. Canadian grocer January-March 1918. ng the hoarding of eggs,the more plainly does he demonstrate the fact thathe knows little if anything of the business he criti-cizes. When the Government makes it imperative thatlarge activities give information as to their privatebusiness affairs, it is not too much for them to expectthat the Government shall use those facts withoutprejudice and with a full understanding as to themeaning of those facts. Mr. OConnor has not so used these facts. Hehas garbled and perverted the figures confided to probably with anymalicious feeling, but certainlywith
. Canadian grocer January-March 1918. ng the hoarding of eggs,the more plainly does he demonstrate the fact thathe knows little if anything of the business he criti-cizes. When the Government makes it imperative thatlarge activities give information as to their privatebusiness affairs, it is not too much for them to expectthat the Government shall use those facts withoutprejudice and with a full understanding as to themeaning of those facts. Mr. OConnor has not so used these facts. Hehas garbled and perverted the figures confided to probably with anymalicious feeling, but certainlywith serious effects. It is not the first time this samegentleman has made public misstatements based onconfidential figures. It is a habit that is growingupon him. Moreover, the Department of Labor iscovering much the same ground and avoiding manyof his mistakes. The conclusion is obvious. TheCost of Living Commissioner is a luxury that thecountry can do without. February 15, 1918. CANADIAN GROCER 29 Current Events in Photograph—No. 7. THE NEW TRENCH ON THE WESTERN FRONT FISH COMMISSION MEETS IN Deliberations Tend to Remove Many Bar-riers That Have Existed BetweenCanada and the in the Past—Probable Removal of Re-strictions Closer co-operation between Canadaand the United States in the encourage-ment of the fisheries with the object ofsecuring a more adequate supply of seafood was brought much nearer as theresult of the sessions of the Interna-tional Fisheries Commission which heldsessions John on February 5 and6. One of the main objects of the com-mission is to secure evidence regardingthe matters which have, in the past, beenput forward as reasons why the govern-ments of the United States and Canadashould not each allow the fishermen ofthe other country greater freedom in thepursuit of their calling and in the dis-posal of their catch. Evidence submittedat the sittings in St. John went far toshow that these barriers were not sohigh nor so real as they had
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