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A consolidation which will be of par- ticular interest to the public because the great many companies included in it have been known in most Canadian homes for a number of years past, is that of eight of the larger oatmeal and flour milling concerns of the province of Ontario into the Canadian Cereal and Milling Company, Limited.

The headquarters of the new company will be in Toronto and it has acquired as going concerns the milling properties of the following concerns: The Tillson Company, Limited, of Tillsonburg; the Flavelle Milling Company, of Lindsay; the P. McIntosh & Son, Limited, of Toron- to; the Walter Thompson & Son, Limited, of Toronto; James Wilson & Son, of Fergus; D. R. Ross & Son, of Embro; the Woodstock Cereal Company, Limited, of Woodstock, and the Goldie Milling Company, of Ayr.

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an output per 24 hour day of 2,350 barrl: of oatmeal and rolled oats, 2,200 barrels of flour, 100 barrels rolled wheat, 450 barrels split peas, 155 barrels pot barley and 340 tons of feed. Besides the company will have a total elevator capa- city of 700,000 bushels. The large amount of additional capital that is being placed in the treasury of the new company will permit at once to proceed with the erection of a new mill, a line of elevators, and in addition pee the very ample working capital of $500,000.

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APRIL 27th, 1910 PUBLIC CONFIDENCE BETRAYED

Our readers will notice that in the supple- mentary estimates brought down in the Dom- inion house a few days ago, there was included an item of $500,000 for the ‘immediate construction” of the Hudson Bay Railway. ' Following this announcement we received the following message from a subscriber in Sask- atoon:

““With Dominion revenue reaching $100,000,000, will appropriation of $500,000, only enough ‘to construct twenty-five miles of Hudson Bay Railway, satisfy prairie provinces.”

We certainly do not think that the vote of $500,000 will be anything like satisfactory to the farmers of the west. It might probably be regarded in the nature of a good-sized joke. At the present time there are no supplies on hand, so far as we know, for doing construction work, and we also understand that one of the first works to be undertaken will be to bridge the Saskatchewan River at The Pas. If any of this $500,000 is used towards the construc- tion of this bridge, and a few miles of grading beyond, there will be nothing left over to pre- pare for next year’s work. The Dominion government reports a revenue of $100,000,000 this year, and hands out $500,000 for the con- struction of the Hudson Bay Railway. If this is the rate of progress which the Dom- inion government interprets as ‘‘immediate construction,” then our grand children, if they live to the allotted span, may possibly see the railway built to the Bay. This action on the part of the Dominion government cannot be regarded in any other light than as a distinct betrayal of the confidence of the western people. It is evident, upon the face of it, that they do not intend to fulfil their promise to construct the road to the bay. They will no doubt make a great shout that this vote of $500,000 shows their good faith and by this means they will keep alive this scheme until another federal election approach- es. Then they will vote a little heavier appropriation with the hope of deluding the western voters. There can be little doubt but that the opposing interests of the Hudson Bay Railway have compelled the government to refuse to go ahead with the construction of the road, as this is practically what the $500,000 vote means. If the western farmers are sat- isfied to be sold out in this way and to be openly flouted by the Dominion government on this Hudson Bay Railway project, then we misiudge the temper of the western people. It is reported that Sir Wilfrid Laurier ac- companied by Hon. Mr. Fielding and Hon.

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Mr. Graham, will take a jaunt through the west this year. If they do so, it will be up to the farmers of the west to tell them in un- mistakable terms just what they think of the government’s policy of “immediate con- struction.”

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MANIPULATION IN TERMINAL ELEVATORS

Sub-section of section 126 A of the Manitoba Grain Inspection Act provides:

“The inspector shall keep the proper records of all grain received in store in any terminal elevator, which records shall show the particu- lars of each parcel or car-lot of grain received, the date received, the grade, dockage, if any, and the number of the bin in which such grain has been stored; and shall keep similar records of all such grain shipped from any terminal elevator, which records shall also give the name of the vessel or the number of the car into which such grain has been delivered.”

j Pabwecdins 7 of the same clause provides that:

“In the month of August each year stock shall be taken of the quantity of each grade of grain in the terminal elevators.”

There is a well founded rumor that when stock was taken last August the quantity of high grades shipped from the terminals during the year exceeded the quantity received of those grades by a very large amount, while there was a corresponding decrease in the quantity shipped out of the lower grades by the privately owned and operated elevators. The same report credits the Canadian Pacific Railway terminals with having shipped out practically the same quantities of each grade as received.

We understand that the Department of Trade and Commerce has instituted an in- vestigation through the officers of that depart- ment in Winnipeg to discover how this differ- ence occurs.

The Grain Growers’ Associations of the western provinces have, for the last three years, been trying to convince the Dominion govern- ment that manipulation of grades was going on in the terminal elevators; that wheat was not cleaned to the requirements of the Grain Act; that tampering with the grades while in transit through the elevators was worked out to the detriment of the producers and the country generally. Last January a delegation from the Manitoba Grain Growers’ Association associated with a similar delegation from the Dominion Millers’ Association, represented to the government that there was just cause to complain of the character of the grades received ont of these privately owned ter- minals. The representatives of the Grain Growers also presented to the government a petition signed by a number of commission men and -independent grain dealers, members of the Winnipeg Grain Exchange, requesting the government to accede to the requests of the Grain Growers and assume control of the terminal elevators. Some time subse- quently a deputation of independent exporters from Winnipeg, Toronto and Montreal made representations. to the government similar to those made by the Dominion. Millers’ Association, as to the injury the present system of handling the grain at the terminal elevators was to the grain trade, and, by prejudically affecting. the price secured for grain on the European market, causing a large financial loss to the whole country. These represent- ations, coming from such influential bodies, no doubt had something to do with inducing the Department of Trade and Commerce to make an investigation into the reasons why the officers of the inspection department could not supervise the binning. cleaning, and shipping of grain in those terminals so as to prevent manipulating of grain or the shipping of grain without beiag cleaned as required by the inspectors.

hen the Grain Act was revised. during the session of 1908, the government proposed to substitute a rigorous supervision of the clean-

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government ownership ‘and operation as re- quested by the representatives of the Grain Growers. These representatives told the gov- ernment at the time, that no system of super- vision would prevent tampering with the grain in those elevators as long as they were operated by the employees of grain dealers who were interested in the handling of the grain and would profit by such manipulation. The public will be curious to know if this investi- gation on the part of the officers of the depart- ment entrusted with the administration of the Grain Act, will discover how it is that they cannot appoint sufficient supervisors in the terminal elevators to prevent the owners from shipping out larger quantities of high grade wheat than they receive, and how it comes . that they can ship out so much wheat not cleaned according to requirements.

To the ordinary lay mind it seems difficult to understand why it should not be in the pub- lic interest, instead of employing one set of men, to see that another set of men do their work honestly, to place the control and oper- ation of these terminals into the hands of men who would have no interest excepting to dis- charge their public duties faithfully and in the public interest. To say the least of it, it looks like a waste of money to employ men at high salaries to watch that the operators of those elevators do not defraud the public, while the government employees might just as well operate the elevators and prevent the duplication of employees.

The latest testimony to the unsatisfactory manner in which our grain reaches the Liver- pool market has been furnished to the Depart- ment of Trade and Commerce by the secre- tary of the Manitoba Grain Growers’ Asso- ciation. Early last autumn the Grain Growers made arrangements with a gentleman in Liver- pool to secure samples of cargoes of Manitoba grain arriving in Liverpool. Those samples were sent by express to Winnipeg and were sampled and inspected by Mr. Massie, a gen- tleman who has had fifteen years’ experience in the inspection office in Winnipeg. The peat was as shown in the accompanying table:

DATE of

STEAMER SAMPLING GRADE DOCK. REMARKS Montezama ... ct. & 2 Nor. 2% Devona....... Oct 2 1 Hard 14% Wild Oats Corinthian ,.. Oct. 12 1 Nor. 2 % Wild Oates TONS iil eds 5 Oct. 11 2 Nor. 2 % W.O. strong Montezuma.... Oct. 7 1 Nor. 8 % W.O. fair Monfort ...... Oct. 18 1 Hard 4 % W.O. poor 1 Nor. Corinthian .... Oct. 12 1 Hard 4 % W.O. poor 1 Nor. Corinthian .... Oct. 13 2 Nor. 2% W.O. Eauan iinee a . | ere { ae Freie

inneapolis ... ec. or. lo rosted, poor gr. Minnewaska .. Dec. 17 2 Nor, 2% Tona .......... Jan.4-10 1 Nor. 3 % 2 Nor. for oats. Georgian ...... Dec. 3 1 Nor. 14% Strong Sardinian,..... Dec. 3 1 Nor. 3 % Average Monfort ...... Dec. 2 1 Nor. 2 % Strong, W.O Montezuma.... Noy. 27 1 Hard -— Strong Corinthian .... Noy. 23 1 Hard 1 % Strong Hibernian ..... Noy. 4 8 Nor. 1§% Strong Cairnvona ..... Nov. 4 1 Hard ~— Strong Cairnvona ..... Noy. 3 3 Nor. —- Average Minnetonta ... Nov. 8 3 Nor. 1% Average Sardinian,..... Dec. 7 3 Nor. 4 & Poor Philadelphia... Nov. 6 2 Nor. 3 % Average INOB iis. Nov. 25 2 Nor. 1 a Fair Hibernian Noy. 2 1 Nor. i} % Fair, W.O. Cairnvona ..... Oct. 26 1 Nor. 24% Fair Lancastrian ... Nov. 30 1 Nor. 21% 2 Nor. Lake Michigan. Nov. 11 1 Nor. 2 % Very Ordinary Miniwaska.... Dec. 12 1 Nor. 3 % Ordinary W,O. Wong iis acs Noy. 24 2 Nor. 2 % Very ordinary Anglian. ...... Nov. 1 2 Nor. 2 % & Nor. Corinthian Nov. 23 2 Nor. 3% Corinthian Nov. 24 2 Nor. 2 % Average Montrose...... Jan.1-10 1 Nor. — Good Montezuma..., Nov. 27 2 Nor. 83% Good Tone haus Jan.5-10 2 Nor. 2 rs Good Monfort ...... ec. 4 2 Nor. 4 Good Huronic ...... Nov. 8 2 Nor. 14% Fair} Lake Michigan Nov. 11 2 Nor. 2}% Ordinary Hibernian ..,.. ov. 2 2 Nor. — Good

The accompanying schedule gives the name of the steamship, the date the sample was taken, the certificate it carried, amount of percentage of dirt, and how the grade stood. The securing of these samples was extended over a period of three months, and may be regarded as a fair illustration of how Manitoba wheat reaches the Liverpool market. Any dock- age less than one per cent. was not taken into consideration. An analysis of the 40 samples shows that only four samples showed less than one per cent. of dirt. The average was about two per cent. The larger number of the 1 Northern grades would have been re duced to 2 Northern in Winnipeg on account of wild oats. Only eleven out of the forty

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samples were up to the average of the grade, while it may be noted that quite a number of them would not stand the grade at all, This bears out the testimony of the millers and ex- porters, as to the way the grain leaves the terminal elevators. Notwithstanding the fact that the inspectors had the result of the weigh- ing in August indicating that manipulation was going on, during last year, they were not yet able to take effective measures to prevent this practice. The output of the elevators for the crop of 1909 is as unsatisfactory as any previous year.

A prominent exporter of Montreal recently characterized the manner in which the grain was received out of the privately-owned terminals as “rotten.”

The Dominion government undertook to classify Manitoba wheat according to speci- fications defined by statutes. The officials charged with the duty of classifying the wheat according to grade deduct from farmers’ shipments sufficient to clean the grain up to the requirements of the act, yet the same officials fail to compel the terminal elevators to separate this dirt from the grain as required by the Grain Act, and also fail in preventing the grain being diluted in transit. Is it not time the department changed their methods in dealing with those terminals?

eet STILL WE ARE WAITING

We regret that we are still unable to name the members of the Manitoba elevator commis- sion, as the commissioners have not yet been appointed. What does this unseemly delay on the part of the Manitoba government mean? We confess that we cannot understand it. The farmers of Manitoba are eagerly awaiting the announcement of the commission because they know that it will take a great deal of time and labor to establish a line of government elevators in time for the coming grain season. We think that there is some explanation coming from the government, because there has been time, and to spare, in which the commission could be appointed. This is proven by the commendable prompt- ness with which the live stock commission was appointed by the same government, a short time ago. It required but a few days’ consideration on the part of the government to appoint the live stock commission and set them to work. Why should it take any more time to appoint the elevator commission?

‘Unless the government has better reasons than we are aware of, they are certainly not doing all they should in the interests of the farmers of Manitoba. We would suggest that our readers address a letter to the premier of the province, and ask him his intentions regarding the appointment of the elevator commission. This matter cannot be treated lightly for the farmers are determined that the elevator system must be improved. If the Manitoba elevator commission is not appointed by the first day of May and no explanation is forthcoming, then we will have good reason to claim that the Manitoba government is derelict in its duty.

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THE PLEDGE IS NECESSARY

In the report of the commission appointed by the Dominion government to investigate the swine industry in Great Britain, Denmark and Ireland, there is some very valuable information for all Canadian farmers. One point that is worthy of careful consideration is that dealing with the co-operative bacon factories in Denmark. The commission, after studying the Denmark situation, decided tht one of the chief reasons for its success was that the farmers pledged themselves to supply their entire output of hogs to their own factory and placed a penalty upon all farmers who did not abide by this contract. The commission also considered that the absence of this pledge and penalty clause was the reason that co- operative work did not succeed in Ontario.

THE GRAIN GROWERS’ This is something that should be carefully considered by the farmers of Alberta in dealing with their pork packing plant. The farmers of Alberta are very anxious to have a pork packing proposition that will give the best returns for their labor. They have the op- portunity now before them. All that is needed is to pledge the 50,000 hogs required by the government and then the plant will be erected. The farmers intend to support the plant, therefore they should have no hesitation in signing the pledge. The entire control of the plant will be in the hands of the farmers who supply the hogs, and they should have sufficient confidence in its ultimate success to sign the pledge that is being circulated. e*e €

IMPROVE CONDITIONS

We hear a great deal nowadays about keep- ing the boy on the farm, and we see and hear all kinds of suggestions as to how this may be done. Some of these suggestions are good, but a great many are wide of the mark. In order to induce boys to remain on the farm, the farm must be made attractive to them. As a farmer progresses and acquires property, he can easily keep his boys at home, if he pro- vides conditions that have a greater attraction than city life. The proper life on the farm is far ahead of the life in the city. Too many boys are lured to the city by the stories of the success of some city men. They forget to consider that for every one of the men who have made a big success in the cities there are scores who are working hard to make even a living. This same proportion does not exist on the farm. The farmer who owns his farm and is playing his proper part in his community is making a success. error to suppose that every man who is making millions is a successful man. There are a great many men in the cities of this country who are making money, but are of little use to the cities or country. On the other hand the man on the farm, who is farming success- fully and doing his duty in his community, is a great success. The agricultural life in Canada has improved by leaps and bounds during the last generation, and it rests with the farmers to see that this improvement continues. The records of history show us that in the olden days the farmer, or, as he was called, the peasant, was about the lowest class in many of the older countries.. He simply existed for the purpose of working for the nobility and paying taxes. Step by step the condition of the farmer was improved, until the situation has entirely changed.

There are no peasant farmers in Canada. -

Everyone is an independent man and is not compelled to doff his hat or bow his knee to any over-lord. But the work is still not half done. The farmer does not yet begin to get half his due. It is the farmer who produces and thus supports the majority of the other classes. The farmer is the most important class, therefore the interest of the farmer should be paramount. As this work goes forward and the farmers become better educated and better able to take care of themselves in the battle of life, the farmers’ homes will also improve. There will be no exodus from the farms and we will not see our farmers retiring and going to the cities to live. When a farmer retires there is no place where he can enjoy life so much as on his own farm with comforts surrounding him. The farmer is independent on his own farm ‘and may be one of the leaders in his own community, but when he retires and goes to the city to live for the rest of his days he takes a small place in the vast ma- chinery of our great cities.

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April 27th, 1910 FILTHY DOLLAR BILLS

A Toronto scientist in analysing the dirt on a dollar bill found 2,067,000 microbes. An American scientist found 3,000,000 on a similar bill. These microbes are of many different characters and come from the filthy condition in which the Canadian bills are allowed to get. Did you ever consider where the filthy dollar bill in your pocket has been? Do you know that it has probably been through houses where many of the most dangerous diseases have been prevalent? Do you know that many a filthy dollar bill carries enough disease in it to carry off an army if it were properly used? There can be no doubt but that disease is often carried and spread by means of our filthy money. yet no effort is made to remedy this great evil. The banks says it costs two and one-half cents to get a new bill and they can’t afford it. Nevertheless the bank of England never gives out anything but fresh, new and clean bank notes. A man may draw a bank note and deposit it five minutes later. That note is never put into circulation again. Yet our banks can’t afford it. Naturally if they can’t make a few hundred thousand dollars a year by circulating disease they will not worry about the health of the country so long as their dividends are right. ee ¢ The Australian government has gone down to defeat and the Labor party has now control. In Australia there is a general election every three years, but there have been a great many changes in the government since the Common- wealth was organized. The leading plank of the Australian Labor party is, “The securing of the full results of their industry by the. collective ownership of monopolies, and the extension of the industrial and economic functions of the state and municipality.” In the new House of Representatives in Australia there are seventy-five members, of which the Labor party has forty-five. Australia has a population of over 4,000,000. Canada has over 7,000,000. In Australia the House of Representatives have seventy- five members and the Senate thirty-one members. In Canada the membership of the two houses is nearly three times as great. The new government is pledged to some very advanced legislation. ee ¢ If the tariff was reduced on the products of the Canadian combines there would be little need for Hon. McKenzie King’s anti- combine bill. ek ¢ President Taft does not seem to be resting on a bed of roses. The farmers in the western states do not like his system of revising the tariff—upwards.

ee f The price of hogs has climbed to a very great height. Do not sell your breeding stock just because the price is high. There are other days coming.

