FOREWORD 



15 



its " bone and sinew." Without him, as it were, the 

 Commercial Fabric could not sit up in its High Chair 

 and eat its bread and milk. Such fine speeches have 

 been applauded loudly in the cities, too frequently with- 

 out due thought without it occurring to anyone, 

 apparently, that perhaps the Farmer might prefer to 

 be looked upon rather as an ordinary hard-working 

 human being, entitled as such to " a square deal." 



But all these years times have been changing. Gradu- 

 ally Agriculture has been assuming its proper place in 

 the scheme of things. Jt is recognized now thatjgiic-__ 

 yessf uL farming is a business a prof ession, ifyou like 

 requiring lifelong study, foresight, common sense, 

 close application; that it carries with it all the satis- 

 faction of honest work well done, all the dignity of 

 practical learning, all the comforts of modern inven- 

 tion, all the wider benefits of clean living and right 

 thinking in God's sunny places. 



And with his increasing self-respect the New Farmer 

 is learning to command his rights, not merely fojjgk 

 and accept what crumbsjpay Tajir. He isTearning that 

 tfiese are the days o^Srgamzation, of Co-Operation 

 among units for the benefit of the Whole^that by pool- 

 .ing his resources he is able to reach the Common 

 Objective with the least waste of effort. / 



(pe has become a power in the land.. 



These pages record a story of the Western Canadian 

 farmer's upward struggle with market conditions a 

 story of the organized Grain Growers. No attempt is 

 made to set forth thelfull details of the whole Farmer's 

 Movement in Western Canada in all its ramifications; 

 for the space limits of a single volume do not permit a 

 task so ambitious. 



