Quotation from: The Valley of the Moon

Written by: Jack London

"But the poor people cannot buy them anyway," Saxon objected. "It
would not hurt the price."

The old woman shrugged her shoulders.

"I do not know. It is their way. They chop each melon so that the
poor people cannot fish them out and eat anyway. They do the same
with the oranges, with the apples. Ah, the fishermen! There is a
trust. When the boats catch too much fish, the trust throws them
overboard from Fisherman Wharf, boat-loads, and boat-loads, and
boatloads of the beautiful fish. And the beautiful good fish sink
and are gone. And no one gets them. Yet they are dead and only
good to eat. Fish are very good to eat."