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Plight of the Western Wheat Grower in Wartime Canada
A wartime editorial argues Western wheat growers face low prices and higher costs since 1913 14, unlike industrial workers who gain living cost bonuses. It urges a government bonus of about 10 cents per bushel to offset a 12 percent rise in costs, noting growers’ contribution to feeding Europe and wartime effort.
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Labor Ag
Europe
Dominion
Canada
Spitzbergen Island
British War Office
Brown
Gener
Ottawa
Prices and Trade Board
Parliament Hill