Recently organized labor has grown weary of the owner's old "take it or leave it attitude" and begun to bargain with the boss, so labor's helpmeet can help meet the high-cost of living by bar- gaining determinedly with all food-choker-off-ers and if they don't give in, she can organize and pull a boycott, a sort of sitdown buyers' strike. (And while the following is a bit off the subject we can't resist putting in about that Soviet foreman in charge of ship- ping lumber. In competitive days under the Czar he'd learned to load ships light by building at night a false bottom in the ship to be loaded. Although under Socialism he had nothing to gain by this, the habit was so fixed in him that he continued cheating comradely consumers' co-ops and couldn't be made to see the light until he'd been arrested three or four times. Likewise, the leading purveyor of fruit juice drinks under the Czar held on to his recipes for palatable adulterations until the Soviet showed him up by going back to the root of the matter and making drinks of pure juice alone. And finally these fine drinks aroused the respect of the old drink- waterer; so he went to work for the beverage trust, adding his skill and technique to making what are now the finest, purest fruit drinks in the world.) Though our own Government supports the competitive system which carries its share of germs of capitalist decay which one day will destroy the whole barrel, it gives honest advice about sharp practice and tells the consumer how to get his money's worth if he's THE PICK OF THE PUSHCART 1 73 smart. So send a nickel (in coin, not stamps, and don*t ask us why the Government refuses the sticky little lozenges of paper it prints and sells for postal service at a price much higher here than in any country we know of) to the U. S. Department of Agriculture in Washington for Miscellaneous Publication No. 167, ^ Fruit and Vegetable Buying Guide for Consumers by R. G. Hill. We have used this bulletin with profit in our own summary of how to get your money's worth in buying fruits, but there's much more detailed information than we can pack in half a dozen pages: Apples. An apple a day may not keep the doctor away, but it'll keep almost anybody from falling for the phoney laxative ads. Since there are 500 different kinds on the market, don't buy just "apples." The kind we get in the East called Macintosh are a little more expensive, but we use their excellent flavor and juicy snap to judge all others. No apple should be too ripe, bruised or spotted. Medium-sized, thin-skinned ones are apt to be juiciest. And now that workers are demanding something more than the core, it's a good idea to list the most popular kinds and the seasons when they're cheapest. The Consumers Union's Buying Guide has summed up the apple situation for us, as follows: Favorite cooking apples are those having a slightly tart taste (Wealthy, Jonathan, Willow Twig, and Rome Beauty). Grimes Golden, Delicious, and Stayman Winesap are excellent dessert apples — but let us add that the Macintosh is best of all. September — Gravestein, Wealthy October — Jonathan, Grimes Golden, Delicious November — Jonathan, Spitzenberg, Delicious, King, Twenty Ounce December — Jonathan, Spitzenberg, Stayman Winesap, De- licious, Northern Spy, Rome Beauty January — Spitzenberg, Stayman Winesap, Northern Spy,

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Recently organized labor has grown weary of the owner's old "take it or leave it attitude" and begun to bargain with the boss, so labor's helpmeet can help meet the high-cost of living by bargaining determinedly with all food-choker-off-ers and if they don't give in, she can organize and pull a boycott, a sort of sitdown buyers' strike. (And while the following is a bit off the subject we can't resist putting in about that Soviet foreman in charge of shipping lumber. In competitive days under the Czar he'd learned to load ships light by building at night a false bottom in the ship to be loaded. Although under Socialism he had nothing to gain by this, the habit was so fixed in him that he continued cheating comradely consumers' co-ops and couldn't be made to see the light until he'd been arrested three or four times. Likewise, the leading purveyor of fruit juice drinks under the Czar held on to his recipes for palatable adulterations until the Soviet showed him up by going back to the root of the matter and making drinks of pure juice alone. And finally these fine drinks aroused the respect of the old drink- waterer; so he went to work for the beverage trust, adding his skill and technique to making what are now the finest, purest fruit drinks in the world.) Though our own Government supports the competitive system which carries its share of germs of capitalist decay which one day will destroy the whole barrel, it gives honest advice about sharp practice and tells the consumer how to get his money's worth if he's THE PICK OF THE PUSHCART 1 73 smart. So send a nickel (in coin, not stamps, and don't ask us why the Government refuses the sticky little lozenges of paper it prints and sells for postal service at a price much higher here than in any country we know of) to the U. S. Department of Agriculture in Washington for Miscellaneous Publication No. 167, ^ Fruit and Vegetable Buying Guide for Consumers by R. G. Hill. We have used this bulletin with profit in our own summary of how to get your money's worth in buying fruits, but there's much more detailed information than we can pack in half a dozen pages: Apples. An apple a day may not keep the doctor away, but it'll keep almost anybody from falling for the phoney laxative ads. Since there are 500 different kinds on the market, don't buy just "apples." The kind we get in the East called Macintosh are a little more expensive, but we use their excellent flavor and juicy snap to judge all others. No apple should be too ripe, bruised or spotted. Medium-sized, thin-skinned ones are apt to be juiciest. And now that workers are demanding something more than the core, it's a good idea to list the most popular kinds and the seasons when they're cheapest. The Consumers Union's Buying Guide has summed up the apple situation for us, as follows: Favorite cooking apples are those having a slightly tart taste (Wealthy, Jonathan, Willow Twig, and Rome Beauty). Grimes Golden, Delicious, and Stayman Winesap are excellent dessert apples — but let us add that the Macintosh is best of all. September — Gravestein, Wealthy October — Jonathan, Grimes Golden, Delicious November — Jonathan, Spitzenberg, Delicious, King, Twenty Ounce December — Jonathan, Spitzenberg, Stayman Winesap, Delicious, Northern Spy, Rome Beauty January — Spitzenberg, Stayman Winesap, Northern Spy,

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