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The Manitoba Government now prepared a new bill, 

 but did not remove the features to which the farmers 

 were objecting. This bill was passed and the Govern- 

 ment voted $50,000 for initial expenses and $2,000,000 

 for acquiring elevators. Beyond a weak protest from 

 the North-West Grain Dealers' Association the elevator 

 owners had not shown much excitement over the 

 situation. While the Manitoba Grain Growers were 

 not satisfied that the Government plan would work out 

 successfully and therefore refused to assume respon- 

 sibility in connection with it, they were ready never- 

 theless to lend their best co-operation to the Manitoba 

 Elevator Commission when it got into action. 



In the Province of Saskatchewan an altogether 

 different plan was evolved in due course. The investi- 

 gating commission, appointed February 28th, 1910. 

 consisted of three well qualified men George Langley, 

 M.P.P. ; F. W. Green, Secretary of the Saskatchewan 

 Grain Growers' Association; Professor Kobert Magill, 

 of Dalhousie University, Nova Scotia, the latter acting 

 as chairman. The commission held sittings at many 

 points in Saskatchewan, taking evidence from a large 

 number of farmers, went to Winnipeg to meet repre- 

 sentatives of elevator companies, the Exchange and 

 Government officials, and also visited several American 

 cities. Their final report, consisting of 188 typewritten 

 pages, was handed to the Saskatchewan Government on 

 October 31st, 1910. 



In addition to the comprehensive scheme outlined by 

 the Saskatchewan Grain Growers many different sug- 

 gestions were considered by the commission, such as 

 government ownership and operation, state aided 

 Farmers' Elevators, municipal elevators and various 

 modifications of these plans. All, however, were 



