Canadian grocer July-September 1919 . rethan the lower. From a consideration of these prospec-tive crop figures and some understand-ing of what the California Prune Asso-ciation has booked and confirmed, it isapparent that the association will havea quite definite quantity yet to sell alittle later when it is more able to size upits holdings, and unquestionably a higherprice will prevail on these, which willbring up the associations average. MILK DELIVERIES For all Canada the total deliveries ofmilk in 1917 at the dairv factoriesamounted to 2,902,564,856 pounds, ascompared with 2,600,542,987 p
Canadian grocer July-September 1919 . rethan the lower. From a consideration of these prospec-tive crop figures and some understand-ing of what the California Prune Asso-ciation has booked and confirmed, it isapparent that the association will havea quite definite quantity yet to sell alittle later when it is more able to size upits holdings, and unquestionably a higherprice will prevail on these, which willbring up the associations average. MILK DELIVERIES For all Canada the total deliveries ofmilk in 1917 at the dairv factoriesamounted to 2,902,564,856 pounds, ascompared with 2,600,542,987 pounds in1916 and 2,630,001,765 pounds in 1915,as stated in the report on dairy factoriesfor that vear. issued recently by theDominion Statistician. AVERAGE PRICE OF BUTTER For Canada the average wholesaleprice of creamery butter works out to39 cents per pound for 1917, as com-pared with 33 cents per pound in 1916and 30 cents in 1915, as stated in thereport on dairy factories for 1917, pub-lished by the Dominion Bureau of —New York Right Sharp to Him, Ma. Here is a striking example of the sortof thing that is being fed to the publicto the damage of the retailer. In all the investigations that haveclouded the air of late, the retailer hasbeen seldom accused of profiteer-ing. Anyone with any understanding ofthe situation knows that there could beno truth in such a charge, yet cartoonsof this character do not depend on reasonbut on prejudice, and prejudice can doharm whether it is backed by any reasonor no. Joint Freight Tariffs to be Lower Important Ruling of the Board of Railway Commissioners WillResult in a Considerable Saving to Many Shippers AN important ruling which willhave the result of lowering jointclass freight tariffs and will applyon interline traffic between the GrandTrunk, Canadian Pacific and CanadianNati )nal Railways will go into effectabout October 1, according to an an-nouncement made by the Board of Rail-way Commissioners for Canad
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