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Puzzle: If the Dominion government calls its present rate of progress with the Hudson Bay road ‘immediate construction,” what would be the proper description of “getting busy”? ee +

The great farmers’ convention to be held in St. Louis will help in the great work of raising the status of the farmers on this continent. President Taft has agreed to deliver an address, which shows that he regards the farmers as important. ee &

A correspondent asks us if this little winter we have just had was also due to Halley’s comet. We are not sure, but it is safe to blame it on the comet as he cannot get up and object. é tb +

Mark Twain is dead, but he will live for many generations with the people who have been entertained and instructed through his writings. He saw things as no other. writer has seen them and his books were like good companions.

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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 27th, 1910

The Fourth Estate

A Drama Revealing Privilege’s Assaults on Democracy’s Bulwarks

By B. O. FLOWER, Editor Twentieth Century Magazine

EDITOR’S NOTE.—One of the most absorbing plays now on the American stage is ‘The Fourth Estate” and it is one of the strongest and most realistic newspaper plays ever written. The play was written by an experienced newspaper man and therefore a man who knows whereof he speaks. The play shows how the great daily papers of United States (and it is the same in Canada) are controlled by

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It shows the various powerful and subtle influences that may be brought to bear upon any journal that dares to come

out and tell the truth. But above all the drama demonstrates the power of a newspaper for good when that power is properly exercised. Mr. B. O. Flower, editor of the Twentieth Century Magazine, of Boston, has studied the drama and has written the following review of it in his magazine. We commend this article to our readers that they may better understand the attitude of the newspapers owned and controlled by corporations or politicians.

HE Fourth Es- tate is a big play, a play that is far more than an ab- sorbingly _ in- teresting and wonderfully re- alistic drama of present day life. It is one

of the most impressive exposes of the demoralizing influence of the republic destroying feudalism of privileged wealth that has been brought before the public imagination.

It is not strange that the critics on the papers that represent the “‘interests’”’ savagely attacked the play and strove in every way possible to prevent people from going to see it; for it takes the public behind the scenes and shows precisely how the bench and the press are being de- bauched, and in so doing how the moral integrity of public and private life is being destroyed by the high financiers and masters of the trusts and corporations.

The play is fortunate in its name. It was Burke, who in parliament said, in substance: There are represented here, three estates (referring, of course, to the crown, the aristocracy and the commons). But yonder in the reporter’s gallery, he continued, is a fourth estate, more power- ful than either of the others—more power- ful than all the others. .

This play shows that while with a free press, democracy and public interest would be safe, the day of the free press has practically passed. It shows how mul- titudinous and how well nigh invincible are the weapons of the closely knit and highly organized feudalism of privileged wealth, and how it is not only gaining a strangle-hold on the press, but how its complacent, shrewd, political, in- tellectually keen and morally obtuse rétainers among the lawyers from time to time are pushed to the front when there are vacancies on the bench; while with increasing insistence, the privileged classes unite in demanding that the same rever- ence should be shown the bench that the crown received in the old days when the “divine right” idea was accepted by the masses. It also shows how the moment a paper begins to serve the people, the “interests” set to work to capture, muzzle or destroy it; while the brilliant and capable reporters and editorial writers who cannot be bought or bribed in any one of a hundred different ways, are hounded into retirement, just as the corrupt feudalism of privileged wealth hounded Governor Folk, Mayor Johnston, Mayor Fagan and Francis J. Heney into retirement, as it is today trying to drive into obscurity La Follette, Judge Lindsey and all other statesmen who are found to be incorruptible, aggressive and loyal to the principles of fundamental demo-

cracy and popular rights. Let no man be deceived. Every strong public character, who cannot be corrupted and who is aggressive in maintaining the principles of the Declaration of Independence, or who insists upon placing the public weal above all consideration of self, or of a class, is today a marked man and no stone will be left unturned in the effort to destroy him, And one reason why the metropolitan reactionary press tried to kill ‘“‘The Fourth Estate” was because perhaps more vividly and convincingly than ever before this fact was presented at once to the ear, the eye, the brain and the heart of the auditor. The Author

The author of the play, Joseph Medill Patterson, has proved himself to be a patriot after a large pattern of the fathers who gave to the world this great Republic. He is himself a journalist and the grandson

‘and later an ambassador.

principles and the cause of good government, suggest a Hampden or a Jefferson. At the opening of the play, he is promoted from city editor to managing editor of ““‘The Advance” by the new proprietor.

MICHAEL NOLAN, a big hearted but illiterate capitalist, who as a miner in Colorado has struck rich ore and become a millionaire and has now brought his family to the metropolis: He has purchased The Advance and takes possession of it during the first act.

JUDGE BARTELMY, a Federal jurist, who as an attorney with a very unsavory reputation has vainly striven to become United States senator, Finally, however, he had been appointed to the Federal bench, to the entire satisfaction of the Wall Street gamblers and privilege-seeking and corrupt corporal wealth. The Judge is a consummate politician, suave and diplomatic.

JUDITH BARTELMY, the beautiful and ac- complished daughter of the Judge, whose respect, admiration and affection for her plausible father enable him to use her in furthering his selfish interests. At the opening of the play, she is the affianced bride of Wheeler Brand.

DUPUY, a newspaper lobbyist; that is one of the jackalls of the high interests that corrupt and control the press as the political lobbyists

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of Joseph Medill, so long the master spirit of the Chicago Tribune. His knowledge of all phases of newspaper work, has enabled him to show at once precisely how the metropolitan paper is made and to depict with equal fidelity the multitudinous agencies secretly em- ployed by privilege and corruption in poisoning the fountains of public infor- mation.

The plan considered broadly, is histor rather than fiction. Though the details are fiction, the drama is in a general way the true picture of the present-day daily press under the immoral and oppres- sive despotism of privileged wealth.

The cast contains five principal characters.

WHEELER BRAND, 2 militant reformer, — a man whose lofty patriotism and fidelity to

corrupt and control legislatures in the interests of privileged wealth.

There are several characters who, though occupying important roles are quite subordinate to the five principles. Among these are:

Ross McHenry, at the opening of the play, managing editor, but later a subordinate editor under Brand.

Phyllis Nolan, the beautiful daughter of the new proprietor of The Advance. Phyllis is a Bryn Mawr girl of little depth of character but ex- tremely anxious to get into good society.

MRS. NOLAN, the wife of the millionaire; deeply attached to her daughter and eager to gain social position for the benefit of her children.

SYLVESTER NOLAN, an empty-pated youth, ruined by too much wealth. His father has tried in vain to get him through the freshman year in Harvard, and at the opening of the play he is busy engaging in sowing wild oats.

POWELL, an impecunious poet, friend of Syl- yester Nolan and later cub reporter on The Advance.

These with a number of other char- acters,chiefly employees of The Advance, including night editors, city editors, artists, printers and the ubiquitous office boy, Durkin, make up the cast.

The drama opens in the office of the managing editor of The Advance, a strug- gling metropolitan daily which, after passing through various hands has now become the property of Mr. Nolan.

When the curtain rises, it is night. Ross McHenry, the manager, enters. the office from a private door, and then follows the first of two vivid panoramic pictures of the newspaper in the making. In this act, the editorial side of the work is chiefly represented, as in the last act there is a given panoramic picture of the mechanical as well as the editorial work in the making of a daily paper, that has probably never before been equalled in the realism on any stage.

It soon develops that in the morning edition of The Advance there has appeared a searching exposure of one of the many infamous commercial plots that have marked the business history of America since Wall Street and the feudalism of privileged wealth have become the domi- nant factors in the business life of our nation. In this instance the Federal Judge Bartelmy is connected in an ugly way with a shameful proceedings. Through his aid and connivance the Wall Street gamblers, who are euphoniously termed “high financiers,” have wrecked a great iron company. The exposures created consternation, not only among the highly respectable gamblers involved, but the “‘big interests” in general, who rely upon an accommodating judge to further their various schemes for ac- quiring wealth owned and earned by others All day long the telephone has been in constant use, registering the indignant protests of the ‘“‘safe sane and conserva~ tive” wreckers and their confederates, who realize that if the people once come to understand that the elevation of a shrewd and complacent corporation at- torney to the bench, does not necessarily transform the man who has been fighting for corrupt privilege for years, into. a high-minded patriot, whose master in- terest is centered in the public weal, one of the strongest trump cards will be lost to the republic destroying influences.

In the meantime, Wheeler Brand, the day city editor, who has been responsible for the exposure has prepared a. still more damaging article. At this juncture Judith Bartelmy, daughter of the judge, enters and pleads with McHenry to re- tract the statements, which she supposes to be utterly false, relating to her father, and to promise not to publish any further reflections upon him. She also tries to find out who is the author of the offensive exposure. Failing in all these things she asks to see Wheeler Brand, who as her affianced husband, she believes will be

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ready and willing to help her pboomieieh her mission. A very strong scene follows in which the girl finds that her lover is the author of the exposure. The facts of the case are thus in part unfolded:

BRAND: Judith, when this Lansing Iron Case first broke loose, I saw straight off that there was one of the. slickest—well, that there was a big story in it. I didn’t know your father was in- volved in this at first. I just followed the path and when I saw where it. was acaning ine, I wante to turn back, because of you, but couldn’t.

JUDITH: But it isn’t loyal of you, it, wasn’t like you—to attack him suddenly in this way. It’s almost as if you struck him from behind.

BRAND: Oh, no, he knew. I told him what I should have to write. Now, let me try to explain- I think I can make you understand. You see, the Lansing Iron Company, owned a lot of valuable properties—ore ranges, machinery, railway track- age, etc. If it had been managed half-way it would now be a wealth Brod cig business, but some of our speculators down town were trying to get hold of it to gamble with . . . . They finally got it af juggling it into receivership which they never cou have done if a United States judge had not been willing to exceed his functions.

bat judge was your father. Since the works shut down the men are out of employment, and the gamblers have got rich, because the company’s gone broke, That’s just what happened, and that’s all I said.

JUDITH: But it is impossible that you should understand the legal points of a case because you're a layman. A jurist would know a judge has got to decide according to the law, no matter what the consequences.

BRAND: But, dear, the law is chaos in case’ like these. A judge can work the magic any way he pleases.

JUDITH: (In anger) Wheeler, you don’t

know what you are saying. Why, the law is civilization, and you tear it down with a word. You are talking like an anarchist.

BRAND: Well, I simply recorded the facts as they were.

Judith denies that they were facts. The editor explains that he was not writ- ing against her father, but a federal judge, who has prostituted his office. But Judith refuses to accept his point of view.

JUDITH: Wheeler, I came here, thinking only of my father, but I suddenly find myself facing a much more serious question—not what kind of a man he is, but what kind of a man you are.

BRAND: Judith, if you only knew the truth, all of it, things I can’t tell you, you’d be with me heart and soul in what I am trying to do.

JUDITH: You wouldn’t do anything deliber- ately to hurt me, would you?

BRAND: Whatever I’ve done, or whatever I may do, I love you.

JUDITH: And you’re more to me than my father, but, for my sake, you mustn’t work against him. How could we ever be happy together, if you did? You'll do this for me, Wheeler— just this. I want you to carry out your ideals, and live up to your high purposes, in every other way, but you must not attack him. Promise me that you will never do it again. Won’t you pro- mise me that? And you'll retract that you had this morning? You'll do this for me—just this?

BRAND: Judith, it’s the truth, and knowing that, would you have me retract it?

JUDITH: Yes.

In the end the girl finds she cannot move her lover and taking off her engagement a lays it on the desk, telling him she will not wear it again until he comes to

his senses. Capital to the Rescue

Since the judge’s daughter has failed, capitalism next attempts to put on the screws, Dupuy, the newspaper lobbyist, enters and in the name of advertisers whose patronage the preceding year brought in $30,000 demands that nothing further should be’ printed against the recreant judge.

DUPUY:, My clients have very high regard for the Ju Your story grossly misrepresents him.

McHENRY: Yes, I suppose so.

DUPUY: This growing tendency to bring our judiciary into disrespect is a dangerous symptom of the unrest beneath the surface. The Federal bench is the ultimate bulwark.

McHENRY: Oh, capital is distress. all about that.

DUPUY: There was no occasion for that re- mark, :

McHENRY: No _ offence. Well, we'll have nothing more about Bartelmy. Will that satisfy your clients?

No, that will not satisfy them. The fearless writer must be discharged. The editor remonstrates, as Brand is the ablest man on the paper. The lobbyist reminds the editor that he cannot live without advertising, and that he has been instruc- ted to make an example of the author. Finally he agrees to the editor’s proposi- tion to give Brand one more chance, if he will promise the lobbyist to be good in the future. Brand enters.

McHENRY: Mr. Brand, there is a kick being

made by the representatives of big advertisers. on the Bartelmy story of this morning.

BRAND: Yes, sir, I suppose so.

I know

McHENRY: -1 forward the. kick to you, - In other words the kick goes. .

endorsing it O. K,

DUPUY: | This is a practical world.

BRAND: feeecy) Oh, yes, I know the patter. “A world of live and let live.” ‘‘We must be careful before imputing motives,”

DUPUY: I desire to say that my clients, like a great many others of the—sh—subscribers—.

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to this paper, where disappointment at what they conceived to be an unwarranted attack full of insinuations about one of the most distinguished members of the United States bench, and they wish, merely as readers of the paper, to express the hope that nothing will occur again, in which case they are willing to overlook this morning’s article entire- ly; to, in fact, regard it as merely a mistake, a mistake without malice.

Brand indignantly refuses to be muz- zled for forty dollars a week, and asks the editor if Dupuy gives him his orders. McHenry replies, ‘‘ Yes, my boy, he does.”

DUPUY: Oh, go west and grow up with the country. For I’m telling you straight—that you can’t get a job on the newspaper in this town. Try it—try it, and see,

McHENRY: Sorry old man, if I didn’t have a family, I’d go with you.

DUPUY: If it wasn’t for men having families, there’d be a revolution, Nolan enters and is obsequiously

greeted by Dupuy, when introduced as the new proprietor of The Advance. But Nolan soon lets Dupuy know that he has seen him before. Twelve years ago, he tells him, there was a strike in New York, and it was won, when suddenly Dupuy succeeded in getting Bartelmy to act. The leader of the strike, Jerry Dolan, was thrown into jail, for contempt of court, and the strike failed. After- wards, wherever Jerry went, he found he had been blacklisted. So he changed his name to Michael Nolan. Dupuy wants to let by-gones be by-gones, but Nolan feels differently and compliments McHenry on the exposure of Judge Bar- telmy. When he finds that the man who wrote the article had just been dis- charged he sends for him and makes him managing editor in McHenry’s place, and promises to stand by him in a thor- ough exposure of the corrupt judge.

A Year Later

A year is supposed to elapse before the curtain rises on Act II. The scene re- presents the drawing-room in the Nolan mansion. Hundreds of invitations have been sent out; expensive musicians have been employed and an expensive ban- quet been prepared, but no one has come. Mrs. Nolan and her daughter are in des- pair. It is all because of the paper, they say, which under Wheeler’ Brand’s direction has been unusually successful financially, but the “‘interests” are its deadly foes and the Nolans are exiled from the social world. Later Nolan enters with Brand who has brought the financial showing of the paper for the year.

NOLAN: You’re right, Wheeler, you’re right, This is a better showing thas I hoped for. Look in your stockings next Christmas; there’ll be some- thing for you. When I pot into the newspaper business, Brand, they told me that it was the beginning of my finish; that it sucked ten fortunes down for every one it built, and no middleaged man ever went into it and came out again without teeth marks all over him, but look at that (holdin up report), I’m richer for going in, twice as imueh advertising as last year at this time.

BRAND: The big advertisers never pull their ads., so long as mig are wetting returns for them. Look at Dupuy. emember how he threatened us, and how his clients took their ads. out for two months?

NOLAN: Yes, but they put them back again,

BRAND: Why, because they need us morethan °

we need them.

Nolan tells Brand that Dupuy is to come that afternoon to see him, so he has something up his sleeve.

The appearance of Brand occasions an outburst of remonstrance by mother and daughter, because of the yellow char- acter of the paper, which has prevented their getting into society. Only Judge Bartelmy and his daughter has noticed them socially and yet, The Advance continues‘ to hound the judge. Brand explains why the judge is cultivating Mr. Nolan.

BRAND: dudes Bartelmy is first and last a politician. Bartelmy handles people better than any man in town. He has studied The Advance and—I will be frank with you—discovered its weakness. “He knows he can’t reach you through our cupidity of political ambition, because you ack those qualities, He now realizes that his only hope of influencing you lies in an appeal to—

NOLAN: Well?

BRAND: Your family’s social desires. (Phyl- lis rises). That’s the reason he’s taking you up.

NOLAN: Come, come, Wheeler.

MRS. NOLAN: Michael, are you going to let this young man ruin the whole of us?

