Canadian grocer April-June 1918 . rdthat these restrictions were not in the interests of thepeople as a whole. It is unfortunate, however, thatso often in the past agencies of the Government haveimposed these drastic regulations and then havefound that they have had to be revoked. It wouldtake no more time to make the investigations beforethe imposition of these orders than after, and cer-tainly it would avoid a world of confusion andannoyance. June 14, 1918. CANADIAN GROCER 23 Current Events in Photograph—No. 24 SCREENING THESEADOGS Nowhere has the art ofCamouflage been moresuccessfully used
Canadian grocer April-June 1918 . rdthat these restrictions were not in the interests of thepeople as a whole. It is unfortunate, however, thatso often in the past agencies of the Government haveimposed these drastic regulations and then havefound that they have had to be revoked. It wouldtake no more time to make the investigations beforethe imposition of these orders than after, and cer-tainly it would avoid a world of confusion andannoyance. June 14, 1918. CANADIAN GROCER 23 Current Events in Photograph—No. 24 SCREENING THESEADOGS Nowhere has the art ofCamouflage been moresuccessfully used than inthe spectacular attack onthe U-Boat bases of Zee-brugge and Ostend. Un-der a screen of smoke theships of the fleet wereenabled to get close en-ough to bottle up theU-Boats. This photographwas taken on board theIris, one of the coveringships used in the Zee-brugge raid. One of theofficers is turning on thetap to release the smokethat made a screen like amist between the attack-ing shins of the fleet andthe land REMEMBER THE WAR TAX STAMPSFailure to Put Stamps on Patent Medi-cines and on Some Toilet Prepara-tions Renders the Dealer Liableto a Heavy Fine—OntarioMerchants Suffer FromThis Cause Again it might be wise to call the at-tention of the trade to the necessity ofseeing that patent medicines sold by themcarry the requisite stamp tax demandedby the War Revenue Act. This is a mat-ter that some merchants are prone tooverlook but overlooking it is an infringe-ment of the law, and as such often re-sults in disagreeable consequences. Re-cently three merchants of Loring. Ont.,were hauled before a magistrate and eachfined $50 and costs. The failure to usethese stamps is often a failure on thepart of some inexperienced clerk. Thatis not an extenuation, however, as incases such as this the merchant is heldresponsible for the acts of his clerk. It will pay merchants, therefore, to bevery careful on this point, and to see toit that their clerks are thoroughly in-s
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