290 DEEP FURROWS 



The Plow, working silently and steadily from dawn till 

 dark to enlist and re-enlist the horizoned acres. 

 || Canada has reason for pride in her farmers. No class 

 I |is more loyal to British traditions. No class is more, 

 determined to win this war. Thousands of their sons 

 are at the front. Many a lonely mother has stood on a 

 prairie knoll, straining her eyes for the last glimpse 

 of the buggy and bravely waving " God-speed." In 

 many a windswept prairie farm home reigns the sad 

 pride of sacrifice. 



Out of the sanctifying fires is arising a national 

 tendency to new viewpoints. The hope of Canada lies 

 in a more active participation in affairs by the Average 

 Citizen. In opposition to an awakened national interest 

 what chance is there going to be for the silent partner- 

 ships of "invisible government"? 'Twill be a sorry 

 partizan who allows his thoughts at this crisis to patter 

 away at that old practice line, so full of past mistakes : 

 " Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of 

 the Party." 



Win-the-War unity is the leaven at work in Canada 

 to-day and regeneration is coming. 



What does it matter except that our country's leaders 

 shall rise to their opportunities for true statesmanship 

 with a deep sense of their responsibilities to the 

 millions who turn to them for guidance in this time of 

 national stress? What does it matter except that the 

 people shall grant to their leaders their sympathy and 

 co-operation in the cares of crisis? 



As this book goes to the publisher Union Government 

 in Canada has become a fact. Not since Confederation 

 has such a thing happened in this country. The vampire 

 methods with which our political system has been 

 cursed have been thrown under foot and thinking 



