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La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1904-06-10
LA DIVISION ECCLESIASTICAL

FL Reverendo Obispo Blenk con-
voc6 anteayer y aver el Cabildo de la
Catedral para informar acerca de Ia
nueva division ecclesiastical en- Puerto
Rico.
Expuso el reverendo Prelado Ell
objeto importante que les congregaba
y Sc nombr6 una comisi6n con ell pa
DIRE Caneja para proceder 4 Ia demar-
caci6n de las di6cesis, ndmero de pa
rroquias y habitantes que cada una
debe de abrazar.
En- estos trabajos probablemente
Sc invertiran algunas senanas.
Ell padre Caneja saldra en- breve
para la isla para estudiar el plano de
las demarcaciones.
Els va muy SECURE que San Juan
ocupara la sede arzobispal y Ponce J
Mayaguez formaran obispados sufra-
ganeos.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1904-06-10
El general Wood, aImirante

Leemos en- un peri6dico de Manila
sEl Gobernador Wood-es Ell mas
felfz de los mortales.
Conquista honorese en- un periquete,
merced sus energfas de gran militar,
y 10 mismo le cuadra un generalato
que un almirantazgo.
En- breve, seg7in aseguran los pc
riodicos americanos, ell gobernador
de los moros tendr4 OCCASION de osten-
tar la insignia de Almirante en- la pc
quefIa escuadrilla de canoneros que
paseara orgullosa por la Laguna de
de Lenaw.
FL gobierno insular ha recibido
aver noticia de la casa constructors
de Shanghai, comunicandole que la
escuadrilla de Wood esta lista pre-
parada para hacerse la mar con
rumbo su destino.
Va armada de tres cafiones auto
maticos de tiro r&pido.D
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1904-06-10
CUARTO De SOCORRO

En- el dia de aver fueron curados
las siguientess personals Gumersindo
Nevares, de rasgunos en- el antebrazo
izquierdo.
Jose Rios, de una kerida en- la
region frontal izquierda.
Pedro Molinas. de contusiones
casuales.
Joaquin Perez, de una herida pro-
funda como de un centimetro.
El niho Candido Ferrer de una
mordedura de IN perro.
La nina Julia Adrilien, de varias
quemaduras, consideradas de cuidado.
Jose Demetrio Arroyo. de contu-
stones leves.
FL nino Francisco Fnentes, de he
ridas contusas.
Simon yazquez, de dos mordedu-
ras consideradas de cuidado.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1904-06-10
OECIMOS LA VERDAD

Tn periodico de Ponce da & enten-
der que nosotros mentimos al decir
en- un suelto que por el franqueo de
nuestras cuatro primeras ediciones
pagamos cincuenta seis dollars.
Pues sepa ese periodico, que mien-
tras los demas que Sc publican aquf
solo pagan un centavo por libra como
de "a clase, a nosotros sc nos cobra
ocbo centacos por libra como peri6dico
de 3@ clase, y seguiremos pagandolo
hasta que de Washington resuelvan la
reclamation que hemos hecho. Y aquf
tenemos los recibos de la administra-
ci6n de correos que 10 justifcan.
Nosotros no enganamos al pdbli-
co, como suelen hacerlo nuestros de-
tractoress que por pequenos y misera-
bles no merecen sino nuestro despre-
clio.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1904-06-10

