The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1909-05-07
DOLLAR WHEAT HAS
COME TO STAY
IN LESS THAN FIVE YEARS CEN.
TRIAL CANADA WILL BE CALLED
UPON TO SUPPLY THE
UNITED STATES.

ulbtdnt Wneu tne central provinces OF
Canada Manitoba, Saskatchewan and
Alberta-would be called upon to sup
ply "A large part OF the wheat con.
sumption In the United States, there
were many who laughed at the predic-
tions ard ridiculed the idea of wheat
reaching the dollar point and staying
there. Both of these predictions have
come to pass. Dollar wheat Is hero
and 1t is not only here. but is here to
stay; and at the same time whatever
unpleasant sensations IL may arouse
In the super-sensitive 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.
crea5ing millions"
There are few men In the United
States better acquainted with the
wheat situation than Mr.. Hill, and
there are few men, II any. who are in.
clined to be more conservative in
their expressed views Yet 1t was this
greatest OF the worlds railroad men
| who said few days ago that the
| price OF wheat will never be substan.
| TALLY lower than IT is today"-and
| when II IL taken into consideration
I, that at that time wheat had scared to
| $l20. well above the dollar mark. the
statement is peculiarly significant.
and doubly significant is the fact that
| In this country the population is In.
creased at the ratio of So per cent.
while the yield of wheat and other
products is increasing at the rate Of
| only % per cent. For several years
past the cost Of living has been stead.
| lily 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 In 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 those provinces as
wheat producers, and that no other
country can produce as hard or as
| good wheat Said great grain man
| recently, III United States wheat main
tains the dollar mark. Canada wheat
will be well above q dollar a bushel,
for In every way II Is superior to our
homegrown grain"
With these facts steadily impinging
their truth upon our rapidly growing
population. 1t Is interesting to note
just what possibilities AS wheat
grower" our Northern neighbor pos.
sesses. While the United States will
never surrender her prestige In any
manufacturing or commercial line. she
must very soon acknowledge. and with
as much grace as she can. that she IL
bound to be beaten as IA grain pro
ducer. II must be conceded that
| great deal Of the actual truth about
the richness Of Canada's grain produc-
ing area has been kept out Of sight"
as Mr.. Hill says. by the strenuous ef-
forts of our newspapers and naga-
| zines to stem the exodus OF our best
| American farmers into those regions.
II is IA fact that up to the present
time, although Canada has already
achieved the front rank In the worlds
grain producers. the fertile prairies
OF Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Al
berta have AZ 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 up to immisra-
| A IA, fh.,
has been through those wheat prov.
inces several times, laughed with 9th.
ers of our people AT the broad
statement that Canada was bound to
become John Bulls Bread Basket"
Now, after "A last trip (and though he
is stanch Amerlcan) he frankly be,
lieves that not only will Canada be,
come John Bulls bread basket, but II
will within the next decade at leas,
BECOME THE BREAD.BASKET OF
THE UNITED STATES. Perhaps this
may be a hard truth for Acmricans tc
swallow. but 1t is truth, neverthe
less. And II is at least partial com
pensation To know that hundreds o
thousands of our farmers are profit
| llib W Ah' it'N Nv b'NoAiliht plbhANNls
in this new country.
The papers of this country have nat
urally made the most OF the brief pc
riod of depression which swept over
Canada. but now there is not sign o.
IL left from Winnipeg to the coast
Never have the three great wheat rails
ing provinces been more prosperous
Capital is coming into the countr,
from all quarters, taking the form %
cash for investment. Industrial con
Germs seeking locations, and, best o
all, substantial and sturdy immigranti
come to help populate the prairies
Towns are booming; scores OF new
elevators are sprnging up; railroads
are sending out their branch lines II
all directions: thousands OF prosper
Gus farmers are leaving their prairit
, shelters for new and modern homes
} built by wheat" everywhere is
5 growing happiness and contentment-