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The Farmer Movement: The New Movement Of The Progressive Movement

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Prior to 1930, farmers had to deal with situations of the CPR monopoly, discriminatory freight rates, monopolistic elevator systems, and tariffs. To improve their situation, farmers used tactics by banding together forming various organizations to lobbying the federal politician for change. Another success in improving their situation was the new movement of the Progressive Movement. With this new movement, they achieved success by advocating for a new Farmer’s Platform later known as the New National Policy. The parallels between farming today and the situation faced by farmers in the early 1900s would still be labour intensive in seeding in the spring and harvesting in the fall. Farmers relied on the weather, which they are gambling on

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