Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1916-07-27
WHO'S GOT
THE MONEY
In Four Staples Alone the FARM
ers Of Western Canada Pro-
duced 4O8 Million Dol
lars IN 1915.

S lHG SAikWIy NhAuCAtAy PiiAtSAS nav
house organ. called 'The Magnet
and In Its columns a few weeks aga
appeared an article entitled who's Got
the Money! II was clcverly written.
and but for its length. the writer would
have been pleased to have copied the
article In Its entirety. The purpose tor
which this article ID published. how
ever, that or letting the readers Of the
paper know OF the great progress that
ID being made In Agriculture In Vest
EN- Canada. will be served by copying
a portion OF the article. Mnny Of the
readers OF this paper doubtless have
friends In one OF the three Provinces
Manitoba. Saskatchewan or Alberta,
and they VIII be- interested In feeling
that their friends are enjoying =
portion OF the wealth that has come
to Western Canada farmers ~ Z ~
suit Of careful tiiiing OF q soil pr0di-
gal In everything TINT goes to make
good grain. cattle, horses, hogs and
sheep.
Reproducing from the article:
The Government does not produce
money. II can stamp .'one Dollar" %
Z slip Of white paper. and we accept
Il at dollars worth, but neither tho
paper nor the printing are worth !
copper. What gives II value n thu
| 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
ers OF Alberta, Saskatchewan md
Manitoba last year raised 342. 600
bushels OF wheat. II we take Tor m
average &c cents bushel In Manitoba,
81 cents In Saskatchewan and 10 cents
In Alberta the seasons wheat crop wns
| worth $3.50, a28 600. Add 10 this m
oat crop OF 434,840O0O bushels
worth 500. 457. 900; q barley crop of az
254. 200 bushels, worth S1b.S7i 600, and
n fax crop of 10. $50 900 bushels, worth
Sic. S43 900, and you find that on these
four staples alone the farmers OF West.
ern Canada produced wealth of
s407, 800 900.
Please note that this wealth u In
money. II Ii not In real estate ut In
dated values. industrial stocks TINT are
half water and the rest air, fictitious
goodwiils or unsaleable merchandise.
II In In hard cash, or--which In 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 creameries OF Saskatchewan. for
instance, produced more buttermilk
and Ice cream last year than their
total production amounted to six years
ago The milk. butter, and cheese pro-
duction OF Alberta for 1915 was valued
at over eleven million dollars. The po-
tato crop Of the three provinces was
worth Ave millions and half. Corn
and alfalfa--compnu vely new crops,
charged with tremf bus possibilities
Amounted to over u round million.
Even honey--you didn't know we
raised honey tthe bee kind IN this
country, did you p Manitoba produced
1885, 900 pounds In 1915, and there isn't
a bee In the province that doesn't
swear he's better honey-sorter than
anything In California or Washington.
That's where the money Is: In the
jeans Of our honest friend the farmer,
who was too slow to get into the cities
when the rest Of us saw shortcuts to
wealth who hadn't imagination enough
| to think man can make money with
out earning IL. and who was too duh
| to know that hard work In foolish
Well, he has the laugh now. Likewise
the ey.--Advertisement.