This commission was appointed in late 1944 and made it's reports and recommendations in late 1945. The commission's tasks were the following: (1) give a legal opinion on existing taxation legislation affecting co-operatives, (2) reccomend taxation legislation in respect to co-operatives, with due regard to current tax burdens on privately owned busniess, (3) provide a picture of the actual structure of co-operative enterprise in Canada, its growth, and the effects of taxation upon it.
The commission's findings were, briefly: (1) Section 4, paragraph (p) of the Income War Tax Act is so ambiguous as to justify its repeal, (2) commission reccomended legislation permitting both co-operative and joint stock companies to deduct patronage dividends in computing taxes, whether paid out or available on demand, (3) appendicies of research staff findings that provide statistical and historical information on the origin, growth and distribution of co-operatives in Canada.
See also fonds level description of RG 4 for history/bio of MPE
Scope and Content
.This sub-series contains volumes 1 - 31 of the Royal Commission on Co-operatives, the brief and report on the Commission, an outline of argument on behalf of certain co-operative organizations.
The Pool livestock advisory boards and livestock markets were organized under the MPE when MPE merger with the Manitoba Co-operative Livestock Producers Ltd in 1948. The livestock pools operated in much the same way the grain pools did. The MPE Livestock Division was overseen by the Canadian Livestock Co-operative (Western) Limited (known as the C.L.C.). Local shipping associations shipped livestock to a central selling agency in St. Boniface, although this changed with the development of the rural highway system in Manitoba and the founding of Pool Packers.
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Scope and Content
This sub-series consists of Livestock Division records, Virden Auction Market records, Brandon Livestock Advisory Committee records, Elkhorn Co-operative Livestock records, and Swan River Livestock Association Ltd.
Co-enerco was a co-operative energy company that resulted from the Co-operative Resources Project.
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Scope and Content
This sub-series consists of records pertaining to the formation of Co-enerco.
Co-op Farm Implements was a subsidiary company designed to serve Pool members in Manitoba and Saskatchewan.
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Scope and Content
This sub-series consists of general documents and photographs.
Minitonas Co-operative Elevator Association Limited Organizational papers: 1926 - 1953 Minutes of the provisional Directors' meeting, 30 June 1926 Minutes of first permanent Directors' meeting, 30 June 1926 Minutes of first General Shareholders' meeting, 30 June 1926 Lease between MPEL and Minitonas CEAL, 1 August 1928 Shareholders meeting, 21 July 1931 Directors meeting, 21 July 1931 By-laws no. 12 and 13, 21 July 1931 Agreement between Minitonas CEAL, MPEL, Manitoba Wheat Pool and The King, 1 August 1931 Agreement between Minitonas CEAL and MPEL, 1 February 1933 Minutes of special meeting of the Board of Directors, 10 February 1933 Agreement between Minitonas CEAL and MPEL, 15 October 1936 Letter re above, 19 June 1944 Agreement between Minitonas CEAL and MPEL, 1 August 1951 Agreement, 1 August 1953 Directors' Resolution, 18 October 1961 Minutes of Executive Board meetings, volume 1, 6 August 1926 - volume 5, 15 November 1983 Minutes of Shareholders Annual meetings, 1928 - 1967 (7 reports) Financial records and statistics Statement of surplus, 1946 - 1947 (1 reports) Auditors' reports, 1928 - 1967 (37 reports) Correspondence, 1946 - 1967 Membership list, 1929 - 1966 Miscellaneous Speech - Hon. T.A Crerar Replies, 26 August 192(?) Directors Reports, 1962 - 1966 (3 reports) Minitonas Wheat Pool minutes, 1929 - 1931 Corporate Name: Rural Municipality of Minitonas
As a co-operative company, the Manitoba Wheat Pool and later the Manitoba Pool Elevators was member controlled. In order to run the company successfully members needed to be educated and kept updated about the companies financial and organizational situation. Annual reports were one of the many ways the Pool tried to do this. See fonds level description of RG 4 for complete history/bio of MPE.
Scope and Content
Sub-series MPE B.7 consists of annual reports. There are two complete sets of annual reports, one for archival storage and one for use by researchers. Neither set contains a report for 1931. Reports from 1926 until 1928 are Manitoba Co-operative Wheat Producers, Ltd. Reports, 1929 - 1930 are Manitoba Wheat Pool Reports. All reports subsequent to 1931 are Manitoba Pool Elevators.
Archival set: (1) Bound Copies, MPE Annual Reports Vol. 1 1926 - 1949; MPE Annual Reports Vol. 2 1950 - 1959; MPE Annual Reports 1960 - 1969; (2) Individual MPE Annual Reports 1970 - 1998
Reserch set: Individual MPE Annual Reports 1926 - 1930, 1932 - 1998
During the independent existence of Manitoba Pool Elevators, the Manitoba Co-operator, published by the Manitoba Co-operative Conference Ltd., was the official organ of the cooperative movement in the province. The sub-series consists of issues of The Manitoba Co-operator from 1931-1936 and 1943-2001.
