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that such a movement in Ontario would be 

 foredoomed to failure. Some encouragement 

 was found, however, in telegrams received from 

 the already successfully organized farmers of the 

 West. The tenor of these telegrams is seen in 

 one sent by the United Farmers of Alberta, and 

 signed by W. J. Tregillus of Calgary. This 

 read as follows: "The Provincial Board of 

 Directors, United Farmers of Alberta, in meet- 

 ing assembled, send greetings and wish farmers 

 of Ontario every success in their deliberations 

 and efforts to organize on Provincial lines, and 

 look forward to the day when the farmers of 

 Canada shall be organized for mutual benefit 

 from the Atlantic to the Pacific." 



The chief speaker of the convention was 

 Roderick McKenzie of the Manitoba Grain 

 Growers* Association, who explained lucidly 

 and forcefully the birth, progress and aims of the 

 Grain Growers of the West. Those who had been 

 active in the various farmers' organizations 

 represented in the meeting followed Mr. 

 McKenzie. Gradually doubt changed to faith 

 and hope, and at the end of a two days' con- 

 ference, twin organizations came into being, 

 The United Farmers of Ontario, an organization 

 whose aim was to provide the farmers of Ontario 

 with means for self-education, not only in mat- 

 ters pertaining to the business of production, as 



