George Fisher Chipman
| George Fisher Chipman | |
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| Born |
18 January 1882 Nictaux West, Annapolis County, Nova Scotia, Canada |
| Died | 26 December 1935 (aged 53) Charleswood, Winnipeg, Canada |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Occupation | Journalist |
| Known for | Grain Growers' Guide |
George Fisher Chipman (18 January 1882 – 26 December 1935) was a Canadian journalist who edited the Grain Growers' Guide for many years. The paper was the official organ of the provincial grain growers' associations in the Canadian prairies, and became the mostly widely circulated farmers' paper in the region.
George Fisher Chipman was born on 18 January 1882 in Nictaux West, Annapolis County, Nova Scotia. His parents were F. Miles Chipman and Annie S. Fisher. He attended the Middleton High School and the Nova Scotia Normal School, and in 1900 became a school teacher. In 1905 Chipman moved to Winnipeg, Manitoba and obtained a job as a reporter for the Manitoba Free Press.
In 1909 an article by Chipman appeared in Canadian Magazine called "Winnipeg: The Melting Pot". Based on his experience teaching immigrant children in rural Alberta he expressed concern about immigration from the Ukraine, particularly when the newcomers were forced into ethnic enclaves in the city where they were out of touch with Canadian values and culture. While sympathetic to the immigrant's struggle, he saw the situation as one that would lead to crime, delinquency and corruption by both the immigrants and Canadians who exploited them. He thought that little could be done with the older immigrants, but it was essential to make efforts to assimilate their children as Canadians.
The agrarian activist Edward Alexander Partridge helped organize the Grain Growers' Guide. The first issue appeared in June 1908 as the official organ of the Manitoba Grain Growers' Association (MGGA). It was published by the Grain Growers' Grain Company through its subsidiary, Public Press Limited. Partridge was the editor. Partridge thought the guide should be a militant paper, but the co-founders did not agree. He resigned after the first issue. Roderick McKenzie succeeded him as editor until 1911.
In 1909 the Guide was made a weekly, and Chipman was appointed associate editor. By the end of that year the Guide was the official organ of the (MGGA) and its sister associations, the Saskatchewan Grain Growers' Association (SGGA) and the United Farmers of Alberta (UFA). Chipman edited the Guide from 1911 until 1928, and edited its successor The Country Guide until his death in 1935. Although editor-in-chief, he continued to discuss management issues and controversial editorials with other executives such as Thomas Crerar. The Guide covered topics of interest to western Canada prairie farmers including politics, cooperative associations, animal husbandry and new agricultural techniques. The paper became an essential source of information about the outside world to prairie farmers. By 1918 the Guide was the largest farm publication on the prairies by circulation.
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