En- cuanto a su oportunidad yo
puedo tener mi opinion propia en- ell
asunto, pero mi parecer no implica que
AGATE y respete las atlas determination
mes del arzobispo Chapelle que obra
en- virtud de la alta sabiduria de Ia
Sede apost0lica romano.
va die que soy obediente yno Sc
re- 20 ell que levante mi humilde voz
para discutir 10 que esta aprobado y
discutido por Monsenor Merry del Val,
ell Secretario de Nuestra Santidad Pho
x, que Dios guarde.
-5Renunciara su Ilustrfsima la
mira de Puerto Rico?
Mi renuncia no es para opener
me en- manera a1guna, enti6ndalo I'd.
bien, q los prop6sitos de mi venerable
Santo Padre, sino que ell de facilitar &
la Santa Sede esta trascendental re-
forma.
En- las circunstancias actuales, da-
do ell estado verdaderamente affective
de mi amado pueblo, Sc demasiado
bien que todas las energfas de mi yo-
luntad, todos mis- esfuerzos me falta-
ran para coadyuvar la para mi
grandiosa obra que abrira una nueva
era en- el seno del catolicismo de Puer-
to Rico.
En- presencia de ma reforma co.
mo esta que tiene su principle en- el
mandate absolute de S. s. Pho X, yo
puedo ser e1iminado, porque despues
de todo, Ell plan es verdaderamente
grandioso, el edificio es muy firme pa
ra que Sc note la falta de un pequeno
cimiento con la desaparici6n de mi
personalidad.
-Todo sc olvida -exclaino bon
dadosamente nuestro prelado-menos
la gratitud. Y no es facil que yo
divide al pueblo de Puerto Rico.
Esta fue la opinion franca noble
del reverendo obispo Blenk.
Ahora bien; la isla de Puerto Rico
que esta bajo un periodic de transi-
ci6n polftico, social, econ6mico re-
ligioso, en- que no Sc han consolidate
los cimientos legislativos, puede su-
frir la division en- tres di6cesis?
He ahf una question de alta tras-
cendencia & importancia suma.
Exponerla, razonarla discutirla
serfa la labor mas hermosa que puedan
emprender todos los hombres pensa-
dores que siguen con interes los lati-
dos de esta perla puertorrique1a
Es una question que envuelve el
porvenir de Puerto Rico en- su aspec-
to econ6mico y moral.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1904-06-10
Fl senior Da|mau Canct

Desde que LA DEMoCRAcIA ha
reanudado su publication en- San Juan
forma parte de nuestra redaccion Ell
conocido escritor y crftico don Sebas-
tian Dalmau y Canet.
Joven, laborioso, con talento s6li-
do ysvasta erudici6n, Ell senior Dalmau
es nuestro mas eficaz auxiliar en- la
labor diaria de este peri6dico.
Al senior Dalmau acompanan, CO.
mo reporters, los senores Labrador y
Mayoral; este como traductor de in
giles.
Estos senores, en- union del senior
Abril, forman la actual direction y
redaccion de LA DEMOCRACIA.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1904-06-10
|SERv|C|O CABLECRAF|CO
De LA DEMOCRAC|A"
ATAQUE A PUERTO ARTURO
En- las inmediaciones Sc estan
librando desde hace cuatrO
dias empenados encuentros

NUEVA YORK, JUNO 10.-Los
japoneses han librado por terra un
ataque q la ciudad de Puerto Arturo.
Las bombas lanzadas sobre Ia ciu-
dad han causado muchos danos al ve-s
cindario, pero no asf Il los fuertes in
teriores que Sc mantienen sanos y q
salvo de las granadas japonesas.
Desde hace cuatro dias Sc vienen
librando en- las afueras de Puerto Ar
turo empenados combates entire rusos
y japoneses.
En- Ia bahia de Puerto Arturo solo
hay tres grandes barcos de guerra ru-
SOS. Los demas han desaparecido pa
ra librarse de las bombas que los ja-
poneses dirigen contra la ciudad.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1904-06-10
Fl himno DuertOrriQueho

Es muy probable que sea declara-
do desierto ell Certamen que inici6 III
timamente ell Ateneo, fin de dotar al
pals de un himno patri6tico.
Parece que ninguna de las diez
composiciones presentadas reune me-
ritos snficientes para que Sc Ia conce-
da Ell premio.
Algunos sentiran que, de esta echa,
nos quedemos sin himno, pero sin el
nos hemos pasado hasta la fecha
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1904-06-10
Juzgado de Paz de CatedraI

Denunciados Catalina de la Cruz
y Cecilio Diaz por expender 1eche q
domicilio, fueron multados con cinco
dollars cada uno.
Juan Diaz que alter6 la paz pd-
blica, pasara Is dias en- la carcel.
Juan Oliviere y Jose Rios, dos
pesos de mulia cada uno por escan-
dalo.
Jose Merced y Rafael Santiste-
ban que infringieron las ordenanzas
municipales, pasaran cinco dias dete-
nidOs,
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1904-06-10
A cI ar &C n

