Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1914-01-09
WONDERFUL GROWTH CF
The CANADIAN NFsr
The Cities Of Western Cansa,
Reflect the Growth Of The '''
Country.

az one passes through Westo,,
Canada, taking the City of Winn; s0'a
as a starting point, and then toa1 .pes
tab on the various cities and ,oM
that line the network of RAILWAYS {,s
cover the provinces of Mani,s. a'
Saskatchewan and Alberta, and co wOa'
ing the eyes as the gaze is hon t's''
these it is felt that there must ~ ~
something of country" behind il )"
Then gaze any direction you like sAs
the same view is presented EaIs
after field of waving grain tbonoonsO
and hundreds of thousands of tboa
Farm hands and laborers are at wors
converting the virgin prairie u,.h
more fields. Pasture land in every A.
rection on which cattle are eeeSinn
thriving and fattening on the prasoo"
that are rich in both milk and No.,
properties, but it is unfortunate tha.
more cattle are not seen. That how
ever, is correcting itself. Here ~.
have in large measure, the eyidonoo
of the wealth that helps to build m
the cities, and it should not be forgot
ten that the cities themselves have =.
citizens, young men who have Coma
from other parts, and brought with
them the experience that has taught
ihem to avoid the mistakes of eastern
and southern cities. They also are
imbued with the western spirit Of en-
terprise, energy and push. and 80
Western Canada has it's cities. Ata
banquet recently given in Chicago
number of prominent citizens of Win.
nipeg were guests. Among the speak.
ers was Mayor Deacon of Winnipeg
In speaking of the remarkable growth
of that city, which in thirty years has
risen from population of 1000 to one
of 100000, he spoke of it as being the
gateway of commerce and continued,
Now, how great that tide of CON-
merce is you will have some concep
ton of when tell you that the wheat
alone grown in the three prairie prov
lnces this year is sufficient to keep
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.
dition to that the oats and barley
would supply this stream for another
four 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
all their equipment, everything con-
nected with them, from ocean to
ocean.
Nov, if we are able to do this
with only ten per cent. of our arabic
land under cultivation what will our
possibilities be when 2SS,OOO,0OO of
acres of the best land that the sun
shines on is brought under the pillow?
Do you not see the potent of great
vigorous, populous nation living under
those sunny skies north of the 4Sth
parallel? And if with our present de-
velopment we are able to do as we
are doing now, to purchase million
dollars worth of goods from you every
day of the year. what will our trade
be worth when we have fully develop
ed the country?
Now, who shall assist us to deveF
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 $4,000 Amer
lean farmers have come into western
Canada, bringing with them goods ana
cash to the value of $3.50, 00O,OOO' Ana
| want to say here that no man VINO
sets foot on our shores is more en-
tirely and heartily welcome tnan lHe
agriculturist from the south
$50 long as these conditions remain
consider that this is the best guar
anty that the sword will never again
be drawn in anger between the t"O
great branches of the Anglo-Saxon
race. The grain crops Of western
Canada in 1913 have well upheld 'ne
reputation that country has for aOuii
dant yields of all small gralns.-A
vertisement.