The canadian magazine of politics, science, art and literature, November 1910-April 1911 . ers have revolted againstthe nile of special privilege, and the armies of the producer are stormingthe citadels of the enemy. Where will it end ? The end will corr^e only when thebusiness of the farmer is placed uponthe same footing as that of otherclasses. It will end only when thefarmer gets a fair price for what heproduces and pays a fair price forwhat he consumes. Almost every other industry isorganised. Various attempts havebeen made to organise agriculture inCanada, but they have rnore or lessfaile
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The canadian magazine of politics, science, art and literature, November 1910-April 1911 . ers have revolted againstthe nile of special privilege, and the armies of the producer are stormingthe citadels of the enemy. Where will it end ? The end will corr^e only when thebusiness of the farmer is placed uponthe same footing as that of otherclasses. It will end only when thefarmer gets a fair price for what heproduces and pays a fair price forwhat he consumes. Almost every other industry isorganised. Various attempts havebeen made to organise agriculture inCanada, but they have rnore or lessfailed. Now the foundation has beentruly laid, and the struggle has be-come animated. To-day there areapproximately 28, 000 farmers arrayedunder the banner of Equal rights toall and special privileges to none.The leaders are chosen and the cam-paign is on. Let us look at the beginning. Inthe early days the farmers came tothe West, to the much-heralded landof opportunity. On the prairies theywere to be free and the land was tobe occupied by men who would pro-duce for the hunijrv of the earth.. MR. JAMES BUWEK, PRESIDENT THE United Farjiers of Alberta They raised the famous Number OneHard. The railway came, and twentyyears ago one railway had a monopolyof the West. Then came the ele-vators in which to store the grain.These elevators were owned by pri-vate parties and were built along thelines of the railway. The railway wasout after the money and the samemotive prompted the elevator owners.Both wanted the maximum of returnfrom the minimum of effort. To pull a box car alongside anelevator and dump it full of wheat isa very easy task. The railway likedthis system and said to the farmers:You must put your wheat throughthe elevators; it makes it so muchmore convenient for us. In those days the farmers weie fewand far between, and when a greatrailway corporation spoke, theyobeyed at once. The elevatoi-s alsoliked this system, because it allowedthem to exact from the farmens what-ever toll th