Nuestro amigo don Candelario
Lopez Fagundo, nos informa que han
sufrido error sus amigos al suponerle
autor de una adhesion republicana
que apareci6 en- un diario local, fir
mada por un individuo de su propio
nombre apellido.
Ell senor Lopez siempre milit6 en-
ell partido federal hoy On Ell uninista
y no piensa claudicar de sus ideales.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1904-06-10
Reunion de farmac6uticos

En- la tarde de aver celebraron
ceuticos de esta ciudad y su barrios.
En- dicha reunion Sc trat6 de la forma
en- que ha de ser rematado el suminis-
tro de las nedicinas que facilita lie
municipio los pobres de San Juan.
Segnn Sc nos dice parece que un
farmaceutico no estuvo muy de acuer-
do con 10 aprobado en- esa reunion.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1904-06-10
CONCERTO EN- BAYAM0N

FL domingo pr6ximo dara en- ell
Casino espafiol de Bayamon un mag
nifico concerto Ia celebrada actriz
Amalia Paoli
Las pleas escogidas son de las
mas selectas de su repertoire.
Despues habra bale, que promote
quedar muy concurrido.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1904-06-10
JUzGAD0 De PAz
De SAN FRANCISCO
CONDEMNS IMPuESTAS

Angel Ferfer que alter6 la paz pa
CARA 10 dollars de multa que le impu-
SO el juez Kopel.
Tomas Albert cue infringi6 las
ordenanzas municipales pagara cinco
dollars de muita.
Por alterar Is paz plblica fus con-
denado Luciano Lopez q pagar dos
dollars de multa.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1904-06-10

q el tenor de que aeuestro P1'e1ado a6ando-
ne las pldyas puertor4Ique1as, conuergen
las n9irodds de Ia socieda3 entero en- sat
atatstre pastor que ta'at0 Ia sabido intere-
sdrse por el pTogres0 moral q material de
Puerto Rico. El ha irJ7ot5do por eI bien
del pals pqedicando en- el lpeilpito q pon5en-
do las energfas de su cardcte,' q los prcsti-
gios de su inJtuencio al seruicio q naejora-
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1904-06-10
EIiefe Observation-Disclosures
hadesembarcado en- Macorls

NUEVA YORK, JUNO 10.-Co-
munican de Santo Domingo que ell ex-
presidente Jimenez, ha desembardo en-
Macor1s uniendose q las tropas revo-
lucionarias.
El crucero de guerra ingles ~Inde-
fatigable>, Sc ha dirigido q los puer-
tos de la revolucion para proteger q
los slibditos de su nacion.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1904-06-10

Pu6lic0naos en- este natnaer0 el retrato
del Reuerendo Obispo James H. B1enk.
Contddos pr5acipes de la iglesia en-
Puerto Rico, han naerecioo como a la es-
tin1dci6n del pueblo que lleua su inadgen es-
cWlpida en- su coroz6n.
La trascendeaacia radical q el contbio
complete que 10 & seGfrfr el clero eclestdsti-
co en- ld isla por la division de las di6cesfs
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1904-06-10

nieaat0 de Ia iglesio cat6lco.:
Orador correctisinao, diolectico coaasat-
modo, es ana gloria s6lida q t171ae doaede
qaiera que satesae sat 7a0nabre.
La DEMOCRACIA, que e1ealece y
dquilata los 93l6ritos contraidos, le rinde
con Ia ptsblcaci6n del qetrato, su nads fer
cie1ote adnairaei6n dc respeto q caril1o.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1904-06-10
Registro Civil de CatedraI
NACIMIENTOS


Han sido inscrifo los siguientes:
Narciso Davila, Guillermo Gonzalez
Centeno, Jorge Conception Fernandez
= Alejandrina Hernandez MirBnda.
DEFUNCTONES
Gabriel Porras Fernandez, Oscar
Anserno Portacarrero, Arturo yaz-
quez Prada.
MAT'RIMONIOS
10 han contraido civilmenfe Enri-
que Prieto con Gregoria Mejias; Ma
Inuel Merced con Regalada Rosado.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1904-06-10
La Democracia Sc vende

