The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-05-07
DOLLAR WHEAT HAS COME TO
STAY.
." less Than rive Years Central
nn"dn VIII lie Called Upon to
supply the United STATES

unins that dollar wheat" had come I,
stay, and that the time was not "a,
distant when the central provinces OF
'anada-M Manitoba. Saskatchewan and
would be called upon 10 sun
Ply large part Of the wheat consump
ZION IN the United States. there were
many who laughed AZ the prediction.
ana ridiculed the idea OF wheat reach.
ing Inc dollar point aud staying there
Both OF these predictions have come n
pass Dollar wheat is hcre-and II is
moi only here. but is here 10 stay: and
a. The same time whatever unpleas nj
sensations u may arouse ln the super
sensitive American Central Canada Is
already being called upon 10 HELM keep
up our bread supply and within the
next i've years Will. as James J HI
says. literally become the bread bas-
ket Of oar Increasing millions"
There are few men in the United
states better acquainted with the
wheat situation than Mr.. Hul. and
there are few men. II any. who are in
Z c.lned 10 be more conservative In their
expressed views. Yet IL was this great.
/ est OF the worlds railroad men who
1 said few days ago that "ihe price OF
wheat will never be- substantially lower
/ than II Is to-day''-and when Il Is
taken into consideration that at that
time wheat had scared TO SlaO. well
above the dollar mark the statement is
peculiarly significant. and doubly sig.
nihcant Is the fact that I'm this coun.
try the population is increasing at the
ratio Of - per cent. while the yield OF
wheat ana other products Is increasing
at the rate Of only - per cent For
several years past the cost OF living
has been steadily increasing in the
United States. and this wide difference
In production and consumption Is the
reason
This difference must be supplied by
the vast and fertile grain regions OF
Manitoba. saskatchewan and Alberta
There Is now absolutely no doubt OF
this Even the press Of the country
comedies the fact. Results have shown
that no other country in the world can
ever hope TO equal these provinces rs
wheat producers. and that no other
country can produce as hard or as good
wheat. Said a great grain man re-
Gently. III United states wheat main
tains the dollar mark. Canada wheat
will be well above dollar a bushel
for in every way II is superior 10 our
home grown grain"
With these facts steadily impinging
their truth upon our rapidly growing
population. II is interesting 10 note Just
what possibilities as wheat grow
or" our northern neighbor possesses.
While the United States will never
surrender her prestige in any manu-
featuring or commercial line. she must
very soon acknowledge. and with as
much grace rs she can. that she Is
bound 10 be beaten as n grain produc
err II must be conceded that n great
deal OF the actual truth about the rich
ness Of Canada's grain producing areas
has been kept out ~ sight" as Mr.
Hill says by the strenuous efforts OF
our newspapers and magazines to stem
the exodus Of our best American farm
ers into those regions II Is fact
that mp 10 the present time. although
Canada hiss already achieved the front
rank in the worlds grain producers.
the fertile prairies OF Manitoba. Sas-
and Alberta have rs yet |
scarcely been scratched. Millions OF
acres. free for the taking still await |
our American farmers: and when these
millions are gone there are other mil |
lions In regions not yet opened up to |
few years ago the
writer. who had been through those
wheat provinces several times laughed
with others Of our people Mt the broad
statement that Canada was bound 10
become John Bulls bread basket"
Now. after a last trip (and though he
Is a staunch Americanl he frankly be
Iieves that not only will Canada be-
rome John Bulls bread basket. but II
will within the next decade M least
BECOME THE BREAD BASKET OF
THE UNITED STATES. Perhaps this
may be 2 hard truth for Americans 10
swallow. but II IS a truth nevertheless.
And II is at least n partial compensa-
Ion TO know that hundreds OF thou
sands Of our farmers are profting by
he fact by becoming producers I'm this
new country.
The papers OF this country have nat
lrally made the most OF the brief pc
-iod OF depression which swept over
Canada. but now there Is not sign OF
I left from Winnipeg to the coast
Never have the three great wheat rails
NC provinces been more prosperous
'apital is coming into the country from
in quarters. taking the form OF cash
or investment. Industrial concerns
eeklng locations. and. best OF all, sub
tantial and sturdy immigrants come
o help populate the prairies. Towns
re booming; scores Of new elevators
ire springng up: railroads are sending
MT their branch lines In all directions
~ prosperous farmers are
eaving their prairie shelters for new
nd modern homes-"built by wheat"
verywh here Is a growing happiness and
happiness and content.