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The president M1‘. ‘Jul. 1T3“- the work during the mentioninfl m’ “tummy o,

i s ti“ ‘W?’ o1 potatoes PM"! i" m"

e ciao referNd W m‘ ma" we’ fellow d1Y°°E°EE u’ u‘ m u” w", senator u. Rushes W":

“m, difficulties which had

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ent. "flail. Hum, replied that he sea “x10” w mrprove the A8000!- gfm mat he believed the manlfl‘

w,“ ,,, fault, that the secret-

Inclal statement in u mud‘ l“ M bad stated the operating ca

were less than 1 pc. whereas in ‘he gpt-IBKCFS 091/1110" m” WE"

ngiderably more; l!" m“ ‘M m a ement was not following out “mbgyusws of tbs Association be- me e they had not held in 1189f" ltallfmembershiii R"- smmm Huh‘ g .150 criticised severely the meth-

oy one dealer. Mr. Dllfll n" Wei Produce Corporation, and rc- ‘ated at some 1881831 5 W"°nfl ‘x’ ,,,,,,,cs "which he had had With “£93.31 s, few years ago.

The secretary. M!" J- w- mm“? u» denied the trill-h °1 m9 mwmmts we senator _ had made regarding Mr. D981. Oafllend‘ w; that the Senator had joined the Association only a. few months of"! ,0 m, being eiected a director. t-hlt he knew nothing about the man- ‘geinelll’. or the operation of the AB- sociatiori, and that his opposition eves caused by a personal antagon- ism against their manager . Mk. Boulter further stated that the As- sociation could 0110056 between him‘ self and Senator Hughes, as neith- u- he nor the other directors Wfllllfi continue on the management if the Senator were retained in his P0- sltion. ,

A lengthy discussion ensued. dur- jng which it was difficult for the chairman to keep the meetinfl "n- der control. The chairman next ‘look up the regular business of m! nesting. The secretary gave his re- port and the financial ‘ teincnt. The auditors report was also til-lien at this time and on motion of Ml‘- Gordon McMillan, seconded by sev- eral members , the reports were n-iopted. The question of amendment if the Act of lncoroporatlon W88 then taken up. A letter had D66" previously sent to every member 0X-

splaining clearly. why tho ainend- nent was necessary and what it contained. The secretary explained ui considerable detail the nature of ihe amendment, answering several questions asked by various members.

A motion endorsing thfaknend- merit to the. act passed almost un— gnimously at least 9) pc. voting 1n the affirmative.

TERMS 0F AMENDMENT

The statute to amend the Act of Incorporation provides further pow- rrs of the Association namely: “to hypcthecate, mortgagy or pledge the real or personal property of the Association, or both, to secure any honey borrowed for the purpose of the Association." _

Section 10 of the said Act id

ilso amended by inserting It the cement of the sect- bn, the following provision:

‘Every member of the Associ- ation shall be jointly and severally liable for all the debts, liabilities and obligations incurred or con- tracted by the Association; provid- td that."

it is provided that “the amend- vls Act shall come into force on ind after, but not before, an Order if the Lieutenant Governor in liouncil, made for the purpose, such order to be made only after the Lieutenant Governor in Council Ihall receive a. written Resolution u the Association approving the ierrhe 0f this Act, and passed at lhe next Annual Meeting of the Al- Iociation."

The retiring directors were: John Weaver. for Prince "ca, A. rt Dewar for Queens and n. B. wc- Laren for Kings. 0n motion or J. R- Munn seconded by W. H. Mc- Gfitor the three retiring directors were re-elected en Bloc.

NIW BYLAWS

The following bylaws were adopt-- i? by the meeting without discuss-

n:_.

It wu moved by Ii. B. MacLarcu. seconded by John Ildacradym, that "is 101M111: by-lawl be aimed w:

<1’! Be it enacted as a by-lcw, that in the agreement altered into by the Potato Grower-r Association llid the members of, laid Associa- "Wl. that the words "Irish Cobbler and Green Mountain variation," be "MM from thccontract wherever they occur.

The following by-isw, moved by "I! Macbdyqa, seconded by Bar- "v Wrlsht. was also sued to:

(ll That wblnm grower ships Witch bearing ccrtifigd‘ use tip °° "l! Alleviation. llid mo potat- °Il afterwards, rejected. and ""1 moved by the em na- lcrvice .-'. any

is

the Senator and i110 _

thlt $110 Auocia‘ '

inthe beat intereatcofthblfflu- -‘

by John uaendyen:

119F505 milled l8 a dealer in the handling of pbtatces.

