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Farmers unite! The Patrons of Industry in Huron

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In early November 1890, at Ashfield Township’s sectional school No. 5, the first lodge of the Patrons of Industry was formed in Huron County when 35 farmers appended their name to the charter. It was a radical movement that sought to combine farmers, urban labourers and tradesmen into a united movement to fight tariffs, monopolies […]