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and bankers who had gathered to take a hand in the 

 interview with Sir Richard Cartwright, then Minister 

 of Trade and Commerce. Beyond some concessions 

 regarding special binning of grain, nothing came of 

 this trip apparently, although the Western farmers 

 were supported strongly by the Dominion Millers' 

 Association. 



A second memorandum was presented early in 1910 

 the Grain Growers were granted a very respectful 

 hearing by the Government; for, while the organized 

 farmers represented but part of the farming constitu- 

 ency in the West, they had the sympathy of the entire 

 farming community behind them in these requests. 

 They went home, however, feeling the need of concen 

 trating their energies on organization if they were to 

 get actual action from politicians. 



They had not much more than got home safely before 

 something happened which proved their assertions that 

 all was not as it should be down on the lake-front. 

 Mr. C. C. Castle, Warehouse Commissioner, one da^ 

 held in his hand some official reports from the Inspec 

 tion Department concerning certain elevator concerns 

 and compared the figures with the returns made to the 

 authorities by these concerns themselves. He shook 

 his head at the discrepancies and started an investiga 

 tion. There were three companies involved and after 

 full evidence was taken legally these three companies 

 were prosecuted for returning untrue statements and 

 in the Police Court at Winnipeg they were fined a total 

 of $5,550 by the Magistrate. 



The next thing was the drafting of a Grain Bill 

 which aimed to improve certain matters. It was con 

 sidered by the Senate and passed. It reached the House 

 of Commons and Hon. Frank Oliver took it by the 



