The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-08-15
DOLLAR A BOX
ON The TR|FE:S
Or NOTHING" G"
THIS SHOULD BE THE GROWERS
SLOGAN THE COMING
SEASON
Orlando. Fla, tu- T. 1911.

| Orlando, RIA. NuS -, III
The Lakeland Telegram.
Dear Editor: | hay" just rrrcfscd
information from iiy" responsible
houses in various parts OF the 0untr!,
with whom | have been doing bust
ness for several years. stating thai
they can buy fruit for November
and December delivery Al a very low
price The price they mentioned
would nu the EroWrr around seven
" five cents per box on the tree
With the present high cost Of li,-
ms. price of labor. interest on mOnr'
and taking into consideration an Oc-
,aSional failure OF crop, etc. any
lhins less than 4 dollar net To the
growers ON the trees means bare c\
! iairnrc for the men who raise or
aGgcS, while al a dollar or above.
they can livr and frr'ili2r their
%ioyes
There are a trW una r,lpulOiiS Scp'
ulators, who will pick up Il few crops
il bulk or find So ~ fellow who
needs money, and 't'n atnd out al
Turing circulars to tn" trade. and d"
mOralin the market, and nobody 4
benefited. not ven tn. trade on the
other end Then We have a lot o;
brokers who send out very allurinh
quotations when they actually do
not own Il box Of fruit. and acccr
orders for tho Holiday trade. II IL.
market goes down. they will dcllN
cr il, otherwise the buyer can sue
them. but what can he get? All
these schemes dcmoralizc the market
land the grower is 10 blame FOR all
Of il
The retailer never makes any dii
terence in price to the consumer,
vhc,h. h" pays fifteen or twenty
five cents more per box in a whole
! sale way. but it certainly means a
biz difference To the growers In tn"
state o, Florida
| am confident that il the growers
| VIII M, kr up their minds 10 have Il
|GENTI .EMaNS UNDERSTANDING
that a d,llar on the trees is the min
| ilulm pric" they will accept. that We
will p' il, and then the orange
grower ran live and fertilizr their
groves
For he benefit ol the orange IN
dustry | appeal to the editors OF IN"
South Florida papers. in the orange
growinp section to boost this cause.
4 GEN rLEMAN'S UNDERSTAND
| ING. NOTHING LESS THAN ONE
DOLLAR on THE TREES. md 10
pnt gen,lc reminder in each issu"
oi their papers until the orange SEA
/ .on is over that We should get on"
fcllar per box or more for our or
= shacs on the trees
ID nof So, why ~. mould not b"
b't to eo' this prize" provided III"
/ ..-p#,r Nill ncf ronsisH their fruit
and a lor asa aud mol aorep'
aut 81. llr ou thcir eraba To B..
handled aud .laiahtcred by tho"
siIck tnnrli.d f.iit%a who rorlr 10 'H
i'Einr in IL. ',rcet ol fomc al thes"
d.s'rihutih@ i.'s to Ioan them
nour 90 their crops rhcsc pen
-. voh claim 81 ha' thet do rot buy,
ioai handle frair for yunr arcpun1
viii lr.com" buyers and pay spot casa
.nr sour frui' instead oi hot air.
stop oncourasins ih,i,. sampire. b.
e.,nsigning them fruit, then our N
,ln try will b. >arc"s.;. and all
lritilnat" buyer AMI sp.,1lla'er-
! vii no, ht titai, 20 buY apr friit
With III" EXchan.r that Will n"-
slaughter our fruit. but ID ,Erfx
'ling in it's power - uphold l'sii-
iihate living prices. ~ AZ certainly
! su"ec"d in earryina ou' This plan.
OTIIING LESS THAN ONE DOLLAR
FER FOX oN TIE TREES FOR OR
ANGES
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