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the lead thus given to other classes in the 

 practice of harmonious action between these 

 two peoples. 



Again, a great impetus was given to the 

 Farmers' Publishing Company. As noted 

 before, a committee had been appointed in the 

 previous autumn to investigate the possibilities 

 of establishing a paper. Patiently and carefully 

 this committee carried on its work and brought 

 in a report to the Board of Directors of the 

 U.F.O. As a result of that report the Farmers' 

 Publishing Company had been formed. The 

 new Company, acting energetically, had, in 

 April, purchased The Weekly Sun, an established 

 farm paper published in Toronto. From the 

 time that the company was formed, the directors 

 had worked unceasingly to sell capital stock, 

 which was offered at twenty- five dollars per 

 share, but in spite of the widespread desire for 

 a farmer's own paper, capital was slow in 

 accumulating. At this convention, however, 

 a new opportunity was presented. 



Between enthusiasm for the cause, and re- 

 sentment at the daily press, because of the 

 biting accusations contained in its pages, the 

 farmer was willing to go almost any length to 

 secure for his cause a reliable mouthpiece. The 

 delegates, therefore, in response to an appeal for 

 subscriptions for the paper, and also for sub- 



