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W. H. Gaddes, who had preceded him to Winnipeg, 

 agreed with him in this. Also, Mr. Gaddes denounced 

 the Survey Board at that time as unsatisfactory in its 

 composition, open to suspicion in its findings and in 

 practice so far as outsiders' wheat was concerned 

 simply a machine to register confirmation of the 

 Inspector's previous grading. 



It was Partridge's belief that " many a fraud per- 

 petrated in a line elevator" was added to the 

 " iniquities " of the Inspector, in whose personal 

 integrity he had every confidence. For this reason he 

 was inclined to be lenienjjyith the hard-working and 

 conscientious officials of the Government. Neverthe- 

 lesslit appeared wise that a farmers' special agent be 

 maintained permanently at Winnipeg to safeguard the 

 interests of the farmers, especially if certain DO wers 

 were allotted to him under the Inspection Act^J 



In making his report to the Territorial Grain 

 Growers' Association Partridge went into the whole 

 situation as he saw it and particularly was he out- 

 spoken in regard to "tfratJSouau willujjie^ Closed 

 Shutter s^pg HA ^fll^rf t hp w^mp^cr Grainand Iro- 

 duce Exchange. In fact, his gas attack upon tne 

 Excnange was ablaze with the fires of hostility. 



And for the use of his reckless language Partridge 

 was to be called to account in due course. 



