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COMMISSION IUIE AND PRODUCERS
Bditor, The Sun:-
"Tour editorial of March 25th, ta:..-i fro., the New Yorl-
World, ban b'-nn rea..l. I tJhink it is good so far as it goes, but
it fails to 2't at one or :ore of the fundamental difficulties.
I thiir the fundamental difficulty that h s permi' te,.1 so vicious
a system to arise is in the fat that the -i.j:inlstrat io0 of te -a'ys
has b.;ion e::tro.,!zcly ineffective rn f.r ,- the T.r'.-.cer 1,3 'of-ri -l.l
a.. d extrc:.cly favorable to the dishonest c- rui.lsion no 'n riii- at
th.e a.;-c ti-e to toe dlsadvantage of tuie 1hoie:--t c,-,nis.-ilo ,e,.. Tt
ta;:es awyv})erc' froI. one to three years to convict .T.d pe-n1.11iz2 ..: .an
f.-r rlisdoin.v:j in the produce cor.L ission business i'. azny one of our
l-irge citi's. This is nota liy the case in Phuila ic' ,ila m)I. ?Mtta3-
bur'. It ;:i.:3 it rea.Jonablly c.[jt.in t.at t, disD .3 on0est CThfrnid:E.i-in
j.,a, cL A practice frau.J-L) 0. ti. i tlI] c r iL., if -c. i.- caught i1. t 0,
act, ti.a'. : ca c- j; ro. c matters ), d ]:.'.' .ro suff-rji tie ~-e-
na.1 iss of t10 1aT.
'1he measure ac roc.'.td. by Seuator lokq S, ith -or ci.-
]Jctin-., ,.',;ta as to gales of food. stuffs a"d tracsmlittin-_ those
tlaily to the -producer, would. Dave been a long SteRT in the ripajt J.i- .-
Srection. 11 -;oul; not be more difficult thani to collect. ti daily
reat.h iir'.,ji.'. and jItI. .tU oul. S t .:0 tire be ex:-tr. ly pTrofita'ule
to the :.-c ccr. Such arran.ge..ent could be made at far )cs.3
expense thca;. is now e..tai3cd i:-. col3ctti .r te-c wvaather data r-".
tratsrnitti2.:: this to tie prclducer .-aily or al :;uchl tir-s as t]eyr
need the v:.- Ji.-r reports.
. This year thousands, and possibly htmdreds of thousands
of crates of produce have been lost to Florlda because th all '
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ron held tlhe pro duce at a flure jo hi.h hat the average consumer
could not buy it. Thi3 condition is accord. ll.;e]. 1..-Tr7-l]y through
the or"inla-Vation of the produce retailers .o he:o.. fro,.' oiutti..r un.ler
one another ad. tIhus hoping the price of produce hi.:h in spite of
the fact t .',t t...y :.re bu'in : it at a lo0i fi~iro.
t tV1hin- .u,.er o r 'roent; arr. ,Anet.rit we ov3] .1. not Vat to
do ac,7.,r ,tr W th-e vrI'iolenr.] or rett2iler of t.hcoe goo.5.. in,.t our
arrt'.mei o.'j GI s a .'. t G, r .i.e '-b,; to serve the ibi..,rest;.. of "','.y 0oct-
r ro .uc.Cr, l'.o] O:I; : :aJ.or2,re(tal3 dealer and c.-' -, .v, '.n for the
lar'gst poni.ble ar.outt rr ;ro'.l.uce putt on ti.Vact,, coiintc.'Int
irT h t1f0 1. of 1 o c 1.111 ty. Thi t id.d.1ir.c aEli' not o. 1'" r-.j ,
but 7il' be foiunra vat'ualo se'ants of t'e pro i.cr just 3o cooe; as
t:'iey are T',.,, servants rC d n.ot t.Ce! n.astero. Tre I sou) :,o no 1
occs .i'on i 'm dlce (J.'.1-n j':.. t. Snt into t' o fi J1 to by'" u ,
stuff n.t .3'I -.i o!-. cOt-.t s,, or Ci.,n .act for it in) t"eC fieal. j iaZ
rn rely bri ]-:, 1.. the elorent of 2ImIbling Thic iA-L ,t r1r.? 1 3,1 cmoCs- -
-in:,"r ?' the l7vr joul,.1 un.i sih t-,o occan ional I.doieLt Yro-
"'cucer _71 ris-braaid, or in '.ther ways deceives t1he purci'iser of
h'* is .- oo13. TTUnfortunatoly the present systol., has ;'7orl:ed. out in a
..7y tha it puts a pro':it o:'. every kin;l of .oohr practice ;.o,:1..:c,,
and if t-, c- is tm.c 3I t-..st streak: of dishi.o:oesty in thle 2.a:e up of
the prollvccr lt- has 070ery in -ctiv to r.ractico dlsi'onest j.t:o J
a:nt very llitt]ee incentive *o racti.:c rli.1. lhon cuty.
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