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borne for one purpose alone: to secure for agri- 

 culture a journal of its own. Had it not been 

 for what Goldwin Smith did, the death of The 

 Sun must soon have followed upon the death 

 of the Patron organization. Only for the 

 financial sacrifices made, the seed sown by 

 the Grange, and later on nurtured by the 

 Patrons, might not have flowered into the mighty 

 Farmers' Organization of to-day. For what 

 he did, whatever views may be held as to his 

 stand on the question of Prohibition, the name 

 of Goldwin Smith will ever be held in grateful 

 remembrance by the farmers of Ontario. 



It is no small satisfaction to know, too, that 

 the reward, the only reward looked for, came 

 before one of the greatest humanitarians of the 

 age passed from the scene. Ere the eyes of 

 Goldwin Smith closed for the last time, the 

 paper that he had saved was on a sound finan- 

 cial basis. The journal that he had nurtured 

 through adversity was in his thoughts to the 

 end. The last words heard from his lips were, 

 " Forward the Toronto Sun." 



It was therefore a happy turn of events which 

 led the United Farmers to acquire the paper 

 which had so long been the friend of agriculture. 

 Under their direction, and with a new name, it 

 has continued to bring encouragement and 

 instruction to thousands of rural homes. The 



