SUPPLEMENTARY. 



THE FARMERS' PLATFORM 



The Canadian Council of Agriculture hereby recom- 

 mend the following measures adopted at their meeting 

 in Winnipeg on November 29, 1918 : 



(1) A League of Nations as an international organ- 

 ization to give permanence to the world's peace by 

 removing old causes of conflict. 



(2) We believe that the further development of the 

 British Empire should be sought along the lines of 

 partnership between nations free and equal' under the 

 present governmental system of British constitutional 

 authority. We are strongly opposed to any attempt 

 to centralize imperial control. Any attempt to set up 

 an independent authority with power to bind the 

 Dominions, whether this authority be termed Parlia- 

 ment, Council or Cabinet, would hamper the growth 

 of responsible and informed democracy in the 

 Dominions. 



(3) Whereas Canada is now confronted with a huge 

 national war debt and other greatly increased financial 

 obligations, which can be most readily and effectively 

 reduced by the development of our natural resources, 

 chief of which is agricultural lands ; 



And Whereas it is desirable that an agricultural 

 career should be made attractive to our returned sol- 

 diers and the large anticipated immigration, and 

 owing to the fact that this can best be accomplished 

 by the development of a national policy which will 

 reduce to a minimum the cost of living and the cost of 

 production ; 



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