Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1916-01-13
WESTERN CANADKS
GREAT HARVEST
Decidedly Encouraging From Ev-
cry Standpoint.

Speaking of conditions generally u
Canada. the most encouraging featured
of the year, from a trade and financial
standpoint, has been the bountifnp
harvest of the Northwest, where
greatly increased area under cultivd
ton has given the highest averae
yield in the history Of the country.
is estimated that the grain crop
Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Albert4
has a market value to the producers Of
approximately four hundred millionv
dollars, in the use of which we may
anticipate not only the liquidation OF
much Indebtedness, but the stimula-
ton of current trade.
The annual reports of the various
banks throughout Canada are now be-
ing published. They SAVIOR of opti-
mism all the way through, and. con-
trary to what might be generally ex-
pected in war times, business is good
everywhere.
The General Manager OF the Bank OF
Montreal at the recent annual meet
ing said: The position of Canada is
a highly favored one, with an assured
future of growth, development and
general prosperity"
In the same report it is said that tha
Canadian West has recovered to a
marked extent from the economic dis
location of a year ago"
The seasons wheat and other cereal
crops have exceeded all previous rec
ords in quantity and quality, and, de-
spite the enormous yield, prices have
been uncommonly well maintained.
1t would be difficult to exaggerate
the importance Of these results to the
Prairie Provinces-and the Dominion
at large.
The prosperity Of those engaged in
mixed farming and r%anching is most
encouraging.
The flour mills in Manitoba, Sas-
~katchewan and Alberta are busy and
are doing we'll. Their combined daily
capacity is about $4,000 barrels.
The large advances of the Dominion
Government to farmers in certain dis
tricts, principally in the form of seed,
were made very opportunity and have,
been amply justified by the very large,
crop yield in those districts.
Business in many important lines is
good and should continue to improve
as returns from grain yet to be mar
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The general business outlook has;
been transformed by the large crop.
The returns of the gross earnings Of
Canadian railroads for November show
those of the Canadian Pacific in
creased $1,796, 900 or IS per cent for
the last nine days of the month. Com
pared with same month year ago, in
crease no less than $5,291,000 or SIG
per cent against a As per cent gain in
October, and a decrease of AZ per
cent in September.
H.. ". Meredith, Of the Bank of Mont
real, in a recent address delivered at
Montreal, declared that the most en-.
%couraging feature from a trade and
finance standpoint had been the boun'
tiful harvest of the Northwest, where
the greatly increased area under cult.
walton had given the highest average
in history of the country. He est,
mated the grain crop of the three
provinces at a value Of v 100000,
600, and said that such remarkable re
suits would have the effect of attract
ing the tide Of immigration to our
shores, when the world is again al
peace. The restoration of a favorable
balance in our foreign trade is a fac
tor of supreme Importance at the pres
emit time.
1t is the general opinion in the Easf
that the 1915 grain crop in the Prai
, RE Provinces not only put the whole
, Dominion in a sounder trade and fnan
! cial standing. but that it will also re
I sulr in a big increase in immigration
to the West of agricultural settlers
who will include capitalized farmer
: from Europe and the United States a
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