Canadian grocer July-December 1908 . eased 20 lbs. This year,accordins- to Mr. Yetts, has been one of unprecedented success for the cultiva-tion of bees. Contracting for blueberries before on By Ward Market last Thurs-day, was the charge laid by InspectorBorthwick against Chas. P. Prevost,grocer, in the police court last • inspector said that the defendanthad purchased 14 pails of berries beforethe gong on the market building Mr. Prevost said it was he made arrangements for buyingthe berries. The deputy magistratedismissed the case, remarking that theevide
Canadian grocer July-December 1908 . eased 20 lbs. This year,accordins- to Mr. Yetts, has been one of unprecedented success for the cultiva-tion of bees. Contracting for blueberries before on By Ward Market last Thurs-day, was the charge laid by InspectorBorthwick against Chas. P. Prevost,grocer, in the police court last • inspector said that the defendanthad purchased 14 pails of berries beforethe gong on the market building Mr. Prevost said it was he made arrangements for buyingthe berries. The deputy magistratedismissed the case, remarking that theevidence was not sufficient to convict. Ottawas population this year will benear the 80,000 mark, according to re-liable estimates. The taxable assess-ment is likely to be around forty milliondollars. No official figures, of course,are as yet obtainable at the city as-sessrnent department but it is learnedthat the population indicated will bearound that figure. Despite the recent influences -workingagainst a big business turnover it is. F. W. FORDE. One of the Ottawa Grocers who is taking a Prominent Part in the Associations Pure Food Show. interesting to know that many whole-sale firms have equalled the records ofprosperous times. This applies even tothose who handle luxuries. Naturallythe purchaser of an article costing fiftycents has been inclined of late to turnhis attention to tTiose at twenty-fivecents. To the captain of industry thishas meant the birth of an effort to selltwo articles in place of one. By meansof hard work, said a wholesaler thisweek, our sales for this year are upto previous records; but it has beenuphill labor. The squeezing out ofbusiness from a tight-money public isnot an easy task. Scores of firms haveaccomplished it; which is a good thingfor everybody. F. W. JJjrde and A. G. Johnston, twoenthusiastic officers of the Grocers As-sociation, who went West in the inter-ests of the Pure Food Fair, havereturned, and have brought with themthe assurance of many
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