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"Does It Pay?" - " ... and the Page Man Asked the Question That Enters into Every Business Transaction in These Intensely Practical Days." - JKG (Paperback, New)
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"Does It Pay?" - " ... and the Page Man Asked the Question That Enters into Every Business Transaction in These Intensely Practical Days." - JKG (Paperback, New)
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"Does It Pay?"
" ." . . . and the Page man asked the question that enters into
every business transaction in these intensely practical days." -
JKG "
Galbraith fans will delight in reading some of the earliest
published articles by bestselling author John Kenneth Galbraith.
This book is a collection of the majority of interviews John
Kenneth Galbraith wrote while he was the cub reporter for the St.
Thomas Times-Journal, 1925-1932. The interviews read like
conversations from the past. Read only the articles of interest to
you one at a time, or read cover to cover to get a feel for the
times - the frustration of farmers with ever changing standards and
regulations or the success and pride of the Topnotchers that shines
through loud and clear.
A surname index has been included so that readers may find their
kin and hear the voices of their grandfathers or great uncles.
These men speak plainly about conditions on southwestern Ontario
farms during a time of great change. Change was not always embraced
with enthusiasm in the rural community. Pasteurization and new
health legislations had come into force, along with the Clean Seed
Act, the gasoline engine, electricity and refrigeration, just to
name a few. All of these followed the largest conflict in the world
- the First World War. Along with all these changes came the crash
of '29, prohibition, crop failures, the Great Depression and the
prelude to World War II. How did they cope?
Throughout these articles, note how some of the problems faced some
eighty years ago are still faced by farmers today. So much changes;
yet so much stays the same. Can we learn and improve on our past
mistakes? Can we look at mistakes made then and try not to repeat
them? Can we take past successes and re-invent them for today's
farming community that still faces economic challenges? Can each of
us take the advice offered by these Topnotchers and apply it to our
own situations? Only time will tell. Jenny Phillips has added her
original pen & ink sketches as well as dozens of advertisements
of the era to the articles, James Galbraith's foreword and the
numerous indexes to give a comprehensive record of the times.
"My father delighted all his life in the incredible range of
agricultural knowledge." "He used it in politics from time to time,
though not always with great success." "He used it to guide his
thinking and establish his authority on matters related to economic
development, especially in India during his years as Ambassador to
that vast, still agrarian democracy." "- James K. Galbraith,
Economist and author of" The Predator State
"John Kenneth Galbraith's writing reveal that issues farmers faced
80 years ago are issues farmers are still confronted with today."
"- Steve Peters MPP"
"I will always treasure that I had the opportunity to know the man
from Elgin County who was the most influential economist of the
20th century""- Steve Peters MPP"
"Clearly John Kenneth Galbraith's Elgin roots never left him. His
life story and accomplishments remind us that our rural way of life
can inspire global achievements.""- Brian Masschaele, Elgin County
Cultural Services Director."
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