Judith and Judge Bartelmy enter later, the daughter remonstrating with her father for coming. The Nolans are of no service to the Judge, she insists.

JUDGE: But I wish them to be; and we're getting on-—we're getting on, Bio

JUDITH: Their paper keeps going for. you as mee “ ares I don’t suppose one ought to mind it, but 0. :

JUDGE: ‘Judith, Nolans have lived bi pay :

age, in every country. He's a composite. of: anarchist and autocrat—eventually the autocrat in him will triumph. Just now he’s hounding old institutions. I, for instance, represent to him the judiciary, and be attacks me—no conseguence whatever, but I’m here in defence of the United

- fellow... -Elike you and t'

States bench. My cause is the cause of my col- leagues. I tell you, Judith, I know the breed—

know how to get the venom out of his fangs. Diplomacy, my dear, diplomacy —

It develops that Judith, though having nothing to do with Brand after the quar- rel, has refused all other offers of mar- riage. Her old love still holds her heart, and the Judge urges her to cultivate Wheeler, assuring her that he has no grudge against him because of his mis- taken ideas of duty, Dupuy enters and he urges the Judge to induce Nolan to join one of the most exclusive clubs. The Judge remonstrates.

DUPUY: That’s our trump card. Every man has his price, even this young Brand if we could find out what it is.

Nolan enters followed by Wheeler Brand. NOLAN: Judge, this is an unexpected honor

JUDGE: An honor to come. Nolan, an honor to come.

The Judge affects to be delighted to see Wheeler Brand, and then follows a few lines that are admirable as illustrating the tactics of the corruptionists and great moral criminals who pose as the pillars of society and their apologists. These persons, when they find themselves in equivocal positions, are wont to assume an attitude of large tolerance. They would have the public believe they are broad-spirited, and condescend to refer to those who have exposed them, merely as persons who are radicals or who do not see as they do the “safe, sane and conservatives,’’ and that that is their only offence. In this way they try to place themselves on a moral level with the reformers and to throw dust in the eyes of the public.

JUDGE: Under every system of free govern- ment, there have always been conservative and liberal parties whose leaders, while they differ perhaps in method, have been stimulated by an equal love of country.

BRAND: That is true, Judge Bartelmy, but, I can’t concede that you belong to the con- gervative party.

JUDGE: (in surprise) But I don’t understand you—

._ BRAND: Are you not seeking to introduce into our country, methods of government un- dreamed of by our forefathers?

JUDGE: (Laughing in agreeable tolerance) Oh, I had as much enthusiasm myself in my youth, but my legal training has forced upon me a certain unfortunate—exactitude of thought. But, come, come, we old lawyers have long since learned that we cannot carry our quarrels out of court. For instance, of a morning my best friend Judge Culver, may be at drawn swords over some point of law, but the same evening probably, will find us_hail-fellows-well-met, exchanging stories before a club fire.

NOLAN: Yes, Judge, that’s life, that’s life.

DUPUY: Half the laws of our country are framed up in clubs.

JUDGE: I wouldn’t say that.

BRAND: Likewise the safest method of evad- ing them.

JUDGE: That’s neat, Wheeler. He scored off you that time, Dupuy. By the way, Mr. Nolan, Judge Culver and I usually dine two or three times a week at the Oak Door Club. We need you there. We should have a man in all our discussions of public questions. We should have a practical man of affairs, who knows what re- formers like our young friend here, are really tryin to get at. Shall I propose you for membership

NOLAN: Really, Judge, that’s more than I expected from you.

JUDGE: Not at all, not at all. I shall be be delighted to put you up, and Dupuy will second me,

DUPUY: With pleasure.

Nolan is clearly flattered by the Judge’s promise to get him into the exclusive club, but Wheeler Brand warns him that if he accepts he will find it impossible to longer remain true to the cause of clean and ‘honest government and be loyal to tty people’s interest, when they conflict with the interest of privileged classes or the plutocracy.

NOLAN: Hold your horses, Wheeler. You know I don’t care anything about this social stunt for myself. It don’t fix into my life, but remember, I’ve got a family, and nothing comes ahead of them, Mother and I have had a jangle now and then, but after all, we have been side partners for a good many years; and my girl—there ain’t a finer educated or prettier girl in New York, and she ought to be able to go anywhere, but she can’t is “ cold man’s town. Do you follow me,

ran

BRAND: Yes, I understand, there’s the his- tory of newspapers. They start when their owners are poor and take the side of the people, and so they build up a large circulation, and presently as a result, advertising. That makes them rich, and they begin, most naturally, to associate with other rich men—they play golf with one and drink whiskey with another, and their son marries a daughter of the third, They forget all about their people and then, their circulation dries up, then their Advertising, and their paper becomes decadent and feeble. The i

Believe me, Mr-

to the Oak Club is

NOLAN: ‘Wheeler, Sie Br ‘w decent sort’ of :

¢ things you’ve made the: .

Papen atand for, but. you don't know what it, means... oO

‘the people you love on the altar for the sake of these—these ‘general principles. *

BRAND: Don’t I? ‘Well, that’s what I

have done. I gave up the girl I loyed, who had- promited to be my wife, so that I might write the

truth,

2 Advance is now at its zenith, . . but its decline begine the very day you are elected i oa paar

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Nolan argues that Judge is not so black as he is painted. Wheeler declares that the half has not yet been told; and finally Nolan pledges the editor to give him a free hand if he can prove that Judge is the corruptionist that Brand declares him to be. The young editor then undertakes to prove that the Judge will offer him a bribe to suppress a story in regard to a very malodorous decision. The editor shows the Judge that he was tracked to the house of the attorney for the iron company during the night and that after remaining two hours he hurried home. Ten hours later he reversed the decision of the lower court in a technicality. The decision would freeze out the little stockholders. Brand then intimates that this will be a part of the broadside in The Advance if the Judge does not find it to his advantage to sup- press it. The Judge in a panic offers ten thousand dollars if all facts are sup- pressed, and Wheeler will drop the fight against him. The editor stipulates that he shall bring the money in person that night to the Advance Office.

We are now in the presence of one thing in the play where the exingencies imposed by time and the necessity of presenting a great fact in a dramatic manner lead to.an improbable if not impossible situa- tion. The author of the drama wants to drive home the fact that under similar circumstances the ‘‘safe, sane and con- servative” big men, like the sugar trust officials, for example, and any other men in important stations who are corrupt, if caught, and with prison staring them in the face, will probably agree to a bribe for silence. A, newspaper gentlemen, who has been managing editor for three daily papers, but who is not now in the business accompanied me to the play. He instantly exclaimed:

“That does not ring true. No Judge would lay himself open to be trapped in that manner. He might buy up all the commercial paper in the banks and then put on the screws, or proceed in one of a number of other ways, but he would not take chances like that.”

On the other hand it must be remember- ed that the Judge is given no alternative: The time limit is set. The editor will not yield either in time or place. The Judge, as it later develops, sends Dupuy, to do the work, but failing finds there is nothing left but to comply, if he wishes to avoid the dangerous exposure, which would probably mean prison for him.

That the general purpose of the drama- tist in impressing these very important facts upon the minds of the auditor is successful and what the author intended, was clearly shown by the intense interest of the audience and the tremendous applause that followed the trapping of the corrupt jurist. The people view the story in a large way unlike the carping conventional critics who are more bent on finding flaws than on recognizing great and vital truths that run counter to the wishes of their masters. The peo-: ple yield to the witching spell of the play- wright and in so doing they are right. The stage has its limitations. Only a transcendent genius can work out his plot in the space of three hours’ time so that every element of probability shall be present, the characters be natural and human and at the same time some tre- mendous and vital truths in a convincing way. Most playwrights feel at times that it is necessary to sacrifice in. a measure the demands of realism and probability in order to present their master truths in a dramatic and telling manner.

Before leaving Nolan’s house, after he had arranged with the Judge to come: . to the office before ten o’clock, Brand meets Judith and a touching love scene ensues, in which she wistfully tells. him that she has not seen him all winter, and it hasbeen a hundred years to her; She tells: him that his friends have been. very patient with him, but he will lose them if he persists. He expresses his regret, and she replies: :

_ “Oh Wheeler, is it worth while to let them go just for an idea?” , BRAND: A man must act according to his, light, Judith, : JUDITH: And a woman to hers. Perhaps’ you don’t realize it but that’s what I have been’ egg to do.. I’ve a,little. story I want to tell you.,Once upon a time there was a girl, and she rather liked’-a somewhat gloomy young ‘man.* But, one night,-something happened) and then—’ they didn’t speak fora long time... But there were, other young meh and one of them has asked to,

. call to-morrow: afternoon at five o’clock. He wis’

very. serions about it. .You see the’ girl has been waiting so long that she is beginning to be afraid — after that—er—Oh, Wheeler, why don’t you drop it all? It’s not too late. -- ‘

Continued on page 30

April 27th, 1910

The Tariff is Class Legislation

THE GRAIN GROWERS’

It is Morally and Economically a Mean, Bad, Fiscal Policy By FREDERIC KIRKHAM

EDITOR’S NOTE:

We asked our readers to discuss the protective tariff and sug-

gest aremedy. A rainy day has given Mr Kirkham the opportunity, and he has

dealt with the subject in a courageous manner.

We recommend his article to

all our readers, not necessarily that they will agree with all the sentiments expressed, but because it is a splendid opening attack upon the citadel of special privilege. We hope some of our readers will find a rainy day and devote it to an

article on the tariff for us.

You ask the farmers to discuss the tariff and to send along our letters because the tariff is a matter of more importance to the farmers than to any other class of people in this country. That is true, sir. Yet in 1904 Mr. Clifford Sifton said: ‘‘The tariff is no longer an issue.” What Mr. Sifton should have said— to be accurate— the tariff is no longer an issue betwixt the Liberal and Conser- vative parties, as they are both sold out to the protected interests and are pledged to uphold the tariff and its subsidiary affiliations.

The tariff is class legislation. It is therefore up to the farmers to recognize this glaring and hideous fact. So the sooner the members of the Grain Growers’ Association individually recognize the pol- itical monster that is enslaving and plundering the producing classes the soon- er honest government will become pos- sible, and the plundering incubus be set aside and made to get off the producers’ backs. First, because the tariff is no longer an issue between the two political parties; second, because the tariff is a matter of more importance to us farmers than to any other class of Canadians, ate two of the chief out of many great reasons why we farmers who are forced by the unholy class tariff to carry the incubus of the manufacturers who by the privilege of the tariff are enabled to extort exorbitant tribute. :

At our recent Prince Albert convention President Drury, of the Dominion Grange, reminded us that we are exploited far more by the tariff than even the elevator interests, and the convention agreed well with his statement. Now, our editor

‘of Tue Guips asks us how we_ think the tariff should be regulated and the best plan to follow to secure results, etc., etc.

Protection which was fancifully dubbed National Policy was adopted by the Con- servative party as their fiscal policy on two main arguments. First, as a tem- porary measure, said Sir John A. Macdon- ald, say for ten or fifteen years so as there- by to protect the infant manufacturing industries of Canada. Secondly, that the enactment of a protectionist tariff was absolutely necessary, said Sir Charles Tupper, so that the United States could be compelled to renew the treaty of recip- rocity which had been of such great advantage to Canada. :

Now, every patriot can bear with a tariff for the legitimate object of legiti- mate revenue. But the unfairness, the gross injustice not only to our class but to all classes of the toiling community to be taxed as we are, where from four to six dollars goes into the private pockets— by deliberate political legislation of the two old parties—for every dollar that goes into the public treasury, and has done for over thirty years, just to enrich wealthy and powerful corporations is a very improper kind of government.

Surely the time is now here for some other kind of fiscal policy. Are Canada’s manufacturing industries still infants? Are we still going to be persuaded by such sentiments as Mr. Langley has in your issue of April 6th when he calls loudly for more sacrifices from us for another long period of retaliation against the United States? He altogether ignores the fact that if the retaliation is our prin- ciple that other nations can also play the same game, and, we being a young and weaker nation are bound to get the shorter end of the foolish policy, as against that commercial ' giant.

In 1896 the elections were fought on the distinct issue between Free Trade and Protection and the so-called National Policy was properly defeated. But, alas! Sir Wilfrid’s government has betrayed its pledges to a free trade policy, and has taxed for revenue purposes more than double per capita; and his gévernment’s legislation has not been on behalf of the toilers as’ promised, but entirely in the interest of the combinations, trusts, mergers, speculators, grafters and the politicians.

Practically he has, with the assistance of Mr. Borden, destroyed all competition, less the British preference, which virtually applies only to woollen goods.

The manufacturers now have the entire market of Canada with this one exception coralled. The retailers are at their mercy both as to price and quality. There is no need for manufacturers to put forth any effort to turn out excellence of their articles. When we give them the control of the market we give them the incentive and power to manufacture the shoddy that the retail stores are stocked with; also the flimsy imple- ments, vehicles and machinery, and the repairs on them are at fabulous prices. This is how the protective tariff works out. It has made us for over thirty years perform the uneconomical policy of let- ting a mere handful of manufacturers (who were wealthy before), fatten them- selves into millionaires out of the farmers’ resources and toil.

The protected interests have had their innings; it is high time this high protec- tion should be abolished, and this tariff privilege give way to equal rights. If our manufacturers cannot exist without high protection and bounties, wean them, and let them live or die on their merits. We have helped them long enough; they

are not babies any longer that they should cry out for pap. It is their turn to be- come men; to stand on their own feet. I will go further, it is time for them to turn in and help the toilers to lay by a little store of their own.

To answer your request “‘ What is the best plan to follow to secure results?”’: The privilege of the tariff was the gift of parliament, and, therefore, it can only be abrogated by a paramount party in parliament. Such a party can only be got by a determinat revolt of the farm- ers, assisted by honeste Liberals and Con- servatives all over Canada. The revolt must take the form of a new party with new leaders. The first steps towards this is to organize a league, to educate all classes of toilers in their true political duties; get the people interested in their duties to Canada; get them to see the evils of the protective tariff; show them how the manufacturers, trusts and mer-

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gers and all subsidiary interests of pro- tection have bought up the two policical parties and supplies both of them with campaign funds, which they have levied out of the workers’ resources. The par- ties are bought with the people’s own money,.stolen by the tariff, and the rake- offs of private franchises and charters.

All the cities of Canada possess many Liberals and Conservatives who are sick of Canada’s political bureaucracy; they have had enough of such ruling chiefs as Laurier and Borden. They are tired, “Oh! so tired,” ofymere factionists and opportunists.

ith your permission I may say more

another day when it rains—as it does just now.

Saltcoats, Sask., April 14, 1910.

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IN ACCORD

“If, by the improvement of marketing conditions, the farmer can add $100 to his cash income, surely he will be working to the prosperity of every interest in his community. Every other interest should assist him in every way.”

This is from Tue Grain GROWERS’ Gurpr and sounds like good logic. And we believe it is. We know we are ex- pressing the views of the people of Kil- larney when we say they are entirely in sympathy with the above sentiment.— Killarney Guide.

. a me & “Character is a bundle of habits.

Habits originate in the mind and are registered on the body.”’—Geo. D. Tripp.

For Agricultural Denmark

Written specially for The Guide by ALPHONSE DESJARDINS, Ex-M.P.

Denmark is a small, one could truly say, a very small country of northern Europe. Its size is hardly equal to two of our western constituencies, comprising a superficial area of 9,746,000 acres. Its population is about that of Ontario, or a little less now, being 2,580,905 inhabitants, of which three-fourths are farmers. And yet, small as it is, Denmark can boast today of an international trade worth three hundred million dollars. In 1905 its exports were as follows:

Horses, 29,421 head.

Cattle, 123,696 head.

Butter, 158,800,000 pounds. Meat, 221,000,000 pounds.

But what is perhaps more striking than

among them, and after an extensive trip to England, began to preach the in- numerable advantages of such associa- tions. But instead of taking up, as Eng- land did almost exclusively, the distri- butive or store feature of co-operation, the system was applied to agriculture. It was the farmers who did co-operate for the betterment. of their industry and they soon realized how beneficial the regime was. No wonder then that today Denmark is almost covered by a network of co-operative societies of every imaginable kind, numbering mor> than 2,700. The Danes have succeeded in securing the best markets of the world for their products and to obtain the high- est prices therein. They have also

andre

A Western Farmer taking his Family on a Picnic. Nice, isn’t it?

anything else, is its-export of eggs, the average having reached the enormous figure of one Million eggs per day,

Now, one would very pertinently ask how is it that such a small country, having but very ordinary soil, could have ever reached such a high degree of agri- cultural prosperity, being able to not only feed its own people, but export as well such a large amount of produce of various kinds. The answer is, and_ it is almost the only one, if due regard is taken of the educative influence of this form of association, Co-operation. All those who do visit Denmark and inquire, easily come to this conclusion.

The Danes are an intelligent, energetic and progressive people. Forty or more years ago, they were poor, almost helpless, being ruined by a terrible war with Prussia, who had taken the two finest provinces of the kingdom as the price of its victory. Happily an apostle of co-operation arose

shown what they could do in other ways, by breaking the combines and trusts that tried to exploit them. It can truly be said that Denmark gives the best object lesson possible on co-operative lines, and its worthy example deserves to be studied and closely followed, as far at least as circumstances and conditions permit to do so.

