Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1914-01-16
WONDERFUL GROWTH Of
The CANADIAN WEST

O1O0v6v0 8UUv AA
he Cities Of Western Canada
Reflect the Growth Of the
Country.
AZ one passes through Western
Canada, taking the City Of Winnipeg
- q starting point, and then keeping
cab on the various cities and towns
nat line the network of railways that
owe the provinces Of Manitoba,
oaskAtchewan and Alberta, and cover
ING tho eyes a. the gaze is bent on
these 1t IL felt that there must be
-something Of . country behind it all.
Then gaze any direction you like and
ne same view is presented. Field
after held Of waving grain, thousands
and hundreds of thousands Of them.
Farm hands and laborers are At work
converting the virgin prairie with
more neldA. Pasture land in every di.
Secuon on which cattle are feeding.
thriving and fattening on the grasses
nat arc rich in both milk and beef
psoperdes. but it is unfortunate that
more cattle are not seen. That, how
ever. 10 correcting itself. Here we
have In . largo measure. the evidence
e tho wealth that helps to build up
NO cities. and 1t should not be forgot
I'm that tho cities themselves have rs
citizens. young men who have come
nom other parts. and brought with
them the experience that has taught
them to avoid the mistakes OF eastern
and southern cities. They also are
1mbued with the western spirit of en-
terprise. energy and push. and so
western Canada has Its cities. At a
banquet recently given In Chicago. a
number OF prominent citizens of Win
11peg were guests. Among the speaH.
ors was Mayor Deacon of Winnipeg.
In speaking Of the remarkable growth
Of that city. which in thirty years has
risen from q population of 1000 to n
Of 100000, he spoke of 1t as being the
gateway OF commerce and continues:
Now. how great that tide Of com,
merce is you will have some concep.
ton Of when l tell you that the wheat
alone grown in the three prairie prov.
1nces Ibis year is sufficient to keep s
steady stream Of one thousand bush
els per minute continuously night and
DAY going to the head Of the lakes for
three and one-half months. and In ad.
1lton to that the oats and barley
would supply this stream for another
tour months.
The value Of the grain crop alone
grown in the. three prairie provinces
would be sufficient to build any of our
great transcontinental railroads and
q their equipment, everything con
oected with them, from ocean to
ocean.
Nov, II we are able to do this
With only ten per cent. of u arabic
land under cultivation what will our
possibilities be when 2S8, 900, 900 OF
acres Of the best land that the sun
shines on Is brought under the plow?
Do you not e the portent Of a great,
vigorous, populous nation living under
those sunny skies north Of the 49th
parallel? And IL with our present de.
velopment we are able to do as we
are doing now. to purchase a million
dollars worth of goods from you every
day of the year. what will our trade
be worth when we have fully develop
Cd the country?
Nov, who shall assist us to devel-
op this great empire that is there?
Shall it be the alien races of southern
Europe or shall it be men Of our own
blood and language? In the last three
fiscal years NO less than 1858, 900 Amer
lcan farmers have come into Western
Canada, bringing with them goods and
cash to the value Of $350,000, 600. And
] want to say here that no man who
sets foot on our shores Is more en-
tirely and heartily welcome than the
agrtculturist from the south.
$50 long as these conditions remain
I consider that this is the best guar.
anty that the sword will eve again
be drawn In anger between the two
great branches Of tho Anslo-Saxon
race. The grain crops Of Western
Canada in 1913 have we'll upheld the
reputation that country has for alum
aant yields Of al small grains.-Ad-
~vertisement.
One More, and HE last.
The living skeleton wished another
engagement at the mu2s,m. but the
manager demurred.
perhaps / can work in sonething