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to provide special office accommodation. Accordingly 

 a site for a permanent building of their own was pur- 

 chased in 1914 at Regina and the following year a 

 modern, fireproof building was erected. It stands two 

 storeys on a high basement, with provision for addi- 

 tional storeys, occupies a space of 9,375 square feet, has 

 interior finish of oak and architecturally it is a matter 

 of pride to the farmers who own it. This building 

 has become the headquarters of the Saskatchewan 

 Co-Operative Elevator Company and likewise the 

 Saskatchewan Grain Growers' Association, the offices 

 of the latter occupying the entire top floor. 



While the erection of this building afforded visible 

 proof of financial progress the Saskatchewan farmers 

 were warned by the directors and the general manager 

 of the " Co-Op " that co-operation which was allowed to 

 degenerate into mere production of dividends would 

 but reproduce in another form the evil it was intended 

 to destroy. The ideal of service was the vital force 

 which must be kept in mind and the 1 work of the Grain 

 Growers 7 Association in fostering this ideal must be 

 encouraged. 



" The Association has its great work of organization, 

 education and agitation," stated Charles A. Dunning, 

 the elevator company's manager, " and the company 

 the equally great work of giving practical effect to the 

 commercial and co-operative ideals of the Association, 

 both institutions being branches of one united Farmers' 

 Movement having for its object the social and economic 

 uplift of the farming industry." 



Not a little of the early success of the Saskatchewan 

 Co-Operative Elevator Company was due to the energy 

 and business ability which Dunning brought to bear 

 upon its organization and development. The story of 

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