The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1916-08-17
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 (Albertal printers have
. house organ. called "The Magnet"
and In Its columns few weeks ago
appeared an article entitled "Who's Got
the Money! II was cleverly written.
and but for its length. the writer wouij
have been pleased 10 have copied the
article In its entirety. The purpose for
which this article Is published, how
ever, that Of letting the readers of the
paper know of the great progress that
is being made in agriculture In West
ern Canada, will be served by copying
portion of the article. Many of the
readers of this paper doubtless have
friends IN one Of the three provinces
Manitoba, Saskatchewan or Alberta,
and they will be interested in feeling
that their friends are enjoying n
portion Of the wealth that has come
10 Western Canada farmers as q re-
suit Of careful tilling of soil prodl-
gal in everything that goes TO make
good grnin, cattle, horses, hogs and
sheep.
reproducing from the article:
The Government does not produce
money. II can stamp "One Dollar" on
slip of white paper, and we accept
II at dollars worth, bat neither the
| paper nor the printing are worth n
copper. What gives II value is the
promise OF the people of Canada which
stands behind the prs ted slip, and our
faith In that promise.
Now do you know who's got the
money?
Let us put 1t into figures. The farm
ers of Alberta, Saskatchewan and
Manitoba last year raised 342,9lS,OOO
bushels of wheat. II we take for an
average 81 cents n bushel In Manitoba,
81 cents in Saskatchewan and 40 cents
in Alberta the seasons wheat crop was
worth $2S0,629,OOO. Add TO this an
oat crop of 334,S4O,OO0 bushels,
worth S95, ,457 900; barley crop Of 3d.
254, 200 bushels, worth S15,S71 600 and
a fax crop of 10,559,000 bushels, worth
$l5,S43.O0O. aud you find that on these
four staples alone the farmers OF West.
ern Canada produced a wealth OF
S407 .S0000O.
Please note that this wealth Is in
money. II is not in real estate at In
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
ell by the live stock and dairyiDg indus
tries, or the additional millions includ
ed In the root, fruit, aud garden crops
The creameries of Saskatchewan, fol
instance, produced more bntterniill
and ice cream last year than theli
total production amounted TO six year,
ago. The milk, butter, and cheese pro
duciioB of Alberta for 1915 was valued
Rt over eleven million dollars. Tn. po
tato crop of the three provinces wa.
worth five millions and half. Corr
and alfalfa--comparative new crops
charged with tremendous possibilities
amounted 10 over round million
Even honey--ycu didn't know WI
raised honey (tha bee kind In thi
country, did you?-Manitoba produce,
IO5. 900 pounds In 1915, and there ism
bee in the province that doesp'
swear he's better honey-sorter thai
anything In California or Washington