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Title

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Dedications

Contents

Preface

Part One: The Wheat Economy

Introduction

1. The Development of Marquis Wheat

2. The Opening up of Indian Territory

3. Discriminatory Practices in Migrant Railway Traffic

4. A Select Committee Hears Views on the Agricultural Possibilities of Manitoba

5. Agricultural Possibilities in Alberta - an 1890 View

6. System of Survey and Practical Directions for Taking up Farms in Manitoba

7. The Prerequisites of Successful Settlement in the North-West Territories

8. Canadian Land Grants and Land Laws

9. The Settlement of National Groups in Saskatchewan

10. The Settlement of National Groups in Manitoba

11. Migration Proposals of the Salvationists

12. Sponsored Immigration - National Groups

13. Migration to Canada from the United States (i)

14. Migration to Canada from the United States (ii)

15. The Migration of Labour and Capital

16. Initial Settlement Problems of Immigrants in National Groups

17. Opposition to National Group Immigration

19. Assisted Passages for Immigrant “Farm” Labour

20. Diary Notes of a Visit to Manitoba

21. Comments on Immigrants and Their Assets

22. Homesteading Difficulties

23. The “Philosophy” of Successful Homesteaders

24. Labour Problems and the Problems of the Hired Labour

25. Alleged Inadequacies of the Banking System

26. Farm Credit

27. Agricultural Distress in 1936

28. Wheat Transportation Charges

29. Freight Rates and the Proposed Legislation of the Dominion Government

30. Freight Rates

31. The Hudson Bay Shipping Route

32. Co-operation in Saskatchewan

33. A Warning of the Risks in Co-operative Ventures

34. The Winnipeg Grain and Produce Exchange

35. The Co-operative Marketing of Grain

36. The Prairie Governments’ Attitude Towards the Public Ownership of Elevators

37. The Response to the Above

38. The Saskatchewan Grain Growers Present Their Case and Petition on Elevators to the Legislature, December 1909

39. The Elevator Question

40. The Development of the Saskatchewan Co-operative Elevator Company

41. Grain Marketing Problems - Wheat Board or Wheat Pool

42. The Marketing of Grain

43. The Marketing of Grain

44. The Acceptance of a Voluntary Wheat Pool

Further Reading

Part Two: The Development of Energy Sources

Introduction

45. Difficulties of the Coal Trade, 1870

46. The Impact of a United States Coal Strike

47. The Future Fuel Supply of Canada

48. The Fuel Supply of Canada

49. Recommendations for a National Fuel Policy

50. The Alberta Coal Industry in 1923

51. The Alberta Coal Industry in 1923

52. The Hydro-Electric Power Commission of Ontario in 1923

53. Niagara Companies in 1906

54. The Power Commission Act

55. Public versus Private Ownership

56. The Development of the Hydro-Electric System in Ontario up to 1923

57. Electricity in Mining and Ore Reduction

58. Electricity in the Pulp and Paper Industry (i)

59. Electricity in the Pulp and Paper Industry (ii)

60. The Electro-Chemical Industry

Further Reading

Part Three: The Mining Industry

Introduction

61. The Hardships of Placer Mining

62. Mining in British Columbia (i)

63. Mining in British Columbia (ii)

64. Early Doubts in Britain about the Klondike

65. Preliminary Report on the Klondike Gold Fields

66. The Search for Gold in Ontario

67. Gold Mining in the 1930's

68. The Search for Silver

69. Exploitation of the Cobalt Silver

70. Mining Progress in British Columbia in the 1890’s

71. War Time Refining of Copper and Zinc in Canada and the Post-War Commercial Possibilities

72. An Early Survey of the Nickel Industry

73. The Processing of the Sudbury Copper-Sulphide Ores and the Case Against Nickel Refining in Canada

74. Smelting in Ontario

75. “Can Nickel Be Economically Refined in Canada?”

Further Reading

Part Four: The Pulp and Paper Industry

Introduction

76. Early Progress of the Pulp and Paper Industry

77. The Technology of Pulp and Paper and a Nationalistic Plea

78. Cost Advantages in Canada’s Pulp and Newsprint Industry

79. A Royal Commission Reports on the Pulpwood Industry in 1923

80. The Impact of Technological Change on Prices

81. An Early Modern Quebec Paper Mill

82. The Anticipated Impact of War on the Demand for Canadian Newsprint

83. Post War Price Adjustments

84. The Imperial Institute Looks at the Pulp and Paper Industry in Canada and Newfoundland

85. The Future of the Newsprint Industry as Seen in 1920

86. The Basic Market for Newsprint

87. The Expansion of Newsprint Capacity

88. The Industry in 1930

Further Reading