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When he made his report of the Winnipeg investiga- 

 tions at the annual convention of the Territorial Grain 

 Growers' Association at Moose Jaw he found that while 

 the principle which he advocated was favorably 

 received just as it had been in Manitoba many 

 farmers drew back distrnF ffvi11 Y frm^ |]IA 



into business. 77 Their experience with business in the 

 past liaa not been of a nature to instill confidence in 

 such a venture and if the enterprise failed, they feared 

 it would discredit the Association. There was a strong 

 prejudice against any Association director or officer 

 being closely identified with such a propaganda. 



Back to Sintaluta went E. A. Partridge. A public 

 meeting was called to discuss the situation. It was to 

 be held in the Town Hall on January 27th (1906) and 

 in preparation for it a preliminary meeting was held in 

 the sitting-room of the, hotel and a committee** 

 appointed to prepare a synopsis of what was to be done. 



This synopsis was presented to the thirty farmers 

 who gathered in the Town Hall and a lengthy resolu- 

 tion was passed unanimously, setting forth the aims 

 and objects of the prospective trading company. Every- 

 body present undertook to subscribe for shares. 



JujJJLljga&aia for what they were attempting was 

 found in "the wld^jjrpnd .rifornujfcjfflt. ..^'"t^g among 

 the grain growers of the West with conditions govern- 

 ing the marketing of their grain." It was pointed out 

 also that the isolation of farmers from each other, their 

 distance from the secondary and ultimate markets and 

 their ignorance of the details of tne gram business 

 that these things' Miadered them individually liable^ to 

 suffer grave injustices, 



and certainly without hope of 



See Appendix Par. 5. 



