Of 1891 have been fresberordS UrSHet I5
ne glit package scheme. Then the hoslict
vas Known to be sold with the fruit Of e,'n
ehts extra as formerly unless retnrnod t1,
ne consumer, and the grower be Glad ~ C
eI ! e the return basket which he had oiven q
i RVe cents or even more ao"' a
One significant phase of tho o;f o.o.. r
l'r we learn is the fact that the Isrno %, 7
: fowerS ',So are not tutoring against it a word =
~ prGteS., o,;s, Estlmating the extra expense I
u SHt package fer acre at S25 II would r.
unnatural to suppose that he Womb GTuIu iot fl
1OO sip from him without a mnrro,,r T'
heh, the question arises, are the small
ro"ers to be swallowed up by mononnI,, h
commission men, dealers, crate mann, !;
icLurers and berry growers of vast acres . II
nnt nat Is is IN the future of berry culture, j.
fo 0Ie rno or tne Shippers at Cheswold says the q
ritter wondered when the remark Ivas nns a,
aqe whether the commission men ond In
9&iers 9S did not think the same Wbot -,
III ~ se the next demand, Is per cent l',' nn a.
ieS 6S Farmers, it is time to call a halt
C"eS'ood. Det., June 10, 1893