Subsequently this committee was enlarged to include a number of
Manitoba canvassers.
7. Provisional Officers of Grain Growers' Grain Company—1906.
Provisional organization of the Western farmers' pioneer trading company finally took place at Winnipeg, July 26th, 1906, when the following officers were chosen:
President, E. A. Partridge; Vice-President, John Kennedy;
Secretary-Treasurer, John Spencer; Directors: W. A. Robinson (Elva,
Man.), and Francis Graham (Melita, Man.).
At a general meeting of the shareholders these same officers were elected subsequently and the directorate increased by two—Robert Cruise (Dauphin) and T. W. Knowles (Emerson).
8. Sintaluta (Sask.) Farmers Who Pledged Personal Securities—1906.
Finding themselves $1,500 short of the necessary $2,500 for the purchase of a seat on the Winnipeg Grain Exchange, the young trading company of farmers had recourse to personal securities in order to finance their start in business. The friends to whom E. A. Partridge appealed and who immediately gave the bank their personal notes were the following Sintaluta men:
Dave Railton, Al Quigley, Tom McLeod, Jim Ewart, William E. Hall.
9. Inter-Provincial Council of Grain Growers' and Farmers' Associations—1907.
It was under this name that the executive officers of the various farmers' organizations in the three Prairie Provinces first came together to discuss problems affecting the Movement as a whole. The first officers of the Inter-Provincial Council were: