"We Have Asked for Bread, and You Gave us a Stone" Western Farmers and the Siege of Ottawa

George F. Chipman, The Siege of Ottawa (Winnipeg: Grain Growers' Guide, 1911),6. 1 status of the West in Confederation was the initial bias that set the train of development of prairie politics towards increasing differentiation from the Canadian standard."The West's struggle against political and economic subordination, he argues, was expressed by the desire for "a new political utopia."The resistance process in the West, as it relates to agriculture, sprang from the rapid development of the region's agricultural economy after 1900.Agricultural historian Ian MacPherson contends that social movements on the prairies resulted, in large part, from high freight rates, excessive bank charges, railway discrimination, indifference in Ottawa, unfavourable tariffs, and the manipulation of natural resources.'Farmers complained that markets were rigged against them and they tended to blame officials for siding with eastern- dominated institutions.parliamentarians in the House of Commons.Consequently, little is known about this important event.The two most comprehensive works detailing the "Siege" and its related events were written in 1911, when the "Siege" continued to be a much- discussed topic of debate.George F. Chipman's edited volume, The Siege of Ottawa, published by the Grain Growers' Guide, provides the most detailed account of the events and issues associated with the "Siege."At the time of the "Siege," Chipman was the editor of the Guide.Under his direction, the Siege publication contained a number of documents that were central to the event.These materials included the major speeches presented at the Grand Opera House meeting, as well as the entire "Farmers' Platform," which was a complete set of memorials presented by the CCA executive to federal officials at the meeting in the Commons.The volume was distributed to all interested farmersthroughout the country at a cost of twenty-five cents per copy.The Canadian Annual Review (CAR) 1910-1911, a yearly publication that recounts the country's most important current events, was the second major source to include a description of the "Siege of Ottawa."It includes a detailed and accurate eight-page description of the "Siege" and the major events associated with it.The contributors noted the uniqueness and greatness of the deputation and recognized the immediate importance of the meeting.The information in the CAR provided the historical background for many later academic works.

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