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CANADA 
 
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THE 
 
 COMMERCE OF CANADA 
 
 CONSIDEREr), 
 
 AND THE 
 
 CHARACTER OF ITS BREADSTUFFS EXPOSED ; 
 
 WITH AN EARNESI^ ATPEAL TO MILLERS TO PREPARE 
 THEIR FLOUR AND MEAL 
 
 BY SUTTON'S PATENT PROCESS, 
 
 TO ADAPT THEM TO THE TRADE OF THE MARITIME 
 
 PROVINCES, THE WEST INDIES, MEXICO, 
 
 AND BRAZIL. 
 
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 (X)MMERCE OF CANADA" CONSIDERED, 
 
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 Till* iilirooatioii ol' llic Treaty of Jfcciprocity between tlie 
 British I'roviiices and tlu- riiiUul States, it was supposed l)y 
 many of the shrewdest ]){jliti<al eeononiists of the day, l)utli 
 Canadian and American, woidd pi'ove disastrous to Canadian 
 interests, by virtually suhjeetini; th(! trade; ol" the Province io 
 the over-ruling' inlhieucc of the American taiilf, and ther('l)y 
 reducing' the value of tlic \vh(»K' volume of our chiel' pi'oduct^ 
 proportionately to the duty imposed u[)()U their admissitjn 
 into American markets, which il was supposed had ijecouie, 
 undei' the eflect t»f the Treaty, indispensahle to our trade, x: 
 the most available outlet ibr our surplus production. 
 
 This opinion, however, has not thus lar been veriUed by 
 the result, inasmuch as the tiscal system adopted by the 
 Americans, instead of subjecting; oui- producers to an arbitrary 
 contribution to the liuances of the FederaU government under 
 an enforced imjjost on necessary sliii)ments from a quaiii 
 tributary Trovince, has simply diverted a Uirue portion of liic- 
 trade ol" a free i'roviuc-e into IVetT channels; arid in (.'Xcludin;^ 
 from tlieir markets, for purposes of eonsumption, our cliiei 
 cereals and their manufactuied pimbicts, and eoniining them 
 to the nair(.)\v limits of ttansporl;ition in bond fur LlnpiueiiL 
 elsewhere, tile Americans liu\c simjdy Ibreed u.; to adopt a 
 new and iiidepeiuleiit t'oinniercial System, which has already 
 been attended with most fusoruble n Its, in accelerating the 
 direct commercial intercourse betsveeii the I'lovinces, as con- 
 templated by Cunfederation, and which, had the treaty 
 continued in effect, might have been indefinitely postponed, 
 
to the prejudice alike of the political as well as coininevcial 
 interests of the Doiiiinion. 
 
 This practical exclusion of the BreaLlstulfs of (.'anaila from 
 the American markets, and the diversion (if tlu' trade to the 
 Maritime Prcjvinces, will necessarily decrease the demand for 
 our grain, which has heretofore been requii'ed by the American 
 trade for the puipose (»f manufacture, but will increase the 
 demand for (»ur Hour and meal, which are alone rcciuired for 
 consumption in the l^'ovinces, thus stinndatinj^' into increased 
 activity the numerous mills established throut^hout the coun- 
 try, and reconstituting', as in the olden time befoi-e the Treaty, 
 the Canadian miller the lejjitimate purchaser and mamdac- 
 turer of the Grain Crops (»f the Province; and instead of 
 exportinjj; a lar^e portion of our raw cereals for manufacture 
 elsewhere, as we have hitherto been doing, to the }»rejudice 
 of the miller, we shall require to import a considerable quan- 
 tity from our friends of the West, to furnish our mills with 
 the increased stock required for the supply of the Maritime 
 Provinces, all irhit/i, hoircri r, fi/l be c/ifiir/i/ iliju'iuhiit upon 
 GUI' SHcirtifi ill Hicirrlufi tin' j^ieniuiniiit control of t/icsf iinportant 
 inarkds, which can alone be accomplished by supplyini', them 
 with strictly prime and reliable flour. 
 
 From the able Peport of the Provincial Commissioners, 
 and from other sources equally reliable, we learn that the 
 Maritime Provinces, the West Indies, Brazil and Mexico, 
 import annually into their respective markets, in the aggre- 
 gate, over 2,0OU,U(JO (two milliou:^ barrels of tlour, which Ij 
 more than doultle tlie amount of the present proiluct of 
 Canada available for export. Of this amount, over 80U,UUU 
 barrels a'v recpiireil l'i»r the Maritime Provinces alone, and 
 already a lai'ge })i'oportion of this supply has gone forward 
 direct from Canada ; and at the prices recently quoted for 
 fresh ground and reliable tlour, very remunerative returns 
 have been realised on these shipments. 
 
