The Forrest City times., 1909-05-07
DOLLAR WHEAT HAS
 COME TO STAY
IN LESS THAN FIVE YEARS GEN. TRIAL CANADA WILL BE CALLED UPON TO SUPPLY THE
 UNITED STATES.

uOuHcement was made in these col
 lmns that dollar wheat" had come to
 stay, and that the time was not far l distant when the central provinces of 1 oanada-Manitoba, Saskatchewan and 1 AIberta-would be called upon to sup | ply large part of the wheat con- l sumption in the United States. there
 were many who laughed at the predic- l tions and ridiculed the idea of wheat i reaching the dollar point and staying l there. Both of these predictions nave | come to pass. Dollar wheat is here and it is not only here, but is here to
 stay; and at the same time. whatever
 unpleasant sensations it may arouse i in the representative American. Cen
 tral Canada is already being called
 upon to help keep up the bread sup ply, and within the next five years
 will, as James J Hill says. literally become the bread-basket Of our in. creasing millions
 There are few men in the United
 States better acquainted with the
 wheat situation than Mr Hill and ] there are few men fl any. who are in- ] ellned to be more conservative in i their expressed views Yet it was this i greatest of the worlds railroad men 1 who said a few days ago that the 1 price Of wheat will never be substan-
 italy lower than it is today
 when 1t Is taken into consideration
 that at that time wheat had scared to l sI20, well above the dollar mark, the 1 r7v l and doubly significant is the fact that 1 In this country the population is in. i creased at the ratio of 6 per cent.
 while the yield of wheat and other 1 products is increasing at the rate of l only 25 per cent For several years
 past the cost Of living has been stead. i fly 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 10 doubt Of
 this Even the press of the country l comedies the fact. Results have shown
 that no other country in the world can | l wheat producers. and that no other
 country can produce as hard CT as
 good wheat. Said great grain man l recently, If United States wheat main tains the dollar mark. Canada wheat
 will be well above a dollar a busheI.
 for in every way il is superior 10 osr
 home grown gram.
 I With fIEca e41o,l;1,- .- -
 their truth upon our rapidly growing I population, it is interesting 10 note
 just what possibilities as wheat I grower our Northern neighbor pos i sesses. While the United States viii ] never surrender her prestige IL any
 nanufacturlng or commercial line she must very soon acknowledge. and with i as much grace as she can. that she is bound 10 be beaten as a grain pro ducer. Il must be conceded that
 great deal of the actual truth about
 the richness Of CaHadas grain produc-
 ing area has been kept out of sight"
 as Nr. Hill says by the strenuous ef-
 forts of our newspapers and maga- i zines to stem the exodus Of our best American farmers into those regions
 T. Is tact that up 10 the present time, although Canada has already
 achieved the front rank in the worlds
 grain producers the fertile rairies i Of Manitoba, Saskatchewa. and Al l berta have as 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 millions in re-
 gions not yet opened mp To immigra- i ton. few years ago the writer. who i has been through those wheat prov.
 fnces several times. laughed with oth CTS Of our people al the broad
 statement that Canada was bound tc l become John Bulls Bread Basket" i Now, after last trip (and though he
 Is a stanch AmeTicanl he frankly be. heyes that not only will Canada be-
 come John Bulls bread-basket. but t
 will within the next decade at least
 BECOME THE BREAD-BASKET OF
 THE UNITED STATES Perhaps this
 may be hard truth for Aemricans to swallow, but il is truth. neyerthe.
 less. And il is al least a partial com. i pensation to know that hundreds of
 thousands of our farmers are profit.
 ing by the fact by becoming producers
 in this new country
 The papers Of this country have nat.
 urally made the most of the brief De.
 riod Of depression which swept over 1 Canada, but now there is not d sign of
 It left from Winnipeg to the coast. Never have the three great wheat rais
 ing provinces been more prosperous 1 Capital is coming into the country
 from all quarters. taking the form of cash for investment. industrial con. l eerns seeking locations, and. best of
 all. substantial and sturdy immigrants
 come 10 help populate the prairies
 Towns are booming: scores Of new
 elevators are springlng up: railroads
 are sending out their branch lines in
 aH directions; thousands of prosper ms f2rTUHrs 1ra Teo,-sr.-