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ORGANIZATION AND PROTECTION. Co-operation is the slogan of the 20th century among all progressive wide- awake people. It is the era of trusts and combines. To such an extent has organi- zation been carried that the people must organize to protect their interests for the individual no longer stands any show as against the combine. The time has arrived when to combat the trust sucess- fully it is necessary to form a colossal trust of the people, by the people and for

the people.—High Rivcr Times. ;

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THE

Convention Address

The following Report of the Prince Albert Convention was given to the Ruddell, Sask., branch

at a recent meeting By E. MYLREA, President

‘HIS is the first time that it has been my privilege to submit to you the report of the Grain Growers’ con- vention held at Prince f Albert. I will suggest that it is quite un- necessary for me to make a verbatim report, as no doubt you have all read the very full report in Tun Guipe. I will, therefore, endeavor to give you some idea of the convention as a whole. Mr. Driscol, Mr. Cameron and myself arrived at Prince Albert after dark. All the hotels were ful’ to over- flowing. Several Pulman cars were side- tracked to accommodate the delegates at a charge of $5.00 for the four nights. Mr. Driscoll being well acquainted with the town, made for a restaurant he knew, but all beds had been taken up. Finally we found refuge in a cold storage and we found that, like our vegetable seed, it was true to name.

President E. N. Hopkins opened the convention with a review of the past, and many encouraging remarks for the future. He said: ‘“‘When I announced to you three years ago that in 1906 we produced 37,000,000 bushels of wheat and that it represented 20.40 bushels per acre you cheered—and justly so. When it was announced last year that we reached 50,000,000 bushels mark in wheat pro- duction and that our total grain yield, 1908, was 100,000,000, you were equally

leased. You would scarcely have be- Feved then, that in 1909 our grain pro- duction would be greater than that of the two previous years combined. Yet this year we raised 90,215,000 bushels of wheat—an average of 22.1 bushels to the acre—besides 105,465,000 bushels of oats and 12,630,616 bushels of other kinds of grain, making a total production of 218,310,616 bushels. Now, gentlemen, this is a record to be proud of. When we remember that only ten per cent. of our arable land is under cultivation, then we begin to realize the possibilities of our fair province from a grain producing standpoint.”

But, gentlemen, what would it profit us, as farmers, enduring the heat and toil of the day to have an almost unlimited agricultural area and the ability to produce enough wheat to feed the world, if we fail to make adequate provision for ensuring to ourselves the due return for our labors? We must have a strong organization to battle against the multi- plied organizations arrayed against us, especially when they throw down the gauntlet and challenge the 800,000 farmers of this Dominion as at their banquet in Winnipeg at the beginning of February. The most amazing statement made at that festive gathering was that voiced by G. M. Murray, secretary of the Canadian Manufacturers’ Association. He spoke as follows: “The re-organized Canadian Manufacturers’ Association is like a young giant, ignorant of its own power. By the exercise of these powers it could, if it chose, bring several millions of people to the verge of starvation or

aralyse the industry of the whole Domin- ion. From the half-hearted 182 who com- prised the total membership in 1899 it has grown with such strides that now in 1910 the members number more than 2,500.”

Perhaps his statement contains the most astounding challenge that has been hurled at the public in many years, Although I have strayed a little from my subject of reporting the convention, yet it gives the tone and feeling of the 600 delegates assembled.

To be up and doing. The mayor gave us the freedom of the city and arranged concerts at the town hall. The town band played for our entertainment. A horse race on the river, and a parade of the fire brigade, at which all the draft horses and drivers took part.

Thursday, from 7 to 8 p.m. an organ recital was given in the Presbyterian church before the evening session.

Mr. Motherwell, during his speech, left the vital part of elevator purchase

rather indefinite. Therefore a new reso- lution was put to the meeting that the government move in the matter at once, so that the 1910 crop would be handled to the satisfaction of the farmers. Mr. Motherwell also said that the govern- ment would appoint a commission of five members of which the Grain Growers would be asked to nominate two. The delegates requested that three Grain Growers be appointed on the commission; otherwise they would be in a minority. If Mr. Motherwell did not seem to share the confidence of the cabinet, the attorney- general did not hesitate to say at the ban- quet that the government were appoint- ing a commission and they would be

A Group of Ruddell Grain Growers.

GRAIN GROWERS’

GUIDE

All the terminals are in the hands of priv- ate individuals, except the C.P.R., and they receive only grain shipped by the farmers, the elevators sending theirs to the privately owned terminals.

The mayor had asked the people to treat the Grain Growers well, and do all they could to make our visit enjoyable.

The president of the Grain Growers’-

Grain Company, T. A. Crerar, said: ‘“The operation of the elevators will not be a charge upon the country, but their

operation will pay for the cost of main--

tenance and provide a sinking fund to meet ‘the original outlay. The govern- ment will guarantee the sample and the identity of the wheat sold, and this will ensure better prices to the farmer, as well as the milling value of the wheat to the purchaser. Old Country buyers will not buy wheat on present elevator samples, but under the new system all the millers of the world would compete on an even basis for our wheat. Grain would be weighed in car at the shipping point, and the railways would have to stand for the weight at the other end.”

Mr. Motherwell said at a meeting held in Regina: “It was in 1901 that this

A. G. Hawkes of the Central Association and

President E. Mylrea in centre

known in a few days and that they would all be men in sympathy with the farmers.

It was very noticeable that the thriving, pushing towns have the largest member- ship and the prominent men take the greatest interest in all the proceedings of their local branch of the Grain Growers’ Association.

Mr. Dacey, vice-president, met Hon. Walter Scott re the terminal elevators. Mr. Scott said there was constitutional difficulties in the way, but Mr. Dacey gave the premier to understand that the farmers knew what they wanted and meant to have it. The coal supply was

Ruddell Grain Growers ready for masquerade ball. are among the number

also mentioned. Mr. Scott said that the government had spent $12,000 in opening up mines and did not think they could spend more.

Several spoke regarding too hurried legislation.

A point made by Mr. McKenzie, the appointed delegate from the Manitoba Grain Growers’ Association, to the Con- vention, was:—That the farmer placed his wheat in his car and it is re- ceived at the terminals. Your tickets are returned to you, your grain is lost sight of, and in the hands of speculators.

spirit of organization first manifested itself under the banner of the Grain Growers’ Association and gradually, but surely, this organization has become stronger, more alert and more wide- spread until today it has become a mighty force in the land, admired by its friends and dreaded by its enemies.”

After the president’s address A. G, Hawkes, director of the central asso- ciation, addressed the meeting for an hour and a half. He went into a number of the questions now agitating the farmers and was given a splendid reception.

The President and Secretary

THE OUTGROWTH OF TYRANNY

Dear Sir:—The farmers of Burriss Township, having become tired of cut prices, lost poles, unmerciful culling of ties, etc., have organized a mutual pro- tective association with Mr. Black as president and Hugh McDermid as secre- tary. They have rented a piece of ground at Devlin near the track and employed one of their number as yard master, to help unload, keep tally of every man’s timber, and to negotiate directly with the railway and telephone companies

April 27th, 1910

and thus save the farmers the middle- man’s profit, etc. They will hold their timber till prices are satisfactory. If ties are orth forty or fifty cents to the railway it is hardly fair to the farmer to pay him 25 to 80 cents. If piling is. worth 12 to 14 cents a foot to the bridge contractor the farmer should not have to pay all alone 6 cents for loading it. Furthermore, if ties and poles are culled there should be some way for the farmer to claim those rejected and not have to stand and watch them loaded for shipment without either consent or com- pensation. So I’d say to the farmers all along the line, ORGANIZE! OR- GANIZE! and stand together for your rights. , J. CAREY SMITH.

Burriss, Ont., Jan. 20, 1910,

—Morning Herald, Fort William,

ww & TAXING THE INCREMENT

It is interesting to note that Germany is taxing the “unearned increment” of land values. In the past two months thirty-two German towns have either adopted an increment tax or have approv- ed the principle. One state, the princi- polity of Lippe, has declared for the tax or other than municipal purposes. The government proposed to give the munici- arEpe power to levy such tax but the egislature changed the proposal into an obligatory state tax, and also gave the municipalities power to levy a similar tax. The state will do the assessing, but the amount payable will be divided between the state and the municipality, the state being one-fourth. This arrange- ment is similar to that embodied in the Lloyd-George budget. Berlin is among the cities which have decided to adopt the tax.—Edmonton Bulletin.

Ow ONION GROWERS CO-OPERATE IN ONTARIO

Co-operation is nearly always born of distress. When, for instance, marketing conditions reach the deep mire of despair, those who are producing a certain line of farm products are liable to get their heads together and seek improvement through co-operation. It was conspic- uously so with the apple growers of Southern Ontario, and the latest example is the Scotland Onion Growers’ and Farmers’ Co-operative Association, _ of Brant County. Last year, when, with a bumper crop in this leading onion pro- ducing district, the price was forced down below the cost of production, assisted possibly by manipulation of the trade, and the producers decided to unite for the disposal of their crop. The result was an organization representing a con- siderable proportion of the heaviest

roducers, with business arrangements or the shipping, selling and storing of onions. It is believed by the members that their association has already had the effect of raising net prices to the growers, both in and out of the organization, by ten or fifteen cents a bushel. Success to this latest Canadian line of co-operation. —Deloraine Times.

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It is reported from Washington that the United States will demand an explanation from the Canadian government anent the action of the Quebec legislature in pro- hibiting the exportation of pulpwood.

Oe WHY THE HEN?

I saw a hen go ’cross the street, Wiith slow and stately tread;

She seemed to have an end in view, And never turned her head.

‘Why goes that hen across the street?” Inquired a_ passerby:

“TI know she does it every day, But not the reason. why.”

**You speak the truth,” I made reply, “She crosses evry day,

And yet the garden over here Is equal evry way.

She will not stay where she belongs, Though land she has to spare;

She must go on the other side To see what’s over there.”

‘Alas! My friend, it’s just the same With all the human race;

The hen won’t stay where she belongs, Though she’s a better place.

"Tis pengh for which she is to blame, She’s learned it from the men;

Tell me why men go ’cross the street And I'll explain the hen.”

April 27th, 1910

THE GRAIN

ROWERS’ ‘GUIDE

agon Loads of Mistakes

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INCE the inauguration by the De Laval Company of the plan under which anyone having an old machine of any make

whatever may trade it on account of a new De Laval, there has been received every month at the Company’s headquarters

such a quantity of scrap-iron as would build an immense monument to the mistakes of manufacturers of inferior separators,

and also to those of the people who bought them. All ‘‘would be” competitors have been forced to adopt an exchange policy

but in order to mislead prospective customers, refrain from publishing a price list.

Therefore the purchaser has no means of knowing

how much has been added to the ordinary selling price of the new machine in order to permit what may appear to be a large allow-

ance for the old one.

The De Laval Price List is open to everyone and will be gladly furnished on request, and a dollar of one man’s money has no more

purchasing value with the Company than the same amount of another’s.

It is advisable where an offer is made for an old machine

on account of a new one to ask for the production of a price list over the manufacturer’s signature and then to compare it with De

Laval prices and capacities.

By following this suggestion costly and humiliating mistakes may frequently be avoided.

Write for catalog and arrange with the nearest agent for a free trial of the New Improved De Laval Separator.

THE DE LAVAL SEPARATOR CO.

WINNIPEG

Montreal

FARMERS ARE SUPREME

The changes that are taking place in this and other provinces of the Domin- ion all point to the supremacy of the men who till the land. These changes are numerous and are coming in rapid suc- cession. The man who. gathers the fruits from the soil, dealing at first hand with nature, is the only independent one, and all others adjust their measures and their business for his accommodation, and compete with each other for his patronage. The departmental store, the retailer and the wholesaler discuss the best and cheapest way of providing the farmer with luxuries; the railways regard his presence of the first necessity to their existence; manufacturers are exerting themselves to provide better and cheaper agricultural implements, and even govern- ments have decided that if people are to be fed and clothed in the cities, the com- mands of those who dig the earth must be obeyed. Through organization and the discarding of party politics the farmers stand first; they are now the real governors, the only noblemen. The best thing that any young man can do is to get into a field of his own, with a hoe, if he cannot own a plow. The honors of creation are all in the earth, the air and the sunshine.—The Hartney Star. March 25, 1910.

ww WHY NOT JOIN?

The Lanigan association has made rapid strides in this, the second year of its growth, and new members are being enrolled at each meeting, but although a fair proportion of the farmers are members, there is no reason why every farmer of the district should not belong to the association when the value of such an organization is considered. It may be of interest to those who have not given the matter serious thought, to know just what the objects of the organization are. Subjoined are the articles of in- corporation:

(a) To forward the interests of the Grain Growers in every honorable and legitimate way;

(b) To watch legislation relating to the Grain Growers interests, particularly that affecting the marketing, grading and transportation of their grain.

(ec) To suggest to parliament from time to time as it is found necessary, through duly appointed delegates, the passing of any new legislation to meet changing conditions and requirements.

The above articles are the whole thing in a nut-shell. Not very many words, but they mean much to the farmers and others, if conscientiously acted upon.

The accomplishments of the united farmers for their common good in the past

have been many, and much effort is being expended at the present time to improve conditions. ‘There is much yet to be done. Why not join the association and help in the good work, and help at the same time to try and make the Lanigan branch of the association the strongest and most influential sub-association in the province. The membership fee is only one dollar per year.—Lanigan Mail

wo & THE FARMERS’ UNION OF ALBERTA

Interest in the above named union is awakening in southern Alberta. Aside from individual benefits from the union, matters of public interest meeting the approval or disapproval of such an or- ganization can be fostered or held in abeyance by a united and _ organized effort.

Some of the farmers of Okotoks district have become interested and for their

relating to the farmers’ interests and equitable rates of transportation.

To open new markets and_ enlarge old ones.

To report crops in this and foreign countries so that farmers may operate intelligently in planting and marketing.

To educate young men of the nation on their rights, duties and_ responsi- bilities so that they may understand the evil effects of vicious legislation affecting public questions, and discuss the effect upon the wealth producer.

To hold meetings for the discussion of subjects pertaining to the production, varieties of grain and live stock and the best means of marketing the same.

To obtain by united effort profitable and equitable prices for farm produce.

To suggest to parliament from time to time as it is found necessary, through duly appointed delegates, the passing

Seeding on April 5, 1910, on Farm of D. A. Brown, Fairview Farm, Tessier, Sask.

benefit and others, the following concisely expressed purposes of the Farmers’ Union of Alberta are appended:

To forward the interest of the pro- ducers of grain and live stock and to obtain profitable prices for all products of the farm and orchard.

To put forth our utmost efforts to secure the building and maintenance of granaries, elevators, warehouses, and cold storage warehouses in principal market cities and in all localities where

racticable, so that farm produce may be held and controlled for an advantageous price instead of passing on to the hands of speculators and combines.

To endeavor to secure legislation

of any new legislation to meet changing conditions and requirements.—Okotoks Advance. :

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CANADA WILL FOLLOW

In Ontario, Canada, some 270 towns and cities have petitioned the legislature to allow them to levy taxes especially on land values, and to levy less or none on improvements. To get the councils to do this petitioning has required consid- erable effort on the part of many earnest workers. If Ontario had the referendum and initiative this step would be very speedily taken. The people want im- provements taxed lightly or not. at all. If England makes this advance there is

Vancouver

no doubt but what Canada will follow, and the Canucks may lead the way to the Promised Land.—Portland,. Ore., Labor Press.

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AS VIEWED BY OTHERS

A farmer of Manitoba, and a member of the directorate of the Grain Growers’ Association, has broken out against the association, and in favor of the government’s scheme of elevator manage- ment. This is not the way to better conditions, but is just the sort of thing that makes it hard to keep farmers’ organizations together. Just as soon asa man finds he is not in accord with an association of which he is an officer, the thing for him to do is to resign. The man who changes his opinion loses no respect, but a traitor and dissembler is a discredit to himself. Farm and Ranch Review, Calgary.

oe e TROUBLES IN NEBRASKA

Elevators be it known, are storage and loading places for grain. If for railroad shipments they may be placed nowhere but upon railroad lands, the railroad may connect them with switches and maroon them, as it pleases. It was to check this monopolising power of the railroads, by putting all Nebraska elevators upon an even footing that the Nebraska law, compelling railroads upon demand to connect any grain elevator with a switch, was enacted. Its nullification by the supreme court restores the whip hand to the railroads over the farmers.—The Public.

eo & Little Laughs

She—*‘ Yes, indeed! My father is a self-made man. Why, he went in the Takeall Hardware Store as an office boy at $12 per month, and in less than eight years he owned the store.”” He— “That's good! But I couldn’t do that in the store I’m working in now.’’ She “How’s that?” He—‘Oh! we have cash registers.”

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A little Swede boy presented himself before the schoolma’am, who asked his name, ‘‘ Young Olsen,”’ he replied. ‘‘ How old are you, asked the teacher. ‘‘Ay not know how old ay bane.” “‘ Well, when were you born?” continued the teacher, who nearly fainted at the reply. “Ay not born at all; ay got step-mutter.”’

wo wy Teacher—‘Johnny, can you inform the class as to how the age of a chicken is determined?” Johnny—‘Yes'm, by the teeth.” Teacher—‘ Why, Johnny, chickens have no teeth.” Johnny—

““No’m, but we have.”

