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Striking testimong to the value of such advice is furnished by some reports of fruit sales just received by the Fruit Division from London. The conclusion to be drawn from Mr. Powell’s remarks is that what. ever transient advantages may be obtained by the grower from the proâ€" duction of inferior Varieties. it is to his permanent advantage, and it, is his only wise policy to produce the highest quality in each sort of fruit. which he places on the market. England. On Oct. 7th, there were sold a. large number of half-cases of Calime and other American . 7 ' ’G'HRMBERWN M BIRM The Champion grape received a. similar castigntion. Its only virtue in its earliness, and this Mr. Powell thinks has made it one of the worst enemies of the grape grower, inas- mm‘h as the price of the Champion at first very high, drops almost to nothing. The last price of the Champion, or what the public are willing to pay after they have be- come acquainted with its wretched quality, fires the price for all other grape which follow, though they are infinitely At the Meeting of the American I’omological Society, Held at Boston. In an address at the recent annual meeting of the American Pomologiâ€" cal Society, held at Boston, Mr. G. Harold Powell gave some excellent advice in regard to growing fruit of first-Class quality. Many of the points which he brought out were otc-d with approval by Mr. W. A. acKinnon, Chief of the Dominion Fruit Division, and are given here for the benefit of Canadian Fruit growers. Mr. Powell recommended as summer apples for the United States, Red Astrachan, Sweet Bough and Williams; for autumn apples, Gravenstein and Alexander; for winâ€" ter, the Greening, the Newton Pip- pin, which he stated had sometimes sold as high as $20.00 a barrel, the King, the Spitzenborg, Baldwin, Spy and Macintosh Red. He recommend- ed top graiting the King on two year old Spies, stating that in this 'way a. vigorous tree bearing good crops would be obtained. Regarding the Ben Davis, Mr. Powell made a. very cutting criti- cism, declaring it had only one qual- ity to recommend it, namely, its color: and stating that no fruit Would take a prominent place in our markets or would continue to be a. profitable one for grocers, which de- pends upon a single virtue for its halo. Before Mr. Chamberlain arrived the vast audience kept shouting to Mrs. Chamberlain, "Where's Joe?" Tho speech was marked throughout by tumultuous enthusiasm, especial- ly at the end, when with true dra- matic instinct he drew from a. piece of brown paper two enormous, equalâ€" aizod loaves of bread, representing the taxed and untaxed loaf. and holding them at arm's length, luughingly asked. "Which is which?" LITTLE ENGLANDERS. After dealing with conditions dur- ing the past fifty years under free trade, and quoting figures to sustain his ar ument, Mr. Chamberlain quoted Lohden as saying that the United States would eventually abandon manufacturing, and that "their workmen Would go back to the land and dig and delve for us.” Americans, however, said Mr. Cham- berlain, had not so conceived their national destiny. Behind the tariff Wall they had built up their indus- tries, until they had reached a. stage Where, unsatisfied with the extent 01' their own markets, they were invad- ing those of the United Kingdom. Revertlng to the question of a proâ€" ferontlal tariff for the colonies, Mr. Chamberlain charged those opposed to his plans with being "Little Englanders," lacking in the desire to bring the colonies closer to the Mother Country, and preferring to do more for strangers than for their owrx flesh and blood. ‘ Mr. Chamberlain spoke for nearly two hours, in the main repeating his A London dcspatch says: Joseph Chamberlain made a speech on Wedâ€" nesday