Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1914-09-18

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ington.
r, is a story written, rehearsed,
.,oged and acted by the people of an
thor nation. People who, while
having a different flag, possess the
.ome ideals, have like passions, like
dosires and ambitions as are possess
"a nv our own people. 1t is story
- the working of a class of people
- whom it is said They never stick
,o0other." or They mistTust each
otber to such a degree that they can
rot work in harmony with each
other"
This story may do violence to
some of such preconceived ideas, and
- II shall run counter to the web
grounded belief Of a considerable
number of people, it is no fault Of
the writer. He is just giving the
facts as he found them, and if they
should happen to put out Of joint
some hoary and time honored the
cries, it just can't be helped. AS a
nresident of the United States once
aaid. 1T is condition and not a
theory that confronts u.s." so we say
# is a fact and not a theory of
which we write.
lust north OF the dividing line
which marks the northern boundary
of our national domain lies another
country. There are people residing
there, and they, like us, are en-
gagged in an effort to earn a suffi-
cheney to pay the butcher, the baker
and the candlestick maker, and to
still have a mite rem aiming for the
tax collector. 1t was not always an
easy thing to do, and when diff
culties seem to overwhelm an intelli-
gent and progressive people, it usu-
ally results in an investigation of
conditions, line of action different
to that in vogue, and as a still
further result success or failure in a
new and untried field of endeayor.
Canada produces a lot of whea.-~
two hundred and fifty million
bushels sometimes-when the rain
happens to come in due season and
Jack Frost delays his visit. A class
Of people, known up there as farm
ers," produced this wheat. More
was grown than could be consumed
by the growers, and naturally they
would be DESTROYS of selling a poT-
ton in order that the tax collector,
baker and candlestick maker would
not be disappointed when they called
for their due.
There were lot of fellows at
Winnipeg who had not taken the
precaution to SOW in seedtime, and
therefore had no harvest. They
wanted of what the farmer had, and
were perfectly willing to exchange
bank drafts for railroad bills of
lading.
Here is where the trouble started.
Each wanted a little more Of
what the other fellow had in ex-
change for his own product.
The farmer got it into his head
somehow that he, the farmer, took
1t out in wanting-that his wants
went unsatisfied. We don't know
thing about how much truth there
was in his line of thought.
That is not the point.
We are just telling of the thought
and what came of it.
We don't give a rap about any
other feature of the story. Don't
know anything about the merits of
the controverted matter and don't
care.
AS We said before, the farmer got
an idea he was not getting enough
Tor his wheat, and the more he
thought Of it, the greater became his
conviction to the thought, and the
deeper the conviction, the warmer a
spot just under where a collar is
supposed to be.
Ihere is a fellow up there by the
name of Crerar-T. A. Crerar. Mr..
orerar had some wheat to sell. He
was offered 10 cents a bushel below
the Winnipeg price. Mr.. Crerar
knew the freight rate from his point
10 winnipeg was only nine cents a
oushel, and so he decided to ship his
own wheat. The railroad would
not provide him a car and so that
put roughlock on his little scheme.
he sold to his local dealer, but be-
gan line of agitation that has
reVolutionized the grain trade in
Canada.
The Grain Growers Grain company
has over $4,000 stockholderI-
farmers If you please-and this fell
iow' Crerar, is the president.
But am a little fast.
IL was not always so large. Let
us start at the beginning.