72 THE STORY OF THE U.F.O. 



Company at the Canadian National Exhibition. 



During the spring of 1914 the Secretary, 

 Mr. Morrison, had operated as best he could 

 from his home on the farm in Wellington 

 County, but on July 22nd he secured temporary 

 accommodation in the office of the Weekly Sun, 

 Toronto, where he stayed until September. 



Meanwhile the Great War had broken out, 

 and the future looked very dark and uncertain. 

 Writing of this period in the Christmas number 

 of the "Canadian Countryman" for 1919, W. C. 

 Good, then President of the United Farmers 

 Co-operative Company, says, "In September a 

 room was rented at 100 Church Street really 

 most dilapidated quarters with the plaster off 

 the wall and without heat. It was the only 

 thing within our means at that time, however, 

 and we were not ashamed of it, believing it more 

 honorable to wear a threadbare coat that we had 

 paid for, than broadcloth for which we could not 

 pay. This was the first office the joint organiza- 

 tion had, and for a time not even a stenographer 

 was possible. It being necessary for Mr. 

 Morrison to take the field in connection with 

 the organization work, Mr. C. E. Birkett was 

 engaged as chief and only office man, and render- 

 ed devoted service for several months, turning 

 his hand to anything that needed to be done- 

 typewriting, bookkeeping and correspondence. 