Thus far, thereioiT, our new Commercial System is working 
 adiniral)ly, nnd if rh/r nffcntion hr paid hi/ the millers of 
 CanaOa ti> the prrpamtinii if their Jfour, to adapt it to the 
 tmde which is now liciiiLj so tiivornhly opened to theim, under 
 the .npffis of ConfedenUion, they will not only succeed in 
 securin^f the perniiiufnl control of lliis lar^^e outlet for the 
 surplus Hour of tlic rp)irv rrovince, hut tliey >v'ill he enahled 
 to contrihulc, under the jKlvrintii^es tliey possess in tiieir 
 unrivfdled water power and other fnrilities for manufacturing 
 purjioses, a large share of the ilour required for the West 
 Indies, Mexico and Brazil, which trade, until our inland 
 uater communications aie more fully developed, will no 
 douht he carried into effect through the medium of the 
 Maritime Provinces, whose merchants will hecome the distri- 
 hutors of our Hreadstuffs and other products of the Province, 
 and the gleaners of our sup}»lies of tropical commodities. 
 
 These promising results of our new Commercial system, 
 results which are evidently within oui- leacli, are, however, 
 entirely ccuitingent upon our success in securing the per- 
 manent (control of these imytmtant maritime markets ; and 
 this last alternative to our indejiendent (,'ommercial career 
 can lie secM-ed only hy the exercise of due care on the part 
 of our millers, in the preparation of their Hour, to adapt it to 
 the excessive climatic; changes and other inlluences to which 
 it must necessarily he exposed when in course of transit or of 
 cale, either in our own maritime provinces or the more trying 
 climates of the South. 
 
 Our Statesmen accomplished all that could reasonably he 
 expected of tliem in maturing a system of intercolonial union, 
 which was supposed at the time to be indispensably necessary, 
 not only to meet certain ynilitical issues, Itut to avoid the 
 disasters to our Connuercial interests which they expected 
 woidd result from the abrogation of the Treaty. 
 
 Ourl^ankers and business men have wisely followed the course 
 
whicli wa'. flirtatcd }iy tlic rvcnt ; it now remains for our mil- 
 lers, on whom devolve.' the liist, and most important, duty of tlio 
 occnHioii, to adopt, tin' means Ity wliidi tlir mannlactunMl pr(»- 
 flnct of our !,MTaf (cvcal rtaplf niiiv lif pla(('(l iijtoii tliP 
 market, in sncli (ondition ;is |o nicct tlir rcjpiiremcMit.-; of 
 llie, trade, wjiicli appears essential lo our very e.\i: It rice a- an 
 indeprmlent. Commercial StatP. 
 
 Our millers, liowcver, as ji < la- , willi a U'v lionoralih^ 
 fxrcptions, to their credit lie it -spoken, fail to rei ..;.;ni/,e the 
 imjiortance of the (hity which they owe to thein-ehc^ nnd to 
 the^n'eat. manufaelurin;: interest lheyre]»resent, — to study wiH, 
 at. this importaid crisis of onv commercial eareei', all th" 
 exi;jencie.; of the tva<le which we are endeavourin_ii; to ostahlish 
 on a ])eiiiianent, linsis, ami to ado])t, such meatjs as are nece:-- 
 rary to supply an article of flour whose condition they can 
 varraut.at all r^ea'^ons and iu all cliujates, to he t'l^^wA] in 
 flll respects, and uiore ]>articularly in its keepin<,j cpuilitic,;, 
 to the American flour hercj'ore snjipli.ed them, dnriur,' the 
 existence of the Treal\-, from tla^ I'uited States, and \\hic'li it 
 is; the commercial ]>olicv of the l^omim'on to sn]))ilant. 
 
 This nid'ortmiate nnsai»i)reheiision of the im))ortance of the 
 occasion and of the exi.i^cncic-, of the trade, lue-; led to ship- 
 ments, in considerahle ipiantity, of uni(diahle (loui-, which i • 
 now sourini; in the hands of our maritimo friends, and cfrcal 
 is the trilmlation, i^reat the outcry raised a.n'ainst the (diaracter 
 nf Canada Hour, -which they report, hy every mail to he sour- 
 in.ir, heatine-, jind cakin^ijj, and otherwise unfit for human food; 
 and prices, of course, arc declinini;- in cfuisctiuence. 
 
 Similar reports reach us from iNFontreal and New York, and 
 Canada fl(tur is (iverywlierc reported to he nef^lected, in con- 
 sequence of its unreliable condition, and many lots of unsound 
 Hour have l)een broken up, regi'ound, and otherwise manipu- 
 lated to disguise its name and its condition, and to pass it off, 
 if possible, into the hands of consumers. Everywhere, in 
 
spite of short supplif . iuu\ liif^li prices, Canada flour is declin- 
 ing, and holders Mihniittinf,' to heavy lf)sses to rid theinrjelves 
 of the iirtifle. 
 
