Canadian grocer July-December 1907 . o fixed that price-cutters anddepartmental stores cannot use them for advertising purposes, That, whereas, a bill was introducedin the Ontario Legislature by to amend the Assessment Actwhereby all retail merchants in theProvince of Ontario will be assessed onthe value of the stock owned by theminstead of on the business assessmentas at present; and. whereas, it is pro-posed to exempt all stock that is notpaid for and thereby go back to the oldsyetem. it will, therefore, in our opinion,be unfair to those who own their stockand benefit those whose st
Canadian grocer July-December 1907 . o fixed that price-cutters anddepartmental stores cannot use them for advertising purposes, That, whereas, a bill was introducedin the Ontario Legislature by to amend the Assessment Actwhereby all retail merchants in theProvince of Ontario will be assessed onthe value of the stock owned by theminstead of on the business assessmentas at present; and. whereas, it is pro-posed to exempt all stock that is notpaid for and thereby go back to the oldsyetem. it will, therefore, in our opinion,be unfair to those who own their stockand benefit those whose stock is pur-chased on credit; and. whereas, theProvincial Boaid opposed this bill, itwas laid over for further considera-tion. Department for Business. That, whereas, no provision has beenmade by the Dominion Government tokeep a record of information totabulate facts relative to the retailtrade of the Dominion, and as the labor-ing and agricultural classes have wellequipped departments and have largesums spent upon them each year, we. E. D. SMITH, , Winona consider it advisable that our associa-tion take such steps as to have provis-ion made under the Department ofTrade and Commerce so that the re-tail interests of Canada can be lookedafter as well as the above namedclasses. Mr. Mather, of Sterling, was notclear as to the usefulness of the pro-position and Mr. Trowern made it clear. That, whereas, considerable troublehas been experienced by some retailmerchants in employing assistance, we,therefore, request the Provincial Boardio prepare and submit to the branchesa form for employes to sign that wouldsafeguard the interests of both employerand employes. That, whereas, the Dominion (iovern-ment propose introducing legislation toregulate the sale of patent and pro-prietary medicines; and, whereas, webelieve that a well-considered measurewould be of benefit to the general pub- lic and to the trade, we are also of theopinion that any attempt to place aspecial tax on any preparat
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