It w" mcvcdby A. I. DWI-r, seconded by John lhclhdyen, that the following by-law be timed to: (30) That/the Directors may eat- erclse the right to refuse member- ship in the routes omen: As- sociation. '

CONFIDENCE EXPRESSED

By-law No. 10 was accepted as disposing of the controversy ralflrd- ing Senator Hughes having a. place on the Board of Directors. The members from Kings County then elected Mr. Thomas Kickham souris to the Board. The very enthusi- astic support given by the meetinl to every measure 10000994 by t!" management was a very high tri- bute of confidence which the mem- bers hold, and enabled the Board to continue its work with the feeling that their» efforts would be rewarded. -

Secretary's Report The following report of the work of the Association for the year was presented by the secretary, Mr. J. W. Boulter: , '

We have met again at our Elev- enth annual busineas meeting. The past year has in many cases been one of the most trying since the Association began its work. Faced in the fall with a light demand for seed, a. largeyield of potatoes, an increased membership of growers, it required the most careful con- sideration on the part of your management to handle the situ- ation, to avoid loss to our mem- bers, some having in out-buildings potatoes which would be frozen or chilled i: left late in the season.

Your management, knowing there was a tendency on the part of pur- chasers in the south to delay buy- ing until spring, found it neces- sary to. arrange for storage, which would take care of the surplus seed, ¥d yet not apparently glut

seed.

last. fall:

bushel. bushel. bushel.

bushel.

the in ket at the port where seed was dis ributed, or cause‘ too heavy a charge for storage. To this end they were fortunate in securind space with the Halifax Harbor Commissioners, where they could store their seed potatoes at a flat rate—that is, if they found it nec- essary to begin storm! in N0?- ember, and these potatoes remain- ed until March, the rate would be the same as if stored for a month only. This suited our circumstanc- es, and by early December over three hundred care had been taken from the growers and plaped in Halifax. This was in addition to the large volume which were shipped direct to Port Newark in steamers, and stored for delivery in small or large quantities, as occasion might require, during the late nil and early winter.

Markets Unsatisfactory

‘This part of the story is easily told, and does not appear to in- volvc any difficulty. Beyond this point, the business caused great concern, due in a large extent to unsatisfactory markets, which from early spring continued to get worse, until by the first of May there was a complete‘ collapse to the potato market, and your Association was. with every other potato dealer, ob- liged to suffer, because of stock which was on hand to load, or at de-tlnatlon.

to

Due to Ferry life-up

Never before were we in such all unfortunate position, to meet a failing market. This was due en- tirely to the tic-up of the Car Rrry during March 1nd April. The middle of March found uh with a lgrge number of can loaded, both of seed and tabieetock. Then there was the impossibility to Act cars; an embargo was placed on the cars. Following this, we began loading for alfpment by steamers, and by the first of May, a tremendous quantity pad been chipped from Georgetown, or were assembled ready for shipment. . To give you some flee of why itwusodiffieuittodlllidloofbil‘ tatcel thus assembled. let me tell yeuuut the Railwly advise dur- ing the month or April. they fer-

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we an glad that our members large have nctbeeaobiigcd to suffer be- tliat of others. and la fact. we believe tint ia_a1moat every cine they have been fortunate in llavlngtblir dealing: through the crlanimticn, rather than attempt- ing to phce their own potatoes on the market.

be-

Increaled Handling:

. Turning to our fiinancial state- ment, howevcr, we would like to draw your attention to the sum- mary of work carried on during the past. year. You will note on the last page of your statement, the association handled a total of 2,240,500 bushels of potatoes turnips-or an increase of thirty percent over the volume handled the previous year. We considered at our last annual meeting we done a very large business, and yet you will note we were able to in- crease that business during past year by almost one-third. or this quantity we are pleased to in- dicata that 1,208,000 bushels were certified seed; and had transport- ation been available during March and April, it would have possible for us to have placed a still larger quantity of certified

and

had

the

been

Your financial statement carries the following information, gards prices at which the first half million bushels of seed were sold

I5 TC-

6,062 bushels at $1.28 per bushel. 87,783 bushels at 88 cents per

232,213 bushels at 67 cents per 7,173 bushels at 51 cents -per 196,830 bushels at 48 cents per

This is the net price, after de- ducting the cost oi the sacks, and the assembling charges. This av- erages ~64 cents per bushel. Addit- ional sales were made at prices. The large quantity placed in storage were also sold on the lower markets. The management ‘is strong ly convinced that it was in the in- terests of our members to handle the potatoes offering last fall, as we! did, thus having them where they were available for the mar- kets when required.