 All this was antiiipHfeil lon;^ a^'<>, as thp necessary result of 
 tlip very wet ;;tiit(' in \vhi<lj last year's crop of wlieat was 
 housed, and yet no ]»recautions were taken by our millerr, 
 eitlier to iiiiti^jjate or ])r('vent the evil, by more careful nianu- 
 fricturc (if their Hour. 
 
 Tii(! shi|uin'ut. of Hour of this character and condition, at 
 this ]iarli('uh'ir crisis of our coniinercial life, and the damage 
 likely to he inflicted on I hi' pivstige of our great national 
 rtaple on its first intnuhution into these new markets, which 
 it is so im])ortant for us to cultivate with all the care which 
 a hen bestows on a nest-egg, may result in irreparable injury 
 to the political as well as commercial progress of the Con- 
 federacy, by introducing a fruitful subject of dissatisfaction 
 and discord between the two sections of the new Dominion, 
 inasmuch as the producers of the West will doubtless corsider 
 themselves entitled to the benefit of tliose markets of con- 
 sumption in the East; and in order to accomplish this end, 
 they may insist upon the imposition of a duty on American 
 jireadstuffs, ciiual at least to that im^josed on Canadian under 
 the American Tariff, iis a ]»rotection to the sour flour of 
 ('anada against^ the more merchantable commodity supplied 
 by the States ; the consumers of the East, on the other hand, 
 intolerant of S(Uir Hour, and unable to swallow the bitter pill, 
 however well disposed from patriotic motives to patronize the 
 AVest, may insist upon the extension of tlie principles of free 
 trade in Brcadstuffs to the ports of tlie East, through which 
 to supply tliemselves with the staff of life of suitable quality, 
 at the lowest ])ossibl(' jiricc. 
 
 The c()ntem])lated extension of the trade of Canada to the 
 West Indies, Mexico and IJrazil, through the medium of these 
 Provinces, the prospect of an increased demand uj)on the 
 
Agriculturists of the Provincf, fnr the })roduction of larger 
 quantities oi" the great cereal staples «)!" the rountry to supply 
 the millers with additional stocks, and the promise of those 
 stimulating effects on our niaiiufacluring industry to be pro- 
 duced by the widely extended demand for the manufactured 
 Breadstuffs of Canada, may well be abandoned, if no more 
 care be taken by miv millers than these facts rb'sclose, to 
 adapt their ilour to the exigencies of a trade which requires so 
 much attention, and on the exercise of wl)i(!li so much of our 
 nationnl prosperity (lc|>cnds, inasmuch its the natives of the 
 tropics and other Southern latitudes with wlioni wc mighl 
 e-cchange our respective natural ]>roductions, exhibit so strong 
 a passion foi- sweets that tlicv would be excessively indisposed 
 to exchange the sweet and luscious ])roducts of the South /or 
 the sour and unpalatable Hour Avhich the millers of Canada 
 appear to consider as suited to their tastes. 
 
 We have I'urther to consider, in connexion with this sulv 
 jrrt, the relative position occupied by our American rivals, 
 who, prior to the abrogation of the Treaty, supplied these 
 markets with the Eireadstuffs they required. 
 
 The partial failure in the last year's crop throughout the 
 States and the unusually high prices prevailing in con- 
 sequence, have, to a certain extent during the past year, 
 neutralised the advantages which the Americans possess in 
 their immediate proximity and accessibility to these markets, 
 and in the superior quality of the flour which they usually 
 manufacture from Southern or other select/cd wheat, especially 
 for export ; but with a large crop and low prices, which pro- 
 mise to T>e the rule during the ciurent yea)-, the competition 
 on equal terms between Canadian and A.iierican for the 
 surply of these markets will inevitably result in the exclu- 
 sion of the Canadian, unless oui- millers prepare their Hour 
 by such artificial process as is now to be considered, to ensure 
 its condition, and thus render it equal for the purposes of this 
 
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 trade to the American lloiii- M-liich Ims usunlly heen siipplierl 
 them. 
 
