Intricate Organization Markets Western Canada Grain
The Natural Resources Intelligence Service notes Canada's grain system moves Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta crops to Port Arthur and Fort William. By rail and lake, the 1923 four month export moved over 261 million bushels inland and 211 million onward. Elevators total capacity reaches 65 million, with 4 020 elevators by 1922.
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Natural Resources Intelligence Service
Department of the Interior
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Port Arthur
Fort William
Pacific
Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Eystem
Montreal
Atlantic
Canada
Great Lakes
Seaboard
Dominion
Surveying Fields For Immigrants
Miss H. M. Somerville of Liverpool surveys west under Cunard lines to assess prospects for girl immigrants. She notes Scandinavia will demand assured positions before allowing emigration and that educated and domestic girls in Europe are eager to come to Canada as potential workers.
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H. M. Somerville
Liverpool
Tomning
Cunard Lines
Scandinavia
Miss Somerville
Europe
Canada
Record freight season with no seamen lost in 1923
President William Livingston stated in his Lake Carriers' Association annual report that the 1923 navigational season saw no seamen lose their lives in shipwrecks and set a record for freight tonnage moved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Livingstone
Lake Carriers’ Association
Glasgow Herald warns on emigration to Canada amid adverse letters
The Glasgow Herald questions reports from Scots in Canada about harsh conditions and urges the Canadian government to allow expert investigations. It notes the recurrence of alarmist letters during peak emigration and suggests a less aggressive recruitment approach if doubts about conditions persist. The London Star also runs letters and clippings supporting concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Britain
Dominion
Glasgow Herald
Canada
Condi
Herald
the Herald
London Star
The
Star
The Dilemma of Western Farmers on Tariffs and Trade
The Toronto Globe argues that eastern regions lean away from agriculture while the prairie provinces rely on grain. It says a tariff on grain harms western farmers who sell in a free market yet buy in a protected one. Transportation costs and regional needs demand national party unity.
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East
Ontario
Quebec
Prairie Provinces
Great Britain
Canada
Toronto Globe
No Man's Land 120 Feet Border Zone Proposed
A 120 foot no man’s land will be set along the US-Quebec border to halt contraband liquor operations on cross border premises. The Quebec Legislature will introduce necessary Canadian legislation in this session.
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No Man’s Land
United States
Quebec
Wealthy One Makes a Self Made Man Remark
A constructed dialogue shows Wealthy One praising self made status while a friend teases about his family pride comparing it to pride in a home made dress. The exchange echoes social vanity and humor.
Never at the Right Time Mother
A child named Bobby begs for more chocolate while his mother resists. Bobby laments his father’s habit of changing his mind, highlighting a recurring family negotiation over treats.
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Bobby
Alberta Wool Totals Over Seventy Thousand Pounds
The Alberta Provincial Sheep Breeders' Association handled over 74,000 pounds of wool with a total value exceeding 17,212 dollars during the past year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alberta
Canadian Horticultural Council Sets Plant Trial Rules
The Canadian Horticultural Council outlines rules for test plots in government facilities to trial new plant varieties before certification. By 1923 eight new flower varieties and one strawberry were accepted for recording. The council also aims to record origin and traits of standard Canadian fruits like McIntosh apples and Windsor cherry. Demonstration gardens will be run by horticultural groups to publicize approved varieties.
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Canadian Horticultural Council
Canada
CPR and partners cut grain rates to Vancouver and Fort William
The Canadian Pacific Railway with Edmonton Dunvegan and British Columbia Railway reduced grain rates to Vancouver and Fort William as a settlers aid measure. Announcement made January 19 by D. C. Coleman, vice-president in charge of Western lines.
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Peace River Country
Canadian Pacific Railway
Edmonton
Dunvegan
British Columbia
Vancouver
Fort William
D. C. Coleman
Western Lines
Nerviline Endorsement by Former Guide Staff Member
W T Greenway, ex Guide staff, writes that Nerviline has been used in his home for twenty years and relieves pain from earache toothache cramps and upset stomach. He urges buyers to remember Nerviline for prompt relief at all dealers.
