The De Soto County news. [volume] (Arcadia, Fla.) 1898-1924, 1915-03-18
ls..S.OURFRUIT \
GETS TREATED
In NEW YORK
THE RETAIL MERCHANTS OF
NEW YORK CITY ARE OFFER
ING FANCY FLORIDA FRUIT AT
RIDICULOUsLY CHEAP FIG
URES.

In looking over the New York papers
we noticed couple of advertisements
by two Of that great city's largest re-
tail grocery concerns, that makes us
want TO start something, or stop some
| thing. or swat something-we ready |
don't know what-but 1t is provoking, |
| and we know. tOo.-and only too well
| that we cant help IL. If we could. {
| Lord have mercy on the numerous mid I
llemen and that awfully unjust nud /
absolutely putrid system of fruit mo .
| lucts auction-for we would anuihI-
| late the whole kit and kuboodlc II
them. and put in some system where
by we would be enabled TO bring home
the bacon" In return for our Florid1
fruits and produce.
The Il. H. Macy Company adV"r-
ts,.s
a. OK NJ half dozen FANCY cape
b fruit; bright, thin skinned and of cA-
ceptional flavor, for "a cents.
s And
e Extra FANCY Florida oranges
d min skinned, rich. heavy fruit. mt =
II cents per dozen"
y Now don't that get your goat An'
IL your goat isn't all it gctS-it gets Won
. Fancy Florida Fruit for nothing. l
u makes ~ almost really angry, an'
some day when the fruit producers ~
II up and get honest to goodness all lire
. MAD ABOUT IT. perhaps they vii
y then invent IA remedy.
" Another advertisement In the Nc'
York World inserted by the jaime
= Butler Company, which owns aud Of
crates 24l retail stores and market
r quotes;
Thousands of boxes Of selected
y and sweet juicy Florida oranges, a
]" o. cents for one dozen aud a haI
y, Gsl."
=, Large size grapefruit running %
!, tn the box. at , cents each" and MI
-, dum size grapefruit at 3 cents each
;, Yes, It's pretty tough: amt II. oil
: Cracker? II makes MS sorter belle.
that we are not quite as bright as sou
~ Of the Fancy Bright" fruit we al
sending up to auction and conslsnir
-
nj laugh at our complaints with ~
Is should worry" comment. ! almost fec
Ike saving damn right out loud ahoj
Ill Il.
ry Just stop and think about it--attC
I'll all producing costs, and picking. p"cl
On Ing. hauling and shipping and hroa"
IN age CHARGES have been provided T,
A. Nl, a
~ chant IN far away New York is abb"
of advertise our Fancy GRAPEFRUIT, at
ID, cents and : cents each" aud our "tm
le, cy Selected Oranges at - cents aud I
N, cents per dozen"
n. But we Io not aud cannot blan" IL
I'll New York retail merchant or cons an
nd or: IT Is up To them to get the best, IN
re as cheap aS possible. and they got 1t
In 50 far ms Florida Is concerned. NJ
we must not blame them, for t|"v ar
not at fault. We must get closer hum'
" for our blaming-and investigations
the same ms our charity-SllOIL
start here. Denmark isn't the only 40
u ten territory, and If old Hamlet sh"r'
r. be n grower Of Fancy Florida otir
ITull III lhlS N'INplN N''''' w w."
n be a considerably melanchnlicr DaI
a. than that he was.
he This incompatible Florida or IN
81 contains brains. and Is prn'uccr
intellect as well rs the finest cltrI
fruits in the world. and the fruit 81
uation upon which we 50 much del"T
r. is serious 1t Is In n had stat'' M
there should he n remedy administers
l.. right hOw. Conditions are getih
'o,. plenty Of attention what we want ~
r,, need Is immediate and positive N
IN. TION.
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