Pool Insurance Limited was created in 1939 and re-incorporated at Pool Insurance Company in 1940. It was designed to internalize some of the insurance risk of MPE, which had previously been carried by an extenal company.
Co-operative Life Insurance Company was formed in 1945 to offer pool members affordable life insurance tailored to their lives as producers.
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Scope and Content
This sub-series consists of documents and minutes.
Border Fertilizers Ltd was a parnership agreement between the Pool and M.G. Smerchanski to provide better fertilizer services to Pool members. MPE entered the agreement in 1963 but sold their shares in 1969 due to heavy losses.
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Scope and Content
This sub-series consists of legal documents, financial statements, proposals and reports.
The Wasagaming Foundation was founded in 1964 to plan an educational centre at Clear Lake, part of which would become Camp Wannakumbac in 1965. The Foundation was the joint effort of MPE, Federated Co-opertives Limited, Manitoba Farm Bureau, and United Grain Growers.
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Scope and Content
.This sub-series consists of two files of the Wasagaming Foundation.
CSP Foods Ltd resulted from an amalgamtion of Co-op Vegetable Oils Ltd with MPE in 1975. The company operated crushing plants in Altona, Manitoba and in Saskatchewan, and was overseen by members of MPE and the Sask Wheat Pool.
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Scope and Content
This sub-series consists of minutes, correspondence, reports, and promotional materials.
Notes
Description by Jillian Sutherland (2010)
History taken from F.W. Hamilton's "Service at Cost"
See fonds level description of RG 4 for history/bio of MPE
Scope and Content
This sub-series consists of summaries of elevator operations. The records include the following:
Box 1:
Summary of Operations 1925-1968 Alexander-Gretna
Summary of Operations 1925-1968 Hamiota-Morris
Summary of Operations 1925-1968 Napinka-Woodnorth
Box 2:
Association Financial and Debt Repayment Summary 1925-1963
Association Financial and Debt Repayment Summary 1925-1963
Box 3:
Summary of Operations 1964-1968
Summary of Operations 1964-1968
Summary of Operations 1964-1968
Box 4:
Summary of Operations A-K 1925-1996
Summary of Operations L-Z 1925-1996
Elevator Points Closed A-L 1926-1987
Elevator Points Closed M-Z 1926-1987
It has been impossible to establish an administrative history for Pike & Co. other than that it was a small distributor of packet seeds located in Edmonton, Alberta. The acquisition was made in 1982 on the recommendation of McKenzie President William Moore. In 2001, Pike & Co. continued to be a part of the mail order division of McKenzie Seeds.
Custodial History
See fonds level description of custodial history of A. E. McKenzie Seed Co. Ltd.
Scope and Content
This sub-series consists of one file containing a proposal to acquire shares of Pike & Co., and a document entitled organizational shares.
Storage Location
RG 3 A.E. McKenzie Company fonds
McS 3 Acquisitions
Related Material
Financial records for Pike & Co. for 1983 are located in Series 1 (Board of
Directors), sub-series 5 (Financial) of the A.E. McKenzie Seed Co. Ltd. fonds in the file entitled 'Complete Financial Record 1983, McKenzie Seeds'.
Catalogues and seed packets for Pike & Co. are located in Series 2 (Office of the President/GM), sub-series 4 (Marketing) of the A.E. McKenzie Seed Co. Ltd. fonds.
The book "By Gossip and Myth" by Prof. George MacDowell in Series 6 (Miscellaneous), sub-series 2 (Miscellaneous Publications) of the A.E. McKenzie Seed Co. Ltd. fonds, also contains a small amount of information regarding the purchase of Pike & Co.
