The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1916-07-13
CANADA SEXCELLENT.
FINANCIAL STANDING.
Bank Clearings 1ncrease-Agri'
culture Is a Paying Indus
try-Manufactures
Doing Well.

business experts assert tnat Can
ada is on the threshold Of perhaps
the most prosperous era in her his
tory. The unprecedented value OF
the farm products Of 1915 together
with the very large output OF factories
working on munitions of war has sud
denly brought the country into po-
.sitiOn, financially, scarcely hoped for
as 4 nation for years to come. EN-
port surplus of $50,OOOO00 a month is
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-
ton in 1915 was total net output
exceeding one billion dollars, an in
crease over normal years of at least
three hundred millions. The three
Prairie Provinces contributed prob
ably nearly one-half Of the total prod
uct.
The wheat crop was worth $31O,OOO,-
600: and accounted for about 30 per
cent of the total agricultural product.
Other things counted also. Look at
dairying. In Ontario the dairy pro-
duction was increased 20 per cent,
| and prices were over 10 per cent
ahead of 1914. Other provinces shared
in the increase, especially Alberta,
Saskatchewan, Quebec and Nova SEQ
tia. The dairy COW was ION the job
In 1915. So also were the beef cattle,
the pigs and the hens.
1t is not fair to the farmers of the
prairies to call the wheat crop of 1913
4 'miracle" crop. The farmers cuit-
waited more land and gave attention
to their seed. Providence gave them
favorable weather. Then they toiled
early and late in the harry esting and
thrcshing Good cultivation gave big
ger Yields than careless work, 40 BUSH
els as against 25.
The wealth of Western Canada is
by no means all in it's wheat crop. If
the country had no wheat at all 1t
would still be famous as land OF sue
ccssful farmers on account OF its stock
production. From one shipping point
(High River, Alberta) over $75.OOO.W
worth of horses have been sold in the
last two months. The average price
to the farmer has been about $l75.W
Der head. According to Government
returns there are a million and half
horses in Manitoba, Saskatchewan and
Alberta, worth probably $150,OOO,0oO.
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.
.omfort 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. A re-
rent report of the Saskatoon district
| shows that in two months 4 million
lollars worth of automobiles have
,een sold, largely to farmers. Nor are
Ill of these cars of the cheaper makes !;
some high-priced machines are in de-
| nand.
Bank clearings throughout the West
,rn Provinces show greater CONNER
.ial activity than at the same season
II 1919 or 1914, the increase for the
| asst week of February being $S,OOO,0OO
md almost S0,OOO,O00, respectively,
or the first week of March $15,OOO,-
700 over 1915 and S1S,OO0O0O over
Ola. The same excellent story comes
| rom Moose Jaw, Sask.. where they
| howed from 40 to 100 per cent over
he previous year. Calgary, Alta.
,ank clcarings continue to reflect the
,reatly improved business conditions
| IS compared with Il year ago. Cana
| las bank clearings for the month of
February. 1916, We're the greatest for
NY February in the country's history.