THE CHINESE FRUITERERS.

Evening Post, Volume LXXIII, Issue 118, 20 May 1907, Page 3

THE CHINESE FRUITERERS.

TO KDITOK. Sir, — As my letter has provoked rephrs which I hope th^ purchasing public \>ii; note, and ns "White Fruiterer"' B.'onir. very angry, judging by his reply in h"<b night's issue, 1 shall feel oblig-t-d by your publishing my r.nswer to him of and " Brooklyn's " stnter.tents. As to vrhat " White Fruitirer " tays about Riving fruit out, of ths window, if r.skrd : Not, a simple way to decide this would be for th? Evening Post proprietors (in order to confiirn hi:, statsirent that fruit out of the front portion of any white fruiterer's window is given if asked for) will allow one of thciu reporter? to visit the various fiuit shops, whito jmd Chinese, and asU for fruit out of ths front of tho window vhen Ito goes in to purchase, .inu publish tho result. It would bo host if 113 went mto tha shopa when tnere were other customers in them. As to "Whito Fruiterer's" statement lliat there aro o:ily about 501b to 351!: out of tho cas3 when cold by tho MII3IO pound, 81b or IC'ib is a pretty large amount to allow to customers. I gra^.f thoro way bo bad ones, so will sa> that 331 bio the net amount retaikd out of .1 53 c;;se. That amount at 6d per lb, nnd that price is rot denied, means 16s 6d. uot a bad profit on 3 case. New what about tha proch;?cr who only get* 5s per caso and has to pay freights, commission, and othjr chax-^er, besides cost of case. Ho also rays that r.t edd tunes he has to pay l(b, 'lss, and Ms a caso, but he dees not toll you that he 'them charges Gd a lb, and you can sco tint price marked up now. As to the F rices mentioned by "Brooklyn" for ruit, etc.,\ in Sydney, ha perhaps is not aware that thoro io an import duo on all fruit yrown out cf tho colony of ]a per lb, and thrt qrap?s r.rc absolutely prohibits 1 from iruno.'Lation, so whether Chinrcs or white "frukoicrs. sell here, Intit at the Sydney picas could uaver bo obtained. — I am, etc.. FAIEPLAY. iCth May.