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in Ontario can be linked up with the United 

 Farmers Co-operative Company; nor does it 

 remove all the dangers of central management of 

 localized activities. In North America a large 

 company, centrally managed, seems to carry a 

 stronger appeal than does a federation of local 

 societies. Thus the majority of the share- 

 holders present, after some discussion, favored 

 Mr. Burnaby's motion, so that the task of 

 working out the details of reorganization in con- 

 formity with the principle of representation is 

 left with the 1921 Board of Directors of the 

 United Farmers Co-operative Company. Some 

 concrete scheme will doubtless be submitted to 

 the next shareholders' meeting as a result of this 

 decision. 



Another interesting aspect of the history of the 

 commercial side of the farmers' movement in 

 Ontario may be dealt with briefly in conclusion, 

 From the outset, and increasingly as the organ- 

 ization grew in numbers . and prestige, the 

 Board of Directors was beseiged by people of all 

 kinds, advocating a multitude of "good things" 

 of a manufacturing or commercial character. 

 Agencies for handling all manner of commodities, 

 milling and elevator propositions, timber limits, 

 fence companies, and what not; all these were 

 attractively presented with recommendations to 

 "dip in," or "take hold". For the most part 



