Canadian grocer April-June 1918 . the only coffeeavailable from the United States, theblanket license dating from March 1,1918, to March, 1919. This will notaffect any direct shipments of course,but these are naturally of a very limitednature, as the great bulk of coffee usedin Canada is from Brazil and other South and Central American countries,practically all of which is handledthrough American ports. Moreover, atthe time the government imposed itstax on coffee it was estimated that therewas but 60 days supply in Canada, andthere have been practically no stocksreceived since then, so that th
Canadian grocer April-June 1918 . the only coffeeavailable from the United States, theblanket license dating from March 1,1918, to March, 1919. This will notaffect any direct shipments of course,but these are naturally of a very limitednature, as the great bulk of coffee usedin Canada is from Brazil and other South and Central American countries,practically all of which is handledthrough American ports. Moreover, atthe time the government imposed itstax on coffee it was estimated that therewas but 60 days supply in Canada, andthere have been practically no stocksreceived since then, so that this allot-ment comes on an almost bare market. These new stocks will probably beavailable almost at once, however, as theships in New York harbor loaded withcoffee for Canada will be unloadedpromptly. Under arrangements reached betweenthe authorities at Ottawa and Washing-ton future imports to Canada via theUnited States ports will be governedentirelv bv licenses issued from Ottawa. June 21, 1918. C A N A I) I A N G ROC E R ir>. The John Diprose store, London, Ont. Mr. Diprose is the second figure from the right. Thestore makes a specialty of poultry and fruit. Cash and Carry in the Maritimes 8t. John, , Store Adopts New Principle and Finds While Sales Somewhat Smaller That Profits Are Larger —A Generally Successful Experiment WHEN Lee J. Cowan bought outhis partner and became the soleowner of the retail grocery andprovision store which had been carriedon under the name of Kirkpatrick &Cowen in St. John, , he decided thatthe opportunity to put some otherchanges into effect also had arrived. Thebusiness had been conducted strictly on acash basis; there had been some troubleat first when orders were notyielded up by the delivery man becausethe cash was not forthcoming, but thishad been smoothed over and the policyof cash only had become a fixture. saw no reason for a change here,but there was an idea which had takenroot in his mind and which was aboutr
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