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® 99 YOU must NO.1317is analyze equipped the parts of with our new © our No, 1317 HAT’S what a telephone says to every man on whose wall it hangs, It’s a No, 48-A gener-

good servant—is a telephone—a mighty good servant and always ready and waiting for you the moment you want it. And not only is it there for business, but it stands for pleasure as well, Think what a con- venience,— what a deal of comfort,—it would be for you in the long, lonesome winter evenings, when the snow is piled mountain-high ; in every path and road. Or suppose you needed a doctor ere Hod gone youre on one of those evenings — just suppose. Well, if you ne ie Pe dae .o RIege have a telephone — but you know the story. There’s away when. id. sings snd only one way for a story like that to end if your

Telephone Set to fully appreciate its superiority. For example, a farm ‘phone demands’ an

ator—a generator whose efficiency is greater, and which will ring a greater number of telephones on a longer line than any generator on the market, Thousands of these gener-

it’s of little use unless you telephone’s a good instrument — if it doesn’t get ators are operating on lines always hear it. The gong we out of order— if it ‘doesn’t fail you at the more than 80 miles long with as use is made of brass—a big one critical moment—in short, if it's a many as40 telephones on the same and produces fully 50% more “Northern Electric.” You save a trip line. Indeed, A ORE Gane, OF B line noise than any other gong for farm to town — a long wait—a never- approximately 75 miles long, thereare use. The gong posts are mounted \ onding journey back — and— 75 sets. While this is, of course, really

too great a load, it is of interest as indi- cating the wonderful strength of this generator Consider this

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FARMERS IN POLITICS

Editor, Gutpr:—When one sees a big grizzly bear confined in his iron railed den in a park, he has before him a fine figure, illustrative of labor and capital. The bear is labor—uneasy, con- fined, tramping forth and back, back and forth, conscious of a restraint, irksome and unjust, but unable to free itself. Like the bear, labor beats the bars of its restraining environment, bruising itself in the effort; then tries to climb over; then subsides and rests awhile; then renews the effort in much the same way, only to fail as before. Capital is the park commissioners, whose brains master the mighty grizzly, and, conscious of their power, back in the shade of the park pavilion, while their children play about the: big bear, in the utmost security, tantalizing him with peanuts and crumbs of cake and crusts of pie.

History records many instances of this great human grizzly’s efforts, some quite successful, some quite frenzied, convulsions of unintelligent anger in trying to free itself. ‘Magna Charter,” “The French Revolution,” ‘“‘The De- claration of Independence,” which cul- minated in the founding of the United States of America, are among the most noted of the successful efforts, and what glorious progress has been made in these intelligent and united movements!

Interspersed with these, and trailing their. wreckage all along the path of social progress, are the ill-timed and frenzied outbreaks of unrest, quite often precipi- tated by some fanatic but master mind, which have left the great bear badly bruised and bleeding, and caused him to lay quiet for a season, and, though the ends gained may not..have been quite commensurate with the sacrifice made, they have had a bearing for good in the onward march of freedom. Like the smoke issuing through the chinks in the house roof, they show to outsiders that there is something wrong within, and this leads up to the thought in my mind. This unrest of the farmers is notice to the world that there is some- thing wrong in the social construction in our edifice. It is specific notice to our general and local governments that there is great injustice being done” and that a remedy must, and. will, be found. But can we look to the govern- ments as at present constituted, domin- ated by the bread-and-butter politicians, to give us relief? For answer, go to Manitoba. The farmers asked for bread and got a stone. The elevator bill is but a makeshift which takes the place of an effective and workable one, and has the shadow of failure hovering over it at its -birth. If the interpretation of the sixty per cent. petition as a pre- requisite to the requiring or building of government elevators, is placed upon the law and it bears this construction on its face, I very seriously doubt if a@ community can be found to initiate the system. The government is thus very adroitly, but nevertheless playing our interests into the hands of our ene- mies—the Elevator Combine. With the way blocked by this cripple, it will be quite a while before we can get another opportunity to re-adjust the matter in hand. It has always been the way with this class of politician law makers. Whenever a sufficient’ pressure is brought to bear upon them for a given piece of legislation they submit to that demand, taking care that while it occupies the place of the thing demanded it does not do the interests any harm for these politi- cal statesmen are always in the service

The aim is to make this department of great value to readers and no letters not of

of others than their constituents. What, then, is our remedy? Help yourselves. How? By laying aside all partisan bias and uniting and co-operating to get control of your legislature and your government and then make your own elevator bill. F. W. Green, that two- pointed tack from Moose Jaw, has pointed the way repeatedly in his well timed and far-seeing articles. He says: ‘‘No need of much noise about it. The franchise is the little machine that will do the business,” and to all of which I say, “Amen.” But we must have some plan of action. ‘‘Non-partisanism” does not mean that the farmers are to be a “nonentity,” but rather that he become an entity of a very decided character— courageous, intelligent and very active. This butter-milk, balder-dash, that farm- ers must keep out of politics, is an aphor- ism that has served our enemies already far too long. As an organization, we must get into politics and get into them deep and strong. Not along party lines, as Grit and Tory, not into a third party, as farmers. Then how? Simply by laying aside all our party affiliations and voting for the man, whether Grit or Tory, who gives the best, promise —not

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voters of Canada are farmers. In these western provinces, the ratio is four-fifths. Now, under all fair circumstances, we are the government. But the circum- stances are unfair and where are we? Get your answer from Manitoba. There is claimed for Saskatchewan 100,000 farmers. Suppose we get seventy-five per cent. of these into our association, voting non-partisan as. outlined above, under the directions of a committee competent to scrutinize their qualifications what would hinder us from controlling the legislature and the government? If this is a country of majority rule, this is our due. ‘For forms of government let fools contest;

What’s best administered is best.” Maymont, Sask. ; F. GIFFARD. wm yw w

TO GRAIN GROWERS

Editor Gutpg:—I would like to draw the attention of farmers to the fact that if we would do what was right with the Grain Growers’ Grain Company, it would not be long before we would con- trol the market. A great many farmers who are members of the Grain Growers’ Association sell their wheat to the elevator combine. We have heard of a man joining one army and then fighting for the other side. He was called a traitor. If the Grain Growers were not organized we would not get the price we now do for our wheat We would be getting from 60 cents to 75 cents, instead of as now, from 90 cents to $1 per bushel I sold wheat to the Grain Growers last year, and at the time the elevators offered one-half cent more than the Grain Grow- ers’ Grain Company. “Well,” I said, “if it wasn’t for the Grain Growers you would be giving me from 15 cents to 20 cents less. You are just offering that one-half cent more to try and put the Grain Growers out of business.” If the farmers club together in the right way that will never be. The Grain Growers are becoming stronger day by day and it won’t be long before all farmers are

Grain Growers. Arden, Man. A. W. MASON, JR.

Threshing Outfit of Wm. Sheppard & Sons, Letellier, Man.

by word of mouth, but by his antecedents ~—of a fitness and willingness to serve the interests we entrust to him. In one district the man nominated as a Liberal —George Langley, for instance—may be a man whose every interest is with us and whose every public act has com- mitted him to our cause, and who, though a politician, has executed sacred trusts and not found wanting. Such a man gives promise by his antecedents of a fitness we need, and should be supported by every farmer without question. In another district the Conservative nominee may give the same promise and may be entitled to the farmers’ votes. Such a course will be an intelligent non-partisan- ism. Such a course will free us from the thrall of the bread-and-butter politicians. Into such politics the Grain Growers’ Association should go up to their eyes, and this is my plan. Let us attend the nominating conventions en masse, and see that good men are nominated. Very often our conventions are mere ratification meetings, carrying out a star-chamber slate arrangement with a candidate bound hand and foot to some pet scheme in which the average voter has little or no interest or information. All such ready prepared candidates should be unceremoniously rejected. Then let a committee be appointed from the execu- tive of the, Grain Growers’ Association to pass on the fitness of candidates as per the specification set forth above, and Til fusrenter the political pot will go a-boiling to the ‘‘Queen’s taste.” See how this would work out. Statistics show that about four-sevenths of the

COST OF LIVING

Editor Guipn:—An old English song tells us how “A bushel of the best wheat was sold for fourteenpence, and forty eggs a penny that were both good and new.” Prices have certainly advanced since those days; the cost of living has increased. Many and varied are the causes to which this is attributed, and yet methinks the main cause is seldom touched upon.

We can sometimes best solve a problem by appreaching it through unfamiliar channels of thought. When the Indians roamed these prairies the cost of living largely depended upon the natural supply of food. If food was plentiful living was cheap; when the chase was long and futile and the search for fruit fruitless, the cost of living was high, sometimes so high that the Indians starved to death. Then, as now, before a hare (or jackrabbit) could be cooked it first had to be caught. The Indian applied his labor to the natural resources of the earth, and enjoyed the full product of his toil. He paid no tariff upon the food he took home; except per- haps to the wolves. He paid no toll for the use of the trail. He paid no rent for the use of the hunting ground, or for the land on which his wigwam stood. In times of plenty he was neh Nabe and happy. ‘He did not spend his time and energy digging gold out of a hole in the ground in the Yukon to put into another hole in the ground in New York. He did not live to work but,. originally, he had to work to live. Then, as now hares had to be caught before they could be cooked. Had the Indians allowed some members of the tribe to monopolize

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the hunting ground, the site of the camp and the trail, the hunter would have had to give up to them a part of his catch for the use of the hunting ground, the wig- wam site and the trail, If, in addition, they had imposed a tariff upon all food coming into camp, his load of provisions would have been again lightened; but we can easily imagine that his mind would have been burdened and his heart heavy because of the increased cost of living. The high cost of living among the hare- catchers of today, ie., all those who perform useful work, is due to the fact that some people eat a great many hares and catch none. These hare-eaters, ‘clad in costly legal robes which are daily grow- ing more and more transparent and can no longer conceal an_ ever-increasing multitude of sins, levy tribute upon the hare-catchers.

Normally the price of a commodity would be governed by its cost of pro- duction. ‘Tariffs, trusts und combines undoubtedly raise prices, Augustus P. Gardiner notwithstanding. But it seems clear to me that the principle cause of the high price of living is the high price of land. We rend the air with our cries against those who corner wheat, sugar, cotton, ete., the necessaries of life; but what of those who corner the land, the source of all the necessaries of life? Is not the rent of land a factor in the cost of production? Do not high rents mean high prices? Truly as Henry George says ‘“‘The reason why, in spite of the increase in productive power, wages con- stantly tend to a minimum which will give but a bare living, thus producing a constant tendency to the forcing down of wages.’’ The remedy for the high cost of living is to abolish all taxes upon commodities which artificially increase prices, and to raise all public revenues by the taxation of land values.

This would break the corner in land and bring about a social condition in which the hare eaters would also be hare catchers.

Yours for justice, F. J. DIXON.

Winnipeg.

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A DAVID TO THE FRONT

Editor, Guipe:—Enclosed find $1 for Tur Guipr, which you will please mail to J. B. Root, Omaha, Neb., for one year. After reading your excellent resume of the paper, its fearless attitude and broad- gauged policy, I can fancy I see a David coming to the fore front of the battle to do valiant service for the Grain Grow- ers, and I feel like helping all I can. F. GIFFARD. Maymont, Sask. :

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A LOST OPPORTUNITY

Editor, Guipr:—Before the last Do- minion election our members promised to help the farmers by getting a reduction in the tariff. The chance came. Uncle Sam knocked at the door of the Dominion house, but the members were dumb. The chance went by and they never said one word in favor of a reduction in the tariff. They were held back by the party. While I am a Liberal, “I cannot swallow them any longer,

W. H. J.

Saskatoon, Sask. wm wy w

TAX THE IDLE LAND

Editor, Gutwn:—Is it not time for some form of land value taxation to be intro- duced into this country. Here we see people going out 20, 50 and in some cases 200 miles from railways and civilization to get land to cultivate and make homes The majority of these people would

on. sooner be where they could have the advantage of schools, churches, post

offices, railways and the rural telephone line. We have enough vacant land close to existing railways for all the immi- gration we shall have for some years to. come, but much of it is held at a prohibi- tive figure. The settlement %of these lands would benefit both existing settlers and newcomers. : bel

Why not follow the example of Australia and penalise the holding of land idle? British Columbia has tig us the lead by taxing wild land four per cent. as against three-fifths of one per cent. on improved property. There is wild land 214 miles from Drinkwater, Sask., worth, in 1902, $4 per acre, now held at #35. If we had a four per cent. tax here this absentee landowner would get such a reminder from the tax collector every

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r that I think very possibly he might more disposed to let someone have this land on which to make a home, at a more reasonable figure, instead of their having to go to the edge of things. CHAS. E. YOCKNEY. Edmonton, Alta.

wo & EXCEEDED EXPECTATIONS The following letter was received by the Grain Growers’ Grain Company: “Received particulars of my car of wheat from you today ‘and am_ very pleased with the result. You sold at a_ price above my expectations. Your trans- actions have been prompt, neat and busi- ness-like. I gained $110 net by shipping this one car to you. It is my duty, as a farmer, and deeper duty as a man, to appreciate your assistance and thank you sincerely. A. W. HURST-BORAM.” Young, Sask. om wo ANOTHER CO-OPERATIVE REPORT Editor, Gutne:—Enclosed is a rather comprehensive report of another co- operative society doing business not very far from my old home. A careful study of this report will show how much good co-operation really does. In the district in which this society is doing business, the miners have been on strike since the New Year came in, on account of the Eight Hour Day Act coming into force at that time. rae While the dividend is rather low in comparison with some others that I know of, it is very satisfactory, taking into consideration that they have paid the expenses of three members who have been in a convalescent home, and, further, have opened up a soup-kitchen for both members and non-members. Knowing that you are interested in co-operation, I take the liberty of sending this to you for your information. FRANK WALKER. Hanson, Sask. MURTON COLLIERY CO-OPERA- TIVE SOCIETY.

{Note.—The following is the report sent by Mr. Walker:

“The annual meeting of the above co-operative society was held in. the Miner’s Hall on Saturday night, Mr. Roger Chicken presiding, supported by the treasurer, manager, secretary, com- mittee, and about 80 members being present. The chairman commented on the results of the half-year, and said that he thought the results were very grati- fying when the present state of affairs in the locality was considered. The decrease shown was only £231, and even after taking into account the trade done at the Easington branch, which was mostly new trade, the total turnover was very satisfactory. The secretary read the balance sheet, which showed the total membership at 1,415, an increase of 120 on the year and 88 on the six months. The total sales were £40,889, and £2,501 of this had been returned from the Easington branch; 21,188 gallons of milk had been sold. The average purchases per member was 22s. 2d. per week, butchering 3s.9d. Eight claims had been paid out of the collective life assurance department, and three members had been sent free to the Gilsland Home. Pur- chases at the C.W.S. had been £27,190; butchering £5,242; from Co-Operative Productive Societies’ members and other sources, £1,950. _ The working expenses were: Interest on capital, 114d., de- preciation, 144d., total expenses 1s, 414d. Buildings and fixtures, costing £13,014, had been written down to £4,410. The total investments reached £20,106; re- serve fund, £1,800; contingency fund, £504. The investments were of such a character of the members could have their shares withdrawn if necessary. There was a cash balance of £3,678. The committee roposed to dispose of the net profit y paying the usual dividend on purchases at %s. 6d. in the £, depreciation £220, and carrying the balance of £189 forward. After questions had been put, the whole of the report and disposal was argeed to. Mr. J. Shield gave a report of the C.W.S. meeting which was received as satisfactory. The secretary read the result. of the ballot, which declared the following elections: President, Mr. Frank Blackwell; treasurer, Mr. Ben Porter; committee, Messrs. Joseph Blackwell and Michael Watson; delegate, Mr. D. H, Robinson; ‘auditor, Mr. James Curry. Nominations were received for three seats on the committee vacant next

that practically the whole-

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quarter. he chairman brought to the notice of the members the fact the commit- tee had during the quarter opened out a soup kitchen at which needy cases were helped of both non-members and members. He stated that up to the pres- ent a very large percentage of the apoli- cants had been non-members. The kit- chen had been open every day, and be- sides this, the school children at all the schools were receiving soup and bread daily. This had been going on for 21 days, and altogether 4,150 gallons of soup and 12,600 loaves of bread had been distributed. Besides this, they had sent grants to the local distress committee, and also to Horden distress committee. The committee desired the decision of the members as to whether this should be continued, and’ further grants made from the contingency fund for this object. The members unanimously sup-

ported the action of the committee, | and authorised the committee to continue |

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SOCIALISM

Editor, Guipr:—To be the editor of a paper is not always to be in a bed of roses. Once in a while someone wants you to write more about socialism, while others want you to expunge it altogether from your paper. Of the latter class belongs the local association of the Grain Growers of Denholm. They _ protest against the admission of letters on social- ism because they claim they are not of public interest, but I would advise these good people to do as I did. I started to write against it, and in order to do it more intelligently I studied it

_ with the result that I became converted

to it. In this struggle for emancipation (I mean with us G.G.s) we should be able to distinguish a friend from a foe. God knows we have enough of the latter to fight against. Let the people - of Denholm get books written by Karl Marx, Frederick Engels, Lasalle, Blatch- ford and John Spargo, and then let them condemn socialism if they can without violating their convictions.

Proof that socialism is not such a bug- bear is that a year ago last winter, when the™ Methodists were in convention at Saskatoon, one of their prominent minis- ters (Mr, Chown) said they should include sociology in the curriculum of their theo- logical colleges as the Presbyterians had already introduced it into their own.