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W. T. Greenway
Guide Newspaper
Alberta Coal and Eastern Market Reach Ontario Feasibility
The advisory fuel committee states Alberta coal could enter the Ontario market if production costs are cut and distribution costs reduced. Hon. George P. Graham, minister of railways and canals, receives the statement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alberta
Ontario
Federal Advisory Fuel Committee
George P. Graham
Startling Taxation Facts Highlight Canadian Expenditures
The article notes a sharp rise in Canadian government spending and taxation, with Canada paying about 960 million in taxes averaging 100 dollars per person. It cites a national debt of 2.86 billion and shows postwar growth in ordinary and war taxes, urging taxpayer demands for spending cuts.
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Winnipeg
Canada
Dominion
Canadian Boards of Trade
Great Britain
Bayer Aspirin Advertising Cautions for Genuine Tablets
The notice warns buyers to look for the Bayer Cross on packaging or tablets to ensure genuine Bayer Aspirin. It notes aspirin’s safe, physician prescribed history of over twenty-three years and lists uses from colds to neuralgia. It mentions packaging options including twelve tablets, bottles of 24 and 160, and that Bayer is the trademark in Canada.
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Bayer
Drugfists
Canada
Bayer Company
Bayer Cross
Canada Tightens Oriental Immigration Rules to Canada
Canada plans strict enforcement of Oriental immigration laws with O. E. Featherston sent to the Far East. He will operate from Hong Kong to prevent prohibited classes of Chinese from sailing to Canada and ensure deportation on arrival if needed. Cooperation with coast immigration officials is arranged.
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China
O. E. Featherston
Far East
Victoria
Hong Kong
Canada
The
Orient
Featherston
Reflections on People and Ideas in a Detroit Free Press Vol 1
The excerpt contrasts Lenine and Trotsky named figures with critiques of bol shevism. It urges skepticism toward claims of cultural refinement and warns against taking at first meeting that someone is cultured. The tone is moral and advisory.
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Lenine
Trotsky
Detroit Free Press
Canada leads wheat supply and flour exports worldwide
Official figures show the Dominion of Canada as the greatest single contributor to world wheat supply and a leading flour exporter. Canada ranks second to the United States in automobile exports and reports mineral, forest, agricultural, and fisheries industries valued at 2.42 billion dollars, up 252 million from last year.
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Dominion of Canada
United States
Canada
Canadian Wheat Advantage: Lower Costs and Lands
Analysis from the U S Tariff Commission shows Canadian wheat can be produced cheaper than in the United States due to higher yields, lower taxes and freight, plus cheaper land. Eleven year averages place U S costs at 1.58 per bushel versus 1.22 in Canada. 1923 costs 1.49 in the U S and 1.03 in Canada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Tariff Commission
United States
Canada
Union
Commission
Dominion
Iron in Russia worth sixteen times all known deposits
Notes by M Lazareff to the Paris Academy of Sciences claim a vast iron mass in Russia equals sixteen times all other deposits. The ore forms two bands 125 miles long and 20 miles apart with ore at 500 feet depth containing 40 percent iron and richer ore at greater depths. Also a stage joke about chorus girls appears in the text.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
M. Lazareff
Paris Academy of Sciences
Testing shows cow herd gains across provinces
Cow testing in Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Quebec, Ontario and Alberta reports rising average milk output per cow from 4,044 to 10,235 pounds and fat from 169.1 to 346.4 pounds, with multiple herds posting substantial gains in milk and fat after adopting the system.
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Prince Edward Island
New Brunswick
Nova Scotia
Quebec
Ontario
Alberta
North American wheat trade under tariff impacts flour mills
US needs hard wheat millers south of the border and recognizes Canadian hard spring wheat quality. Despite the Fordney tariff, Canada supplies flour makers in Duluth with over 11 million bushels in 1920 and rising, while Northwestern mills run at half capacity. Canadian mills stay at full capacity for exports, highlighting divergent trends in the two countries' flour industries.
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Northwestern Star
Fordney
Duluth
United States Customs Service
Northwestern States
Northwestern National Bank Review
Minneapolis
Montreal Port Leads North American Grain Exports in 1923
Grain handled at the port of Montreal in 1923 totalled 126,013,938 bushels, the largest amount shipped through any North American port that year. Montreal repeats for the third consecutive year as the continent's leading grain exporting seaport.
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Montreal
North America
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Canede
Cuticura
G. S. Miller
Marshall, Wrash
Jan. S
Lin- Gees
Toronto
Telgram
Albert T. White
the Express
Broadview
Sask
Oriental Immigration
Minard
Percon
U.S
Department of Agriculture
Ottawa
New Zealand
Australia
Post Office
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