Glenboro Co-operative Elevator Association Limited Organizational papers: 1926 - 1961 Memorandum of Association, 17 May 1926 General By-laws, 19 May 1926 Certificate of Incorporation, 19 May 1926 Letter re: Above certificate, 20 May 1926 Lease, 7 October 1927 Directors meeting minutes, 18 July 1931 Shareholders meeting minutes, 18 July 1931 Application for share of stock, 18 July 1931 By-law nos. 8, 9, 10, and 11, no date By-law nos. 12 and 13, 18 July 1931 By-law no. 14 (in duplicate), no date Agreement between Glenboro CEA, MPE, Manitoba Wheat Pool and The King, 1 August 1931 One share certificate, 1 December 1931 Letter re: Acceptance of share of stock application, 14 January 1932 Letter re: Above application, 30 January 1932 Agreement between Glenboro CEA and MPE, 1 February 1933 Minutes of special Board of Directors meeting (2 copies), 22 February 1933 Letter re: Above agreement, 17 July 1933 Agreement between Glenboro CEA and MPE, 15 Ocotber 1936 By-law no. 16, 1 November 1939 By-law authorizing cancellation of share capital, 28 October 1940 Letter re: Above By-law, 24 March 1941 By-law nos. 18, 19, 20 and General By-laws, 27 October 1941 Memorandum re: repeal By-law no. 19, no date Letter re: Above By-laws, 6 August 1942 Letter re: Agreement, 19 June 1944 Agreement between MPE and Glenboro CEA and Archibald Hunter Witton, 12 December 1947 General By-laws, 27 October 1952 Directors' Resolution, 18 October 1961 Minutes of Executive Board meetings, volume 1, 14 June 1926 - volume 8, 26 June 1951 Minutes of Shareholders Annual meetings, 1933 - 1958 (12 reports) Financial records and statistics Statement of surplus, 1938 - 1946 (2 reports) Final statement, 1935 - 1946 (6 reports) Auditors report, 1927 - 1965 (15 reports) Statement of Grain account and handle, 1929 - 1930 (2 reports) Surplus repayment, 1935 - 1938 (1 report) Resolution, 1942 - 1943 Surplus, 1945 - 1946 Correspondence, 1926 - 1954 Membership list, 1929 - 1961 Miscellaneous Directors Attendance list, 1949 - 1950 (2 reports) Directors reports, 1950 - 1963 (2 reports) Corporate Name: Rural Municipality of South Cypress
Domain Co-operative Elevator Association Limited Organizational papers: 1928 - 1961 Memorandum of Association and covering letter, 20 February 1928 Memorandum of Association and covering letter, 29 February 1928 Meeting re: By-law nos. 1-7, 15 March 1928 Indenture, 1 August 1928 By-law nos. 1-10, no date By-law nos. 12 and 13, 17 July 1931 Shareholders meeting re: By-laws 12 and 13, 17 July 1931 Directors meeting re: By-laws 12 and 13, 17 July 1931 Certify By-law no. 14, 1 December 1931 Agreement between Domain CEA and MPE, 1 August 1931 Agreement between Domain CEA and MPE, 2 February 1933 Meeting re: By-law no. 15, 27 February 1933 Meeting re: By-law no. 16, no date Agreement between Domain CEA and MPE, 1 August 1936 Agreement between Domain CEA and MPE, 15 October 1936 By-law no. 16, 8 November 1939 By-law no. 16, authorize share capital, 30 October 1940 Agreement for sale, 30 October 1940 Letter re: agreement for above sale, 14 March 1944 By-law no. 21, 10 November 1947 Meeting of Directors re: By-law no. 21, 10 November 1947 Allocation of surplus, 15 January 1948 By-law no. 22, 24 May 1949 By-law no. 23, 16 November 1951 Agreement between Domain CEA and MPE, 1 August 1951 Agreement between Domain CEA and MPE, 30 June 1956 $Directors' Resolution, 18 October 1961 Minutes of Executive Board meetings, volume 1, 1 January 1947 - volume 4, 30 September 1969 Minutes of Shareholders Annual meetings, 1944 - 1968 (26 reports) Financial records and statistics Analysis of Operating Results, 1951 - 1954 (2 reports) Statement of surplus, 1938 - 1954 (11 reports) Final Statement, 1932 - 1952 (16 reports) Auditors report, 1929 - 1968 (18 reports) Statement of Grain account and handle, 1929 - 1931 (3 reports) Deliveries, 1929 - 1930 Surplus allocation, 1945 - 1946 Approving of cancellation of share capital, 30 October 1940 Resolution - Supplementary agreement, no date (2 reports) Comparative statement, no date Correspondence, 1928 - 1981 Membership list, 1929 Miscellaneous Directors Attendance list, 1945 - 1967 (6 reports) Corporate Name: Rural Municipality of MacDonald
Winkler Co-operative Elevator Association Limited Organizational papers: 1960 - 1969 First meeting of Interested Farmers, 3 February 1960 Letter re: Above meeting, 25 March 1960 Minutes of Provisional Board of Directors, 4 March 1960 Letter re: Above meeting, 25 March 1960 Minutes of first General meeting, 7 March 1960 Letter re: Above meeting, 25 March 1960 By-law nos. 1-4, 7 March 1960 Letter re: Above By-laws, 25 March 1960 Application for membership in MPE, 25 March 1960 Letter re: Above application, 29 March 1960 Agreement between Winkler CEA and MPE, 15 December 1960 By-law no. 7, 20 March 1967 Arrangement, 3 June 1969 Transfer agreement, 31 July 1969 Minutes of Executive Board meetings, volume 1, 1 March 1960 - volume 3, 1 December 1969 Minutes of Shareholders Annual meetings, 1960 - 1967 (7 reports) Financial records and statistics Correspondence, 1960 Membership list, 1959 - 1970 Miscellaneous Directors Attendance list, 1964 - 1970 (7 reports) Monthly report to the Board of Directors, no date Tax statement, 1965 One note pad, 1960 Corporate Name: Rural Municipality of Stanley. local Pool Committee minutes June 4 1980 - Dec 7 1989, Feb 15 1990 - Nov 2 1992.