INTRODUCTORY

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter iv
2. PREFACE vii
3. CONTENTS xi
4. PART I. THE STRUGGLE FOR FREE MARKETING 1900-10
5. INTRODUCTORY 3
6. CHAPTER I. EARLY GRIEVANCES OF WESTERN GRAIN GROWERS 12
7. CHAPTER II. THE BEGINNINGS OF GRAIN TRADE REGULATION 20
8. CHAPTER III. THE BEGINNINGS OF GRAIN GROWERS' ORGANIZATION 30
9. CHAPTER IV. THE BEGINNINGS OF BUSINESS COOPERATION 41
10. CHAPTER V. THE GRAIN GROWERS AND THE GRAIN EXCHANGE 50
11. CHAPTER VI. EARLY STRUGGLES AND PROGRESS OF THE GRAIN GROWERS' GRAIN COMPANY 62
12. PART II. THE FARMERS' CO-OPERATIVE ELEVATOR COMPANIES, 1911-1923
13. CHAPTER VII. THE ELEVATOR ISSUE IN MANITOBA 79
14. CHAPTER VIII. ORIGIN OF THE SASKATCHEWAN CO-OPERATIVE ELEVATOR COMPANY 98
15. CHAPTER IX. THE ALBERTA FARMERS' CO-OPERATIVE ELEVATOR COMPANY 113
16. CHAPTER X. THE GRAIN GROWERS AND THE TERMINALS 130
17. CHAPTER XI. AMALGAMATION: THE UNITED GRAIN GROWERS LTD. 153
18. CHAPTER XII. INDEPENDENT EXPANSION OF THE SASKATCHEWAN CO-OPERATIVE 178
19. PART III. THE MOVEMENT FOR COLLECTIVE MARKETING, 1919-27
20. CHAPTER XIII. THE WHEAT BOARD MOVEMENT, 1919-23 189
21. CHAPTER XIV. INCEPTION OF THE WESTERN WHEAT POOLS, 1923-24 210
22. CHAPTER XV. THE POOLS AND THE CO-OPERATIVE ELEVATOR COMPANIES 227
23. CHAPTER XVI. POOL POLICIES AND OPERATIONS 244
24. PART IV. RESULTS AND TENDENCIES IN THE GRAIN GROWERS' COOPERATIVE MOVEMENT
25. CHAPTER XVII. EXPERIENCES IN COOPERATIVE SUPPLY 281
26. CHAPTER XVIII. BUSINESS RESULTS OF GRAIN GROWERS' COOPERATIVE ORGANIZATIONS 322
27. CHAPTER XIX. COOPERATIVE POLICIES AND RESULTS 351
28. CHAPTER XX. SOLIDARITY OF THE GRAIN GROWERS' MOVEMENT 375
29. CHAPTER XXI. CONCLUSION 399
30. APPENDICES
31. APPENDIX A. STATISTICS 413
32. APPENDIX B. CHRONOLOGY OF GRAIN GROWERS' MOVEMENT 415
33. APPENDIX C. CHARTS OF GRAIN GROWERS' ORGANIZATIONS 419
34. APPENDIX D. AN ACT TO INCORPORATE THE SASKATCHEWAN CO-OPERATIVE ELEVATOR COMPANY, LIMITED 422
35. APPENDIX E. TEXT OF GROWER'S CONTRACT ALBERTA CO-OPERATIVE WHEAT PRODUCERS, LIMITED 429
36. APPENDIX F. TEXT OF AGREEMENT BY PROVINCIAL WHEAT POOLS FORMING THE CENTRAL SELLING AGENCY 435
37. APPENDIX G. TEXT OF HANDLING CONTRACT BETWEEN SASKATCHEWAN CO-OPERATIVE WHEAT PRODUCERS LIMITED AND ELEVATOR COMPANIES 440
38. APPENDIX H. TEXT OF AGREEMENT BETWEEN LOCAL CO-OPERATIVE ELEVATOR ASSOCIATION AND GROWER UNDER MANITOBA POOL ELEVATOR PLAN 446
39. APPENDIX I. SOURCES AND REFERENCES 449
40. INDEX 461