. Canadian grocer January-June 1910. y. At present it isestimated that over 565,000 acres morethan the Indians are entitled to are intheir possession. This would ma,ke roomfor about IQjOOO white people. D. S. Beech, (Cardstone, Man.), stat-ed that in his district there were 366,000acres of excellent land possessed by theIndians. The difficulty to get the landis that the Indian agent has to sell itand they do not like to lose their Government has not made a,ny ef-fort to secure the land, and open it foragricultural or railway purposes, but hethought they would if this associationapproa
. Canadian grocer January-June 1910. y. At present it isestimated that over 565,000 acres morethan the Indians are entitled to are intheir possession. This would ma,ke roomfor about IQjOOO white people. D. S. Beech, (Cardstone, Man.), stat-ed that in his district there were 366,000acres of excellent land possessed by theIndians. The difficulty to get the landis that the Indian agent has to sell itand they do not like to lose their Government has not made a,ny ef-fort to secure the land, and open it foragricultural or railway purposes, but hethought they would if this associationapproached them. The motion was sec-onded by C. Webster and carried. To Repeal Liquor Statutes. Section 4 of Chapter 38 of the Statutesof Saskatchewan for 1909, prohibits anymunicipality from collecting a businesstax from a hotel or any liquor licensedbusiness. J. Loney (Moose Jaw) con-sidered this unjust, and asked the con-vention to have the statute repealed. Itwas seconded by W. Cousins (MedicineHat). After a brief discussion, in which. JUDGE T. H. MAGUIRE, , , Delegate from Prince Albert Who In-troduced Several Resolutions. it was brought out that the question waswholly one for the municipalities to dealwith. It was withdrawn. Interest on Overdue Accounts. W. J. Birnie (Carman, Ma,n.) movedthe following: Resolved that this associa,t-ed Boards of Trade of WesterniCanada are of the opinion thatlegislation should be enacted tomake it clear that overdue ac-counts shall bea,r interest fromdate due on the same terms andsame rules as are now providedfor overdue bills and Birnie, in moving the resolution,admitted that it aimed at the curtail-ment of a lengthy credit system, andwould tend to bring a retail businessinto an established system of cash,which, he claimed, was necessary for themaintenance of a successful business. F. Nation (Brandon) said A mer-chant ought to be able to settle the ac-29 count himself without getting the aidof law. I have had no trouble in thi
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