evening to a gathering of 9,- 000 of his fellowâ€"townsmcn at Bing- ley Hall, Birmingham. It Was by far the largest audience the former Colonlnl Secretary had faced during the fiscal campaign, and the enthusi- asm naturally exceeded the remark- able scenes witnessed in the others, and was emphasized by the Chamâ€" berlalnito victory at the previous municipal election in Birmingham. FRUIT OF 600]] QUALITY Appeals to Patriotism and 53”: Interest for Support. EXCELLENT ADVICE BY 1HAROLD POWELL. former arguments, and appealing to the patriotism and self-interest of the People of the United Kingdom to sustain his fiscal project. The gist of the speech was an ap- peal to the English people to 1050 no time in binding closer the units of the Empire. If Britain were out of sympathy with the colonies and refused their offers, if she could not coâ€"operato in sustaining the Empire, she would lose her opportunity, and it might never recur. Then there should never be the bond of commer- cial union which at one time was the ideal of Lord Rosebcry, and with no commercial bond they could nev- or secure that Imperial federation for which Lord Rosebery declared he was willing to die. A large party in the country regarded the colonies as a costly encumberance. He was not quite sure whether the modern leaders of free trade shared those antiquated views, but at any rate, instead of appreciating the import- ance of Imperial unity, all they thought of was the unity of the Radical party. Continuing, Mr. Chamberlain said: “We reverenced and gloried in those family ties with the colonies, and no politician should induce us to do anything which would cause us to sacrifice them. I am not presumptious enough to preâ€" dict beforehand exactly what all these great States will do in return. I have full confidence, however, that they will do right. In the mean- while some facts are public proper- ty. We know that a, preferential system has been asked for by all the colonies on three separate occasions. and asked for at two conferences “When I remember how all the col- onies responded to their allegiance and sent men by thousands, and paid out money during the recent War, I feel confident that those men negotiate without any fear of the re- sult, and that they will show great generosity and patriotism." over which I presided in London TIES WITH COLONIES Baggage to be Examined Before Reaching Border. A Montreal despatch says :â€"The railways have made arrangements with the Customs Department tn have baggage coming into Canada. from the United States examined b9- fore reaching the border in order to prevent delgy. The late custom has been to stop the trains for inspec- tionl A London despatch says: Lavinia Pugh was playing on Dundas Street on Saturday morning, and just as a. companion gave chase to her she started across the street unconscious of the approach of a. trolley car, travelling at a rapid rate. The car fender caught her up very neatly, preventing her from going under the Wheels. Motormun Pugh saw the girl rush in front of his car, and, to his horror, saw also that the girl was his own daughter. He struggled desperately to apply the brakes, but they refused to act promptly, and the car traveled nearly a block beâ€" fore it could be stopped. The girl was unconscious and bleeding, and the stricken father believed that, she had been killed, and was completely overcome. Happily, however, the child soon revived, and is not great- ly the worse for the experience. Her escape was miraculous. NO MORE CUSTOMS DELAYS Canadian box and of the Canadian trade in general wlll greatly suffer if inferior or common fruit is ex- ported in the box or any fancy pack- age. On Welland Division of G.T.R., Followed by Fire. A St‘ Catharines despatCh says: A collission occurred on the Welland division of the G.T.R., at the en- trance to the Merriton yards, at. sev- en o’clock Saturday evening. A freight train, in charge of Conductor Farrell and Engineer Newstead, in proceeding down the grade to Merrit- ton, lost two freight cars and the caboose, which took the brakes and remained on the track, while the balance of the train went into the yards at Merriton. Another freight. in charge of Conductor Bennett and Engineer Corbett, which followed the first mentioned train, crashed into the stalled cars. The engine was thrown from the track, and the ca.