En los kioskos de Ia plaza Dc
s'Baldorioty.
En- el cafe Ia Margarita. =
Y en- la imprenta, ealle dc San
Francisco, IS.
En- estos sitios 50 encontraran tam.
bi6n n6meros atrasados,
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1904-06-10
Chinos caen pTisioneros de
los rusOs

NUEVA YORK, JUNO 1O.-Te-
legramas recibidos hoy dicen que las
a vanzadas rusas han capturado &
soldados pertenecientes q la reserva
china.
Sc les considera como espfas de las
tropas japonesas y probablemente Sc
ran fusilados.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1904-06-10
vENTA De AZUCAR

Hoy Sc ha vendido una partida de
az1car de $40 sacos de la hacienda
Constancia q S3.53l. Comprados por
J. Ochoa J Hermanos.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1904-06-10
Los sdbditos be|gas conen
pe|igTo en- 1anger
Tripulaci6n de los buques
americanos desembarcan
para protegerlos

NUEVA YORK, JUNO 1O.-El po-
pulacho de Tanger ataca en- las GALES
q los s1bditos de B6lgica.
Los marinos arnericanos de los
buques surtos en- ell puerto estan des-
embarcando para proteger la legaci6n
de Belgica.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1904-06-10
P6rdida de un AGO.
razadO japOn6s

NUEvA YORK, JUNO 1O.-Co-
munican de Toxic que ell acorazado
japones xYasumiaD, Sc ha perdido to-
talmente en- Thenwan.
La perdida de este buque ha sido
casual.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1904-06-10
DEFUNCIONES

Bernardo Esposito Martinez, Juan
Mayol Castaner, Eduvigis Escalona
Morti, Francisco Delgado Morales,
Ginorio O'Niel. Juan Aut, Melina
Mufoz, Emilio Sierra Celmenero.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1904-06-10
Registro Civil de San Francisco
MATRIlMONTOS
Eladio Mel6ndez con Francisco
MARTINEZ y Cruz.

Han sido inscritos los siguientes:
Juan Osorio Torres, Miguel Rodrf-
guez Torres, Manuel Morales Roman,
Anastasia Davila Rivera, Ramon
Monges Santos.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-05-26

tBy Theodore M. Knappen. Score
tary Of the Western Canadian I'M
migration Association, Minneapolis,
Mimi. who will cheerfully supply in
formation about Western Canada.)
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The LAST CHANCE
OF The LANDLESS.
The West, the Promised Land Of Opportunity,
Is No More in the United States.
It Is All Appropriated.
For Free or Cheap Homes the People Must
Seek the Rich and Boundless Prairies
Of the Canadian West.