 Should dur miller^, lidwcvcr, ;is ;i rl;i>s. (•(uiiiniic io Inllnw 
 the apathetic coin-sc wlnVli Ims iiitlieito di^tiiipiishcd tliem 
 from tlicir Amciic;in (niii|M'titors, and ^hnidd thcv lail io 
 adopt tlic means which arc now at tlicir coniuiand Id redeem 
 the charactci' oT tlic cliicf ( 'ommcrcial comiiKidii v lA' ilic \'yn- 
 vinee, Avliich they ai'c now .siicrilicinn Unonnli ;, ivstijctcl 
 sense of tlic cxicencics df tlic occic^iun, tlic cdmnicrcc ol' tlic 
 Dominion will he Jcopardi/iMl liy the result, and ,m'(\'it injury 
 inllii'tcd holji (Ml thcm>clvc^ ;iiid others s]»ecially interested 
 in tliis hranch ol' husiness. 
 
 (hw Rankers and Capitalists \\)io, in rurlheinnce oT the 
 refpiirements of tlie trade, make it llieii- hn.siiK-ss to ndvani^e 
 liberally on the security ol' onr Ih-cadstnlts, ;iiv more purticu- 
 larly int.eresi:ed in re«|iiiiiii^ ti,,. millcvs 1m wliom thcv m;d<e 
 these advances to ]ire)>are their Hour liythc process hitely 
 introduced into Tanada, to ensure it a.uainst, the, sci-jous depre- 
 ciation in condition t(t which it is snhj'cct, and to pi-eserve it.> 
 relative value as a continuing security for these advances. 
 
 Our farmers, merchants, l)akers and consumers, ;iiv n]! 
 equally interested in ]ierlectin;i- a system wliicli will ensure 
 our flour aeainst this inevitaMe chan;L;c in the sonndnes-. of 
 its condition, and lit, it, not only as a wholesome material l<ir 
 the jireat st.aff of life rc(piirc(l i'or consum|it iou_ ;il home, hu! 
 in the interestr, of the Dominion, a- a strictly reliable (Com- 
 modity for the supply of these market., with which we am 
 now connected by a, common brmd. 
 
 This unfortunate characteristic of our ('annd;i Hour lia". 
 raibjccted tlie \r.vh\ h»r a lone; series of year-, to periodical 
 reverses, to(i froi J uen I ly resultin.u in disn'^tci' to the miller, and 
 in the ag<:regale, to the Lirciit manufacturing- interest here]»re- 
 sents — attributable, in a, great degree, to tliose cau.ses against 
 Avhich it Mas, until recently, supposed there was no remedy ; 
 
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 but skill and science are now bein^^ invoked to overcome the 
 evil, and it remains with the niill':i to ado])t tlie means, which 
 are now at his disposal, to ensiiic his Hour fi^ainst the usual 
 deterioration in its condition, an«l In' such a course to 
 render his business, hitlierto so liazardous, as reliable as the 
 best. 
 
 We earnestly submit the-^e important considerations to the 
 attention of tlie public, holdin^L,' them, as we do, lo be of para- 
 moimt importance to every branch of the inibistiinl cdui- 
 munity; to the fnrmcr as atlectiii;^ the value (tf hi^^ pi'orhic- 
 tions ; to tlie miller as atf'ectinj,' their successful manulacture ; 
 to the banker as aftectin;.'; the security upon which lie makes 
 his advances ; and to the merchant as the j^a'neral a<,^ent (A' all 
 these interests— on whoiu the ;.^eneral results, whether of 
 profit or loss, must ultiniiitely devolve. 
 
 The merchants of Caiiiidn, tlierefore, with these concentrated 
 responsibilities restin;' on tlieir heads, are ur;^ent that the 
 millers should adojit, at the present crisis of our Commercial 
 career, such means as ni'(> uownt tlieir (^ommnnd to ensure the 
 condition of thiiir Hour in any climate, to ^\llich the tvaile, as 
 now shapin^^ itself, niny re(|uire them to coiisien it. 
 
 I'nder th(! ]»ressure of these i'es]»onsibilities and of re^ieated 
 losses arising fi'om them, and ur;.^!'*! by a desire tr) place this 
 most important branch of our niitioual trade, in which our lot 
 is cast, on the basis of i\ s(uind iiud relial»le liusiness, we liave, 
 recentlv been euuaijjed in mfdsini;' enriuirv funone- the millers 
 and jTvain dealers of the Tnited States jis to the several 
 method'-; adojitcii hy tlieiu for ])re|)ai'iii,L;- their corn foi' inanu- 
 fjicture into meal inteufU'd for (wport to Southern markets 
 and the West Indies, with the view of applyin;^ the ])rocess, 
 if practicable, to the pre])aration of our wheat and other ;.;rains 
 for the same purjxjse ; and after diligent en([uiry and tJie most 
 severe tests, as shown l)y our vouchers, we have discovered in 
 
 

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 Sutton'r. Patent all that can possibly be desired to effect thi„ 
 
 object. 
 
