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Item is recording of interview conducted by Brett Fairbairn with Bruce Arnott (Winnipeg). Interview conducted for Fairbairn's book: Building a Dream: the Co-operative Retailing System in Western Canada, 1928-1988.
Contact sheet showing railcars leading to a building at potash mine; a man stands on top of railcar while directing the flow of potash from a chute into an opening on the railcar's roof.
Items are images showing: (1) a lumber camp near Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, including log cabins, sleighs, horses and the crew of the lumber camp; and (2) a lumber train on its way to or already reaching Prince Albert.
Item is a recording of an interview on "The Food Show" with E.K. Turner on changes to the Crow Rate that would increase the transportation costs of grain producers. Issues discussed included whether it should be paid on an acreage basis, could the domestic market absorb a supply increase, how the changes will affect the provinces differently and different ways of calculating freight rates.
Item is a recording of a discussion between Art Drysdale and Bill Walker (of CFRB) and E.K. Turner (President Sask. Wheat Pool) concerning the announced changes to the Crow Rate by Jean-Luc Pepin. Recording begins with background information on E.K.(Ted) Turner and the Crow Rate, and continues with comments about the effect the proposed changes will have on eastern and western economies, why farmers require the crow rate and their inability to pass along costs, whether farmers would have greater clout if they paid full amount of transportation to the railways, the ability of the Federal Government to defend the subsidy when it comes to international negotiations, what are the basic procedures for getting grain to market, the growth and effect on canola and other speciality crops, and E.K. Turner's experiences when he toured India as an observer of assistance and trade programs.