American west. Everywhere thruout
the western part Of the United States
there are people who are wealthy,
and influential to-day
simply because they we're early on the
ground. Western Canada holds out
exactly the same good things to be
realized in ten or fifteen years or
sooner by those who go in now, take
the cream Of the opportunities. and
start early in the race for wealth and
happiness.
Railroad Building.
Beginning now and continuing for
many years there will be a large
amount Of railway building in the
west. The Canadian Pacific has had
since 1886, a transcontinental line
thru Manitoba, Assiniboia and Alber-
ia. with branches in those districts.
and Saskatchewan. Later came the
Canadian Northern, which took over
several hundred miles Of railway for
merly owned by the Northern Pacific.
This road has many branches, and IL
from Port Arthur, on Lake Superior.
to the Pacific. Next year Its rails will
be laid to Edmonton, in northern Ais
berta, and this year they will be ex-
tended as far as Battleford, on the;
Saskatchewan. The Grand Trunk Pa
cifc.is about to begin the construction
Of al line from Moncton. N. B., to Port
Simpson, on the Pacific. FourteenI
hundred miles Of this road will lie be-'
tween Winnipeg and the Pacific, and
about a thousand miles Of 1t will be In
the prairie country commonly known
as western Canada. It will lie north
of the Canadian Pacific and south Of
1oass ~ 10,
these new roads will pass thru ex-
tremely fertile wheat countries Be-
tween Winnipeg and Edmonton the
Canadian Northern will have more
than hundred stations, and every
one Of them will be a wheat center.
The same is true Of the Grand
Trunk Pacific.
Just imagine what will happen
when, as will be the case within a
few5syears, all this thousand miles Of
country is thickly settled and gener-
ally cultivated. It will raise on the
the acre. Within ten years each Of
| these new lines should be hauling to
! market each year nearly 100000, 900
bushels Of wheat. The Canadian Pa
cifc will do even better. rs.
The Lesson of the Past.
Those who have seen the govern
l ment lands Of Minnesota and the
IDakotas increase in value within
i twenty-five years from nothing to as
high as $50 an acre, will understand
| what will be brought about by a few
years Of progress in Western Canada.
Here, just as in the states q few years
ago, homesteads may be had for the
| taking, and other lands may be
bought for few dollars an acre.
There is an opportunity open to every
ambitious man merely for the ener-
1 gy and courage to take advantages
Eof It.
It. is no wonder that people from
!. the United States are now moving
into Western Canada at the rate Of
10000 g. year. The Americans all
ways did know a good thing when
4 they saw it.
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FL 5
fertility Of the soil can be gathered
from the fact that in the province Of
Manitoba, where the government has
for more than twenty years carefully
compiled the crop reports, the average
yield of wheat per acre Is within a
few pounds Of twenty bushels. Two
years ago the average wheat crop Of
the province was twenty-five bushels
to the acre. Wheat has been threshed
at the Indian Head experiment farm
that averaged sixty-two bushels to
the acre, and yields Of whole farms
averaging from thirty to forty BUSH
els to the acre are quite frequent. The
superior productlveness Of the Cana
dian west in respect teswheat growing
is easily proven by comparing it with
that Of the wheat-growing states of
the American union. Dakota's aver
age is thirteen bushels; Iowa and Ne
braska between eleven and twelve;
Wisconsin's is, g 1874 and Minnesota
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-05-26

The government Of Canada is by
practically manhood suffrage, both in.
the federal and provincial govern
ments. The utmost freedom is given
to localities to manage their own To-
cal affairs by most admirable sys-
tenn of municipal government, by
which municipal councils, elected by
the people, watch over the strictly
local interests of local districts. Each
is divided into wards,
and each ward elects annually coun-
cilors. .ss s5
The council levies taxes for the
maintenance Of roads, bridges and
other public Improvements, and for
the support of schools within it's jul
r1sdiction The system Of taxation Is
radically different from that Of the
states, In that no improvements are
liable, the land only being assessed
according to the agricultural value
and its distance from market. Land
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-05-26
1901. and to 584,9Ss in 1902. The
average wheat yield Of the territories

1901. and to 584,988 in 1902. The
average wheat yield Of the territories
is 1888 bushels per acre.
The yields Of wheat, barley and flax:
are astonishing when viewed from
American standards. Sixty to seventy
bushels of oats to the acre is by no
means an uncommon yield; and as Tor
root crops, their size and quantity
are simply astounding.
Any one can obtain q farm and
home cheaply in this fertile country
whether by homesteading or by pur-
chase. This land is unsurpassed In
any part Of the world. Tt is the vir-.
gin soil Of the prairie, practically
cleared and free from the drudgery of
Opening up It needs no manure
is the pillow and the harrow-the
strength OF superb fertility Of the soil
Is not this proposition worth con-
sidering?
Social Advantages.
But will the settler who goes to
Western Canada have to forego many
Of the advantages he and his family
now enjoy. and have to undergo hard
ships that will more than neuualize
western Canada's agricultural advan-
tages? What about climate, re-
Ngious freedom, education, govern
ment, taxation, transportation. social
conditions and the many other things
that ought to be considered before SO
serious step is undertaken?
There is not room ir1S this article
to answer all these questions fully,
but the main points may be thus
summarized
| his own way, according to the faith
| that ia In him There is no state
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-05-26

