Original sentence: Brown fought numerous battles with the typographical union from 1843 to 1872.Brown was appointed to the Canadian senate in 1874 and attended his first session the following year.He continued writing and editing the Globe and was consulted by Grit officials in issues concerning provincial and Canadian politics.He negotiated with the United States Secretary of State Hamilton Fish from February until June 18, when a draft of their treaty was proposed in the US Congress.He supported Mackenzie when Edward Blake and the Canada First movement expressed their frustrations with Mackenzie's leadership.He traveled to England in February 1876 to raise capital to create a new company based on raising cattle, and obtained a charter for the new company upon his return to Canada in May.He was forced to pay union wages after tense negotiations and strikes.His attendance in the senate was sporadic as he focused on the business affairs at his ranch.In 1866, Brown bought an estate near Brantford, Upper Canada, and herded shorthorn cattle.In 1874, Prime Minister Alexander Mackenzie asked Brown to negotiate a new reciprocity treaty with the US.In 1885 his daughters Margaret and Catherine were two of the first women to graduate from the University of Toronto.The Congress did not pass the bill into law and it was set aside when Congress adjourned four days after the treaty was proposed.The company struggled during the
Edited sentence: Brown fought endless battles with the typographical union from 1843 to 1872.He paid union wages, not because of generosity but only when the power of the union forced it upon him.In 1885 his daughters Margaret and Catherine were two of the first women to graduate from University of Toronto