Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1916-07-28
WHO'S GOT
THE MONEY
In Four Staples Alone the Farm
ers of Western Canada Pro-
duced 4O8 Million DOL
lars in 1915.

The Calgary (Alberta) printers nave
a house organ. ca&ed "The Magnet,
and in. its columns a few weeks ago
appeared an article entitled VINO 0o'
the money!" 1t was cleverly written.
and but for it's length, the writer WouAu
have been pleased to have copied Tue
article In it's entirety. The purpose lof
which this article is published, now
ever, that of letting the readers OF the
paper know of the great progress thae
is being made in agriculture IN west
ern Canada, will be served by copy.snrs
a portion of the article. Many vi 'lo
readers of this paper doubtless haNo
friends in one of the three provinces
Manitoba saskatchewan or Alpel0"'
and they will be interested IN Ieehh9
that their friends are enjoying
portion of the wealth that mas coino
to Western Canada farmers as re
suit of careful filling of SOIL proui-
gal in everything that goes TO maAe
good grain, cattle, horses, hogs anu
sheep.
Reproducing from the article:
The government ooes not prouuco
money. 1t can stamp "One Dollar on
slip of white paper, and we accept
it at a dollars worth, but neither tne
paper nor the printing are worth
copper. What gives it value is inc
promise of the people of Canada wh'ch
stands behind the printed slip, ana our
faith in that promise.
Now do you know who's got inc
money?
Let us put it into figures. The farm
ers of Alberta, Saskatchewan anu
Manitoba last year raised 342,94o,oUo
bushels of wheat. If we take for an
average S. cents bushel in Manitoba,
81 cents in Saskatchewan, and 20 cents
in Alberta the seasons wheat crop was
worth $685. 900. Add to this an
oat crop of 334 $4,000 bushels.
worth $95, 457 900; barley crop of 3d.
254. 200 bushels, worth $15,S71OO0, ana
flax crop of 10,559000 bushels worth
SIZE, $4,000, and you find that on these
four staples alone the farmers of west
ern Canada produced a wealth OF
$407 100000.
Please note that this wealth is In
money. It is not in real estate at IN
fiated 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
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 five millions and a half. Corn
and alfalfa-comparative new crops,
charged with tremendous possibilities
amounted to over a round million.
Even honey you didn't know we
| raised honey (the bee kind) in this
country, did you? Manitoba produced
los, 900 pounds in 1915, and there isn't
bee in the province that doesn't
swear he's a 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 a man can make money
without earning 1t, and who was too
dull to know that hard work is foolish.
Well, he has the laugh now. Likewise
the money.-Advertisem