In addition to this. more than 200,000 bushels were handled during the year as table stock, making the total of potatoes of this grade handled by your Association, most one and a half million bush- els. Due to the lateness at which our potatoes arrived at destination, we were obliged to refuse thous- ands of sacks, and even some of the orders confirmed, were so late in arriving that the parties refused acceptance.

lower

al-

Stressed Quality

During the year we endeavored

stress the importance of qual- ity. We were not always success- ful in securing the quality the mar- ket. demanded. Quite often potat- oes were shipped which were infer- ior in quality, and yet they met the requirements of Number One regulations, that is, the size of the small was within the limit of the regulations. We wish every member could . that he is not working in his own ' interests, nor in the interests of the industry, when he attempts to market an inierior article. It would seem to me that it would be well worth while for the Association to initiate its own grading on tabiestock.

the Canada

realize

regulations for

Perfect Seed Grade

As for the seed, the requirements are for a larger sized potato, with the very large ones eliminated, thus making a perfect grade, so far as size is concerned; and we are pleased to tell you the reports re- ceived thia year have been the best W‘ he hill’- we have ever received. This, in _view of the increased quantity sold, is a comforting feature

of the year's

arethcss wordl:

CARDIN OI‘ ‘IRE GULF DIED »I POPULAR. IN PINOI- EDWARD ISLAND

IIOTION.

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THE ciiaaiiimizirciwu GUARDIAN

clred brand under which all cur

in the South. This same paper carries this large advertisement. which is a. half page, setting forth the good qualities of Garden of the Gulf brand certified seed po- tatoes, Irish Cobblers, Bpauldini

Rose and Green mountains. Must ‘Use Ana's: Sacks

Right here we would like to im- press on our members this fact. that in the coming year we shall insist that you either use the seed sacks bearing our brand, for ship- ments to the Association, or return them to your man in charge. Also that we will not take seed put up in sacks bearing the brand and trade mark of any other dealer. In fact, we feel that we should not handle even tablestock which docs not carry our own mark. We could, however, accept tablestock in sacks which are merely stamped Prince Edward Island, without the trade mark and mme of any private deal- er. Our Directors are becoming more and more determined to pro- tect our own brand, and to do so we shall insist on the complete control of all potatoes put up in our own sacks.

Threat of Duties

We feel there is a big future for our seed. We have been threaten- er with disaster because of-dutiea. The nght which was put up two or three years ago by your Assoc- iation, through the-united organ- izatoins in the South, who purchase our seed, has already been told. While we were successful in having the increase in duty from _benlg ap- plied for an extra year, we were c.1- so successful in having only fifty percent of the increaseasked for by the American growers put into operation during the past year. which meant a twenty five cents a hundred pounds ~more duty than we formerly paid. You will re- member that they asked for an in- crease of fifty cents. This assist- ance given us by the growers 0f the South, merits our appreciat- ion, and we must guard jealously any attempts which might antag-

We have been faced during the past month or two vzith the insist- ent demand of growers in parts of Quebec, Ontario and British Col- umbia, for a seasonal duty, which would mean an embargo against the few care of new potatoes which are shipped at this time of the year, and during the last month, into Canada. Our contention is, that such a seasonal duty would benefit but a very few, and. they in sections of country which have many advantages over the Mari- times. Any benefit they might re- ceive would be but temporally, while such an action would mean the permanent disaster to our seed trade, and would give a black eye to the growers in the South, who stood so valiantly behind us when their own country was revising its tariffs. I may tell you, that your Association has been keenly active, in watching this situation, and may assure you that it has had the whole-hearted support of our Fed- eral member at Ottawa.

Fertilizer Duties

You will recall that at our Jan- uary meeting. a resolution was passed, protesting against a duty on fertilizers. ‘This resolution was forwarded to the proper authorities and was taken under consideration. While a. duty was not imposed on chemicals, it. was imposed on Mix- ed Fertilizers, and so far as we can learn, up to the end of May over 104,000 tons were imported in- to Canada, on which a duty of over $144,000 has been paid. We have always felt that the raw p-Qyst used by the farmer "in the man- ufacturing of the product which he must look to for his livelihood, should not be subject to a tax or duty of ahy kind.

