1920

             The economy of the 1920's centred on the recovery from war. When
             war time industries closed down, and thousands of returning soldiers were
             looking for jobs, no jobs and people looking for jobs made for lots of
             unemployment. But by the time the 1920's rolled along, the economy was on
             the upswing. Huge wheat crops in 1925 to 1928 made for huge exports to
             other countries. More and more people began to buy farm machinery when tax
             on imported farm machinery was lowered. Pulp and Paper, which included
             newsprint, was second in growing Canadian economy, in terms of exports.
             The big american newspapers wanted Canadian pulpwood to produce their
             newspapers. Such large amounts of newsprint was being shipped across the
             border that the government had to urge Canadian producers to save some news
             print for its own newspapers. This was just the beginning in the
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