 Tbe machine invented by Air Sultnii, Ibr wliidi be has 
 obtained a ratfiit fnrCrcal r.vilaiii, tli- I'nited States and 
 Canada, bv tlir iippli.aiioii of muii.-n, licat ami air, ]>r(>|)ovly 
 re'.^nlated accnnbn;^ tn ibc (lamymt' s of tlif v.iaiii bv codc 
 pn.llies and iv;j;ist-evs, by lli<' sim]ilesl means ima;jjinable, (b'ie- 
 and purilit's tlie ,uvaiii in a manner as near akin 1<» sun-(hTin;;- 
 as prrctiealde by artilicial niran.^, vrndfrin^ it in all res]iect;H 
 e(|na] lo Hi*' natural proflnrt dl' \un\v Snulliciii latitudes, pr.>- 
 diicin'-: a bi;j;licr ;.'.ra<i'' ol il'Uii', ami yi<'l<lin;: to tlic Uaker nmre 
 bread, at a cost in tbe \viiok' jtrocess ot less money than tbe 
 value of the increased product. 
 
 Tb(t tJie a(h)ption of tbis approved process of yireparation 
 YR-oniises to be ntteiiilf'l with .-til! more important results, in 
 rendeiMti^ our (lour ((in;)! to the best Sotitliern brands in its 
 keepin.Li; •|nabties and adaptability t-* tliose market.^ of tbe 
 Sontb lor \\liicb Me are n<'\v abuui to comjude witli our 
 American neighbours, as -.veil as for I lie --enei'al marke' "f 
 tbe world, wliere tbe more idial'le the Hour the .ureal er the 
 deinand and the move remunerative tlu; jiriee. 1'ho cluinros 
 of loss, theretore, in (h'alin,u- uith the article divest('(| of tli<' ' 
 p;reater risk of deterioration in ((Uidition, and confinrd to tli*' 
 ordinary I'esults of su])ply and demand, may 1h' ledueed by 
 this ]iroeess to a niininmm ! 
 
 With this object in view, in onh'r to^ive practical effect a r^ 
 merchants to the ])ropo>itions we submit, and to funnsh the 
 millers of the Province with the means of ])r(>parin,u their 
 fhuii', in the manner indicated, as a safe, sound and merchant- 
 able, connnodity ada])ted to any market, we ha\(', in conneNion 
 Avith several of our leading nien, ]iurchased Air. Sutton's 
 ]>atent rij^ht.s ibr U])]>(>r Canada, and have established a com- 
 pany in tlie City of Toronto, under the ^style ol" tla^ Ontario 
 Grain Drying Machine Company, Linuted, for the erection of 
 
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 these machines wherever required throiighniit the Province, 
 at moderate cost, applicable alike to mills as an attnchment 
 lor drying Wlieat, Corn, Oats or other Cereals ])re]»aratory t<i 
 grinding, and to Wareliouses find ^levators for drying grain 
 prepaiatory to sliipment, when tliat course is preferred lo 
 manufacture. 
 
 One of these machines has been in use for some time ]")ast 
 in the extensive mills of IMessrs. Barker, Townseiid & Co., of 
 Syracuse, N.Y., who authorize us to ]«ublish the following 
 letter : 
 
 SvKAf.r.M'; Miu,s, Office 107 Wkst "Water iSt., 
 Si/riici',s'\ Xor. 1(5, 1860. 
 
 Drab Sin. 
 
 Wf take pleasure in inlonuinj; you that the Dryer, "Sutton Patent," 
 recently piU. up in our Mill", proves to he all that it was represented to be. 
 
 For the purpose it was desi^'ued hy us, namely, to take corn direct fioni 
 the farmers and fit it at once Cor meal that could lie shi]»i>e(I to any pari <<( 
 the, world, it cannot be excelled ; while its economy of spa( e as well as of 
 fuel commends it to the favorable allention of any desiring a Dryer. 
 
 We have placed one inside of our Mill, and have no extra fire risk to ])ay, 
 puch is its safety and conipartness. 
 
 We have no hesitation in fully recommending it as the best fJrain Dryer we 
 have ever known. 
 
 Yours, very re^sjiectfuUy, 
 
 BARKER, TOWNSEND & CO. 
 
 ISIr. W. K. JNIuir, Superintendent of the ]\Iichigan Central 
 Eail Road Company, in reply to enquiries about the Sutton 
 Dryer recently erected at the Detroit Station, Avrites to the 
 following effect : 
 
 MiciiiGAK Cenikai. Rail Road Cumi'A.w, 
 Genekal Superintendent's Office, 
 Detroit, 6fli Mfiji, 1867. 
 Dear Sir, 
 
 I have yours of the 3d inst., and in reply beg to state that Sutton's 
 Grain Dryer was working well and giving entire satisfaction up to the time it 
 was burned. . 
 
