Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1914-01-09
WONDERFUL GROWTH CT
THE CANADIAN west
The Cities of Western Canad.
Reflect the Growth of the
Country.


AS one passes through west..
Canada, taking the City of WinninaI
as starting point. and then keanje'
tab on the various cities and ,o US
that line the network Of railways ,has
cover the provinces of Manitoha
Saskatchewan and Alberta. ana co.,
ing the eyes as the gaze is bent ~
these it is felt that there must no
something of country" behind II OF
Then gaze any direction you like and
the same view is presented Fia1s
after field of waving grain. thousands
and hundreds of thousands of the
Farm hands and laborers are at worl,
converting the virgin prairie with
more fields. Pasture land in every Al
rection on which cattle are FEEDING
thriving and fattening on the grasses
that are rich in both milk and beaf
properties, but it is unfortunate that
more cattle are not seen. That how.
ever, is correcting itself. Here VIC
have in a large measure, the evidence
Of the wealth that helps to build I'M
the cities, and it should not be forgot.
ten that the cities themselves have a.
citizens, young men who have come
from other parts, and brought with
them the experience that has taught
shem to avoid the mistakes of eastern
and southern cities. They also are
in,bued with the western spirit of en-.
terprise. energy and push, and so
Western Canada has its cities At
banquet recently given in Chicago. a
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 a population of 1900 to one
Of 100000, he spoke of it as being the
| gateway of commerce and continued:
Now, how great that tide of COM
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 a
| 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.
Now, 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,00000O of
acres Of the best land that the sun
shines on is brought under the plow?
Do you not see the potent of great,
vigorous, populous nation living under
those sunny skies north of the 49th
parallel? And if with our present de-
yelopment 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
ed the country?
Now, 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 $4,000 Amer
| lean farmers have come into Western
Canada, bringing with them goods and
cash to the value of S350,0O0,OOO. And
| want to say here that no man VINO
sets foot on our shores is more en-
tirely and heartily welcome than the
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 TWO
great branches of the Anglo-Saxoh
race. The grain crops of Western
Canada in 1913 have well upheld the
reputation that country has for abun-
dant yields of all small grains-Au'
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