English Firms Expand Canadian Tractor Presence
Two English manufacturers extend operations in Canada with new chartered subsidiaries. Henry Hope and Sons of Birmingham forms Henry Hope and Sons, Canada, Limited in Toronto with 240000 dollars capital. Marshall, Sons and Company of Gainsborough plans a Saskatchewan branch with about 200000 dollars capital to push Western Canada tractor sales.
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Canada
Henry Hope and Sons, Limited
Birmingham
Marerhall, Sons and Company, Limited
Gainsborough
United States
Dominion
Messrs
Henry Hope and Sons
Toronto
Marshall, Sons and Company
Saskatchewan
Canadian Factory Growth Sparks Debate on tariffs and jobs
An English publication cites Canada's manufacturing surge from 481 million in 1900 to 1.162 billion in 1910, adding 4,552 factories and employing 511,844 people. The note credits protectionist policy for keeping industry at home and contrasts Canadian output with U S manufacturing hiring, noting emigration to the United States.
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England
Canada
Toronto
Montreal
Winnipeg
Pittsburg
Buffaloo
Chicago
United States
New England
Industrial growth in Canada under Moderate protection
The text argues that moderate protection in recent years spurred vast industrial development, curbed population outflow to the U S, and fostered wage growth for workers. It claims tariffs enable decent wages and, in turn, raise prices farmers receive for their produce.
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United States
Canada
English farmland under free trade shows little profit
A cable despatch from England reports that farms sized 2 000 to 10 000 acres have shown less than five percent annual profit over the last decade. A Midland estate valued at £19 772 under the Finance Act would barely fetch £20 000 today, with land values falling by over £100 million in a generation. The landlord acts as a local credit bank, maintaining rents and confidence for farmers and workers alike.
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Toronto Globe
England
Daily Mail
Free Trade Wages in Britain Shake Labor Scene
J F W, regular Toronto Globe correspondent, reports on London bakers winning higher pay and shorter hours after a dispute with employers. Bakers now earn 30s weekly for fifty four hours, with sixty hours in factories and harsh conditions. They seek end to night shifts and inclusion of baking in Trade Boards act from 1909 to curb sweating.
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Toronto Globe
Britain
London
Trade Boards
West's Prairie Growth Spurs More Factories and Farms
Mr Norman Lambert argues that the prairie provinces now show untapped cultivation and vast industrial potential. He says discovery of the West continues with need for more mills farms and transportation routes to make the region self supporting. Regina Flour Mill Co. installed an elevator and flour mill with 2000 barrels per day capacity in Regina Saskatchewan.
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Industrial
Canada
Norman Lambert
Prairie Provinces
West
Prairie
Regina Flour Mill Co
Regina Sask
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Russell
Howard
Jas. Fletcher
Binscarth
Andrew Setter
Manitoba
J. A. Fraser
Russell, Man
Harry Insull
Western Jobbers Clearing House
Shellmouth Creamery
E. P. Boyle
Shellmouth
Gingham House
Children’s Rompers
Rey-Oxfor
Gurney
Oxford
Gurney-Oxford
W. J. Doig
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