August, 1913 



THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



209 



Daisy Apple 

 Press 



Used by all leading 

 apple packers in Can- 

 ada, United States and 

 England. 



Write for prices and 

 complete information 

 to- 



J.J.ROBLIN&SON 



Manufacturers 



BRIGHTON, ONT. 



Canada 



TRADE MARK ^^■■■^^^i^^^"^^" 



Wilkinson. PNEUMATIC. 



REGISTERED ENSILAGE 



^ and STRAW CUTTERS 



Our Climax "A" mounted is the only suc- 

 cessful combination machine of this capacity 

 on the marliet. It will cut and deliver green 

 corn into the highest silo, or dry straw or hay 

 into the mow. 13" mouth, rolls raiseSinches 

 and set close to knives, making solid compact 

 cuttingsurface. Requires less power than any 

 other of same capacity. No lost power. 

 Direct pneumatic delivery, no worm gears or 

 special blower attachment. Knife wheel also 

 carries the fans. No lodging on wheel arms, 

 everything cut, wheel always in balance. Steel 

 fan-case. Supplied with pipe enough to 

 reach any silo, also pipe rock, tools, etc. Ask 

 your dealer about them and write for catalog. 

 We also make a "B" machine unmounted. 



\THE BATEMAN-WILKINSON CO. 

 UMITED ^ 468c,mpb.Il 

 Avenue* 

 Toronto, 

 Oatario. 



* ^HIGH SPEED 

 ^CHAMPION 



Is In a class by Itself— the easiest 

 running, the most substantially built, 

 the most satisfactory washer, erer 

 Invented. 



Only washer worked with crank 

 handle at side as well as top lever— and 

 the only one wher* th« whole top 

 opens up. 



Ask your dealer to show yo« the 

 ''Champion" Washer. 



"Fsvorlto" Chum Is the world's 

 Obest chum. Write 

 nfor catalogue. 

 fuVIDMUWEllASOKS 



ST. UAXT'S, out. 



The Ruling on Express Rates 



III announcing- the rulinjf of the Board 

 of Railway Commissioners reducing- ex- 

 press charg:es in western Canada by 

 twenty per cent., the recently appointed 

 chairman of the Board, H. L. Drayton, 

 reported as follows : 



"In my view the express rates charg-ed 

 by the defendant companies in the prairie 

 provinces and in British Columbia are 

 unreasonable. Reductioins which have 

 been made, and they are many, as showm 

 by the companies' tariffs, are reductioins 

 which only little affect the man.ner in 

 which the bulk of the tariff is moving, or 

 are perhaps compensated by additioas 

 which have been made to the rates, pre- 

 sumably iin the levelling- process, in estab- 

 lishing- a mileag-e basis of standard rates, 

 as provided by the judgment. I am of the 

 opinion that an approximately average re- 

 ductioin of twenty pei cent, should be 

 made by the companies in the standard 

 maximum tariff for traffic classified as 

 merchandise to apply only to the prairie 

 provinces and to British Columbia." 



DIFFERENCE DEFINED 



After defining: the difference between 

 freig'ht ajnd express traffic the judgment 

 continues : 



"Both Mr. Hanna, of the Canadiani Nor- 

 thern, and Mr. Stout, of the Dominion 

 Express, urged very strongly that the iiro- 

 posal of a twenty per cent, decrease was 

 entirely too radical, not called for by the 

 conditions of business, and unduly op- 

 pressive. 



"In my view no smaller reduction should 

 be .considered. The express business is a 

 matter of railway operation in this coun- 

 try, and the capitalization and bonded inh 

 debtedness of the different Express com- 

 panies have been created under such cir- 

 cumstances as to require no consideration 

 in striking- a rate I can add nothing use- 

 ful to what the late chief commissioner 

 under this head said in his exhaustive 

 judgment. The test of the rate is largely 

 its reasonableness, in view of the service 

 supplied, and in directing the reduction 

 now made by this judgment, the board, 

 1 think, would be but adopting a rate 

 basis at the present time, and in the light 

 of the different aspects of revenue and 

 operation now presented certainly as rea- 

 sonable from the standixiint of the carrier 

 as from that of the shipper." 



Oppose Increase in Tariff 



Should the Dominion Government act 

 on the request of the British Columbia 

 Fruit Growers' Association; and move to 

 increase the duty om fruit imported from 

 the United States it is evident that the 

 proposal will be vigorously fought by the 

 people of the prairie provinces. This was 

 shown by the discussion which took place in 

 the House of Commons, when Hon. Martin 

 Burrell introduced his resolutioni to amend 

 the Inspection and Sales Act as it relates 

 to foreigin fruit, and desig-ned to compel 

 foreign growers competing in the Cana- 

 dian markets to conform with Canadian 

 regulations regarding the marking of 

 boxes, inspection, and similar points. 



Mr. Burrell said that the proposed 

 amendment had been prompted by repre- 

 sentatives from fruit growers "all over 

 Can/ada. and was desig^^ned to place Can- 

 adian fruit growers and United States 

 growers on an equal basis. 



Mr. Knowles of Moose Jaw saw in the 

 'proix>scd amendment an ijndierhand at- 

 tempt on the part of the government to 

 increase the protection of the British Col- 



PACKER'S "SAFETY" 



FRUIT WRAPPER 



PAPER I 



Recommended by Government Inspectors 

 Used with Perfect Resolts hj Largest Growers 



Take No Chances with 



Untried Papers 



Large stock, following sizes 

 always on hand: 



10x10 1 Oc. per ream (480 sheets) 

 20x30 55c. " " 

 30x40 100 '• " 



In addition to Fruit Wrapper 

 following supplies necessary to the 

 modern Fruit Export Business are 

 carried in stock at our Hamilton 

 warehouse. Prices supplied on 

 application. 



Wrapping Papers 



Twines 



Pulp Board Box Linings 



Corrugated Straw Boards 



Manilla Tissue 



Lace Papers 

 Lace Box Tops 



Buntin, Gillies & Co. 



LIMITED 



HAMILTON - - CANADA 



Mention TiiK Canadian Hokticaii.ti'hibt 



Imperial Bank 



1875 



E.t.bii.hed OF CANADA 



Capit.1 Paid-up. . $6,800,000.00 

 Reserve Fund . 7.000.000.00 



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Open a SAVINGS BANK 

 ACCOUNT. Deposits of 

 $1 .00 and upward received 



