Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-03-12
WESTERN CANADA'Ss
]. PHENOM ENAL
DEVELOP
IT'S PERMANENcY VERY LITTLE
s, QUESTIONED.

t There have been DOOm6 In almost
every civilized country and they were
looked upon as such. and in the course
OF time the bubble was pricked and
they burst. But In no country has the
development been as great nor as
rapid, whether in city or in country,
as in Western Canada. There may
sometimes be found one who will say
55"Can it last?" Winnipeg, today, stands
where Chicago stands as far as be-
ing the base OF the great commercial
and agricultural country lying q
thousand miles back OF It. It has an
advantage that Chicago did not have.
for no country in the worlds history,
has attracted to its borders a larger
number Of settlers In SO short q time.
or has attracted SO much wealth in q
period Of equal length, as have the
Canadian prairies. Never before has
pioneering been accomplished under
conditions SO favorable as those that
exist In Western Canada today.
The provinces of Manitoba. Sass
,katchewan. and Alberta have the
largest area Of desirable lands on the
North American Continent. and their
cultivation has Just begun. 535. Il Il
Even with Z two hundred million
bushel wheat crop less than eight per,
cent. OF the land Is under the plough.
four per cent. being In wheat. Less
than five years ago the wheat crop
was only seventy-one million bushels,
It 10 . simple calculation TO estimate
that II four per cent. ~ the ailable
cultivable area produces something
over two hundred million bushels
what will forty four per cent produce1
And then look at the mmigration thAt
10 coming into the country. In 1901
it was 1919: 1900 being from the
United states: II 81 sos It was 1ss. 064.
OF which 81 900 were Americans. and
in 1919 It was about 400, 900. OF which
about 200, 900 are Americans. In the,
three years prior to = 12, there were
358,S59 persons who declared Thorn
selves for Canada, who brought into
Canada In cash. bank drafts, stock.
implements and effects over $3.50. 000.-
900. Why have they gone to Canada?
The American farmer Is 81 man OF
shrewd business instincts, and when
he finds that he can sell his own farm
1T from 800 to 5000 per acre and move
into Canada and homestead 100 acres
for himself, and similarly for all his
sons who are adult and Of age, upon
lands as rich and fertile as those he
had left, and producing. indeed, sew
eral bushels to the acre In excess OF
anything he has ever known. 1t Will
take more than an ordinary effort to
prevent him from making the change
He can also purchase good lands 1t
! from $12 to s$25 per acre.
And, then, too. there is the Amerl
can capital following the capital Of
Drawn. muscle and sinew. following It
SO as to keep in touch with the indus
trious farmer with which he has had
dealings for years back. This capital
and the capital OF farming experiences
is no small matter In the building up
of country. .5ts
VIII Western Canada's development
continue? Why not? The total area
4 OF land reported as available for cul-
tivation is estimated as as, 100000
acres; only fifteen per cent. of this y
under cultivation Nothing fsseaid OF
the great mineral and forest wealth.
OF which but little has yet bean
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