- boose of Farrell's train was tele- scoped, several cars of the second train being also smashed. The wreckage took fire, and together with two cars loaded with coke burned during the whole night. The heat was so intense that the wheels were melted, and the rails were gnarled and twisted. The engine, No. 716, was badly smashed. The escape of the train hands is consid- ered miraculous. DEATHS FROM CONSUMPTION A despatch from Toronto says: The returns received at the Provinci- al Health OMco how a. largely de- creased number of deaths from con- sumption for last year comparvd with some years past. The deaths from consumption last your, 2,694, show a. decrease of 549, compared with 1901, and 890, compared with 1900, when the deaths totalled 3,- 484. Arrivals for the Past Ten Months Number 121,115. An Ottawa. despatch says :â€"The Government returns show that 121,â€" 115 immigrants came to Canada. dur- ing the ten months up to the close of October. 01 this number 47,541 were from the British Isles, 89,046 from the United States, and 34.528 from various countries of Europe. During October alone 7.892 settlers reached Canada’s shores The department is planning for oven a more vigorous canvan in the United Kingdom next season, and among the rural population of France and Belgium as well. Special literature is being prepared to assist in the immigration work in France and Belgium. and Mr. Wiallard. who is taking charge of this mission, leaves at once for France. It is un- derstood that Deputy Minister Smart will undertake the supervision of this Work, as he has of the special 1117"“: in the British Isles. MOTORMAN’S EXPERIENCE. Statistics Show Falling CE in Mortality. While diphtheria has fallen off from the figures of last year there is this year a great increase in the number of scarlet fever cases for the Prov- ince as a. whole. The figures for the past six are as follows: 1897 The falling off is believed to be the result of sanitary measures, and bet- tei‘mcarc of tuberculosis patients. Saw His Child Struck By His Car at London. ARMY 0F IMMIGRANTS. RAILWAY WRECK. 19,371 3,291 3,405 3,484 2,243 2.694 1 O 4 years Toronto, Nov. 10.-â€"Wheatâ€"The market, is quiet. with the feeling somewhat easier. No. 2 white and rod Winter quoted at 78c low freights No. 2 Spring is quoted at 750 east, and No. 2 goose at 71 to 72¢ east. Manitoba Wheat is easier. At upper lake ports No. 1 Northern is quoted at 87y, and No. 2 Northern at 825C. No. 1 hard nominal at. 90§c Montreal, Nov. 10.â€"-Manitoba wheat has dropped to 82§c for No. 1 Northern, Fort William. and many buyers expect it to go lower. Partly for this reason, and partly on ac- count of under-cutting of prices Manitoba millers have lowered their prlces 20¢ a barrel for all grades; this, however, ls not likely to last long, as frc-ights will go up 100 in a week or two. and that much must then be added to the price of flour. There has been a reduction also equal to about. 