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to mention three the Royal Grain Commission of 

 1906, the permanent Grain Commission, and the Gov- 

 ernment Terminal Elevators are an outcome of various 

 requests and delegations of the Grain Growers. 



Certainly the organized farmers of Western Canada 

 have attained a measure of self-confidence which 

 enables them to declare themselves in definite language. 

 While seeking wider markets and the real value of 

 their products, they have been opposed always to any 

 scheme which accomplishes higher prices at the 

 expense of the consumer or of the British workman. 

 They do not believe in import duties on food stuffs, 

 clothing, fuel or building material. Rather do they 

 favor bringing closer together the producer and con- 

 sumer to the advantage of both. They believe in 

 cheaper money for the development of agriculture and 

 other industries and in such utilization of natural 

 resources that the homes of the people may be improved. 

 They have stood consistently behind woman suffrage 

 and the abolition of the liquor, traffic. They would 

 adopt direct legislation through the Initiative and 

 Referendum. They believe in the principles of Co- 

 Operation in buying and selling. They have urged 

 extension of the parcel post system, the reduction of 

 traffic charges to a reasonable basis, Government con- 

 trol of waterways and all natural resources that they 

 may be developed only in the public interest. 



Does a creed like this spell class legislation? Does 

 it indicate that in his eagerness to improve the con- 

 ditions surrounding his own life the Grain Grower is 

 forgetting the general welfare of the Dominion of 

 Canada ? Listen to the doctrine which the leaders have 

 inculcated on every occasion to President T. A. Crerar 

 before the War : 



