Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - August 5, 1914, Winnipeg, Manitoba Manitoba free press Winnipeg wednesday august.5. Opinion expressed at Yorkton inquiry that Only practical men should have them. Of their contents. It was stated that Farmers should not mortgage their lands except for farm improvements and that in Farmers were asked to give a mortgage at the time of purchasing their machinery there would be in finitely More care exercised in buying and that this plan would act As an effective restraint on indiscriminate credit. I free press special Yorkton. Sask., aug. Mission who Are now visiting Yari Ous centres in Saskatchewan inquiry j tvs into the experiences of Farmers in relation to their dealings with i Ingle Raj at companies opened their ses Sion at Yorkton wednesday morning. Chairman the Hon. Justice new land at the outset of the proceedings intimated the nature of their in much of the trouble seems to solve itself into a few salient feat ures the Prepend rating weight of opinion pointing to the fact that Tea source of the greater part of the Dis satisfaction is being created by the threshing machines. Some Are being Timken up by Farmers who have not Auff Lillens work for Jhom and As j by w. F. Goul Aeu no Farmer should have a threshing machine who holds Ess than. 400 acres of land and he should be a practical machinist. Another prolific source of troubles that threshing machines Are pur.-. A biased by inexperienced and utterly impractical men. This was proved to the Hilt by e. Sinclair who bought second hand from the International company the very self same machine j which was condemned wholesale by i Peter Kindred the first witness who appeared before the commission this morning1, and who described the machine As worthless to him and As be ing altogether unworkable while it has been used Ever since by or. Sin Clair with perfect Success. The opinion was also emphasized that Farmers Load themselves up too much with implements also that con tracts should be made More uniform. And that people should not sign con tracts without being thoroughly aware Premier As witness Flemming to give More evidence at the Dugal enquiry. St. John n.b., avg. 4. Premier Flemming has been subpoenaed by f b. Carvell jvlp., As a witness in the hearing of the Dugal charges respect ing the St. John Valley railway before the Royal commission and is Here from to go on the witness stand Spain this week. Ross managing director of the Quebec and St. John construction company who have the contract to build th2 Road was on the witness stand All morning. He said that the fat. John Valley railway from Gagetown to Centreville would be completed in september including the link ;