The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1916-03-02
WAITING FOR THE
END Of THE WAR
"Then Take Advantage of the
Opportunities in Canada"
Contributed by W. j. White, of the
Department of the Interior,
Ottawa, Canada.)


the bank manager said after the
pared for a great influx of people.
| The crops that the western Canadian
farms have produced in 1915, and tho
wealth that the farmers have had
| thrust upon them by the high price
[ of grain, will make farm lands vaiu-
able and farming remunerative. After
! the wal is over there will be thou-
sands go to Canada to engage in agri-
| culture and many other industries that
will certainly prove profitable, Condi-
tons will be wonderfully good: The
advertising that Canada has had dur
| ing the last year or two by it's magnifi-
| cent contribution of over ESQ., 600 men
to fight for the Empire, the wonderful
sums it has given to the Red Cross
and Patriotic funds, the excellent
showing it made in subscribing over
double when only SO millions Of dollars
was asked as a war loan, the BRAY
cry, courage and hardihood of the sol
diers who have fought the battles in
Flanders, it is just wonderful" and
my enthusiastic banker grew eloquent.
One might have thought he was a sub
sidized booster for Canada. But" he
said, they won't go until after the
war"
We'll, now, Mr.. , why wait I'M
til after the war? If all you say be
true, and you have said nothing yet
of the wonderful bank clearings of
Canada today, nothing of the fact that
the immense grain crop of Western
Canada this year has given to every
man, woman and child in that coun-
try, over three hundred dollars per
head, why wait until after the war?
After the war, under such conditions
as you have pictured land which are
real) land values will, go up, prices
will increase. Advantage should be
taken of the low prices at which these
agricultural lands car be had today.
They have not increased any as yet,
and excellent farm lands can be had
close to railways in old settlements,
in excellent communities for from fif-
teen to thirty dollars per acre. The
climate is good and will be no better
after the war"
What about CONSUMPTION, though ?
Is there not a danger from conscrip-
ton, and should | advise any to go
there now, would they not have to
face it? Then too, there is the report
that there is a heavy war tax on
lands"
/ was surprised to learn that these
old yarns, stories that I thought had
been exploded long ago, were still do
ing duty in many parts of the United
States, and that a gentleman Of the
wide learning of M friend, was in
clined to believe them.
"'Conscription!" l said. with Can
ada contributing ESQ, 600 men voluntari-
ly enlisted, why CONSUMPTION? There
is no CONSUMPTION in Canada, and
neither will there be. 1t is not need
ed. In any case no legislation could
be passed by the Dominion Parliament
which would impose military service
upon people who are not citizens OF
Canada, either by birth or %naturaliza
ton. Settlers from the United States
could not become naturalized British
subjects until they had resided in
Canada continuously for three years
| quoted from official documents.
In the first few months of the wa
clearly stated hat there would no
be CONSUMPTION in Canada. l repea'
hat statement today"
|, "And then as to taxes" I continued
quoting again from official authority
All taxes levied by the Federal Gov
|, eminent take the indirect form OF Gus
toms excise and inland revenue du
ties. 1t is untrue that farmers ar,
) paying direct war-tax levies and n,
j intending settler need hesitate t,
come to Canada on this count.
; Official denials should convince yo1
!. hat all apprehensions which hav,
, been making some would-be-settler
, from the United States hesitate t
: make a change while the war last
/ are without foundation. With thes
: misunderstanding cleared up, TIL
present war conditions even hecom
!, IN added inducement to settlement i
any part of the provinces of wester
! Canada, inasmuch as war prices an
Q keen demands for all manner Of farr
i products afford the farmer a specis
i opportunity to make money"
| was glad of the chance an
pleased to have him state that hi
siews had altogether changed.
I could have continued, and told hi,
7 Of the fortunes that had been made /
i the season of 1915, out of farmin,
i. wheat growing. oat growing, barle
growing. cattle raising, dairying an
: mixed farming. / could have tol
: him Of an Ottawa (Canada) syndicat
: that had a yield of 100 bushels
z z oats per acre from their farm at Wal
wright and from 60 acres of whei
field they threshed over 60 bushels p.
acre. These yields while phenomena
were repeated in many portions