am getting to that.

"There is a market; but there is no organisation to command it.

"When we jointly own and work these properties, we can immediately
approach every rancher in the Valley, as one of themselves with mutual
interests. We can organise--we shall organise--for I know how. We
shall have a large, central warehouse for the segregation of the
Valley's produce, for grading, for packing and for distributing. This
will at once eliminate unfair competition and the highway robber in
the guise of jobber. Only first-class fruit will be allowed to go out.
We will ship out under the Valley's special brand, with the grower's
own name underneath. We will make our own way into the markets and
demand fair prices for our harvests.

"Again, a single individual--or individuals crying separately--can do
little or nothing with the Powers that be, as you well know; but once
we are organised we can and shall insist on the Government introducing
a proper system of irrigation throughout the entire Valley,--not a hit
or a miss scheme such as presently obtains, for, if we would insure
ourselves against periodical failure, if we would have annual
uniformity of quality in our fruit, we must have proper irrigation. So
far as the Government is concerned, our battle is more than half over,
for we have in you a representative who knows the requirements of the
Valley as no other member of parliament does.

"And in regard to the water,--look at the unlimited supply we have of
it right at our very doors. If only some clear-minded inventor would
devise a cheap, feasible scheme for getting the water up from these
great, but low-lying lakes, on to the higher ranch levels! Failing
that--we still have the lesser lakes up on the surrounding hills, as
well as the numerous waterways in the neighbourhood.

"This glorious Valley is practically free from blight; the coddling
moth is under perfect control. There is nothing, Mr. Pederstone, and
you know it too, nothing in the world to prevent the Valley's
production of fruit from increasing year by year as the younger
orchards come to bearing age and fresh orchards are planted.

"There is no reason why we should not be able ultimately to take care
of the entire Canadian requirements, with a surplus for export trade.

"As a vast fruit-growing organisation, we can demand and get all the
transportation facilities we require.

"I tell you, the land is here, and the climate. All that is required
now