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Bernard Shaw. It was Langley's habit, it is said, to 

 talk to London crowds on side thoroughfares, standing 

 on a soap-box and ringing a hand-bell to attract 

 attention. 



In becoming a Western Canadian farmer it did not 

 take him long to slip around behind the problems of the 

 farming class ; for there was no greater adept at poking 

 a cantankerous problem about with a sharp stick than 

 the Honorable George. It was natural for this short, 

 stout, bearded Englishman to gravitate into the first 

 Legislature of the newly-formed Province of Saskat- 

 chewan and just as naturally he moved up to a place 

 in the cabinet. 



As one of the sponsors of the co-operative elevator 

 scheme, by virtue of his place on the commission which 

 recommended it, Langley has taken much interest in 

 the co-operative activities of the farmers and on many 

 occasions has acted as their spokesman. 



With the relationships outlined it was to be expected 

 that now and then opponents would hint that the 

 Saskatchewan authorities had played politics with the 

 farmers. Such charges, of course, are refuted indig- 

 nantly. Knowing the widespread desire among the 

 farmers themselves to keep free from political alliances, 

 it would be a foolish government indeed which would 

 fail to recognize that not to play politics was the best 

 kind of politics that could be played. 



Other leaders of sterling worth have contributed to 

 the acknowledged success of co-operation in Saskat- 

 chewan, not forgetting John A. Maharg who came from 

 Western Ontario in 1890 to settle near Moose Jaw. 

 From the very beginning J. A. Maharg has worked for 

 the cause of the farmers. A pioneer himself, he has a 

 deep understanding of the Western Canadian farmers' 