He also pointed out that they should | very books that we |

study, too, the y socialists prize the most, such as John

Spargo’s book, ‘The Socialists; who they |

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are and what they stand for.” It may

be said that sociology is only a disguised |

name for socialism.

The dictionary says, “the ethics of socialism and Christianity are identical.”

Miss Frances Willard, who was presi- dent of the Women’s Christian Tem- perance Union of America, in an address in Buffalo in 1897, said that if she was to live her life over again, ‘‘she would devote it to the spread of socialism, That it was the very marrow of Christ’s gospel. Thatfit was Christianity applied.”

Whether we acknowledge it or not, the work of the Saskatchewan Grain Growers’ convention at Prince Albert was socialistic in the main. Socialists are trying to establish a universal common- wealth—a universal brotherhood—and put a stop to fratricidal wars by edu- cating the masses into seeing that we cannot hurt one person or country without hurting oursleves. For what hurts the bee hurts the hive.

The time will soon be here when a candidate for the legislature or the House of Commons will have to be well versed in political economy, and I find that those best equipped in that line are to be found among the socialists.

Socialism is a world wide movement and it is just as easy to stop the water of Niagara Falls as to try to stop it. It prospers best where it is most opposed. Nowhere else has it been more opposed than in the cities of Berlin and Rome, and both cities have a majority of so- eee members in their municipal coun- cils.

Socialists stand for equal justice, equal opportunities, and privileges to none, and everything that tends towards improving humanity as a whole. ' He who stands in its way is no friend of his fellow beings.

C.S. DIT BLONDIN.

April 27th, 1910

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PAS ies

CCORDING to all reports the AN hail insurance proposition is cer- tainly a hard problem to solve. It looks like it cannot materialize under the: present conditions, as there are too many different ideas about it. I think it should be left to the executive committee altogether, which should frame up a scheme under which all land owners would be compelled to pay a tax on their arable lands sufficient to raise a fund to pay all damages done by hail up to $8.00 per acre. There should be no exceptions make like some of the resolutions include; this would

This Section of The Guide is conducted officially for the United Farmers of Alberta by

as they draw as much benefit from such protection as the grain grower, if not directly, they will indirectly. So let us all join hands and let us do some good for the country.

I noted that there is a different feeling among the farmers as to whether we should have a land tax or compulsory hail in- surance, I discussed this matter with a member of parliament a short time ago, and he was certainly in favor of the land tax, which he would support.

I am quite positive that the majority of farmers would support a proposition of this kind if laid out in good form by

WILL INCORPORATE UNION

A brand new development in the organization of western farmers is about to occur at Barons, Alberta, where the local union has decided to become an

incorporated body. as follows:

A letter from the secretary, Henry Lloyd has been received,

“Our U. F. A. Union at Barons have voted to incorporate, thinking to serve

their purpose best by doing so.

It is our intention to take steps to secure all

the necessary information at once, including all details for carrying out the organization.”

only make an immense lot of work and expenses every year for the government, as land and cattle are changing hands all the time, therefore it could not be ap- proved to exclude land from such taxes owned by anyone who should have a certain number of live stock for each quarter section or only pay taxes if more than one quarter is owned. Let us all pay a tax towards the upholding of the province, then the amount to each quarter section will only be a trifle, even should it come to five cents per acre it wouldn't be worth to speak about. This proposition should be put on solid, sound, self-supporting basis. The land is holding up all kinds of other business, so it certainly should hold up a proposition of this kind. Where would business stand without the land? What good does the land without the farmers? What were the revenues of the land before it was settled by the farmers? All this great prosperity of our province has got to be credited to the farmers, who are producing this great wealth and are keeping up all kinds of business) Why, then, should not the farm be protected in case of acci- dent like hail? A good many will say that anyone who wishes to insure against hail can do so, if they don't it is their own fault if they lose. This is all very true, but the people who do not insure generally never think that there are thousands of poor settlers with families living all over this great country who have not the price to pay insurance on their crop at the present rates. Many have to buy their seed and machinery and even rovisions on time, and work like slaves in order to make enough to pay off their debts in the fall. In case a hail storm comes along and destroys the crop, what are the consequences? Another year of suffering and a little more hard work and less to cat.

Better Than Relief Fund

All this hardship would be lifted from the poor families in the country if the government would levy a tax on all arable lands, as mentioned above, and collected like any other tax. A tax of this kind would not create any hardships but would do more good than any society or relief fund ever did in this country.

That our province is subject to hail nobody can deny. If a hail tax is paid on al i This raises the value of every farm in the province and immigrants will not hesitate tu come to our province to take up and buy land. We know we have the laud and if protected against hail, we know we can succeed. Progress is at our hand if we’have protection. Farmers, ranchers and speculators ought to most willingly help to keep up such a protection,

lunds everybody is protected.

HENRY LLOYD

the executive committee and sent to all branches to vote on. A. SHEASER. STILL ANOTHER HAIL INSURANCE SCHEME

The regular mecting of Strathcona Union No. 1 was held on March 26, in the Badlim block. In the absence of the president and vice-president J. Fletcher was voted to the chair.

The minutes of the previous meeting were read and adopted on motion of Messrs. Briggs and Weir.

The secretary read letters from Senator Talbot and J. M. Douglas, M.P., in regard to the co-operative bill. Mr. Douglas stated he supported the bill in committee but it was defeated.

A letter frem President Ball was also read. He. regretted he could not be present and hoped that all the members

Edward J. Fream, Secretary, Innisfail, Alta.

The Hail Question

in Alberta, to constitute a hail insurance fund. All grain crops sown would he automatically insured and the indemnity paid for hail losses would not be to exceed five dollars per acre, Local improvement or school district secretaries to assess and collect the tax along with the other land taxes. Homestead lands to be exempt for two years after entry. We would also recommend that none but thorough, practical men be appointed as adjusters, men who have had large experience in grain growing in the province.

The meeting then adjourned till the last Saturday in April.

RICE SHEPPARD, Secretary. ww

A SUCCESSFUL ENTERTAINMENT

Valley District Union No, 133 arranged and carried through a very successful entertainment on March 24, the school house being crowded to the door, with standing room only for quite a large num- ber. The program included songs. revi- tations, gramophone. selections, bagpipe and banjo solos. The ladies provided refreshments, and I think all enjoyed themselves. Mr. Duncan McDonald was chairman.

During the evening our president, Mr. A. R. Routledge. explained the ob- jects of the union, and appealed for new members. Several responded at once and we have promises to join from others. A collection among the bachelors present to defray expenses of the evening resulted in a surplus of $2.15 going towards the funds of the union.

We held our regular mecting on Satur- day, March 26, when there was a good attendance. The fu raldehyde which the members bought co-operatively was distributed. Local prices were 50 per cent. more than we obtained it for by buying together.

The last Saturday in each’ month was fixed as the regular day for meeting.

The secretary received instructions to write the Central office with regard to the lack of fire guards along the Grand Trunk Pacific which runs only a few miles north of us. It is understood that this section of the road, from Wain- wright to Edmonton, is still in the hands of the construction department and we are desirous of knowing whether the com- pany can be compelled to provide fire-

Bush Farm, Coppice Hill, Alta.

would give careful consideration to the resolutions on hail insurance that would be up for discussion and stated that he favored resulution No. 5.

On account of seeding having commen- ced in the district the meeting was small, but the hail question was taken up and a lively discussion followed. Resolution No. 5 was most favored, but it was thought that the first quarter sections should not ‘be exempt, and almost all members present

thought the tax should be the same oh —

whatever land a person owned. At a later hour the meeting voted that the following resolution, read by Mr. Herbert, be forwarded to the Central for con- sideration:—

That the Strathcona Union is in favor of a land tax, not to exceed two cents per acre, to be placed on all taxable land

guards before the road is taken over by the operating department. A great deal of damage was caused last fall by fires starting from the G. T. P., and at present it is a continual menace. Something certainly ought to be done to prevent the country from being burnt

all over. A. E. BUMPUS, Secretary. oo & TWINE BIDS OPENED

The regulur monthly meeting of Stett- ler Union was held on Saturday, April 2. The attendance was not so large as usual, but this is no doubt attributed to the fact that many are taking advantage of the early spring and making headway with the spring werk. The chair was taken by President Adair and the minutes of the

April 27th, 1910

UNITED FARMERS OF ALBERTA

PRESIDENT: JAMES BOWER .- -

Vicr-PRESIDENT: W.J.TREGILLUS - -

SEecreTaRY-TREASURER: E.J.FREAM - - - Innisfail

Directors aT LARGE: James Speakman, Penhold; D. W. Warner, Clover Bar; L. H. Jelliff, Spring Coulee.

Rep Deer

CALGARY

Districr Directors:

T. H. Balaam, Vegreville; George Long, Namao; F. H. Langston, Rosenroll ; E Carswell, Penhold; J. Quinsey, Barons; E. “Greisbach, Gleichen ; A. Von Mieleicki, Calgary.

previous meeting read and_ approved. The secretary then read a letter from the House of Commons acknowledging receipt of the resolution passed by this union at its last meeting, re the amending of the act concerning hours of labor on public works. A letter from the secre- tary of the central organization was also read, acknowledging the union’s vote on the hail insurance question and following this a circular from the general secretary dealing with several matters.

It was decided to dispose of the question of the U.F.A.’s supply of binder twine for the present year, Tenders had been called in the local paper but only two bids were received—one from G. R. Farmer and the other from the Skinner Hardware Co. The president read a communi- cation from the T, Eaton Co., who stated that they were not yet in a position to quote. In face of this fact the president requested the members to say whether the local bids should be opened or held over until Eaton’s tender was received. On motion of Messrs. Firadi and Leuch it was unanimously decided to proceed with the business at once. After some discussion, on motion of Messrs. Ward and McIntosh, it was decided that in view of the general satisfaction given to all members last year, both as to quality of twine supplied and the courtesy and generous treatment accorded to the mem- bers, that the tender of the Skinner Hardware Co. be accepted. This firm quoted $9.75 for 550 foot Plymouth Manilla and $10.25 for 600 foot Plymouth Manilla, all monies to be refunded in case of hail, frost or any other failure of crop.

Offer Extended to Other Locals

On the suggestion of the president, it was unanimously decided that this twine offer be extended to any other local union in the district that might wish to take advantage of same. It was agreed that such unions should supply, through their own secretaries, to the secretary of the Stettler Union, a complete list of the twine required by each of their members, such members to be fully paid up and in good standing to participate. These lists should be in the hands of the secretary not later than Friday, May 6, and all members of the Stettler Union should see that their orders are in the secretary’s hands not later than the next meeting, Saturday, May 7.

The formaldehyde question was touched upon and for the benefit of absentees who had ordered from the Eaton supply, it was mentioned that the barrel had ar- rived and was being distributed by Messrs. Thorson & Hargreave at their store. Reference was made to some remarks made at the previous meeting which it was alleged cast reflections upon the honesty and integrity of the officials. However the air was speedily cleared and goodwill and tranquility restored by a vote of confidence being moved by Messrs. Cochrane .and McKinnon, and unanimously carried.

The matter of the pork packing con- tracts was brought up by the president, but after some discussion it was decided to await the promised visit of the live stock commissioner before doing any- thing.

Considerable discussion was given to the hail insurance question and on motion of Messrs. Buckingham and Jackson, the secretary was instructed to forward a resolution suggesting that the whole matter be left in the hands of the central executive. to the general, secretary at

April 27th, 1910

once. This resolution appeared in last week’s issue of THE GuipsE.

The president proposed the holding of a monster picnic in June and as the idea met with the approval of the members present the secretary was instructed to write President Bower to see if that gentle- man could set a date to be present to give the Stettler Union his views and experi- ence on the co-operative scheme. This matter will be brought up at the next meeting, when it is hoped that a reply will be presented from Mr. Bower and the date will be arranged.

It is proposed at the next meeting to appoint a committee to investigate the prices of lumber and see whether it would not be possible and profitable for members by combining to have their own lumber shipped to Stettler in carload lots.

The next meeting will be held in the town hall, Stettler, on Saturday, May 7,

at two o'clock. H. A. STEELE, Sec. ow & HOW IS THE POTATO MARKET?

The last meeting of Chailey Union was a very enthusiastic one, and six sub- scriptions were received for Tue Guipr. I am instructed to ask how the demand for potatoes is? In our nearest town prices are very low. We would like to know how last year’s crop compared with the one previous and whether it would be well to hold or not. We can easily make up a car load of good potatoes,

Information is alsv required in regard to barb wire and flour, so as to secure the best reduction for the members.

Each member has been formed into a canvassing committee and we hope to double our membership at the next meet-

ing. W. LITSON, Secretary. wm oe & SAVED MONEY

The regular meeting of Argyle Union was held on March 26, when after a long discussion the members voted in favor of the Valley District resolution on the hail insurance question.

A feature of the mecting was the dis- tribution of formaldehyde. By clubbing the orders together a saving of nine cents per pound was made.

It is expected that at the next meeting Mr. D. W. Warner will deliver an address on the pork packing plant.

W. MELVIN FLEMING, Secretary. mw &

THORDENSJOLD IS GROWING

Mr. W. D. Warner addressed our meet- ing on March @4, and gave us a very interesting lecture on pork packing. Pledges were signed to furnish something over 100 hogs to the plant from members of this local, and a strong committee was appointed to secure further signatures.

We have 25 members now and we will see the 30 mark in a few days.

We have been talking of starting a co-operative store in our neighborhood and several hundred dollars’ worth of shares have already been subscribed. We hope to have our store complete and in good running order by next fall. We have to help pay the bills and pay the biggest part at that to stores owned by private parties. Why not have one of our own and divide the profits ourselves?

The people here are in favor of the co- operative pork packing plant but the trouble is they have not any hogs to sell yet, and they knew nothing about this proposition till last winter, and some know very little about it yet. They seem to think that if they go into hog-raising by the time they have any to sell the price will be down to three or four cents per pound as it was not so very long ago.

I see in an article of Tug Guipe of March 16, from the Denholm branch of the G. G. G. A. on too much socialism, Now, I would like tu say that if it is too much for them it is not too much for the members of this union, I.am not a socialist but what little 1 have read on the subject seems good and the more I study it the better it looks, as it seems practical. Another thing is there are many farmers who cannut afford more than one paper and in that paper they like to have a little of everything discussed, socialism included, as that is as interesting as Lhe rest.

A socialist paper would be too one- sided for us and if Denholm Union could have things their way Tue GvuivE would) probably be another one-sided magazine that a farmer could not afford to take. Tum Guipm is a good paper

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and we wish it would continue along the lines it has already laid down. Our hope is that in the near future every farmer in Canada will have a copy of it coming to his home every week. JACOB WELDA, Secretary. wo

FORM DAIRYMAN’S EXCHANGE

A meeting of the members of the Al- berta Dairymen’s Association. and re- presentatives of several wholesale produce firms in Calgary was held in Didsbury on March 30, for the purpose of trying to form a dairy exchange, in Calgary, on which to sell the products of the pri- vate creameries to the highest bidder.

T. B. Millar, president of the dairy- men’s association, called the mecting to order and explained the object of the meeting, also outlined the working of the dairy exchanges in Ontario, From a practical experience in buying and selling on the exchange for eight years, Mr. Millar said the system, worked out to the satisfaction of all parties concerned.

After the question had been fully discussed it was decided that a system that had stood the test for a quarter of a century or more in eastern Canada should work satisfactorily in Alberta, and on a motion being made to form an exchange it was carried unanimously, and a committee was appointed to draft rules and regulations for the working of the exchange, and other details in connection with the business.

MAKE CALGARY AN ORDER POINT

The regular mecting of Big Hill Union was held on March 25, there being a good attendance.

The elevator question came up for considerable discussion and terminated with # resolution requesting the committee appointed by the Edmonton convention to draft a plan for a government controlled clevator system, to prepare one alony the lines of the bill which the Manitoba Grain Growers’ Asscheation present. d to the Manitoba government, as condi- tions in Alberta will permit, and also that influence be brought tu bear to make Calgary an order point,

With reference to government hail insurance it was the sense of the meeting that plan No. 3 was the most feasible and equitable proposition and therefore adopted.

In a discussion of the pork packing contract the meeting finally decided that the members treat the matter in- dividually and further that we arrange with the live stock commissioner to meet with us as soon as convenient for all.

A motion was unanimously adopted endorsing L. M. Roberts, M.P.P.,- in his stand on the deal between the Alberta government and the Alberta and Great Waterways Railway, and the secretary was instructed to forward Mr. Roberts a copy of this resolution.

The co-operative spirit is growing in our vicinity and the meetings this year have been marked with keen interest in matters pertaining to the U. F. A. and its workings.

EVAN REESE, Secretary.

oo & WILL ADVERTISE FOR PRICES

The regular monthly meeting of Lloyd- minster Union was held in the Masonic Hall on March 26, with the president, A. J. Blackwell, J.P., in the chair, and a good number of members present.

The subject for discussion was the elevator question and after some lengthy speeches by several members it was decid- ed to let the matter stand over till the next meeting and in the meantime that the secretary be instructed to try and secure information on the subject’ from. the

Manitoba and Saskatchewan Grain Grow-

ers’ Associations,

The secretary was instructed to ad- vertise in Tue Guipe for prices and terms for binder twine in car load lots, delivered at Lloydminster.

Applications from several districts round Lloydminster having been received asking for information re organizing and for assistance from members of this union, the secretary and Mr. O’Range have arranged tu attend a meeting in the Oxville district on April 9, for the purpose of getting the union there in good working order before spring sets in.

