The canadian magazine of politics, science, art and literature, November 1910-April 1911 . Virden, and its member-ship reached one hundred and twenty-five the first year, with Mr. Scallionas president. The first meeting of thecentral Grain Growers Association ofManitoba Mas held in Brandon inMarch, 1903. when Mr. Scallion waselected president. From this time onward, the historyof the Grain Growers movement hasbeen one of growth, development, andsuccess. In Alberta the cause wastaken up by the farmers. In thatProvince branch associations wereorganised, as well as a Provincial as-sociation. The
The canadian magazine of politics, science, art and literature, November 1910-April 1911 . Virden, and its member-ship reached one hundred and twenty-five the first year, with Mr. Scallionas president. The first meeting of thecentral Grain Growers Association ofManitoba Mas held in Brandon inMarch, 1903. when Mr. Scallion waselected president. From this time onward, the historyof the Grain Growers movement hasbeen one of growth, development, andsuccess. In Alberta the cause wastaken up by the farmers. In thatProvince branch associations wereorganised, as well as a Provincial as-sociation. The name was laterchanged to the Alberta Farmei-s As-sociation. There was at the same timein Alberta a branch of the AmericanSociety of Equity, ^hich later be-came a Canadian organisation. Twoyears ago the associations in Albertaunited under the name of the UnitedFarmers of Alberta. The giowth of the faiTnei-s organi-sations in the West dming the pastfew years has been without parallel,and to-day they stand united all overthe prairie land and constitute apower for good that has never been. JIK. F. M. GATES, President, The Grain Growers AssoriATioN MK. F. W. ,SECRETARV. THE Saskatchewan Grain Growers As equalled in Canada. The farmers ofthe prairie have awakened to the factthat if conditions are to be altered sothat every Canadian will have anequal opportunity, the initiative mustbe taken by the men who produce thewealth of the nation. They realisethat in order to have any influencein the councils of the nation theymust have nurnerical strength andunity. The constitution of the threeProvincial farmers organisations ispractically the same, in that they ex-ist chiefly for the purpose of securinglegislation fair to all. Organisationwork is being carried on at a tre-mendous rate, and branch associationsare springing up all over the the aims of the organisation arelaid before the farmers of a com-munity, they at once range them-selves beneath the standard un
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