2 74 The Canadian Horticulturist. 



can be sent here by the car-load in February, March and April, and sold at good 

 prices. There are far less difficulties to overcome in opening and retaining a 

 market here for 10,000,000 barrels of prime Canadian apples, at remunerative 

 prices, than in making and retaining a market in Great Britain for 155,000,000 

 pounds of prime cheese or 100,000 head of prime stall fed cattle. The cheese 

 and cattle nets the producers not more than $15,000,000, while the apples will 

 net not less than $20,000,000, and cost less labor, and represent the product of 

 less land. 



I am sure my friend, the Honorable John Drydeo, Minister of Agriculture, 

 who still represents dear old South Ontario in the Commons of the Province, 

 will assist in all legitimate ways to advance the fruit industry of Ontario as he 

 has that of the dairy. Nature has done far more for Ontario as a successful 

 apple producing country, than it has as a cheese or fat cattle producer. Farmers 

 have learned that they cannot cheat a cow or stalled ox of their food or good 

 care with impunity. Neither can they their apple orchards. Our Canadian 

 cousins need not have any anxiety as to the outcome of our Presidential elec- 

 tion. We shall route the crazy conglomerates who met, formulated and pub- 

 lished a platform of principles at Chicago early this month, horse, foot and 

 artillery, and bury them in the grave with the destructive policy of revenue 

 reform, rag money, free silver, bimetallism, communism, anarchy, Clevelandism, 

 and repudiation, and restore the constructive policy of protection to American 

 interests of every kind, name and nature, and thus enter upon a long period of 

 prosperity with a very largely increased power of consumption under the admin- 

 istration of the incarnation of prosperity and financial integrity — President 

 William McKinley. 



We shall not commit financial, commercial, and industrial suicide on the 

 invitation of revenue reformers again so long as the enforced idleness, self- 

 denial, severe and painful economy, and humiliation of the past three years is 

 remembered, and, therefore, Ontario's fruit growers may confidently look forward 

 to a marked increase in the demand for prime apples such as they alone can 

 supply. 



Cleveland rev enue reform, Uke the small pox, once in a generation is quite 

 enough for the electorate of this Republic. 



I may add that it will give me very great pleasure to assist in every legiti 

 mate and possible way to successfully introduce Canadian fruit in Greater New 

 York and vicinity. 



With best wishes, I am, my dear Mr. Secretary, 



Yours faithfully. 



S43 Madison St, Brooklyn. Francis Wayland Glen. 



