February, 1913 



THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



53 



"That the Governmemt be requested to 

 afford facilities for lending money at a low 

 rate of interest to farmers and settlers 

 for the purpose of clearing- lamd for agri- 

 cultural and horticultural purposes." 

 "That the time has arrived when ex- 

 ^^press fruit trains or cars attached to ex- 

 [ 'press trains .should be nin for the rapid 

 handling of perishable fruit." 



"That the C.P.R. and Dominion Ex- 

 , press Co. be urged to provide proper ware- 

 ! houses tO' protect fruit handed to them for 

 conveyance. Much fruit is now left in the 

 open both upon receipt, transfer and de- 

 livery." 



"That the Provincial Government and 

 the C.P.R. be and are hereby urged to 

 have pre-cooling plants established 

 throughout British Columbia." 



TARrtT CHANGE PROPOSED 



"That the tariff on United States fruit 

 entering Canada should be at least as high 

 as the United States tariff on fruit grown 

 in Canada exported to the United States." 



This had regard to the Ifact that, whereas 

 the duty on Canadian apples enterimg the 

 United States is 25 cents a box, that on 

 .American apples coming into Canada is 

 only 13 cents. 



"Whereas application has been made by 

 shippers from the United States for the 

 privilege of partial unloading in transit of 

 carloads of fruit, and whereas such privi- 

 lege, if granted, would on many grounds 

 tend to kill the British Columbia berry- 

 growing industry, this convention most 

 emphatically protests against such privi- 

 lege being granted, and suggests that 

 copies of this resolution be forwarded to 

 the Dominion Express Company and other 

 parties interested." 



Whereas, shipments of fruit on consign- 

 ment from the United States to points in 

 Canada have had a very disastrous effect 

 on OUT market, aind whereas, the present 

 anti-dumping clause of the tariff regula- 

 tions is not effectual in preventing the 

 consigning of fruit, therefore be it resolv- 

 ed, that efforts should be made to stop 

 the dumping of United States fruit into 

 the Canadian markets and that the Do- 

 minion Government be urged to so amend 

 the Act and regulations as to effectually 

 penalize shipments of fruit being made on 

 consignment in Canada." 



OTHER RBSOLtTTIONS 



Among other resolutions passed weire 

 the following : One asking for an annual 

 grant of two hundred and fifty dollars for 

 the provincial entomological society ; one 

 asking for a change in a provincial law 



IJvhich would make it possible for coopera- 

 pve fruit growers' associations to obtain 

 financial assistance from the GoveTnment 

 similar to that now given to storage ware- 

 nouses ; and one advocating the early com- 

 pletion oif a telephone system between agri- 

 cultural districts on the Mainland to ob- 

 viate one of the chief obstacles to efficient 

 cooperation among fruit growers. 



The delegates fe-elected the executive 

 and the directors en bloc, with only four 

 exceptions, wheire resignations had been 

 sent in. 



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