487. And the only complaint you have against Mr. Tulloch is, that
you don't get settled until when?-We get settled generally at
settlement time but we don't know our price until we come to
settle.
488. When is the settlement made?-We are not quite settled yet
for last year; but when we are called on by our landlord to pay our
rent, Mr. Tulloch has no objection to give us money for that.
489. Who do you pay your rent to?-To Mr. Bruce; he is the
proprietor.
490. Then your complaint is, that you don't know the price of your
fish until January?-Yes.
491. Would you rather contract with Mr. Tulloch to supply all your
fish at so much per cwt.?-Yes.
492. But you cannot get that bargain made?-Some of the men
seem very reluctant to agree to it. A few of them have said that
they would leave and go to another merchant before they would
have that.
493. Does Mr. Tulloch keep a store?-Yes; he has a store, and he
supplies all the fishermen.
494. What does he supply them with?-Just with material. He
also keeps meal; and they take it from him, more or less, as their
families require it. He keeps other things besides, such as lines,
hooks, and tar for the boats.
495. Are these things which you get from the store marked down
in pass-books of your own, or in the books of the store?-We can
have a book for ourselves if we like. I did not bring mine with me.
496. Does the storekeeper mark the things in your pass-book as
you get them?-Yes.
497. Are the quantities of fish also marked into that pass-book as
they are delivered?-No; they are entered into another book which
the factor keeps, and we keep the accounts in a book for ourselves.