Canadian grocer July-December 1908 . ntario industrywas D. A. Gordon, , of Wallace-burg. Mr. Gordon had been in closetouch for many years with Michigancapitalists, having interests of his ownin the State. He was ambitious also tobuild up the town of Wallaceburg, .fwhich in 1900 he was mayor, and ofwhich he has been for the past 20 yearsor more the moving spirit. The ideasuggested itself to him that sufficient Kent County, and, with Wallaceburg thepossessor of a suear factory in the mak-ing, it was but natural that the sistertown of Dresden should want one. Wal-laceburg had voted its factor
Canadian grocer July-December 1908 . ntario industrywas D. A. Gordon, , of Wallace-burg. Mr. Gordon had been in closetouch for many years with Michigancapitalists, having interests of his ownin the State. He was ambitious also tobuild up the town of Wallaceburg, .fwhich in 1900 he was mayor, and ofwhich he has been for the past 20 yearsor more the moving spirit. The ideasuggested itself to him that sufficient Kent County, and, with Wallaceburg thepossessor of a suear factory in the mak-ing, it was but natural that the sistertown of Dresden should want one. Wal-laceburg had voted its factory substan-tial aid; and when Dresden received aproposition from Captain Davidson, awealthy Michigan capitalist, to estab-lish a sugar factory in that town oncertain terms, the proposition was en-thusiastically endorsed. A loan wasgranted, and in addition exemption fromtaxes for a certain period of years. Wiarton, likewise, granted certainconcessions to secure the location of asugar factory there, while the fourth ,, in>> * ?.
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