10¢ a. barrel on Ontario flour in bags, but the scarcity of barrels keeps up the price of barreled flour. The cheese trade is suffering from a scarcity of cheese boxes, which has forced many factories to close down; though receipts of cheese are falling ofi, exports have decreas- ed still more; it is head to get more than my for the latest Westerns, but few holders will sell at that, REPORTS FROM. THE LEADING TRADE CENTRES. lake ports. Oatsâ€"T120 market is a little weak- Dl‘, with oll'crings free. No 2 white is quoted at, 29 to 29M west. and at 29§c low freights to New York. No. 1 white, 31c east. Smoked meatsâ€"Hams, light to meâ€" dium, 13k: to 14c; do,. heavy, 13 to 13“; rolls, 110; shoulders. 10 to 10§c; backs, 150; breakfast bacon, 14;)6. Lardâ€"The market is ‘qulet and prices unchanged. We quote:â€" Tierces, 8&0; tubs, 826; pails 9c; compound, 8 to 9c. Prices of Cattlel Grain, Cheese, and Other Dairy Produce at Home and Abroad. Buckwheatâ€"The market is firm, with quotations 41 to 42c at outside points. Flourâ€"Ninety per cent. patents are firm at $3.12 middle freights, in buyers' sacks, for export. Straight rollers of special brands for domes- tic trade quoted at $3.45 to $3.60 in bbls. Manitoba flours are steady; No. 1 patents, $4.50 to $4.75: No. 2 patents, 84.20 to $4.45; and strong bukers’, $4.15 to $4.30 on track, Toronto. Millfeedâ€"Bran steady at $16, and Butterâ€"The market is tailly ac- tive, with demand good for the finest quafities. We quote zâ€"Finest, 1-lb. rolls, 18 to 19c; selected dairy tubs, 16 to 17c; secondary grades, 13 to 150; creamery prints, 22 to 23c; solids, 20 to 21c. Eggsâ€"The market is firm. with sales of limed at 17 to 18c. Fresh su‘e quoted at 20c. and strictly new laid at 23 to 24¢. Dressed hogs are unchanged, with car lots quoted at $6.75 to S7 here. Cured meats steady, with a. fair de- mand. We quote zâ€"Bacon, long clear, 10 (0 logo in ton and case lots. Mess pork, $17; (10.. short cut, 320. THE WURLD’S MABKETS' Barleyâ€"The demqu is moderate. with offerings fair. No. 2 quoted at 42 to 43¢ middle Heights. No. 3 extra at 416, and No. 3 at 39 to 40c middle freights. Ryeâ€"The market is quiet, with prices steady. Cars are quoted at 51 to 511%. east. Peasâ€"Trade is dull, and prices un- changed. No. 2 white quoted at 61 to 62¢ high freights and 630 east. Cornâ€"Tl“; maPket is quiet, with prices steady. No. 2 yellow Amer- ican quoted at 540 on track, 'l‘oron- to; No. 3 yellow at, 53c, and No. 3 mixed at 52§c Toronto. shorts at. $18 here. At outside points bran is quoted at $14, and shorts at $17. Manitoba bran, in sacks, $18; and shorts at $20 here. "Applesâ€"The market is quiet, with no change in prices. Winter fruit. quoted at $2 to $2.50‘per bbl. in car lots, and at $2.50 to $3 in small quantities. PotatoeSâ€"The offerings are fair, with little change in prices. Cars of good quality offered toâ€"day at 53c per bag on track, and inferior at 50c. Poultryâ€"The market continues dull and weak, with sales difficult, to make. Dry plucked turkeys quoted at 10c per 1b., geese at 6 to 6&0, ducks at 7; to 86, chickens at 7 to BC, and fowls at 6c per lb. Beansâ€"There is a quiet. trade, with prices steady. Unpicked, $1.75 a bush. and handâ€"picked, $1.90 to $2.10. Cheeseâ€"Market is quiet. with pric- es steady. We quote zâ€"Finest, 114} to 120 per 1b., and seconds, 10} to 11c. Honeyâ€"The market is quiet at. 6 to 6§c per lb. for bulk, and at $1.25 to $1.50 for comb. Choice clover honey, 7 to 79c per 1b. Hayâ€"Demand is fair, with re- ceipts only moderate. No. 1 timâ€" othy quoted at $9.50 to $10 on track, Toronto and mixed at $7 to $7.50. Stl‘fiWrâ€"The market is quiet $5.50 per ton for car lots on t Hopelâ€"The market is quiet, this season's crop quoted at. 25c. BUSINESS AT MONTREAL. THE DAIRY MARKETS . COUNTRY PRODUCE. HOG PRODU CTS. track. with 22 to A Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., despatch says :â€"'I‘wo seven-roomed tram! .houses in Steelton, a. western suburl: of Sault Ste Marie, were destroyed by fire on Thursday afternoon, and in one the two-year-old son of Mrs. James Stewart was burned to death. while another four-yearâ€"old boy wal badly burned. The mother had gom downtown and left the two children locked in the house alone. The fir: was well under way when discovered by the neighbors, and the oldest boy ‘was saved with difficulty by C. H. 