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"'Your committeo is assu $ red in Rams the successful solution of the otv]::f to recommend to the Government of seas marketing conditions of Cana-- the Province the advisability of dian apples will result in a great ex-- erecting pre--cooling or cold--storage o pansion of the profitable export of warehouses in different parts of the | othog' natural products of this Prov-- Province, in apple--growing 'centres | 'ince, including pears, plums, grapes, | Hesitation by the Government in 'cherries and tomatoes, all of which |launching such a large scheme of '.,,, capable of cultivation in pro-- 'Government cold--storage caused the 'tuflgfiain this lProvmco_ | :00?"}1"00 to approve the carrying t general result of out of an experiment that have been made fb;h;o!\?:? '::%'xi:f and fo this end th:logfif;g?ogngee' mittee leadse to the conviction that warehouse at Brighton was started the general success of the agricul and for the first six months of its tural life of this Province depends oT Prmmce it shqwed a ~surplus of ggggl the g;"dsfactory solution of the i4 | ems that are im | sented in this report, p:x:gct;lgatpre; Oullines Might Mothod. | «+' generous expenditure of public mon The report con :. "rg is amply justified in seeking oa:g what has been statedt,hi)tufssblainrtrg"é! working out the means whereby the the carefully picked fruit, under ";11 | |advantages suggested shall accrue proposed new conditions, should be to the agricultural life of the Prov-- / sent directly from the orchard irex ince. Your committee 'believes this| ; open holders, like tomato boxes | question transcends in importance | where the air can readily move many others which engross public among the apples, when placed in attention, and amply justifies favor-- the pre--cooling room. Spring wag-- 'able consideration on the part of the ons or motors, _ corefully . driven lGovernment and the members of the should be used, and hauling be done Legislative Assembly." with the same care as picking.| The report goes extensively into Arrived at the cold--storage, such the problem of packing and market-- boxes should be placed conveniently ing apples, and touches upon the for cooling in a pre--cooling room problem of marketing other natural large enough to hold the picking of products. _A table shows that the one day. The fruit brought in one export of apples to Great Britain day should be cooled during the from -- 1896 to 1921, inclusive next 24 hours, while that cooled | amounted to 30 million barrels valu: o fecsoviine room. whence 4t ue thel ed at a little over 86 millions of dol-- {)}r"e-coqling room, whence it goes to lare. The report proceeds: e adjoining storercom, and these * kept cool by sufficient cold piping Huge Loss Is Shown. "Having thus done all possible to | + "The value given in the table in-- j eonserve the _ erop harvested, the | cludes the cost f.0.b. Canadian ship-- iowuer. neenclated _ _ o Ansrativyely ping port, and, in some instances with olher irull growers in the same the cost of transportation overseas. |!oca1 cold--storage, and with ofhers | To arrive, therefore, at the amount | ;;n nefehuboring fruit cenires.. will he | '. (| received by the producers these sev--| 1t?\ a position to lake edvaniage of eral charges must be deducted. It is | To :1 o e o ena ns " shinoine . and probably a liberal allowance to say | s;"r);gn::s%ssia?;--a, shippine and that an average of $1.50 per barrel? "Such rga'?l % 1 represents the amount received dur--| starting'pomt Yévitv;ou d hbave its ing these years by the producers.| |\ chardist, who, if he ;he fetes im This would represent about 845,000,-[ | self with others whossohc:'xrtes h}i;m- IOOO received by Canadian apple| | representatives in the for:i L t or growers between 1896 and 1922 for other distant market, will Bgnindor Ithis product that found a market pendent of combinations in the »de- overseas. If this enormous quantity | | gree that the fruit arrives perf e; had arrived overseas in good condi--| and sound." peee tion the British consumers would1 The report goes on to say , that have paid, at the lowest possible cal--| there should be no difficulty i !culation. the enormous sum of! Canadian producers organizing tr(l) '$753,000,000 for these apples. This provide all the year round goods for calculation is made upon actuals profitable storage at Liverpool or prices that were paid for Canadian: Glasgow. Nothing is more certain apples overseas in several years dur--| the report asserts, than that all the ing this period." | |care of the orchardist in growing Regarding the depreciation in | etc., of his fruit will be practically quality of these apples the report lost if he is forced to sell his fruit says: at auction on arrival at Liverpool I s and Glasgow docks. In this connec-- | No Excuse for Loss. tion the report has some criticism of | _'"There is no reasonable excuse conditions at Liverpool, where i whatever why the contents of every apples are sold by auction in the P M* 3 Liverpool Apple Exchange | barrel should not have been in per-- nmmemmmegeiemmsiegnmacaueinctenmaasimmgemmsmens I }teot marketabla condition. _ That they were not so is due, beyond ques-- | tion, to the unpardonable neglect ':23 indifference of all who were in way connected wicg: -- Lx;tereste' Not a little .thatx'}claeo!tiptr;ig Hon' W. h' Raney PI'ODOSQS ame must be assumed b i -- I ir] ois Reovnoiet anl nea by the varl-- Allowance *for ffBeurmg o griculture. During all rIeve h these years highly paid officials %mve,' Sn' le\,dl'y 0 1CeF® :gggxnttlyé been occupled with the * [ * of Canadian peri = : H F N Pts) wol naAng pel tho lacl 2o. CLASHES WiTH DEWART (r:r::cn:mth:t gfl'lcialism has been un-- enc ue ed about this r » shar it H. H \tlon in regard to Ca::diig'x;s aiigjlzs After a spalp .cm.m AwitH H. H. | for fifty years, while other countries | Dewart, Southwest Toronto, and af-- with more perishable fruit, have | ter ths House had voted down Mr. taken practical and efficient steps to | bDewart's motion to report progreSss market their fruit with much more | ve th G 'al's bill ' success and profit to domestic pro-! and have the Attorney--General's Di ' ducers. . . _ . Your committee uniting the Sheriffs offices in To-- 7 ?:nnot avold expressing surprise ronto and York county held over. § | at, although three--quarters of a Hon. W. E. RKaney acceded to the century has elapsed since the ex-- | port of Canadian fruit became a sub-- request of the Liberal member, and | ject for public or legislative inquiry, the hill stood 'over and will be 1te-- | it has fallen to a committee of this printed. 'Assembly to assume the responsibil-- | ity of directing attention to the de-- Provide Retiring Aliowance. sirability of Government action, with Mr. Raney introduced an amend-- |teoiie nmahane merihioes "has i Aaf anoiphenn 5o on nditions a ag +/ & 4 ,' ie | have been allowed to exist for mu:h any hhenff._ PDeputy &Ahemff or oR too long a period." cial or empioyee is retired as the re-- Pre-- sult of the uniting: of these ofiices k In«:l:n' Fesential. . that he might be paid a retiring al-- ong introducti s pPSARETE + ing s imittes's re p'o r6 rerer !::ttgnmthe1 n::om- |uwu'mce not exceeding t'hree fifths ta & impor of his average annual net income for nce of proper packing of apples in and shows how necessary pre-COO]"; & fAve years preced}ng his retirement, is to bring about that desirable endg such moneys to be a charge on the For tha ' fees of the ofice. 'Fhere was also a t reason the committee at s c 5 one time, the report states, arrived clauss ' to the effect that these re-- | at the conclusion that it was its dut tiring allowances would be exempt Y . 'from taxation, the same as the© \ superannuation: funds pald to