Western Canada has been called the
last west. For more than three hum
bred years there has always been a
west on this continent; a land Of OPP
portunity and promise toward which
the restless, dissatisfied, ambitious and
hopeful have turned their eager eyes
and their willing feet. A great part
Of the cause Of the wealth. prosperity
and glorious achievements Of the
American people has been due to the
fact that they have been continuously
awaiting themselves Of the virgin re-
sources Of a new country. But now
the tide Of immigration has long
since crossed the Mississippi and the
Missouri, assembled the mountains and
descended to the Pacific. Here and
there, it is true, there still remain
comparatively large areas Of cheap
land which may be cultivated without.
irrigation.
The undertaking by the federal gov
eminent Of irrigation on a large scale
will eventually regain from the desert
perhaps 200, 10000 900 acres of land, and
provide homes for 75,000,000 people,
but the cheap lands that may be culti-
waited without artificial watering are
becoming scarcer each year, and there
remain practically no homesteads
within the humid regions outside Of
forest lands.
It is not strange, therefore, that
public attention should in recent years
have been strongly attracted to west
iern Canada. The people who are de-
sirous Of finding new homes for them
selves or their children, have sudden
ly awakened to the fact that north Of
| the forty-ninth parallel there Is a
| country of great natural wealth and
imperial extent. A country, too, which
comparatively speaking, is almost UNI
populated.
A Great Country.
Stretching west and northwest from
the eastern boundary Of Manitoba Is a
rich plain and prairie country, which
/ extends to the Rocky nountainsand
covers an area Of nearly 100000
square miles five times the area OF
4 the state Of Minnesota, In this region
I twice as large as France, there were
by the census Of 1901 only 100000
people, just about one person to each
square mile, and yet it is probable thai
there is less waste land in this coun-
try than in any other agricultural
Eregion in the world. It is country
that ought easily to support at least
fifty people to the square mile. Here
then is room for 90 OOO. 900 speOple
and it has less than 100000.
Who can doubt that with its good
soil, salubrious climate and excellent
government, It will ere long be dense
lily populated? It will be the story
II over again Of the settlement Of thu
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the newer districts in the territories.
one Of the first things done is to
erect g. schoo1house. The system Is
free, every child having the right,
and being compelled, up to q GER
tain age, to attend. The expenses Of
the school, including the teachers
salary, are provided by a grant made
;half-yearly by the government, and
the taxes on the land Of the school
district, whether occupied or unoccu-
pied, whether owned by parents or
those having no children. Poor as
well as rich are thus assured Of all
the advantages Of a sound primary
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education under the direction OF
properly trained teachers. Education
is non-sectarian in character. There
are many collegiate Institutes IN the
Canadian west, where higher educa-
ton is carried on, and the University
Of Manitoba occupies high position
among the educational institutions OF
America.
The Climate.
The climate Of western Canada Is
healthfu1 and invtgorating. Disease
is hardly known, while epidemics are
Continued on Page Thirteen.
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145k. The Canadian VESTS average
constitutes a record among the wheat
producing sections Of the American
continent.
The following statistics will show
more clearly than columns of descrip-
ton the development and fertility Of
Western Canada. Take, first, Mani-
toba. The yield Of grain turnout this
province for 1908 was officially report
ed as 1O2, 401, 0Ss bushels, as compared
with 98,1O8,047 bushels in 1902, and
85,179,s58 In 1901; and 41,O00,000 in
1891. The wheat crop for 1903 Is
placed at 50,290,947 bushels, as
against 63,077.267 in 1902, 50,502,085
in 1901 and only 23,191,399 In 1891.
The increase of acreage, tho very
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which is vacant or not cultivated is
taxed equally with that Of which
every acre is titled. No tax is levied
on barns, residences farm stock or
machinery, on. wearing apparel or
personal belongings in rural munici-
palities. From SO to SIS is the av-
.erage tax on a quarter section-180
acres. This includes the tax levied
for the support Of schools.
The Educational System.
The educational system Is efficient
and admirable. In Manitoba the
schools are within easy range, and In