History 2120A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Distillery District, Carling Brewery, Industrial Unionism
11 Oct 2016
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Lecture 5 national policy (part ii): labour and other issues. Workers react unions of many sort, divisions and limits. Montreal by 1890s large works are common, industrial growth: st. james, montreal finance (banks and insurance) Toronto industry 1890s distillery district, new key business sector at king and york. Similar if smaller gains in other areas: carling brewery in london, hamilton plants in 1880s heavy industry, iron and steel, most towns along railway lines have considerable industrial development i. e. guelph piano plants. Montreal and toronto had majority of banks and finance with consolidation of banks. Or need for protectionist policy to encourage national economy: business focused in windsor montreal corridor. Price fixing: (cid:862)li(cid:448)i(cid:374)g profit(cid:863) business men deserve to make a certain profit. Mergers allowing larger firms to control pricing more easily. Merger makers i. e. herbert holt: bought shares of companies that were going to merge. Frederick thompson became involved in grain, from production to final product.
