The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-07-14
CANADA'SEXCELLEN7
FINANCIAL STANDING
Bank CIearingS InCrease-Agrl'
culture Is a Paying Indus
try-ManufactureS
Doing Well.

Business experts assert that Cun'
ada is on the threshold of perhaps
! the most prosperous era IN her his
tory. The Unprecedented value OF
the farm products of 1918, together
| with the very large output Of factories
working on munitions OF war has sud
/ denly brought the country into a p0-
/ sltiOn, financially scarcely hoped I0f
MS nution for years 10 come. tx
/ port surplus Of S5U,u90OOO mouth II
making Canada very strong IN cash.
Extract from Official bulletin of Feb
ruary II. 1916
The response by The farmers of Can
ada To the call for Increased prOduc-
tlon in 1913 was total net output
exceeding one billion dollars, an In
crease over normal years Of NJ least
three hundred millions. The three
Prairie Provinces contributed prob
ably nearly one-half Of the totul prod
uct
The wheat crop was worth S310 OOO.-
600, and accounted for about 30 per
cent of the total agricultural product.
other things counted also. Look at
daiTying. IN Ontario the dairy pro-
ductiOn was Increased 20 per cent
and prices were over 10 per cent
ahead of 1911. other provinces shared
I'm the increase. especially Alberta,
saskatchewan Quebec and Nova SEQ
tin. The dniry COW was "On the Job
In 1913. So also were the beef cattle,
the pigs and the hens.
II is not fair to the farmers of the
Prairies to call the wheat crop OF 1913
'm.sacle" crop. The farmers cuH-
-Rted more land ana gave attention
to their seed. Providence gave them
1vOrable weather. Then they tOiled
early and late in the harvesting and
threshlng. Good cultivation gave big
ger yields than careless work, A. bush
els as against %.
The wealth Of Western Canada is
Oy no means all In It's wheat crop. If
the country had no wheat at all it
would still be famous as hand of sue
,eSsful farmers on account of its stock
production. From one shipping point
(High River Alberta,) over ST5,OOO,OO
worth of horses have been sold IN the
last two months. The average price
to the farmer has been about $1,000
per head. According to Government
returns there are million and Il half
horses in Manitoba, Saskatchewan and
Alberta, worth probably Sl5OOO0,OOO.
The investments which farmers of
Western Canada are making in live
stock and farm improvements are
good evidence of the fact that they
have money for these purposes. 1t is
apparent, however, that they are also
spending some of their profits on
those things which Will bring greater
comfort and enjoyment to themselves,
their wives and their families The
automobile trade all through the
country is particularly active. and
farmers are the biggest buyers. \ re-
cent report Of the Saskatoon district
shows that In two months million
dollars worth of automobiles have
been sold, largely to farmers. Nor are
all of these cars of the cheaper
makes; some high-priced machines are
in demand.
Bank clearings throughout the West
arn Provinces show greater CONNER
cal activity than at the same season
in 1915 or 1914, the increase for the
last week Of February being SS,OOOOOO
an. almost S9,OOO,O0O, respectively,
for the first week Of March Sl5,OOO-
900. over 1915 and S1SOO00OO over
1914. The same excellent story comes
from Moose Jaw, Susk where they
showed from 40 to 100 per cent over
the previous year. Calgary, Alta,
bank clearings continue to reflect the
greatly improved business conditions
as compared with year ago. Cana
da's bank clearings for the month of
February, 1916 were the greatest for
any February in the country's history.
The totals amounted to $GG4 222, 10000,
as compared with $4S7, ,29G,O0O0O for
the same months year ago. An in
crease Of Sl770O0.OOO0O in bank clear
ings for the month tells its own story
of the country's prosperity.--Adyer-
tisement.