THE GRAIN EXCHANGE AGAIN 125 



So that all the turmoil and talk, court proceedings and 

 conferences, deputations and denunciations, evidence 

 and evasions all the excitement of the past few 

 months practically left conditions just where they were. 

 For the amendments to the Grain Exchange charter 

 would not materialist till the Legislature met again 

 next year. 



But there was one spot where the clouds had rifted 

 and the light shone through. The Grain Growers' 

 Grain Company had won back its place on the 

 Exchange. More and more the farmers began to pin 

 their faith to their little fighting trading company " at 

 the front." It appeared to be the concentration point 

 for the fire of enemy guns. In all probability hostilities 

 w >uld break out anew, but the men in charge were 

 g *od men loyal and determined; they could be relied 

 upon to take a full-sized whack at every difficulty which 

 raised its head. 



The first of these to threaten was on the way. 



