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every rugged ounce of them is assertive. They are not 

 to be fooled easily nor stampeded from their objective. 



And what is that objective? 



"To play politics!" explodes the hidebound Party 

 Politician knowingly. 



" To get a share in the Divvy and eventually hog it !" 

 suggests the Financial Adventurer. 



" Equal opportunities to all ; special privileges to 

 none," the Grain Grower patiently reiterates. 



He believes in doing away with " the Divvy " 

 altogether. He believes that " the spoils system " is 

 bad government and that no stone should be left 

 unturned to elevate the living conditions of the Average 

 Citizen to the highest possible plane. He believes that 

 the status of a nation depends upon the status of its 

 Average Citizen and in that he does not consider him- 

 self to be preaching Socialism but Common Sense. 



Come back to the country store to the Country 

 Retailer who is pulling on the other end of the whiffle- 

 tree with the Farmer for community progress. Each is 

 necessary to the other and it is a vital matter if the 

 co-operation of the Farmer is going to kill off a team- 

 mate, especially when tandeming right behind them 

 are the Clydesdales of Commerce, the Wholesaler and 

 the Manufacturer. With the Farmer kicking over the 

 traces, the Retailer biting and squealing at the Whole- 

 saler every little while and the Manufacturer with his 

 ears laid back flat this distribution of merchandize in 

 Western Canada is no easy problem. It is bringing the 

 Bankers to their aristocratic portals all along the 

 route and about the only onlooker who is calm and 

 serene is the Mail-Order Man as he passes overhead 

 post-haste in the Government flying machine. 