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The cargo of grain {corn), wIj' h had been several dntjs vnuler UMUr, was 
 being turned out m fresh and nee condition. 
 
 I think arrnngcments will be made very soon tor rebuilding. Tiie inin- 
 rij)al reason for the delay is to get a good - an to ran it. Nearly all tlii 
 old Stockholders will remain eonneited with this one. 
 
 Yours, &!■., 
 
 \V. K. MUIK. 
 
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 Mr. J. 1 ). Hayes, Superintendent of the Blue Line, Detroit, 
 corroborates tlie testimony of Mr. Muir. 
 
 Mr. Charles Spring, Produce and Commission Merchant of 
 Boston, writes as follows : 
 
 Boston, [,t/i Jid,j, 1807.^ 
 Jame.s BaowN, Jun., Emj., Toronto. - • 
 
 Dear Sih, 
 
 It has been my pleasure to have lately received and examined several 
 shipments of flour milled in Canada by a new process, patented by a Mr. 
 ;'.utton, which Patent Eight, 1 understand, is now owned by a company of 
 v.'hich you are a member. 
 
 This invention must prove of great value, and although I cinnot conipute 
 the additional citst jicr barrel or shrinkage in weight (>i the wheat, I am 
 jiersuadcd that a lai'ge share of shrinkage is gained by the larger iiuautity of 
 bread pioduoed from the same quantity of flour. The high prices of the 
 present season limit somewhat the export of flour to warju climates, where 
 ttiis flour, on being introduced, must find a ready sale in times of more 
 activity. 1 believe it is, altogether, well adapted for geneial u se, and a very 
 large demand must follow its manufacture. 
 
 I remain, Dear Sir, 
 
 Your obedient Servant, 
 
 t'HAl!LES SPRING. 
 
 P.S. — All flour designed for export to warm climates should be in Kound 
 Hoop Barrels, strongly nailed, and branded ia lUd. 
 
 c. S.- 
 Mr. Sutton, the patentee of this machine, with the view of 
 ahording the Canadian miller.s "an opportunity of testing the 
 etticiency of his process, erected one of his machines in the 
 
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 mills of Messrs. E. Ppplow ».^' Son, iit Wwi Hope, and al'tei' 
 "Working' it for scveml nionlhs they also cciitirni the testimony 
 ol' oiii' American I'efei'ees, unci (leclai'e it to In^ all that thev 
 eonkl possibly desiic lor the ])urpost's recpiired, in the i'ollow- 
 inii,' temis, 1o wit : 
 
 roiiT Hdit,, 9t/i Jnli/, 18(17. 
 
 Air. 11. T. Sutton, the Piitculfc of llic Ontario (iriiiii Dryci', cri'cU'il out- ot 
 liis Maclinn's in our mill ill I'ort llii]ii', iuid since its erection we luive tested 
 it in the (lryin<^ iunl ]n'e])aration of sprin^^^ and fall wheat and of oats jiriov to 
 ifiindiii^', and in cvny instance witli marked sm'cess und most satisfactory 
 results. It is, in our ojiinion, one of tiie most valualde a|ii)eiu]agcs of a mill, 
 and will ere long lie indispensahle as liltin"; oni' Hour and meal for e\]iort lo 
 any nnirket where theii' kreping i|Ualities are desiraMc. 
 
 'i'he pnn'css is very sinijilc and easily man.'igealile, takes very lillle fuel, 
 'and turns t>nl a sujierioi- aiticle of llour or im-al with less waste than usual, 
 and our coiresjiondents to whom we have consigned il in the Slates and lln- 
 -Maiitime Pi'o\iiices write us in the most fa\dralile leinis of the sound euu- 
 diti'iu in whlih it is ]ireserve(i (hiring llie heal of the season. 
 
 We are entirely satisfied with the ivsult of the e\|ieiinM'nt, and would nut 
 now disjieiise with the nundune on any account. 
 
 We are j)re|iared to sujijilv any further information as to the cost (»f drying, 
 waste in the oiieratitm, and as to the dfeeis in fanning, smutting, grinding 
 and l.(rlting, which are all iiu|ir(ivei| Ijy llie process, and entirely satisfactory. 
 
 K. TKl'LOW & SON. 
 
 The Inspector ol' Moiii' ot the City of Toronto, lo wiiom 
 
 aume of Air Peplow's llour was sulimitlcd for inspection and 
 
 baking, furnishcfi the Company with the followiiig certilicate 
 
 — viz. : 
 
 Offici; uf Fi.uru ].\.bi^£i.''ioi'., 
 Turoiitv, H'lt/i Jill [I, 1»07. 
 
