{"id":473,"date":"2019-10-30T21:32:20","date_gmt":"2019-10-31T01:32:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/castironcanada.com\/?page_id=473"},"modified":"2019-10-30T21:32:20","modified_gmt":"2019-10-31T01:32:20","slug":"why-and-about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/castironcanada.com\/?page_id=473","title":{"rendered":"Why And About"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>People have been asking why am I carrying information about American foundries and history in general. The answer is simple &#8211; it fascinates me. I love researching, and if information can be brought out that isn&#8217;t found anywhere else, why not post it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Labour strikes back in the 1880 crippled some foundries &#8211; and shut others down. It looks like a labour strike caused Chown and Cunningham in Kingston, Ontario to sell out to Thos. Davidson Mfg as an example. It was threatened in the 1880&#8217;s that the Knights of Labor would set up a competing foundry close to Chown and Cunningham if they didn&#8217;t comply with the Knights. C&amp;C mentioned closing their doors if it happened. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One of the parts of history that I&#8217;m interested in &#8211; is the shipping around of patterns by struck and\/or boycotted foundries to keep production going. 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