It is very evident that the far- mer has suffered more than any- one else during the past year. It is true, he makes less fuse over it than anyone else. He simply takes on his loss and plcds away, determined that he will not quit, and will car- ry on with his reduced revenue as

As an evidence of this, turn a- gain to our financial statement. We have already stated, our large in- crease in volume of business dur-

Just at this time, let me call your 1H8 the but yrlr. Look at the turn riod a thousand and eight can of attention to a copy of a Iiewspgp- over in dollars, and cents, and make potatoes. This was in addition to er, thcPalaika Daily News, publish all the steamers which hm been ed in Ilorida, giving a Who's who lh nits of the nest increue ‘in loaded by your Association, as well ‘in the Hastings potato belt. Let me as by independent dealers. HOIIVG!‘ show cu, right. moss the ffcnt u;

your comparison. You will find that

number- of bushels, we received Phcticbll! one million dollars l!!!‘ money than we did in 1080. This decrease in revenue, distributed a- flwnl the P601110 from whom we purchased these pctatoel. would show a very different balance in their Sear‘! cperaticna: t!

Ilttlafllprclalcn Here

n" “um” h." u" Pmflnu- b! m! 1°55" m“ hi" 096m“! den of the Gulf bland the regist- ‘lot about depression. Apparently is empower“ during the past tiu-ce months. Your ' lo “IP06! 0f Bold P095908 m _l Secretary realizes from experience ssh-s are made ls maintaining, its minim‘ WW1" 1n m!!!‘ ll-lfllfllant is what it means to the farmer who gig, yepugmom mg w", 59mm. 11101191‘. 811d 00ml! 0h eer- ing more popular with the growers (19) Th! WWW“! 5Y4!" 3W" tain returns from his product, to the mew"! "1"" ed h! W- I-l- M10910!“- "Wmifll afterwards and that there is noth- ing forthcoming. 1n this he fully Th“ ‘m lumlwn "m" w understands how to sympathize disposal °1 '1" 1"" he" on i" W“ °f mmwfl- "i? with you. On the other hand, you are not in a. position to know how such conditions effect one who is trying to manage such s. large or- ganization without any reserve or financial capital back of it. While I do not ask for sympathy, I would ask for a little considerat‘ , fore you express too critically any diflerencc in opinion you may have. Personally, I may tell you, I have never gone through such a gruel- ling experience as that of April, May and June of our past year.

we -know nothing about it in Prince Edward Island, and I think the reason has already been giv- en-that is, we are an agricultural bountry, our people are all farm- ers, and as has been said, they take their loss and suffer in silence. The management of your Association is ever on the alert to keep in line with anticipated changes which may effect our industry. We are non political, therefore, we are fearless in our attacks on an! movement which threatens our safety. This policy we have always followed, and in years past, as well as at the present time, we

tention oi’ the higher authorities, a true picture, setting forth the real needs of one of the greatest industries in our province.

The outlook at present may not be very bright, and yet no one can forsee what may happen be- fore the fall shipment begins. We realize that money is scarce. Times are hard. ‘In making a. true state- ment of these conditions, is not be- ing pessimistlc, but simply helps us to arm ourselves, so that we may the better hasten an improve- ment-

Should Protect Crop

Growers may find it difficult to secure sufficient material for spraying, but we would insist that since you have expended your mon- ey, cultivated your land, and plant ed your potatoes, that you continue applying the'best methods there are of protecting your crop. There has always been a market at some price, and if there is a. market a- vailable anywhere, your Associat- ion will find it; and if you approve of the way we protected your crop last year, and saved the disaster of having upwards of half a million bushels of seed left in the prov.- ince, then we shall again under- take, with greater enthusissm than ever before, to protect the present crop, when the time comes fo marketing it. -

Now, gentlemen, I wish to thank you for the co-operation you have given us during the past year, your COmmCffi-uiiuu have been apprec- lated, and quite generous. Your criticisms for the most part have not been unkind, and We are pleas- ed to say were few in number. Al- so, that in most cases, they were withdrawn after an explanation had been made.

With your loyal assistance and faithfulness to ‘the Association, it will become a still greater factor in the agricultural life of this pro- vince.

NEW‘ CHURCH

Continued from page 1 Rev. Father McGreel, C. SS. R... High Priest; Rev. Fathers Poirler, andyU. Gillls, Deacons of the Mass; Rev. Alfonse Arsenault and Rev- Petcr Gallant. Deacons of Honor; Rev. Patrick McMahon, Master of Ceremonies. An inspiring sermon appropriate for the occasion was preached by Rev. Andre Arsenault.

An excellent choir under thedi- rection of the Pastor, with Rev. Theodore Gallant of Mont Carmel, presiding at the organ, beautifully rendered the responses to the Mass. Thevisiting clergy were: Rev. John A. McDonald, Rev. Dr. Monaghan, Rev. Joseph Gallant, Rev. J. Blac- quiere, Rev. M. J. Smith, Rev. Wil- liam Monaghan and Rev. Bennett McDonald. '