The balance sheet of the Farmers’ supper was produced and although we were not able to carry any funds over on this occasion it was considered very

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satisfactory owing to the shortness of time in which arrangements had to be carried out, everyone present considering it one of the best. farmers’ reunions held in the Lloydminster district and de- ciding it would not be the last. W. LINTON, Secretary. wo oe

KEEP INDIANS FROM FAIRS

At the annual convention of the Alberta Temperance and Moral Reform League held in Edmonton in February the following resolution was adopted:

“Having heard the representations of those interested in Christianizing the Indians of our province, this convention expresses sympathy with the efforts being put forth to stop the pernicious practices of Indian parades, and recom- mends that a special committee be ap- pointed to interview the Department of Agriculture, Boards of Agricultural Societies, the press and churches in this matter.”

This committee is now getting busy and has forwarded a copy of this resolution to all the members of the executive of the Alberta Fairs’ Association request- ing that the matter be taken up at the next business meeting and some action be taken on same.

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SUPPORTS THE PORK PACKING PLANT

At the last meeting of Lewisville Union we endorsed the resuolution of Lakeford Union on the flour mill question.

Mr, Henty Jamieson was in attendance and addressed the meeting on the pork packing propusition, which was endorsed, and several members signed up contracts for same.

PETER L. GRENIER, Secretary. ww ow

WILL BE IN THE FRONT RANK

At a recent meeting of the Provost Union to discuss hail insurance, resolution No. 3, as moved by Beaumont Union ‘was settled on as coming nearest to meeting our views, after striking out of sume the provision that the councillor for each township was to be the appraiser. However, from the sentiments expressed at our meetings I think that Lhe resolution of Valley District Union, as given in the circular letter of March Ist, would be acceptable to this union.

The union sentiment is growing here and before the next convention we shall

probably have a membership of at least 75. We hope to have every progressive farmer in this section reading Tuz Gcipe

before fall. GUY W. JOHNSON, ‘Sec. mm ss FALL WHEAT LOOKS GOOD

A report received from the Innisfree district states that the fall wheat is looking fine, the rows being quite green from end to end and there is no appearance of any of it having winter killed.

There is also quite a lot of potatoes for sale and there does not seem to be much prospect of a market, as the local market has been flooded with poor potatves and the price quoted is now only 40c. per bushel.

oo COMMITTEE APPOINTED

At the last mecting of Prairie Dell Union a committee was appointed to investigate the elevator question and report at the next meeting the report to be then sent to the elevator committee appointed by the annual convention for consideration,

Resolutions were passed strongly en- dorsing the pork packing proposition and the consolidation of rural schools,

The hail insurance question’ was also fully discussed, and the members decided that they could not endorse ‘the Sask- atchewan resolution.

oe A STRONG PROTEST:

At the meeting of Dewberry Union, held on April 16, the following resolution was unanimously adopted:

“Resolved, that this union hereby protests in the strongest possible manner against any insurance companies being allowed to solicit: hail insurance in the province of Alberta.”

W. H. ANDERSON, Sec. fe fe te COULD WE ENFORCE IT .

At the last meeting of Erskine Union,

held on April 16, resolutions were passed

“against granting subsidies to any railway

companies, requesting the government to retain the hail insurance business, and suggesting an amendment to the by- laws of the association, compelling mem- bers to attend a certain percentage of meetings of the local unions in every year.

The secretary was also instructed to secure a further supply of pork packing agreements for signature.

5. S. JUDD, See.

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WHAT ABOUT THE RAILWAY ACT?

The regular meeting of the Cowley Union was held on 16th April, and the attendance showed marked interest in the U. F. A. Twenty-five members were present and the membership roll was augmented by eight new members bringing us up to fifty-four. A number of members having stock, produce, etc., for sale made the union realize that some better method must be devised to bring buyer and seller in touch. The president pointed out that everyone of these things could be sold way if we had some method of letting people know how and where they could get them, and it was decided that the board ap- pointed last meeting should go into the matter and report next month.

Circular letter No. 3 was read, and Rose View Union resolution, re land grants and subsidies was dicussed and it was resolved unanimously, “That this union endorse the principle expressed in the first part of the Rose View resolution, that we are opposed to land grants or cash subsidies to corporations or individuals.”

The union ordered the secretary to accept the offer made by Tur Guipr and send in a list of the members for trial subscriptions.

The copy of the letter from the Claims Agent of the C. P. R. to the Central secretary was read, and several members expressed themselves strongly on the statements made therein. ‘They would much like to know how such a regulation came to be. made law and how it was that none has raised any objections to it since. The regulation quoted by Mr. D’Arcy is, That stock running at large without a competent caretaker within half a mile of a railway is at the owner’s risk, and furthermore, he inti- mates that persons allowing their stock to run at large without a herder are liable for damages resulting to the railway’s property and the travelling public. It appears to this union that if such a re- qulation exists it should be repealed at once; that few farmers can be aware of such regulation; that the railway undec this law need not fence or do anything to keep stock off their tracks; and that the council of agriculture should move im- mediately in the matter.

The president and several members then spoke about the Prairie Fires Or- dianace. It was represented that the time had come for amending this ordin- ance and a resolution was ordered to be sent to the Central secretary for inser- tion in his next circular letter after being drafted by the board of general purposes covering the amendments proposed.

Several members spoke of the advisa- bility of getting Mr. Tregillus to visit us on his trip south, and also mentioned that the neighboring district of Mountain Mill wished to organize. The secretary was directed to write Mr. Tregillus and if he could give us a day, if possible, our regular meeting day, we would arrange for a public meeting and send an invita- tion to Mountain Mill farmers to come and meet the vice-president. We will have a record gathering if it can be arranged.

J. KEMMIS, Sec.

oe w OXVILLE PROGRESSING

The second regular meeting of Oxville Union was held on Saturday, April 9th, there being a good attendance of members.

The following were elected directors for the ensuing year by acclamation, Messrs. Kenneth Gunn, Frank E. Henton and C. S. Holmstrom,

The meeting was then addressed by Mr. W. Linton, of Lloydminster Union, and Mr. O’Range, of Blackfoot Union, both gentlemen giving very interesting and instructive addresses on the work of the U. F, A., and taking up in detail circular No. 2 of 1910. The addresses were greatly appreciated by the members present and gave us a splendid idea of the work being carried on by the asso- ciation.

A vote of thanks was tendered to the speakers, and the meeting then adjourned. At the next meeting the topic for dis- cussion will be “* How can we best advance the interests of the union.”

Six new members joined at this meet-

ing. . WALTER S. MURRAY, Sec.

oo & CAMROSE ORGANIZED

On April 12th Mr, F. L. Langston was in Camrose and there met Mr. D. W.

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Warner, who was that day addressing a meeting of farmers on the pork packing proposition. About 40 farmers were

resent, some being from nearby unions, including three members from Heather Brae Union, who had driv:n 24 mites to have an opportunity of hearing this discussion, the secretary of Thordensjold Union, and several others.

Mr. Smith, of Heather Brae, was ap- pointed chairman, and as a result of Mr. Warner’s address 150 hogs per annum were pledged and two strong committees of eight members each appointed to secure further signatures to contracts.

After Mr. Warner’s meeting was over several left, among them being the chair- man, on account of the long drive home, and Mr. J. K. Van Patten was appointed in his place. Mr. Langston then explained the work of the U. F. A. and the need of securing members and also the assistance the Central Association could be to the local members.

Mr. Warner then spoke upon the se- lection of officers and the work the locals could take up, pointing out the necessity

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of always having something for discussion at every meeting.

Mr. Langston then called for members and twelve out of the thirteen present responded. The election of officers re- sulted as follows:

President, J. K. Van Patten; vice-

president, Monson; _ secretary- treasurer, H. E. Teeple.

we & OUR LEAD AGAIN FOLLOWED

For some time back the statement has been made that there is need of a system for inspecting hay shipped out of the country, but the statement has generally been received with an answer that the difficulties were too great and it was impossible to arrange such a scheme of inspection. In fact, when the matter was first broached it was laughed at, but, like the western shipment of grain movement, time has again shown that we were a little bit in advance of the general opinion, as the following letter, which has been sent out by a large dealer in hay, will show: :

“There has been a great deal of trouble regarding hay shipped out of the country during the last couple of years and we do not feel that the matter of quality should rest entirely with the British Columbia buyers, nor do we feel that it should rest entirely with the shippers. The time has now arrived when the hay business of Alberta is assuming large dimensions, and it is our opinion that the matter

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of government inspection of hay should be taken up as well as some system for governing the weights. The inspection of hay can be handled just as fairly as the inspection of grain by reliable hay experts in the employ of the government.

“We would be glad of your opinion on this. point, and, if possible, to enlist your sympathies in the movement. The matter has already been taken up by the Calgary Grain Exchange, but of course, on the first application of the act the government did not see eye to eye with us. We have no doubt that by enlisting the sympathy of our represen- tative at Ottawa we can succeed, and with that end in view a number of the firms interested in hay have written to our local member.

“Tf you concur with us we would like you to enlist the sympathy and aid of the different dealers in your district along the line to co-operate and we believe it can be pushed through. The business would then be on a business basis and could be handled satisfactorily, and without any of the incidental losses we are now com-

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are practically only raising enough hogs for their own use, therefore, we cannot at the present time see our way clear to signing the agreement submitted by the minister of agriculture.”

“That we heartily endorse the wise action of the executive in their protest to the government against passing legis- lation allowing private hail insurance companies to do business in the province of Alberta.”

“That, whereas, none of the plans in regard to the hail tax have a clear majority and we think it of the utmost importance that this question be settled as early as possible so that something may be done this year, we would, therefore, ask the executive to consider all plans submitted and then say what further steps should be taken in the matter.” ;

WESLEY A. BUCK, Sec.

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The Queenstown Union held a meeting on Saturday, April 9, at the Pioneer school house, but owing to the fact that

pelled to undergo. An expression of your opinion will be greatly appreciated by us.’

The answer this firm is receiving is that we are already working on this matttr, which will be one of the main subjects for discussion at the forthcoming convention to be held in Vancouver at an early date.

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VISITORS PRESENT

Stainsleigh Local Union held its second meeting on April 2, the weather being unfavorable for a large attendance of members.

Three members of the Provost Union, Messrs. Johnson, McKay and West,

were kind enough to attend the meeting, —

and gave us much instruction and ex- cellent advice. Mr. McKay pointed out the necessity of more co-operation among the farmers. After a hearty vote of thanks to the Provost members for their assistance the meeting was brought to

a close. EVERARD.H. TWEDDLE, Secretary. ww & ENDORSE THE EXECUTIVE

At a meeting of the Keho Union held on April 9th, the following resolutions

were unanimously adopted: “That, while in sympathy with the government pork packing plant the mem- bers of this union at the present time

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farmers around here are all very bus seeding, the meeting was not very well attended. However, we added four new members, making our total now 20.

The circular referring to the pork pack- ing plant was discussed, but action de- ferred until later. There are very few hogs in this district as yet for home consumption. The members expressed themselves as in favor of Plan No. 2 of the hail insurance schemes.

Our next meeting will be well advertised and we look for a good attendance.

JOHN GLAINBECK, Sec.

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WILL COMBINE WITH OTHER UNIONS

At the last meeting of Hastings Coulee Union, it was decided to try and get Montrose, Spring Lake and Grainland unions to join with us in ordering a car- load of twine, to be shipped to Daysland.

It is our intention to keep things in- teresting in this distrcit and we will hold a plowing match here this summer.

We had a very gvod attendance at our last mecting, but only one new member wus added. That is not as good as the first report, but the farmers are busy at present and we will do better as soon as seeding is over. We got three contracts for the pork packing plant, aggregating 60 hogs, and secured four new subscriptions to Tum Guips.

ALMER H. JACKSON, Sec.

April 27th, 1910

Want, Sale and

All advertisements under this heading will be charged for at the rate of 2c. per word per in- sertion; six insertions given for the price of five

This department will be made a special feature of Tus Guine from now on, and is designed to better serve the interests of our aubacribers by furnishing space where they may make known their wants and get in touch with prospective buyers at a nominal cost. Under this headin will be inserted all miscellaneous advertising, suc as Farms for Sale, or Wanted, Machinery, Help Wanted, Articles Wanted and For Sale, Auction Sales, ete.

In this column, as in ever part of Tue Gung, any advertisements of a ik ¢ or questionable character will not be accepted, but the space will be confined exclusively to the use of legitimate advertisers who seek help, or wish to buy, sell or exchange Stock, Machinery, ete. condensed advertisement in Tug Grain Grownrs’ Guipe should be a business getter for you. Try it and be convinced, :

ARTICLES FOR SALE AND WANTED

FOR SALE, LADY’S “CLEVELAND” BICYCLE, in perfect order; used one year. For particulars write Mrs. Jack Johnson, Starbuck, Man. 387-3

NATIVE SPRUCE TREES FOR SALE—AVER.- age size, 15 inches; 81 per dozen, or $7 per hundred, prepaid. Thos. Fry, Canora, Bae

33-6

WANTED, ONE YEARLING HALSTEIN BULL fend best prices).——D. M. Cutsforth, Matslstone, ask. D-1

POULTRY AND EGGS

PLYMOUTH ROCKS AND BUFF WYAN- dottes; 14 years a breeder; eggs for setting $1.50 for 13. A liberal discount for quantities. T. W. Knowles, Emerson, Man. 85*

FOR SALE—EGGS FOR HATCHING, FROM pure bred S.C, Brown Leghorns, $1.00 per setting. William Denoon, Birnie, Man, 84-8

THOROUGHBRED BARRED PLYMOUTH Rock Eggs, $1.00 for thirteen or $5.00 for hundred. Henry Woodcock, Clanwilliam, Man.

34-6

SINGLE COMB WHITE. LEGHORN EGGS» $1.50 per setting; Barred Plymouth Rocks, $1 per setting. E. Anderson, Fleming Sask. 33-6

BUFF ORPINGTON EGGS, FROM GOOD laying strain; choice birds; nothing but the best colors kept; $1.50 per 13. Neil Wilson, Heaslip, Man.; P.O. Orders payable at Minto.

PURE BRED S.C. WHITE LEGHORNS, PEN selected females (excellent layers) heated to Ist cockerel, Susk. Prov., Regina, 1909; 3rd Winnipeg; 8rd Portage; headed Ist gt Brandon, 1910. Eggs $2 per 15, J. Mitchell, Churchbridge, Pie

SEED GRAIN FOR SALE .

FOR SALE — ABUNDANCE SEED OATS, grown from Garton Seed, cleaned and bagged $2.00 a ewt. f.o.b. Girvin, Hazelton Bros,, Girvin, Sask, 34*

FOR SALE--A QUANTITY OF BROME GRASS ceeds 10c. per Ib. J. T. McCallum, ase an. |

FALL WHEAT FOR SALE, 6500 BUSHELS, Kansas Turkey Red, for seed, absolutely clean. Price $1.25 per bushel, sacks extra. A. L Ashdown, Swan River, Man.

A QUANTITY OF MENSURY BARLEY FOR Seed, free from foul weeds; price, in cotton bags, 70c. per bushel, f.0.b. Keyes. J. Stewart, Gladstone. 87-4

SCRIP FOR SALE AND WANTED

SOUTH AFRICAN. WARRANTS FOR SALE. Close prices, prompt delivery, T. D. Thompson & Co., 42 Merchants Bank, Winnipeg. 36-6

I HAVE A NUMBER OF SOUTH AFRICAN Veterans’ Scrip for Sale cheap; write or wire orders. I pay bighest prices, spot cash. W. P, Rodgers, 608 McIntyre Block, Winnipeg, Man. 36-6

FARMS FOR SALE AND WANTED

320 ACRES, WELL-IMPROVED, ONLY 28 miles from Winnipeg; one mile and a half from railway station; electric car will soon pass the door; 110 acres under crop price $22.50 per acre, upon reasonable terms. We have a number of first-class whole or half sections for sale in Southern Alberta and the Eagle Lake district in Saskatchewan, ranging in price from $11,00 to $15.00 per acre — Dangerfield & Doolittle, 604 Mcintyre Block, Winnipeg, Man. 39-2

FOR SALE—TWO SECTIONS OF THE finest wheat land in Canada, located near

Halbrite, in the famous Weyburn district. Harry Pinks, Halbrite. Sask. 36-6

PROFESSIONAL CARDS

LAND SURVEYING IN ALL ITS BRANCHES. Farm work a specialty. Allan Findlay, B.Se.. M. and D.L.S., 215 McIntyre Block, Wianipes

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“TENDERS WANTED

WANTED, TENDERS. FOR BINDER TWINE in car lots, by Zelma Grain Growers’ Association. Address, A. H. Cline, Sec.-Treas., Zelma, Sask

4-6

LOST, STRAYED OR STOLEN

STRAYED FROM THE PREMISES OF J. W. rear Karst ieeers: nar T, 16, fet 21, on _ April 3rd, , Two Grey ings, one light grey, weight about 1350 Ibs., the other a dark iron grey, weight about 1350 ibs., brand. C 7 on fi ht shoulder. Both low set, had halter on when t ey left. Anyone giving information leading to their recovery shall be suitably rewarded. J. W. Cornish, Wascana, Sask, ‘ 89-2

THE

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Getting the Sailor Vote

It was a clever lawyer in a Boston

court recently who took advantage of the nautical knowledge he possessed to work upon the mind of a juryman who did not seem to show cineh comprehen- sion of a case of suing a street railway for damages, * The dull member was an old sailor, who, though doubtless very keen of perception along some lines, was neverthe- less rather slow in his understanding of the points involved in the case being tried. The lawyer noticed this and made his strike with this particular man. Approaching the jury box, he addressed himself to this one juryman and said:

“Mr. Juryman, I will tell you how it happened. The plaintiff was in com- mand of the outward-bound open car and stood in her starboard channels. Along came the inward-bound closed ear, and just as their bows met she jumped the tracks, sheered to port, and knocked the plaintiff off and ran over him.”

