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What proved to be the stumbling-- blocxk in the negotiations was the stand of the Canadian National Rail-- ways as expressed by W. A. Kings-- land, General Manager of the Central Region. Mr. Kingsland declared that the C.N.R. would participate in the fruit torminal only on the under-- standing that all truckers should be excluded. "We do nct fsel that we should provide money to help our competitors," he said, in explaining this attitude. He later told The Globe that by competitors he meant truckers and not the C.P.R. Although H. C. Grout, General Superintendent of the C.P.R., expross-- ed that railway's willingness to par-- ticipate in a joint fruit terminal, al-- lowing truckers to pay for the facil-- ities provided, the C.N.R.'s attitude was encugh to induc>s Colonel Ken-- nedy to terminate the conference. The $2,000,000 joint fruit #erminal project cracked on the rock of rail-- way veoersus truck competition Satur-- day morning r k. f Hon. Thomas L. Kennedy, Ontario Mirister of Agriculture, had all the parties interested in the undertaking in his offite to agres on a site for the terminal. It had been forecast that all the details exccpt the location had been agreed upon. s Not so, however. Within twenty minutes of starting, the conference r ached a deacdlock and dispersed. From authoritative sources it is learn-- ed that probably nothing more will be done about the fruit terminal for & year at least. Not Aiding Competitors. "If the railways are not going to get togetrer," said Colonel Kennedy, "this meeting is uselets, because a unicon ter:rinal is the only onz that this department favors, and the only one that will be of any bonefit to growers and consumers." Future Action Uncertain. The conference was attended by several representatives of the intorests affected. As well as the representa-- tives of the two railways, there were present Dr. J. H. Grisdale, Deputy Minister, Department of Agriculture, Oitawa; City Property Commissioner Some doubt remains as to what the next lep will be regarding the pro-- jected fruit terminal. After the con-- ference Colonel Kennedy declined to make a statement to The Globe as to what he proposed to do. Mr. Grout of the C.P.R. said he did not know what the next step would be. Mr. Kingsland expressed the view that nctking would be dons 2about the proposed terminal for probably a year at least. As a matter of fact the C.N.R. has already agreed with the fruit dealers cccupying the old Great Western shed at Yonge and Esplanade to fix the place up for use for the next year. | Maybe room will be found for some of | the independent fruit dealers now not accommodated there. OLD RAILWAY SHED IS BEING REPAIRED Chisholm, Alderman J. R. Beamish, Queen's Park P arley Y B. Somerset, and representatives 'of the fruit dealers. R e a ch es Deadlock-- question of Location. _ en ons C vor aararany SOnrogiae . 9n GRTT O C.N.R. Will Support Project if Truckers Are Excluded, C.P.R. Wants Them to Pay for Privileges «& _ In opening the conference Colonel Kennedy referred to a previous meet-- ing, remarking: "It was agreed that a union fruit terminal would be of benefit to growers and consumers. Now that this union principle has been agreed on and all the interested parties are here, the meeting should discuss the question of location." . Mr. Chisholm stated that the city desired that the terminal should be located in the block between King and Front and Church and Jarvis Streets, where the present wholesale fruit trade is established. C. F. Simpson, representative of part of the wholesale fruit trade, raised the ques-- tion of compensation for those deal-- ers who would be disturbed in the enjoyment of their present leases. joiny vétinitiar~Wasafrééa on at the last meceting. Mr. Somerset--It is my recollec-- tion that the principle of a joint ter-- minal was agreed upon. Under Certain Conditions. '"The C.P.R. is definitely prepared to participate in a union terminal," said Mr. Growt. "It is further pre-- pared to admit trucks, the facilities to be charged on a user basis. The C.P.R. is prepared to finance its share in arrangement with the C.N.R., the location to be agreed upon later." In explaining his opposition to al-- lowing the trucks use of the joint fruit terminal, Mr. Kingsland said that trucking was already a serious competitor of the railways and en-- jJoyed considerable advantages over ;be railways in the matter of taxa-- ion. Mr. Kingsland--Only under certain conditions: that all truckers be ex-- cluded from the terminal and that the terminal be made self--sustaining. There is no reason why shippers should not ship by rail. » Colonel Kennedy--I n»ust have been mistaken. I thought the union ter-- minal had been agreed upon. If the railways are not going to get to-- gether, this meeting is useless, be-- cause a union terminal is the only one this department favors, and the only one that will benefit growers and consumers. The C.N.R.. The Globe was later informed. handles the bulk of the fruit traffic at present. The fruit dealers in the city are divided into two camps, one enjoying the accom-- modation offered by the C.N.R. in the old (Great Western shed at the foot of Yonge Street and the other association "outside." Paul Fisher, a grower from Burling-- ton, expressed himself as opposed to the CNR. attitude, which, he felt, would tend to promote the sale of American fruit rather than Cana-- dian. User--Basis Charges. Mr. Kingsland--It is not so that °C Sompany Will Buy Million Bushels at 55 Cents and Over &FTER SEPTEMBER 1 Announcement was made over the wesk--end by Hon. Thomas L, Ken-- gedy, Minister of Agriculture, of an ecfer of the Canada Malting Com-- pany, Ltd., to pay a minirium price of 55 cents a bushel for Ontario barley, on and after Sept. 1, delivered at Montreal, and to buy 1,000,000 Dbushels at this price, providing it is sound and clean, reasonably free from cther grains, and weighs 48 pounds to the bushel. ] _ Certain large mailt consumers in Fastern Canada are behind the Can-- raa Malting Company's proposition, which is really the outgrowth of a recent conference at Queen's Park be-- tween the malting interests and the Minister of Agriculture. "Barley has, for a great many years," states Colonel Kennedy, '"been regarded as a cash crop by many farmers in the Counties of Essex, Kent, Middlesex, Elgin and Perth, and in announcing the foregoing minimum price, it is hoped that confidence will 4e dicdudial Bitch Athssmeditieich: . ~AulccdiiieintadaAiPadiciaistaisinict deratodraiies us be established and that reasonable assurance will be given to the man depending on barley as a cash crop, particularly in those counties where it has become more deeply entrenched. "A Montreal price of 55 cents would mean f.0.b. prices approxi-- mately as follows: Main line Chatham and surrounding points, 40 cents; off lines or side lines or radial lines in zame territory. 37 cents; Central On-- tario points, say from London to the Lake Simcoe district, 42¢; east of that and on to Montreal, 46¢c. These would represent the approximate f.0.b. prices fild to shippers, and in the case of rley, the farmer would, in the ma-- jority of cases, be the shipper. These prices would apply only to carlot shipments. "'This offer is regarded as being from 20 cents to 25 cents per bushel better than present--day prices on the Montreal market, and should do much to stabilize and stimulate an interest in barley production in those counties where the crop is well and favorably known and where it is not entirely used as a hog and cattle food." ~ um wou AJ Ajus io W w ow wee w A/