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During the early years of this century, wheat was seen as the very lifebloo
During the early years of this century, wheat was seen as the very lifebloo
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2024-12-26
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During the early years of this century, wheat was seen as the
very lifeblood of Western Canada. People on city streets watched
the yields and the price of wheat in almost as much feeling as if (1)______
they were growers. The marketing of wheat became an increasing (2)______
favorite topic of conversation.
War set the stage for the most dramatic events in marketing
the western crop. For years, farmers mistrusted speculative grain
selling as carried on through the Winnipeg Grain Exchange.
Wheat prices were generally low in the autumn, so farmers could (3)______
not wait for markets to improve. It had happened too often that
they sold their wheat soon shortly after harvest when farm debts (4)______
were coming due, just to see prices rising and speculators getting rich. (5)______
On various occasions, producer groups, asked firmer control, (6)______
but the government had no wish to become involving, at (7)______
least not until wartime when wheat prices threatened to run wild.
Anxious to check inflation and rising life costs, the federal (8)______
government appointed a board of grain supervisors to deal with
deliveries from the crops of 1917 and 1918. Grain Exchange
trading was suspended, and farmers sold at prices fixed by the
board. To handle with the crop of 1919, the government (9)______
appointed the first Canadian Wheat Board, with total authority to (10)______
buy, sell, and set prices. [br] (8)
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life→ living
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