Introduction
Section I: The Setting and The Liberals, 1894–1905
1. The Natural and Political Landscapes
2. “Intent Upon Getting Grain-Growing Settlers Upon the New Land”: The Liberals, 1894–1905
Section II: “Large Tracts of Land Are Not Necessary for the Business of Any Company”: The Conservatives, 1905–1919
Introduction
3. “We Have Been Most Lenient in Allowing the Company to Run On”
4. “The Jack-Ass Methods of That Department”
Section III: “In Order to Keep in Office, They Must Play Politics”: The United Farmers of Ontario, 1919–1923
Introduction
5. “This Government Should … Exercise Responsibility of Dealing with Tenders”
6. “Established Industries which … Have But Scant Supply”
Section IV: “The Chief is the Whole Show”: The Conservatives, 1923–1932
Introduction
7. “For Political Purposes”
8. “Political Connections of the Strongest Kind”
9. “Excluded from the Area Given to Spruce Falls”
10. “No Definite Commitment Has Ever Been Made by This Department”
11. “We Shall Continue to Paddle Our Own Canoe”
Conclusion: “The Availability of Wood for Industry Is Ambiguous”