The Ordway new era., 1916-09-01
WHO'S GOT
THE MONEY
In Four Staples Alone the Farm
ers Of Western Canada Pro-
duced 408 Million DOL
lars in 1915.

The Calgary (Alberta) printers nave
, hons, organ. called The Magnet,
and in its columns few weeks nso
appeared an article entitled "Whos s uot
| the money!" II was clcvcrly Writte'''
and but for its length, the writer Wouiu
have been pleased to have copied Tue
article In its entirety. The purpose ior
which this article is published, now
| ever that of letting the readers oi the
paper know of the great progress thht
is being made in agriculture in west
crn Canadn. will be served by copying
n portion of the article. Many OF Inc
readers of this paper doubtless have
! friends in one of the three provinces
| Manitoba Saskatchewan or Alberta
and they will be Interested in fceiihs
! that their friends are enjoying
norton of the wealth that has come
to Western Canada farmers hs {; re-
suit of careful tilling of a soil rrodi-
gul In everything that goes to make
good grain, cattle, horses, hogs anu
sheep.
Reprnduciny from the article:
The government does not produce
money II can stamp ''One Dollar OH
n slip OF white piper, and we accept
IL at n dollars worth. but neither the
paper nor the printing are worth
copper. What gives ii value is the
promise of the people Of Canada which
stands behind the printed slip, and our
faith in that promise.
Now do you know who's got the
money?
Let us put ii into figures. The farm
crS Of Alberta. Saskatchewan ana
Manitoba last year raised 3i2.3iS,ooo
bushels OF wheat. II we take for an
average 81 cents bushrl in Manitoba.
81 cents in Saskatchewan, and 20 cents
in Alberta the seasons wheat crop was
worth S2S0,G29 600. Add to this an
oat crop of 334,S40,OOO bushels.
worth S95. 40 900: n barley crop of 3d.,
254 200 bushels, worth S15,S7 300, and
Il flax crop of 10,550,0OO bushels worth
S15,SI3.Ooo. and you find that on these
four staples alone the farmers of West
ern Canada produced Il wealth of
S40T 100000.
Please note that this wealth is In
IlloutN. II Is IIpt III itiil tStatS At
flated values, industrial stocks that are
half water and the rest air, fictitious
goodwills or unsaleable merchandise.
1t is in hard cash, or-which is better
hard wheat.
These figures are only for the staple
grain productions. They do not In
clude the millions of dollars represent
ed by the live stock and dairying indus
tries, or the additional millions includ-
ed in the root. fruit, and garden crops.
The crcamercs of Saskatchewan, for
instance produced more buttcrmilk
and ice cream last year than their
total production amounted 10 six years
ago. The milk. butter, and cheese pro-
duction of Alberta for 1915 was valued
Mt over eleven million dollars. The po-
tato crop of the three provinces was
worth five millions and half. Corn
and alfalf,-comparuti new crops,
charged with tremendous possibilities
amounted to over n round million.
Even honey you didn't know we
raised honey (the bee kindD In this
country, did you? Manitoba produced
10J, 600 pounds In 1915. and there isn't
bee in the province that doesn't
swear he's better honeysorter than
anything in California or Washington.
That's where the money is; in the