

CHAPTER XXIV 



AND THE END is NOT YET. 



The principle of co-operation draws the whole 

 community together. It breaks down barriers. It 

 unites the State. It gives hope to the humblest 

 toiler. And it strengthens the great moral ideal 

 of duty, without which no State can endure. 



Earl Grey. 



WHAT is to be the final outcome of the Western 

 farmers' revolt and its spread to rural com- 

 munities in Eastern provinces? Is there to 

 be greater harmony among opposing interests or is 

 Canada on the threshold of internal strife which will 

 plow deep furrows of dissension between class and 

 class to an extent hitherto unknown in this country? 

 If there is to be a pitched fight between capitalistic 

 groups and the people at large, led by the farmers, 

 what are the chances of victory for the latter? If they 

 win, what will be the national effect? 



These were a few of the questions which first turned 

 the writer's serious attention to the Grain Growers. 

 It seems scarcely credible that this great economic 

 movement has attained present momentum practically 

 unheralded; yet such is the case. The writer had 

 watched its early struggles to success from Government 

 windows and as preparation for a brief historical 

 sketch it seemed desirable to get out among the farmers 

 themselves and study the situation from their angle. 



Frankly, the task was not approached without some 

 skepticism as to the motives which might be uncovered. 



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