The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-09

| lnter1ered With In a manner that IS equal | ly unsatisfactory for the government and
 railroads. In my judgment the govern
 ment will own the railroads In very few years or they will be operated along the lines I have suggested. When that Is done the railroad question will be elimi- mated, and only then the country will nave such peace as 1t has not en-
 joyed since the bloody shirt was elim-
 mated from politics.
 Official details of thu Canadian coup by
 which New York's supremacy in transat-
 lantic shipping again was eurtailed, the Canadian Northern railways new Royal line of steamships having captured the Great Western railways great organza-
 tion of agents throughout England, indi-
 cates that the maritime importance of the St. Lawrence river has taken a great leap forward. That river and the great lakes will soon be portion of a through route from London to Vancouver by the Canad-
 ian Northern railways new ocean line, its control of lake navigation company and it's railroad line west from Port Ar thur at the head of Lake Superior. The ocean greyhounds, Royal Edward and Royal George, of the Royal line. will be the fastest plying between Great Britain and Canada, with speed of 2l knots an
 -four and time of four days from land to
 
 Glasgow to surpass any liners in the Att | lantic service. There is a worldwide in- | terest in the immediate use by the Royal line of the new municipal docks at Bristol, | costing $15,000000, which again will restore | Bristol to the rank of the great ports | of the world For centuries the shipping | of the world lay In Bristol harbor; it was | second only to London among the ports of | England The completion of the deal for | the Canadian Northern by Vice President | D. B. Hanna and Land Commissioner A. | D. Davidson now in England, has been hailed with delight because of the new ad- | vantage secured in the race with settlers | from the United States for the lands in | the fertile provinces of Alberta and Sas- | katchewan opened by Mackenzie and Mann in their Arailroad building. The Royal line will be an active competitor with New York lines. not only for pas senger business originating on the Great | Western railway in England but also for business from the middle west to Europe Passengers will reach London two bours after landing in Bristol. The department of agriculture has found
 another reason for the increased cost of living in the annual loss of at least S5,-
 006 on the peach crop of the country
 by brown rot" and S1,000.000 for peach
 scab or "black spot" which can be pre-
 vented with a little care. Six millions taken out of the peach profits must be
 added to his other fruits by the farmer, or to his vegetables to his sheep, rogs or
 cattle. The subject of higher prices con tinues to occupy the attention of the de-
 partment, the issuance of it's book on ''The
 Economic Use of Meats in the Homev
 having stimulated the discussion. A letter
 has been received in Washington from
 A. NJ. Wright, president of the Advance
 Thresher company of Battle Creek, wLo
 has varied interests in the west and Is
 in sympathy with anything aiding the
 farmer, in which he protests against the
 criticisms directed against the cold stor- age of meats, fruits and vegetables and
 produce. Gold storage he writes, Ifs
 not different in principle from the prac-
 tice of the farmer who erects his corn
 cribs and bins in which he stores his sur plus crops to be carried into the season.
 when needed.
 In these days of agitation against high prices of food products the cold storage warehouses are often blamed for exist | ing conditions. Indeed, the benefits to the producer and consumer are many and far-reaching. Before cold storage fa- cilities were available production was dis couraged because the farmer could find a ready market only for a small proportion | of his product and at low prices While the consumer was able to buy his imme-
 diate requirements at moderate price in these seasons of heavy production he was compelled either to pay extreme prices or do without in the season of l scarcity Cold storage has acted as an
 evener of prices, reducing materially the difference between the maximum and the
 minimum selling prices throughout the year. Discouraging cold storage strikes