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independence, he is attempting to alter the economic con- 

 ditions of the coast. For this purpose he establishes co- 

 operative stores with reasonable prices to compete with the 

 extortions of the traders. With flour at $12 a barrel, pork 

 at $40, brown sugar at 20 cents a pound, and other things in 

 proportion, and with low returns for his own produce, the 

 settler cannot be independent. The new stores are cutting 

 these prices to a more reasonable level, and at the same time 

 affording better facilities for disposing of the fish and se- 

 curing better prices for them. A new industry made possi- 

 ble b}^ the mission is contributing to improvement in the 

 same line. The mission steamer and the hospitals consume 

 much wood as fuel, and wood is needed for buildings and 

 other purposes. This can be prepared to a large extent 

 during the dull season of the fisheries, and thus the industry 

 of the people is fostered and their incomes increased. The 

 mission is now trying at a considerable cost to establish a 

 saw mill, and also to extend the number and success of the 

 stores and provide them with ships of their own for carrying 

 supplies and for transporting fish to the markets. 



Besides these good works, Dr. Grenfell is a father to all 

 the orphans of the coast, and relieves all possible cases of 

 need. He distributes books and teaches the people active 

 games. His influence over them is enormous, as a result of 

 his great helpfulness and interest in them. In all these 

 various ways he is improving their social and moral, at the 

 same time with their material, conditions. 



To the members of the Brown-Harvard expedition to 

 Labrador last summer, this mission was a revelation as to 

 the possibilities of a wisely-conducted, practical philanthropy. 

 It is undoubtedly the most important and promising feature 



