cKenzie, then Secretary[7] of the Canadian Council of
Agriculture. When the farmers commenced organization in Manitoba, he
said, it was possible to find many old-fashioned farmers who could see
no reason for organization. Had not their fathers been successful
farmers? Had they not raised a family of eight or ten or a dozen or
more without belonging to any organization?--educated them, too? These
old-time farmers forgot that the world was making progress as the years
went by and they were not living in the same age as their fathers
before them.

"Fifty years ago, when I was a boy," Mr. McKenzie continued, "there was
no such thing as a joint stock company. We would not hear a word about
combines or trusts or transportation organizations or financial
institutions. At that time the business was carried on by individuals.
Then it grew into partnerships. From partnerships it developed into
joint stock corporations and now we have these forming into trusts and
combines and holding companies. It is simply co-operation of the few
in the interests of the few. It created a force in public affairs and
this must be met by another force--the organization of the common
people, led by the farmers.

"Where would the British Army be as a disorganized army confronting the
Germans? Nowhere! Place a body of disorganized farmers in front of
organized industrial interests and you see where you are at! There is
no form of industry, no form of labor, no form of finance, banking
associations, loan associations, insurance compensation associations,
transportation associations, that are not organized. In Winnipeg we
have a Bootblack's Association and each of the little fellows
contributes five dollars a year to the support of their organization
and five dollars represents fifty pairs of boots to blacken at a dime
the pair.

"In our Grain Growers' associations the organization is simple and
coherent. There is no pass-word. There is no grip. There is no
riding of the goat. We don't ask a farmer whether he is a Grit or a
Tory; we don't ask him anything about his nationality or his relations
or where he comes from or anything else. One of the main aims of the
organization is to make good Canadians of the different nationalities
we have in this Western country. We are getting the Galicians and
other nationalities gradually brought in--getting them together for the
development of Canadianism and the community spirit.

"The one th