Farmers Call For Organization To Boost Bargaining Power
A Vancouver Island style editorial argues that wage disputes and high living costs stem from capital and labor friction. It urges fruit growers to unite under associations like the Hatzie or Fraser Valley Growers, push for strict inspection and proper transportation, and press for better cash prices at shipping yards to counterbalance middlemen and rising costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Prairies
Wess
Province of
British Columbia
Lethe Growers
Hatzie Association
Fraser Valley
Food conservation urged after war shortages in Vancouver
Vancouver Sun reports that despite global food fears the coast may not face immediate scarcity. Officials warn famine could follow prolonged war and recovery would take years, urging Vancouver to curb waste and boost home gardens next year. Canada overall cited as managing well, but city levels fall short and must improve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peel
Vancourer
Boas
Pune
Lriugh
Columbia
Germany
Belgium
Canada
Food Board
Vancouver
Vancouver Sun
Heytiar Denkarda
Jleytimer
Grower advised to shift berries for prairie market and canneries
The provincial markets report urges fruit growers to diversify into berries suited for prairie shipping and local canneries. It notes Marshalls deter shipping and jam factories favor Marshall berries, while acreage in the district has risen to about 14% in late weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beech
King-Beach Manufacturing Co
Marshalls
Berry industry and jam market prospects in 1916
The article analyzes berry production in 1916 62 with estimates of up to 1000 acres and rising grows for jam factories. It notes 80 percent of province strawberries reach jam plants and highlights King Beach Manufacturing and Empress as major buyers in Vancouver and local district shippers to prairie markets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
King Beach Manufacturing
Empress
Vancouver
Prairie
Hood River
German boys literature and fair play questioned
The piece criticizes German youth literature for lacking fair play values and decency in competition. William J. Heyliger of Ridgefield Park New Jersey, a writer for boys, is highlighted for introducing a new imaginative realm beyond traditional adventure tales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
William J. Heyliger
Agaoefation Or
Meylicor
Ridgefeld Park
N.J
Hanks
Lemon Juice Skin Whitener Adopted By Women
A vintage ad touts lemon juice as a skin whitener and softener. It describes mixing juice from two lemons with Orchard White to make a quarter pint solution, kept in a bottle and strained through cloth, claimed to whiten and reduce freckles and tan when massaged daily into face and neck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oman
Idwil
Cascarets Work While You Sleep for Relief
An old advertisement touts Cascarets as a night remedy for sick headache sour stomach sluggish liver and bowels. It claims a torpid liver and clogged bowels cause indigestion foul breath and yellow skin and promises cleansing overnight with a 10 cent box sold by druggists.
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Abbotsford
J. A. Bates
Watler and Proprietor
Vinappulated
Santaago Bay
A. Th. Mitchell
Peeshiyter
Chyre Vancouver
Gomamany
British Columbia Telephone Co. Limited
J. H. Jones
Ageny Low Madstones
Mission City
Cascarets
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