The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1906-08-18
STORY OF THE COUNTRY THAT
Is BACK OF PORT SIMPSON
One Of the Richest Agricultural, Mineral and
Timber Districts i'm the World

Northern = already on tie hardsf
ans pushing forward int the ter
rifcFf as fast as money can drive e.
The stFana Trunk Pacific is follow
tuG al@nH With equal rmrldity ana
~ iess than three Ysara sii Be "a
IN. ocean The Canadian Pacific
and the Great Northern are both
building there from tire south. tiys
years tFou today this district Sih
bs wsil dsscior~d and ,hs world
viii kf.ow 81 some e ia wealth.
~ speaking e ire sotl q West
eru canada Prof Thomas Hhaw. an
eminent axfiruifoFsitst and lsetursr.
after . trip through the district.
writes IN the following term.
IL 10 worth more than all ths
fninea In ths mountains from Alaska
70 Mexico ard fsars than All the foe
ssis from she United states bound
mry To the Arctic ssa. vast az these
are And nstt r. value "a this hsrii-
age Is the three feet % soil y hirh
lies underneath the first The sub
soii j. only secondary In value 20
the sell. for without . reed sub soil
the value 81 q Nuos1 surface soil IL
ueutraiirsa IN proportion ss the sub.
soil - inferior The uorth 81 = soil
and suhsoii cannot be measured IN
acres The measure 81 its vaius l.
tire amount % Nitrogen. rhosphufic
arid and potash which " contains.
In other woFd.s lie rfodaeing pos
~ viewed frpm this standpoint.
thesa lands are a heritage % untold
value. one acre ~ average soil IN
the Northwest - worth more Than
twenty acres ~ average soil along
the Atlantic ssaboard The man
Who tins the former can grow
twenty successive efopn without
much flsninutian IN the yield.
whereas the person who tiila the
latter must pay the vsndsr ~ fer
tttlrefs half az much for materials
10 feFttiiEe an acre as would buy the
same In The Canadian Northwest N
order 20 grew q single rerauneratlvs
csop.
NEXT in value 20 the soil IL the
heritage Of climate. No citizen ~
Northw sstern Canada should be
anxious 10 apologize for the climate
Of his country. Good as the soil 10
n would never have brought su-
premaey IN grain production IN this
country had ~ not been for the Cila
mate. The blessing % the climate
l. three fold. IA consists IN the pur-
Ify ~ air. In the temperature 81 the
same and shr happy equilibrium IN
the gl;ailou. Every one knows
the value ~ the pure air IN this
country. viewed from the standpoint
~ health but does every one know
az % the tneatimahis character Of
the blessings which pure air prove
e. the agriculture - the country
n prevents the rapid decay and
transformation 81 the vegetable
matfsfsu the soil. and also the TOO
rapid transformation Of inert fer.
tiiity. thus virtually preventing
wasie IN the hand o. nature. ID this
fact Il found our explanation ~ the
extraordinary fertility Of the HoiL
The cool temperature 81 the sum-
risr nights IL responsible for the
isrge relative Yields - the grain.
Raise the temperature Of the sumo
fner days and rights. and the yield
n grain will be prouortiunately re-
ducea Tho relatively cool tenn
perature Il one Of the agricultural
eforles 81 this land The relatively
light precipitation - also great
boon 10 the N0rthwsstern farmer.
II grows his crops and does not
destroy them when grown"
when the railroads have made the
country accessible and the hand ~
Industry developed II. an outlet wili
be necessary. Then there wiil have
10 be harhors whore the railroad
lines can meet the steamers A.
washington has grown. its seaporfH
have grown CnrresuoHdluEly. Ia
coma. Seattle. Everett and noiiing-
ham have shared in this prosperity.
The same condition Hf' is irue IN
Western Canada.
The first question fleu. tu aak ~.
where viii the harhufs be- There
II only one answer. Port Simpson