The Oklahoma miner. [volume] (Krebs, Okla.) 1912-192?, 1915-02-11
CANADA ONE OF THE
WORLD PROVIDERS

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tional development as pointed out by
the Buffalo Commercial, came slow
ly and late, as compared with that of
the United States, 1t is now well I'M
der way. and very soon there will be
a marvellous expansion In agriculture,
mining and manufacturing.
The paper above mentioned says
that heretofore the development of
Canada, like that of the United States,
has been westward, but unlike this
country, the Dominion has a great
territory to the North, which has been
regarded as all but uninhabitable, but
in which recent research has proven
there are possibilities of develop
ment almost inconceivable." After
making complimentary reference to
the resources of the country tributary
to the Hudson Bay, which will be
opened UP when the railroad now un-
der construction is completed, the
Commercial further says there are
those living today who will see our
neighbor on the north a great and
powerful nation, and a not insigniti-
cant industrial and commercial rival
of the United States. The war may
retard, but it cannot destroy, Canada's
future. And in this expansion no one
will more heartily rejoice than the
people of the United States, because
the prosperity of the Dominion Is
bound to increase our own"
Herein is the spirit that dominates
the Dominion Government when 1t
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
a gamer by having as a neighbor a
country whose 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
ment 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 produce
of fo~odstuffs. This Is contrary to poI
ular impression. 1t is true that sh'
is an exporter of certain articles, bu
she is an equally large importer o
other articles. In this classtficatlo
tea and coffee are included with fooC
stuffs. In edible grains the produt
ton is 20 per CEN more than tn
amount retained; the production c
meats is six per cent more-tha
is, exports Of meat equal six per cen
of that retained in the United State
for consumption; the production {
dairy products is 20 per cent NOR
than consumed; the production {
poultry is just about equal to col
sumption; of vegetables, n per Gel
less.
An investigation into the produ'
ton, imports and exports of food pro-
ucts Of various countries indicate
that England produces about SO pc
!, cent of her food requirements, an
imports (net) about Al per cent; BE
; GUM produces 81 per cent. and In
ports 43 per cent; Germany produce
r So per cent, and imports II per cent
r France produces go per cent, and II
= ports eight per cent; Austria-Hungai
produces 90 per cent, and imports tN
D per cent; Russia produces ITO p'
D cent of her requirements, and expor
D an equivalent of about 10 per cen
Canada produces % per cent mo.
n than she consumes; Argentina pr
duces As per cent more than she co
sumes, the United States produc
practically no more than she co
e sumes q. e.. exports and imports
foodstuffs almost BALANCED.
With this information before t
reader, it is not a difficult matter
direct attention to the fact that Ca
ada stands in a pre-eminent positi
in the matter of grain and cattle pl
g duction, and with a large terrific
E. yet ~unoccupied she will always ma
n tain it.-Advertisement.
g. Blessed is the whose h,
s. band can always find what he is Loo
1t ing for lust where he left it.