The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-05-02
nsi0hbors can see if

would mean according to the method
we use now. as No. /. No. = and No. 3.
me said bill! gives II greater latitude
IN the pack than wc nave now, which
allows 10 per cent. Of the apples to
iall below the grading That the s. II
ana is supposed to stand for Bu,
should the pack Of apples fall below
Inc requirements Of the law the grow
er who packed them is to face the
United states court FOR the failure.
whether 1t be his fault or the fault
, OF the Spectator. 1t might be one or
II might be the other hut the grower
whose name is on the package as is
required hy the law, is the one who
will be hauled mp TO answer the
charge.
there should be "a standard barrel and
that barrel should be large enough
20 hold three bushels OF apples. no
more or no less. The consumer expects
to get three bushels In a barrel and
The grower expects TO give three
bushels; why SHOULD there be n law
recurring barrel TINT holds more?
The barrel suggested In this bill viii
hold 100 quarts Why not take tho
Virginia barrel that holds &c quarts?
other states arc using 1t: Canada uses
mat size whilst few OF the States
have 100 quarts and others have a
barrel much smaller than tho Virginia
barrel.
heard some Of the spectators state
to the Committee on Coinage. We'rhts
~ II
tiveS, in support of their side of the
question. that 30 per cent Of tho
growers use the loO-quart barrel now"
Whether that he true or not. I have
no way of proving, but | do know
that whether 90 or 40 per cent uses
II, they are forced to do so by the
SPECTATOR himself He comes to my
orchard and proposes to buy my APP
pies: we agree on the price. etc He
then wants to know what barrel ] am
going to use. say the Virginia bar
If..F. II III
not take that barrel hut I must use
the larger size. ] kick: he goes off.
inc next and the next buyer that
comes says the same thing. What
FINALLY ! am forced TO accept their
terms 1t looks like an organized
plan don't say it is. but It has that
appearance. All growers have the
same experience.
Now. Mr.. Editor. do | pack in that
barrel by choice? No; ! am forced to
do so by the people who are behind
this bill.
Does it look ms though tho growers
are pleading with Congress to give
them the Sulzer bill? 1t has been re-
peatcdly stated before the committee
That the growers are asking for it
through the state fruit associations.
am forced to believe that other as
sociations are asking for it. about as
the Virginia association asked. The
representatives of this association.
consisting OF cleNl or ninc men. met
in stanton some time in March. and
a majority Of them voted to indorso
the SulZer bill. Those eight or nine
men were the legal head of the assoc
citation and had right to do Just what
they did. but did they go there in
structcd by the 1000 or ZOO fruit
growers Of the State. or did they act
Individually in the matter? / say they
voted their individual views | am
Informed they were influenced by II
statement made by Mr.. Lupton. of
Winchester, who stated before thea
the bill was not what II ought to be.
and that he would not pack his apples
according to il if il shCEld become n
law. but stated that it was better than
nothing, and that II we undertook TO
amend il the bill would be Killed and
majority of the. eight or nine gentle
men present voted to indorsc the Sui
ger bill. / heard this same gentle
man state at a hearing of the Com
mittec on Coinage. Weights and Meas
urcs that he wanted the bill for his
Staunton meeting had no instructions
TO go for this bill. an annual meeting
OF the Virginia Horticultural Society
met in Ilarrisonburg and passed II
resolution asking Congress to pass a
law making Il standard size barrel and
asked for the Virginia barrel. They
have had no other meeting since. a
very large number of the fruit-grow-
ers of Albemarle county met at Crozet
and protested against the Sulzcr bin.
a large number Of representative
fruit growers OF the piedmont section
Committee on Coinage, Weights and
Measures and protested earnestly
against the SulZer bill. Some OF them
were of the number who met In Staun-