Word: canadians
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...attention to a high duty on celery grown under glass, as many of his constituents, celery growers, were existing only on Red Cross bounty. . . . Congressman Gifford (Massachusetts) describing himself as a Cape Cod turnip raiser, wanted the rates on this commodity hoisted from 12 to 50¢ to shut out Canadian importations. Georgia's Crisp begged for better treatment of peanuts in the next tariff act. Maine's Hersey grew damp-eyed as he told of the plight of the potato producers in his State...
...Peribonka, French-Canadian village in the forest-river country of northern Quebec, Maria and Samuel Chapdelaine (of whose happiness Louis Hemon wrote) still keep their little store and dining room. But no longer are they the happiest people of that Peribonka valley. Happier is the Crippled Lady. She sits each day on her veranda serenely waiting for her man Paul's daily messages, for his week-end visits. He is now clearing the forest with 15 men. Nearby is the Mistassini dam, which he had built with...
...cannot appropriation be made subject to such distribution as the Secretary of the Treasury may determine after thorough investigation; part for Coast Guard, part for customs, part especially for Canadian border; part for doubling or trebling present field force, increasing salaries to induce higher type men to apply for this responsible and hazardous work; part for more thorough, stringent surveillance of breweries and distilleries to prevent illegal distribution of high-powered beer and diversion of industrial alcohol; part for intensive, nation-wide education campaign, employing best talent to prepare accurate, striking posters and circulars emphasizing danger to individuals...
...Canadian National, however, a government-owned railroad formed from the merger of several Canadian railroads, was in an extremely bad way. Trackage was far out of proportion to traffic; service was often unreliable; profits were nonexistent. Today, however, Canadian National is a worthy rival to Canadian Pacific; since 1922 has steadily risen in performance, in prestige. For in that year came U. S.-born Englishman Sir Henry Thornton to change Canadian National from liability to asset...
...Movements and Railways, Inspector General of Transportation. In 1916 he gave up his U. S. citizenship, became a British subject; in 1919 was made Sir Henry Thornton, Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire. In 1922 he came to Canada; took over direction of the woebegone Canadian National; moved politics out and efficiency...