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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



Floral Edition. 



SMALL FRUIT PLANTS 



Gooseberries — Josselynl Josselynl Red Jacket, Downing, Pearl, 

 Houghton. Currants — Perfection! Perfection I Ruby, Cherry, White 

 Grape, Lee's Profile, Champion, Black Naples, Black Victoria, Boskoop 

 Giant. Raspberries — Herbert! Herbert!! Herbertlll Plum Farmer, 

 Cuthbert, Marlboro, Brinckle's Orange, Golden Queen, Strawberry- 

 Raspberry. Garden Roots, Strawberry Plants, Rhubarb. Write for 

 Catalogue. 



WM. FLEMING, Nurseryman. 496.4lh Avrnue W., OWEN SOUND. ONT. 



BRUCE'S FLOWERING BULBS 



For Winter Flowering in the House 

 and Spring Flowering in the Garden 



Exquisite colors and fragrance — EASII,Y GROWN— Must be planted this Fall. 



COLLECTIONS 



No. 1, indoors 25 bulbs, postpaid $0.70 No. 3. indoors 100 bulbs, postpaid $2.r)0 

 No. n' outdoors 23 " " -'0 No. 7. outdoors 100 " " 2.li0 



No 2 indoors SO ' " 1 30 No. 4, indoors 200 " " 5.00 



No. 6, outdoors 50 " " 1.30 No. 8, outdoors 200 " " 5.00 



Each of these collections contains HYACINTHS, TUI,IPS, CROCUS, LII,IES, 



NARCISSUS and other bulbs. 



|7R£E— Send for our 32 pnge illustrated catalogue of Bulbs, Plants, Seeds, and 



Poultry Supplies, etc. NOW READY. 



JOHN A. BRUCE & COMPANY, LIMITED 



HAMILTON - Established 1850 - ONTARIO 



He's Had Farm Experience 



On thousands of 

 farms, Big Ben has been 

 the clock of all work — 

 ringing up the people 

 who must get out early, 

 and telling the right 

 time of day to those who 

 stay 'round the house. 



Big Ben works 24 hours at 



a stretch — puts in overtime 

 without extra pay, and never 

 botches up a job. 



He's husky, deep - voiced 

 and strong. His call is clear — 

 his bold numerals show plain- 

 ly in the dim light. 



If your dealer hasn't him, a money 

 order addressed to his makers, West- 

 clox. La Salle, Illinois, will bring him 

 postpaid. $2.50 in the States — in 

 Canada, $3.00. 



Commission's Powers Limited 



G. E. Mcintosh, Forest, Ont., Traffic Expert for the 

 Ontario Fruit Growers' .\ssociatioD 



The Dominion Railway Commission is a 

 governmental agency of real authority, a 

 tribunal of far-reaching influence, and 

 "friend at court" of the public. They 

 provide a tribunal for the determination of 

 transportatioai questions without costs to 

 the appealing or defending parties, and 

 they give a fair deal so far as lies within 

 their power, but their jurisdiction is limit- 

 ed, when it comes down to a matter of 

 remedying many of the little details that 

 make fruit marketing a success, especially 

 for those producing a perishable com- 

 modity. 



They have no power to award damages 

 for delays in transit. 



They cannot issue an order in reference 

 to rough handling or pilfering. 



No jurisdiction over the settlement of 

 claims. 



Cannot issue an order in reference to- 

 delays, jolting, or rough coupling. 



They have no jurisdiction over navigation 

 companies, other than those controlled by 

 a railway company. 



Railway companies may grant special 

 privileges to certain shippers, and unless 

 unjust discrimination is proved, the Board 

 cannot order the extension of such privi- 

 lege to other shippers. 



Some of these matters must be dealt with 

 by the shipper or receiver under civil law 

 in an action for damages, while there is 

 no possible means of redress for others. 



This is the condition in respect to juris- 

 diction of our Railway Commission, and 

 there is urgent need of reasonable legisla- 

 tion that will extend the powers of the com- 

 mission and require good service. The 

 people want the railways to do well. They 

 are interested in them, but ihey are opposed 

 to those who monopolize the corporation, 

 absorb their earnings, increase the watered 

 stock, or otherwise burden them with a 

 debt which they try to pay for out of the 

 traffic furnished by the public, and leave 

 it io the power of these companies to fix 

 the rule of conduct. In other words, let 

 the law furnish the rule of conduct in sup- 

 plying equipment and transportation, and 

 let the railroad pay the penalty if it fails. 

 The purpose of such legislation, briefly 

 defined, would be as follows : 



To enable shippers to secure cars in 

 reasonable time. 



To enable farmers, stockmen, fruit grow- 

 ers to promptly market perishable freight. 



To empower the Commission, when neces- 

 sary, to provide minimum speed limit. 



To enable contracts to be made and car- 

 ried out on basis of reasonable service. 



To make railroads responsible for fail- 

 ure of such duties. 



To fix reasonable penalties to ensure rea- 

 sonable service. 



To assure proper handling of shipments. 



To enable the Railway Commission to 

 make rules and regulations with respect 

 thereto. 



To provide for establishing reasonable 

 reciprocal demurra.ife charges. 



To secure under proper rules the unload- 

 ing and release of cars by shippers. 



To exempt railways from penalties where 

 compliance with the law is prevented by 

 causes not reasonably anticipated or from 

 accident. 



A bill to regulate commerce, embodying 

 the above, was recently before the United 

 States Senate. Railroads which s^ive rea- 

 sonable service need not fear such a law. 

 tho.se which do not give such service should. 



