A Grain Growers' Meeting 



is, naturally those who are able to pay cash 

 resent an extra charge of perhaps 30 or 40 per 

 cent. Such prices may seem extraordinary, but 

 on one occasion we needed some horse-blankets, 

 and found the price in a small town nearly 

 double that of a wholesale house whose list we 

 had, and from whom we eventually got them 

 indirectly. 



There is, of course, the great Eaton's, already 

 mentioned, but it is a long way off, and there 

 is often much delay in getting goods. A cata- 

 logue, the commonest book in many a prairie 

 shack, shows pretty conclusively the great gain 

 there is to the fortunate cash buyer. 



To add to the difficulties of the man who, 

 having worked hard, wants to lay out his money 

 to the best advantage, there is, perhaps, a not 

 unnatural tendency to boycott the buyer from 

 Eaton's or other cash sources of supply. 



There is, in fact, a good deal of combination 

 tween retailers and wholesale houses, and in 

 e network of financial interests and agencies 

 nnected with the implement manufacturers, 

 hich makes it difficult for the man with capital 

 ho wishes to farm, or the hard-working pioneer 



Kith cash, to buy to the best advantage. The 

 cubus of the middleman is not imfelt in British 

 jriculture, but in the Prairie Provinces it is 



