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President Elliot. You are connected with the Lake City Nurseries, 

 Mr. Underwood. In the working of the law has it been any detri- 

 ment to your business? 



Mr. Underwood. I can't say that it has. Of course I havn't so much 

 charge of the sales department, I am interested in the production; but I 

 have not heard that it caused any detriment at all. In fact I would not 

 have known there was any law of the kind so far as it has affected 

 our business; we can't s^e that it makes any difference. Those gen- 

 tlemen that talk against the law must do the talking. Still they will 

 abide by the law I think. I could not say it has been any detriment 

 to us, no, sir. 



President Elliot. In my relation to this Society, as president, I have 

 heard of no complaints further than one or two inquries in regard to 

 certain concerns in this city, as to whether they were doing a legiti- 

 mate business. I looked the matter up and decided that they were so 

 reported; further than that I have heard no complaints at all. Last 

 year there were many complaints. A notice was published in the 

 Farm, Stock and Home last spring, requesting parties having com- 

 plaints to make them known and they would be properly looked into; 

 but we havn't heard of one complaint outside of those that come from 

 nurserymen and agents outside, that wished to come in and dispose of 

 their stock. 



Mr. Underwood. Don't you understand that they can come if 

 they want to? 



Mr. Gould. Can't a nurseryman in this State send outside and get 

 any Jessie strawberry plants and sell them here without laying him- 

 self liable to prosecution? 



Mr. Dartt. He can if he will set them out and grow them an hour 

 — he can take them up and sell them. [Laughter.] 



Mr. Latham. Is that the way you do? 



Mr. Gould. That is the difficulty. I am afraid it will make some 

 of our people dishonest. 



President Elliot. I pity the dishonesty with that class of people! 



Mr. Latham. Mr. President, [ understand the matter is still under 

 discussion. There are a class of laws in force in Canada and Manitoba 

 that are sometimes called paternal laws. It is taken for granted that 

 the citizen is entitled to protection from the government It is the 

 same with the law we are talking about There are quite a number 

 of laws on our statute book of this nature, as for instance the law 

 with regard to manufactured butter and the adulteration of milk, 

 which are just getting into force, the insurance law, etc. The tend- 



