98 THE STORY OF THE U.F.O. 



press, and the views on public affairs of a most 

 important section of the nation were so generally 

 misrepresented, that a demand arose for a 

 farmers' own press to reflect their relation, not 

 only to their own, the fundamental industry of 

 the state, but to public questions generally. 



The necessity for a newspaper to speak for the 

 United Farmers of Ontario had often been 

 canvassed, but nothing tangible could be accom- 

 plished until after the need for something of the 

 kind had been dramatically demonstrated at 

 Ottawa. 



This necessity became so apparent to the 

 leaders of the movement after the Ottawa rebuff, 

 and was so widely discussed in the country, that 

 when further meetings of the general body were 

 called in Toronto, early in June, steps were 

 taken to bring the matter before those assembled. 

 The urgency of action was further made clear, 

 through a public threat from police headquarters 

 at Toronto that the farmers might be refused the 

 right to convene in the capital city of their 

 native province. 



In Massey Hall, therefore, on June 9th, the 

 question of financing a U.F.O. newspaper was 

 brought before a large meeting, the sense of 

 which was strongly in favor of such an under- 

 taking being launched. There had not been 

 opportunity for a definite plan to be worked out; 