The sailor was all attention after this version of the affair and joined in a $5,000 verdict for the injured man.

ww w . “Isn’t your hat rather curiou. in shape ?” asked the uninformed man. ' © Certainly,” answered the wife. ‘‘ It has to be, Any hat that wasn’t curious in shape would look queer.

wm & Pat: “Could yer give a man a job, yer honor ?” Barber: ‘Well, can you repaint this pole for me ?”” Pat: ‘Bejabers, I can, sor, if you'll tell me where to buy the striped paint.”

GRAIN GROWERS’ GUIDE

Something He Could Pronounce

A Polish couple came before a justice of the peace to be married. The young man handed him the marriage license, and the pair stood up before him.

“Join hands,” said the justice of the peace.

They did so, and the justice looked at the document which authorized him to unite in matrimony Zacharewiez Perezynski and Leokowarda Jeulinski.

“Ahem!” he said.‘ Zacha—h’m—h’m ski, do you take this woman’’—etc.

“Yes, sir,” responded the young man.

“Leo—h’m—ah—ski, do you take this man to be’—ete.

“Yes, sir,” replied the woman.

““Then I pronounce you man and wife,” said the justice, glad to find something he could pronounce; ‘‘and I heartily congratulate you both on having reduced those two names to one.”

wo Most Southerners are gallant. An exception is the Georgian who gave his son this advice : “ My boy, never run after a woman or a street car — there will be another one along in a minute or two.” wm ow Ww Sister: Well, Harry, how getting along with arithmetic? Harry: Oh, pretty well. We're in dis- mal fractions now.—TIllustrated Bits. mw wm Maudie—‘O Marie, I’m so glad to see you. I haven’t seen you for ever so long. Where are you boarding?’ Marie (loftily)—‘‘I don’t board. I am married, and have taken a flat.” Maudie —‘You don’t sayso? Whatis his name?’

are you

| Farmers’ Special Salesman | |

to sell their farms.

is where we can help you.

their goods, too.

FOR SALE,

your goods six times. to sell your farm or other goods.

ERE are probably 1,000 farmers in the West who want They may be retiring from active

work, or may be looking for a farm nearer to town, or may

be going into other business.

thing to sell the most important thing is to find a good market. When you have something to sell you must find someone to buy. The only man who will buy a farm to keep is a farmer; but when you want to sell your farm you can’t go around and visit several hundred men to see if they want to buy. It would cost too much. The very best possible way is to send a special representa- tive to these farmers. This sounds extravagant; butitisnot. Here Every advertisement in The Guide is a special salesman sent to visit 20,000 farmers every week. They sell The way to sell your farm is to put a small ad. in The Guide under the heading, “Farms for Sale.” Write out an ad. like this one in the present issue :

TWO _ SECTIONS OF THE finest wheat land in Canada, lucated near Hal-

brite in the famous Weyburn. district. — Harry Pinks, Halbrite, Sask.

This man sees the value of advertising. He sends out this special salesman. ‘This Special salesman costs him 2 cents per word per week, or 46 cents per week. We send any similar salesman out to our farm readers, 6 trips for the regular price of 5 trips. Thus 6 trips for this salesman would cost 5 x 46 = $2.80. When you have a farm to sell, or anything else, don’t you think it is worth $2.30 to have a special salesman call upon 20,000 individual farmers with Can you think of as good and cheap a way Send in your ad. with Express Order, Post Office Order, or cash, at the rate of 2 cents per-word per week, or six weeks for the price of five.

THE GRAIN GROWERS’ GUIDE Winnipeg, Manitoba

Now, when you have any-

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BREEDERS’ DIRECTORY

Cards under this heading will beinserted weekly at the rate of $4.00 per line, per year. No card accepted for less than six months, or less space than two lines,

Under this heading should appear the names of every breeder of Live Stock in the West. Buyers and Breeders everywhere, as you are well aware, are constantly on the look-out for additions to their herds, or the exchange of some particular animal, and as Tue Gvipe is now recognized as the best market authority, and in every way the most reliable journal working in the interests of the West, nothing is more natural than for you to seek in its columns for the names of reliable men to deal with when buying stock,

Consider the smallness of the cost of carrying a card in this column compared with the results that are sure to follow, and make up your mind to send us your’card today,

ROSEDALE FARM BERKSHIRES — YOUNG Stock for Sale. G. A. Hope, Wadena, Sask.

A. D. McDONALD, BREEDER OF PURE BRED Yorkshires and pure-bred Shorthorns; young Bulls for Sale. Sunnyside Stock Farm, Napinka,

an,

McKIRDY BROS., MOUNT PLEASANT STOCK Farm, Napioka, Man.. breeders and importers of Clydesdales and Shorthorns; stock for Sale,

HEREFORD CATTLE & SHETLAND PONIES- J. E, Marples, Poplar Park Farm, Hartney, Man.

PURE BRED STOCK

FOR SALE, REGISTERED SHORTHORNS — Shorthorn dairy cows at $50 to $75 each; young bulls at $85 to $70; grade cows and stockers supplied remarkably cheap Bousfield, Orchard Farm, MacGregor, Man. 18*

FOR SALE, TWO YOUNG PURE BRED Shorthorn Bulls, cheap; good pedigree. Apply to James A. Mitchell, Radisson, Sask. 34-6

JAS. CASWELL, SASKATOON.—SHORT- horns. Barred Rock eggs, $1.50. Rye Grass Seed, no noxious weeds. 36-6

CO-OPERATION IN SELLING

Proper marketing of farm products has quite as much to do with the profits of the farm as the proper growing ‘of crops and live stock. During the past year, most farm products have been very good, but the fact remains, nevertheless, that. many have taken less for their products than they rightly should, con- sidering the prices paid for them by the consumer. It is true also that some large farmers are getting more for their pro- ducts than the average. It is to make plain some of the reasons for this that this article is written.

A farmer in the Red River Valley who raises several hundred acres of po- tatoes each year has been able to develop a market for them largely for seed pur- poses, and he consequently gets a better price. He does not raise a superior quality of potatoes, but he has a great many carloads of the same variety. Any group of small farmers who will get together and agree on some one, or at most, two or three varieties of potatoes to grow, and then leave it to some one man to sell the whole product so that carloads of one variety may be sold can get as good prices for their potatoes as does this large farmer. If it costs @5 cents per bushel to grow potatoes, and they are selling at 30 cents per bushel, there is a net profit of 5 cents per bushel. If small lots of mixed potatoes are selling at 30 cents, car lots of a straight and stand- ard variety will easily bring 85 cents. This will double the net profit, and the second 5 cent profit is much more easily earned than the first. There are large possibilities for increased profit on our farms by paying closer attention to the business side.—Mankato, Minn., Free Press.

my my GIVE THEM GRAIN GROWERS . NEWS

Every newspaper wants to publish the news, because the better and the more interesting it is, the more pros- perous it will be. Local news items are hard to gather. How many times, dear reader, has the local scribe approached you for items of news and you have told him that you know nothing of interest? Probably at the time your family were away on a visit, or someone from out of town was visiting at your home, or other little happenings may haye occurred. Of course you didn’t mean to deceive the editor, it just slipped your memory yet when you received your paper you probably wondered why your family or friends, or whatever it was, were not mentioned.

A good way to avoid all of this is to kindly inform us of the facts, or drop a note in the post office to the paper. The one item may not amount to much; but several columns of such news is the life of a local paper, and for this reason we would ask our readers to remember that we are anxious to get in touch with any or all of the happenings of our com-

. munity.—Elstow Times.

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Saskatchewan's Interest

THE GRAIN GROWERS GUIDE

SASKATCHEWAN SECTION|

in the

High Cost of Living

paper entitled ‘The Miller,” are

several editorial notes on the increased

cost of living, in which it is said that

in spite of co-operative stores, bakeries, cold storage systems and large pro- vision shops in every English town, the cost of living is much dearer than it was a few years ago; that. the law of supply and demand must regulate the prince of all commodities. Consequently they suppose the increased cost of living is because the food supplies are hardly equal to the demand. That food pro- duction is not increasing as fast as the population, and add their belief that there are too many dealers and too few farmers. Commercial development has outstripped the agricultural world and undue propor- tion is in the world’s workshop, and not enough in the fields. And, further, that these artizans are living too high, using an undue proportion of those things that cost skilled labor to produce, viz., butter, cheese, beef, pork; and points out that twelve cents’ worth of flour contains as much nutriment as one hundred and eighty cents’ worth of beef, and that the average household butter bill is twice as large as the bread bill. Consequently wheat is being sold alto- gether too cheap and its relative value would warrant a very much larger price being charged for it.

True, oh King!

Now, “The Miller” might have gone a little further and pointed out that what they eat is a very small proportion of what they spend on themselves. In the cities the ordinary tradesmen spends much more for what he sees, what he hears, what he wears, and his luxuries than on the necessaries of life. Fifty per cent. of the men in the city spend more on non-essentials than they do on bread, and many a great deal more on entertainment than they do for bread. Many spend’ very much more for tobacco than in bread for the whole family. Very few eat more than five cents’ worth of bread per day; but spend five times that for things that are unnecessary. Yet all this is now being charged up to the high cost of living, with a particular loud cry in reference to the bread basket,

[: THE April 4th issue of a British

Where the Farmer Comes In

I noticed another note in this paper, “The Miller,” that at a farmers’ meeting in England the question of profitable hog preduction was under discussion, the statement being made that farmers could not compete on their own market because of the scarcity of hog foods. It was then brought out that 3,890,506 ewt. of bran and shorts were exported from England to the continent annually. That the Danish farmer was buying offals from British mills, taking it to Denmark and with it producing pork, butter and cheese and kindred commodities and shipping the product back to England; and still the British farmer could not meet him in competition.

Now, tuke note, you Saskatchewan farmers, the wheat which you grow, you deliver to a set of grain dealers who sell it to another set of dealers, who in turn sell it to British millers, and this Paper, “The Miller,” says that the British millers will also make all they can out of it. Then the Denmark farmer comes along with his co-operative agency and buys large quantities of this offal from your wheat (after all these corporations have skinned it and got fat on it) and takes it to Denmark, and with his co-operative creameries, cheese factories and abattoirs, with his co-operative purchasing and selling agency, and his co-operative banks, and farmer-run government, these farmers of Denmark return this offal to England in the shape of pork, butter and cheese, and are getting along rapidly; while we, in Saskatchewan, have not yet

developed sufficiently to cut out this army of middlemen who are trimming us in such a high-handed manner. Not only on our wheat product, but without question just as bad at every point that exists between the producer and the consumer. Time will certainly compel a change.

But whose fault is it? Who delivered the people of Denmark? Whose fault is it that the people in our own towns and cities are buying pork and poultry fed on small wheat which we farmers have delivered absolutely free to an army of middlemen, who have sent it all the way to Ontario, from whence it has been returned to us with freights added, which the city people charge back to us on goods? The greater part of the supplies we farmers use have been produced by labor fed on_ bi-product, our middlemen: have shipped all the way to England, thence over to Denmark and back to England, and the product re-shipped from England to us with all this concomitant high living attached, which must eventually be a charge on the unorganized body of food producers, for food producers have always to sell on a free trade market, while all our sup- plies are purchased from organized cor- porate bodies, who are, able to control the price of their output, to which has been added the demands of organized labor charges and all this increased cost of living.

* * & These Men of Denmark

The success of the men of Denmark is attributed to their ownership of the land. They had a big struggle to get possession of the land. We have our land. Do you not think we ought like them to develop the co-operative principles? Cut out at least those middlemen we do not

conducted officially for the Saskatchewan Grain Growers Association F. W Green, Seeretary, Moose Jaw, Sask.

other special premium which the others did not get? Shall we send for men from Denmark. or can we ourselves learn that an individual farmer is no match for a corporation in this business? Can we not make a corporate co-operative body of farmers which shall be more than a match for all comers?

Saskatchewan grain growers, get to- gether. Get into our association. Carry on the educational work and emancipation will surely follow.

fe me & ITEMS OF INTEREST

Mr. P. B. McLaren, of Clearwater, Man., and D. A. Ross. of Glenora, Man., called into our office the other day, giving us much information re association and elevator matters in Manitoba. They both have several sons, and are prospecting with a view to transplanting their whole colony on the broader lands of Saskatche- wan. We welcome them and expect to make the whole brood life members of our association shortly.

F. W. GREEN.

April 27th, 1910

SASKATCHEWAN GRAIN GROWERS’ ASSOCIATION

Honorary PRESIDENT: E. N. HOPKINS - - Mooss Jaw PRESIDENT: ; F.M. GATES - - - Fruumore Vicr-PRESIDENT:

J. A. MURRAY - ~- WareE.ra

SECRETARY-TREASURER! FRED. W.GREEN .~

Moose Jaw Directors at Larce:

E. A. Partridge, Sintaluta; George Langley, Maymont; F W. Green, Moose Jaw; F. C. Tate, Grand Coulee; A. G. Hawkes, Percival; Wm. Noble, Oxbow.

District Directors :

James Robinson, Walpole; J. A. Maharg, Moose Jaw; Charles Dunn- ing, Beaverdale; John Evans, Nutana, Dr. T. Hill, Kinley; Thos. Cochrane, Melfort; Andrew Knox, Colleston; George Boerma, North Battleford.

sion I did not read out, as I thought it too late to start any fresh subject at the organizing meeting, and I am holding it over for the next meeting. The grading of wheat was brought up and discussed,

NOTICE TO OUR MEMBERS

The Central Association is about to establish a legal department, with a view to making several test cases in connection with losses through fires started by railway engines, also damage claims for stock; in order that we may find just

where the law is defective, and intelligently set about to secure a remedy.

Rail-

ways very often bluff out the individual farmer... Sometimes they could be made

to pay claims if they were only followed up.

In other cases they evade because

the law is in their favor, though all principles of fair play are in favor of the

claimant.

Once we discover just where we are at, we can press for legislative

enactments for out protection, and we propose to get after them. To make this

more effective, we want members. members—more power.

Get all your neighbors as members.

More F. W. GREEN, Sec.

SASKATCHEWAN’S LATEST BORN

A branch of the G. G. A. was formed at Waldron, Sask., April 2. Eighteen members paid in their subscription, and the following officers were elected:— President, J. Babcock; vice-president, R. Mayoh; secretary-treasurer, H. R,

Barn on the Farm of O. McPherson, Gainsboro, Sask.

require. Is ‘The Miller” right when it declares there are too many dealers? Have we not too large a drain on our resources? Have the dealers got things fixed so that they can enjoy a high old time in the city at the expense of the pro- ducers? If supply and demand regulates the price, are we allowing the deuler to get too large a slice from our product, as well as from our supplies? What does the Denmark farmer save by his co- operative selling and purchasing agency? Why does the Saskatchewan farmer require about a dozen different corporate agencies in between him and the people with whom he exchiunges products? Shall we ever be able to overcome this hair-splitting individualism in market- ing our wheat and get down to thinkin and develop a system that will put all our farmers on an equal footing and put a stop to this eternal scheming of one farmer trying to get a car or a bin or some

Waite. Directors: W. S. Echard, Jas. Fennell, P. Clark, F. J. Stracker, Bert Gelhoody, Hy. .Thyn. I herewith en- close $9.00, being half of the membership fees received to date.

Mr. Chas. Lunn, the organizer for this district, gave a very good, explicit address on the benefits of the G. G. A., which will have a good effect in bringing in more members, and a motion was passed to pay Mr. Chas, Lunn’s livery team to Melville, which, I think, shows the mem- bers (in a small way) appreciated the ef- forts he made to form this branch in Waldron.

I hope to call a meeting of the officers as soon as seeding is over to see what is the best way of getting every farmer to join and take an interest in the asso- ciation, I have over thirty promises for membership and I think can get a lot moré When we get into working order. The correspondence re elevator commis-

and the general opinion appeared to be in favor of some form or arrangement of a sample market or by weight.

I am pleased to say the local merchants of Waldron have all joined (or nearly all), and are in sympathy with the farmers in making a success of the Waldron branch. I understand from Mr. C. Lunn that you have a card of membership which I would like to have as soon as

possible. H. R. WAITE, Secretary.

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STILL ACTIVE AT THE GLEN

A meeting of the Fern Glen G.G.A. was held on the School House on Monday, April 4th. Membership fees were received from James Stanley, James Hulland Harry Stanley. Moved by Wm. McGowan, Sr., and seconded by Albert Fenton, ‘‘that the resolution from Prince Albert Board of Trade be not entertained by this Association.” —Carried,

Moved by Wm. McGowan, Sr., and seconded by Richard Daniels, ‘that the secretary be authorized to write F, W. Green, secretary-treasurer of the Sask. G.G.A. endorsing his action at the Prince Albert Convention, with the correspon- dence re the elevator commission.”— Carried.

On motion of Albert Fention and Harry Stanley, President Nelson, Richard Daniels and the secretary were appointed delegates to attend the meeting at