 Having Ijcen furnislied hy ThomaB I'hirksoii, V.n\., I'lesident of the Coin 
 Exchange of i\ivz City, witli a certain (juanlity of Fluur manufactured Ky 
 Mesyis. K. IV-]do\v tt Son, of Port IIu)ic, from fall wheat, previously piepared 
 nndor Sutlon's Patent drying process, I htrcliy t crtify ihal I fi.nntl the said 
 Flour, wlii(di 1 inspected Fxtra Supt'ifine, to he very sU|)erior ii dlour, 
 texture and strength, and eipial to any samide which has ever passed thiough 
 my hands of tliis grade, and when suljjected to tlie test of baking wa-: found 
 to Work eat:ily, taking a nun h greater quantity of water than usual for fall 
 wheat llour, and resulting in a yield of about Six Loaves of four pounds each 
 
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 over aud above the yifld |.pv Imncl of or.iinnry unprepared Flour manufttc- 
 tured fi-om Itill t'lieat. 
 
 1 can safely declare the iinues .; whuh jirodiited .such Flour to he ii great 
 sueoeas, auil nuisi, ensure its eoii-iition in any elimiitv and at all seasons. 
 
 i: DWAIM) LAWSON, Lis/iedo,: 
 
 For tlu' inloriuntioii of ^FilUn's whosi; intt'i-esi miiy l»e 
 iliivcUHl to the coiisuleration ol' the. subject, we '.subjoin ii brief 
 statenieut of tlie construct iou, diineusious, cost iind o})eratiou 
 of tlie luuchiue, to wit: 
 
 ( )iu' of tiies(! uiachiues, of six I'eet (liauietcr luid twelve ieet 
 in lieiuht, siinihir to tlie one erected at Wnt Hope for Messrs. 
 R l'eph)w .<• Son, will cost the Miller just $800 (10. 
 
 The tower is liuilt of brick, and encloses the works, which 
 are all of iron, and thus in every respect secure against lire, 
 and consequently subject to no increased premium for in- 
 surance, as ali'eady settled with our ])rincipal Insurance 
 otlices. ■ 
 
 The power reipiii'ed to work the machine of these dimen- 
 sions may be estiniatetl at two horses ; and the fuel, which 
 must be hard coal, for twelve hours, about ooO pounds; and 
 the quantity of <^rain in ordinary condition, as taken from the 
 farmers, which the machine will prepare in that time may be 
 calculated at about oihl l>ushels. 
 
 Connected with, and forming ]iart of the tower, are 
 two Ihies of e([ual dimensions, one being the dryer, with 
 ii furnace at the foot, to supply the .Machine with hot 
 air; the other behiL'' the cooler, with a blower attached, 
 to supply it with a constant current of cold air. Tln-ough 
 the centre of the tower k a revolving perjjendicular 
 shaft, wkich moves a series of arms with blades or 
 convey<-»rs (»vcr a series of eight or more perforated tloors, 
 which divide the tower into so many cluunbers. The grain 
 is introduced into tlie tower through a spout direct from the 
 grain bin in the loft above, and falls upon the tloor of the 
 
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 upper cliaiiibm'. On this lluor it is moved to tho centre by 
 tlic nctioji (if the conveyors, wliere, Iroiii an opening i-ound 
 th.- shalt, it lulls to the seeoiul Hoor. On this floor it is 
 tiutved \ty tht,' same nutans, hut In ivversiu!^' the C'onductor.-j 
 il h\ moVvMJ to the oiitci' filoe, which is o])ei), and dropped to 
 the llooi' ht'low, where it is taken to the centre auahi, and ao 
 on to the bottom oj' the tower, IVom whence it is taken by 
 elevators to conductors leading to any pint (jf tlie mill. 
 
 While the urain is thus lieing moved along and turned 
 over, il is subjected t(< direct heat IVoni hard co'd supplied 
 through registt^rs set agaijist each chaud)ei' to control the 
 degree of heat re(|uii'ed Wn tlie process, and directly opposite 
 the hot air registers are otiiei' registers or dampers openiun 
 into the exhaust. Hue, thiough which a cold current. o| air i. 
 iorced by the blowci', which drives oM' t'riuii eadi chamber all 
 vapor or dampness arising from the grain in the process of 
 drying. Thus, w hen the grain has reached the bottom it h 
 peri'ectly clean, drv, and IVee from any foreign smell wliatso- 
 ever. P.y tone [lullics, M'hicli are furnished with the machine, 
 and by na-ans of the registers referred t(», tlie velocitv, deirree 
 of heat and draft re(|uired, (;an all be regulated in exact pro- 
 portion to the degret- of humidity present in the grain, thu-.^ 
 }ihicin;.': the whole proces.s uiider the direct, t-outnjl ol' the 
 millei', and liy their simplii-ity requiring only occasional atten- 
 t (in when once set in motion and regulated as required. 
 
