Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1915-02-12
CANADA ONE Of IN
WORLD providers

Although Canada's real start :,
tional development as pointed o ~
the Buffalo Commercial came ~ -,
~ and late. as compared with th ",0
the United States, it is now VOL
der way, and very soon there min Nil
marvellous expansion in agricnltrs
mining and manufacturing
The paper above mentioned
that heretofore the develonmon s'
Canada, like that of the United sta,.
has been Westward, but unlike ~,
country, the Dominion has
territory to the North, which has ~"
regarded as all but uninhabitahla M
In which recent research has urovs'
there are possibilities of devo,o.
ment almost Uncomfortable" Az.
making complimentary reference =
the resources of the country tributor,
to the Hudson Bay, which will \.
opened up when the railroad now Nv
der construction is comuleted ~.
Commercial further says there ava
those living today who will sea our
neighbor on the north a great ana
powerful nation, and a not insignia
cant industrial and commercial rival
of the. United States. The war NAV
retard, but it cannot destroy, Canada's
future. And in this expansion no onA
will more heartily rejoice than tba
people of the United States, because
the prosperity of the Dominion 1,
bound to increase our own"
Herein is the spirit that dominates
the Dominion Government when II
extends an invitation to Americans to
assist in developing the resources that
Canada possesses, whether they be
mineral, forest, industrial, commercial
or agriculture. Both countries will
benefit and the United States will be
gamer by having as a neighbor q
country whose resources are as great
and varied as are those of Canada.
In comparing the United States
along with other nations of the world
in producing and importing food.
stuffs, the Agricultural Outlook pub
lished by the United States depart.
men Of agriculture says:
The United States in recent years
has been as large an importer Of food.
stuffs as exporter; therefore she can.
not be classed as a surplus producer
of foodstuffs. This is contrary to pop
ular impression. 1t is true that she
Is an exporter Of certain articles. but
she is an equally large importer Of
other articles. In this classification
tea and coffee are included with food
stuffs. In edible grains the produC-
ton is 90 per cent more than the
amount retained; the production Of
meat is six per cent more-that
is, exports of meat equal six per cent
of that retained in the United States
for consumption; the production Of
dairy products is 20 per cent more
than consumed; the production OF
poultry is just about equal to con-
sumption: of vegetables, one per cent
less.
An investigation into the produc-
ton, imports and exports of food PROD
ucts of various countries indicates
that England produces about 81 per
cent OF her food requirements, and
imports (net) about Al per cent; Bel
GUM produces 81 per cent, and i'm
ports 40 per cent; Germany produces
SO per cent, and imports IL per cent;
France produces 80 per cent, and i'm
ports eight per cent; Austria-Hungary
produces SO per cent, and imports two
per cent; Russia produces llO per
cent of her requirements, and exports
an equivalent of about 10 per cent;
Canada produces 20 per cent more
than she consumes; Argentina pro-
duces 48 per cent more than she con-
sumes; the United States produces
practically no more than she con.
sumes ii. e., exports and imports u
foodstuffs almost balance).
With this information before inc
reader, it is not a difficult matter 10
direct attention to the fact that Can'
ada stands in a pre-eminent positlon
in the matter of grain and cattle pro-
duction, and with a large TERRITORY
yet unoccupied she will always mani
tain II Acknowledgement