'Courier, who broke down the doc: and rushed through the flames. HI did not know that the baby was in vthe house or he might have saved it. Both houses were totally destroyed. One was occupied by Dan McLeod1 and was owned by Ralph Connel‘, 01 Kegwick, Ont. The other was ownet by Mrs. Stewart, who occupied it The loss ls about $4,000; part1) covered by insurance. cut, $20.50; compound refined lard, 8c; pork, $20.50 to $21; light short out, $20; Canadian lard, 8a} to 90; kettle rendered, 10 to 10k; hams. 12; to 14c; bacon, 14 to 15c; fresh killed abattoir hogs, $7.50 to $7.74. Eggsâ€"«Candlcd selected, 220; straight receipts, 19c; Montreal lim- od, 18c. Chooseâ€"Ontarlo, 1101 Townships, 101k; Quebec, 10.50. Butt tenâ€"Townships cronmery, Slic; Que‘ bec, 2-04-c; Western dairy, 16 to 17c. Buffalo, Nov. 10.â€"Flourâ€"Firm. Wheatâ€"Nothing doing. Cornâ€"Dull; No. 2 yellow. 510 asked; No. 2 corn, 49§C asked. Oatsâ€"Weak; No. 2 white, 4010, No. 2 mixed, 385C. Barleyâ€"48 to 600 c.i.f. Ryeâ€"No. 1 61c. Canal heightsâ€"Steady. Butchers’-â€"The cool weather wi'r. probably improve conditions in tha local butcher trade. but the change was hardly perceptible to-day. Thu demand was fair, but not. particulaxn ly active, and for ordinary butchers‘ cattle the prices were unchanged from Thursday's market quotations. Th1 proportion of rough light cattle was a little too heavy. do light. ............... 3.00 Feeders, 800 lbs. and up- wards ..................... 3.00 Stockers 400 to 800 lbs 2.50 do. 900 lbs. ...... 2.75 Butchers' cattle, choice 3.75 do. medium ...... 3.30 do. picked . . . . . . . . . 4.00 do. bulls ...... 2.75 do. rough . . . . . . . . . 2.50 Light stock bulls, cwt.. 2.25 Milch cows .................. 30.00 Hogs, best 5.44 Boy Locked in House by Mother When She Went Out. Duluth, Nov. 10.â€"Wheatâ€"To an rive, No. 1 hard, 82ic; No. 1 North- ern, 80in: No. 2 Northern, 7720; December, 5613c; May, 776. St. Louis, Nov. 10.â€"Wheat,â€"De< cember, 86ic; May, 792C. cm, 802C; No. 2 Nox't'hérn, 77gc; Nb: 3 Northern, 77} to 78jc. Toronto, Nov. 10\â€"’I‘oâ€"day’s re< ceipts at the City Cattle Market were 91 car loads, consisting 01 1,300 head of cattle, 1,797 sheen and lambs, 1,736 hogs, and 57‘ calves. The run was heavy, but of the cattle, light stockers and feeders. and rough mixed butchers’ cattle. were too many in proportion to th( choirer cattle. It. Was altogether! rather a. rugged kind of a. market, with business a little slow, and n( very choice stock offerings. Exportâ€"Offerings of really choice export, cattle scarce, a few loads 0t fairly good though light steers sell‘ ing at from $4 to $4.25. Stoékerk'l‘lzere is a, little Bette! demand for stockcrs, but, prices are low. I-Iogsvâ€"Markct easy, but prices changed at $5.40 the top. Export, heavy . . . . . . . . . $4.10 to 5- Export, light. . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.00 I Bulls, export, heavy, cwt. ..................... 3.75 do light . . . . . . Sheep, export, cwt. Spring lambs . Bucks ................... Culls . . . . . . . . . . . . . Calves, each ,. .. Minneapolis, N6v. 10.4W'1i'e'atâ€"Da cem-ber, 783C; May, 77} to 77Ec; on track1 7N0. }_ hard, 81%c; No. 1 North Feedersâ€"Good V heavy feeders and shortâ€"keep cattle are steady. Infen ior light feeders a little easier. Sheep and Lambsâ€"Export ewe: are quoted at $3.25 to $3.40; bucks, $2.50 to $2.75; lambs, $3.50 to $3.75. UNITED STATES MARKETS BURNED TO DEATH. CATTLE E MARKET $4210 to $4.25 4.00 4.10 5 0 omom 50 mmmmm &&220 l 3.60 3.12; 3.50 3.50 .50 .10 .00 :50 .00