http://dx.doi.org/10.14288/1.0438804
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is part of: BC Historical Newspapers
issued: 2024-01-23
issued: 1924-07-25
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note: Owned by the Vancouver, New Westminster and District Trades and Labor Council _____ 'NO. 14—EIGHT PAGES VANCOUVER, B.C., July 25th, 1924 FIVE CENTS PER COPY i; (G_rower And Consumer In V Grip Of Canadian Fruit Trust m V FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO MAKE A SECRET INVESTIGA- 1 TION OF WELL KNOWN FACTS-FRUIT TRUST IS A I' NIGHTMARE TO EVERY- RANCHER _-. SPREAD f'..;.' BETWEEN PRODUCER AND CONSUMER IS V FAR TOO GREAT—MUST TURN OUT / '.'.;'. * .' . / GOVERNMENT-' ■ /' ... __' (EY.,-SVDNE*t. WARREN) "**""'""" '""-•*"''"" ...f-IWE DOMINION .'OVERNMENT is investigating the fruit an_L_.geta.le I X monopoly in British Columbia, but It la doing 'it In secretl \ It is charged, and facts offered to back the accusation, that the entire j fruit and vegetable produce of this province is being monopolized by two .. companies—the _futuai and the Growers' Sales Agency, and that British ! _Colu_ia fruit growers are forced to sell to either one of the other of these /, concerns. Shipping his fruit out of the province will not take the grower .1 from their clutches, for they operate under different trade names iri all the ,"l prairie provinces and one eyen has branches in Minneapolis, U. S. A. (;. ;: .; THESE.FACTS ARE KNOWN to all who have the slightest acquaintance j with the fruit raising industry of this province. I ■•■ Why should the .Dominion's investigation commission swathe itself in '/ secrecy wjuen the. very facts it _'e!_'to keep, from the public.are, k,n,g.\vfl-t__H- , . those interested? ___....'-.■ •-■^■■'-&»"-Z^'.'l^^:z^tt->~*--'v.*>«-*^ -f^m^mVlif^mWmWWcTunless he is an utter fool, _,ows , that sfrf- ^*as the prices he receives for his products he is absolutely at the ' mercy of "the [packing ho_es and jobbingr-c. ncerns. ••'-. , • ' __ '■ . , Penniless Ranchers I know a man who has one of the best cultivated orchards ir. the whole .lOkanagan Valley and whose fruit-is jof the highest grade, vet this man. for (his entire fruit crop last year received $63. Another man who invested…

The Labor Statesman
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type: Murphy,
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spatial: Vancouver (B.C.)
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language: English
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provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: Vancouver, B.C. : Vancouver and District Labour Council
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