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THE CANADIAN 11 O K T 1 C U L T U R 1 S '1" 



August, 1907 



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Desired— A. Conference Next Winter 



FRUIT growers in all parts of Canada are 

 wondering what arrangements, if any, arc 

 l)eing made by the Dominion Department 

 of Agriculture for the holding of another 

 Dominion fruit conference next year. At the 

 conference held in Ottawa last year a general 

 desire was cxjjressed by the delegates that a 

 similar conference should be held every two or, 

 at the most, every three years. A resolution 

 to this effect was introduced by the resolutions 

 committee and was spoken to by Rev. Father 

 Burke. While Hon, Sydney Fisher did not 

 promise to arrange for the holding of another 

 conference within two years, he assured the dele- 

 gates that one would be called within a reason- 

 able time, 



A number of itnportant matters that were 

 on the program for consideration at the last 

 conference were not dealt with, owing to lack 

 of time. But little or nothing has been d<me 

 to carry out the expressed wishes of the last 

 conference in regard to several other matters 

 that were dealt with. Several new questions, 

 deserving consideration, have arisen during the 



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past year These facts Ijeing generally recog- 

 nized, the feeling has l)een growng for some time 

 that it would be well for the Dominitm Depar' 

 ment of Agriculture to arrange for the holdiii 

 of another conference next year. Such a gathe- 

 ing would make it possible for the growers i 

 complete all business left over from the la 

 conference and to deal with the new question 

 that have arisen since. It is felt that the c<m; 

 fercnce is needed. 



ALL W.\NT ONE 



Leading fruit growers in all the provinc. 

 of Canada are anxious to have anotln 

 Dominion Conference held in 1908. I 

 spite of the way the work was rushi i. 

 through, the success and results of the confer- 

 ence held in March, 1906, have Ijeen so pro- 

 nounced it has led to the belief that they war- 

 rant the holding of similar gatherings at regular 

 intervals. The regular recurrence of these 

 conferences will make possible more rapid im- 

 provements in matters relating to the fruit 

 interests of the Dominion as a whole than has 

 been the case in the past. The fruit industry 

 is developing rapidly, and with its progress, 

 (|uestions of national importance require more 

 ])articular attention. The following letters 

 received from various fruit growers' associations 

 contain many valuable suggestions: 



BRITISH COLUMBIA 



"The British Columbia F'ruil Growers' Asso- 

 ciation is heartily in favor of a Dominion Con- 

 ference next winter," wrote Mr. W. J, Brand- 

 rith, the secretary, "There are several things 

 that should be set straight. The two principal 

 ones are: 1, Why was not the apple bo.x made 

 legal for home trade, as we expected it to be, 

 after the discussion at last conference? and 

 2. We are opposed to the Staple Commodities 

 .Act re Sinall Fruit Packages, ^^'e have been 



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