 In submitting the whole question to the attention of the 
 public, \ve most respectfully refer our reader:^ to a transcript 
 ot our advertiriements now appearing in the Globe. 
 
 
 
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 THK ONTA-RIO 
 
 GRAIN DRYING MACHINE COiViPANY, 
 
 LIMITED. 
 
 The sliareholdois of thb coinpuuy huvin^j; ei»iujilit;il with the jt:i[uiie- 
 ments of the several Acts of the Provincial Legislature lu inei>rporat« 
 Joint Stock Companies with Limited Liability, have appohited the 
 following gentlemen officers of the couipauy for the curreut year, to wit: 
 
 TRUSTEES: 
 
 THOS. CLARKSON, Esq., President. 
 
 JAMES BROWN, Jr., Esq., Secretary and Treasurer and 
 
 Managing Trustee. 
 R. T. SUTTON, Esq., Engineer. 
 
 SOLICITOR: 
 
 ADAM CROOKS, Esq., Q. C. 
 
 JAMES BROWN, Jr., 
 Secretary aad Treasurer, Sic. 
 
 THE OlSTTA-RIO 
 
 GRAIN DRYING MACHINE COMPANY, 
 
 LIMITED. 
 
 (Under R. T. Sutton'i Patent.) 
 
 This Company is now prepared to erect 
 
 SUTTON'S PATENT MACHINES 
 
 In any part of the Province of Ontario, either in connexion with Houi', 
 oat, corn, rye or buckwheat mills, or in connexion with warehoused or 
 elevators. 
 
 For particulars apply to Thomas Clarkson, Esi^.,- President of the 
 Company, or to the undersigned. 
 
 JAMEB BROWN, Jr., 
 
 Managi7ig Trustes. 
 
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 IMPORTANT TO MILLERS. 
 
 The Souring and Depreciation in the Condition of 
 
 CANADA FLOUR 
 
 When Shipped Abroad for Sale 
 
 Having liiiiiiiii- 11 luiillfi' (if iiiitiuiial iiuiM)ititiiiH' iu view ol Hur npfiiin)^ 
 tiail-' uilli llir .Miuitiiiic Pi'ovimt's, and its i»i(is]ii'cti\i' cxleii.sion U) the 
 
 WEST INDIES AND SOUTH AMERICA, 
 
 'I'lif alli-iiliuii 111 iiiir MilN'is i-t iit-iilty iliiiTtf(| ii. ilu- neci'H.sity uf pi'e- 
 pariiu; tlu-ir tldiii 
 
 By tlie Patent Process Recently Introduced 
 into Canada, 
 
 '[\j iusinf ii> ciiuilitidij »liiriiig the siiimner months, <ii- while in oouine 
 ui' ti'.tiisit lor siili- ill thusf inarkt-ls wlicie »'.\j)()sint' or liigli teuiperatuit? 
 liiust inevituhly tli-stMiy it. 
 
 Tin' snbscrilxM'.s, al'tiT tin.' most cajcful examination ul' various niachine-i 
 invi'iitt'd lor the jiiu)iusi' of drying grain, now in use in the United 
 States, and whitdi have pinvcd luoic or lt's-5 deticient, have nu hesitation 
 in reconimeniling to 
 
 MILLERS AND GRAIN DEALERS 
 
 rHI-: AUUI'TION OF 
 
 SlUTTON'S PATENT ©RAIN ORYlER 
 
 Which they lind to i)e the niost etlectual and least expensive method ol 
 ]iie|)ai'ing grain pi'ior to mauut'at-tmo, by a process as near akin to .^un- 
 drying in it-< ett'ects as practicable by artificial means, by vvliich the 
 nianut'actured article, either Hour or meal, or the raw cereal, may be pre- 
 ■jerved perfectly sweet and in sound condition in any climate, and at all 
 reasons. 
 
 Evidence ol'the etticiency of the Sutton Machine may be obtained on 
 referenre to Messr.^. Karkei-, Townsend & (Jo,, Millers, Syracuse ; Mr. 
 W. K. Muir, Superintendent of the Michigan (Central Railroad Co., 
 Detroit: Mi. J. D. Hayes, Superintendent of the Blue Line, Detroit; 
 and to Messrs. E. Feplow & Son, Hoil Hope ; at which places the^a 
 machines have been for .-(tnip tinn* in (jperation with niO'?t iatisfactoiy 
 results. 
 
 For further particulars pleai^e apply to 
 
 THOMAS CLARKSON ii CO., Front Street ; or 
 
 JAMES BROWN, Jr., Clover Hill. Toronto. 
 
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