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did. None had a clearer apprehension of the 

 consequence that must follow upon a continua- 

 tion of that position, not only for agriculture, 

 but for Ontario as a whole. And Goldwin 

 Smith determined to do whatsoever he might to 

 prevent the existing condition from continuing 

 and even growing worse. With this object in 

 view he purchased the journal that had served 

 as a mouthpiece for organized agriculture. He 

 was absolutely free of any personal object or 

 personal ambition. He had outlived the animos- 

 ities arising out of controversies inseparable from 

 active participation in the public affairs of two 

 continents, and more particularly of three coun- 

 tries. Having already passed the Psalmist's 

 limit of three score and ten years he had neither 

 hope nor desire of public position or preferment 

 for himself. His position in the world of letters 

 was secure. His one desire, his one aim, was 

 to assure the continuance of a journal by means 

 of which the voice of rural Ontario might be 

 heard in the councils of the Province and the 

 Nation. 



With the purchase of The Sun a company 

 under the name of The Sun Printing Company, 

 with Caleb A. Mallory as President, and W. D. 

 Gregory as Vice- President, was formed to manage 

 it. The name of the journal was changed at the 

 same time to The Weekly Sun. There were two 



