CHAPTER XIX 



MEANWHILE, IN SASKATCHEWAN 



An old man on the point of death summoned 

 his sons around him to give them some parting 

 advice. He ordered his servants to bring in a 

 faggot of sticks, and said to his eldest son: 

 Break it. The son strained and strained, but 

 with all his efforts was unable to break the 

 bundle. The other sons also tried, but none of 

 them was successful. Untie the faggots, said 

 the father, and each of you take a stick. When 

 they had done so, he called out to them: Now 

 break; and each stick was easily broken. You 

 see my meaning, said their father. Let affection 

 bind you to one another. Together you are 

 strong; separated you are weak. 



Msop. 



EVENTFUL years, these through which the Grain 

 Growers of Western Canada were passing. While 

 the Grain Growers' Grain Company was under- 

 taking the initial experiments in co-operative purchas- 

 ing of farm supplies, showing the Manitoba Government 

 that farmers could run elevators satisfactorily and 

 fighting its way forward to success in the exporting 

 field, how were things getting along in Saskatchewan? 

 With $52,000 and another four or five hundred in 

 loose change tucked away in its hip pocket as the net 

 profit of its first season's operations the new system of 

 co-operative elevators had struck out "on a bee line" for 

 Success and was swinging along at a steady gait, full 

 of confidence. The volume of business handled through 

 these elevators the first year had been affected by the 

 failure of the contractors to finish construction of all 



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