The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1916-07-27
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 (Alberta) printers have
house organ, called "The Magnet"
and in it's columns few weeks ago
appeared an article entitled who's Got
the Money!" 1t was cleverly written,
and but for its length, the writer would
have been pleased to have copied the
article in it's 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 a
portion of the wealth that has come
to Western Canada farmers as a re-
suit of careful tilling of soil prodi-
gal in everything that goes to make
good grain, cattle, horses, hogs and
sheep.
Reproducing from the article:
The Government does not produce
money. 1t can stamp Zone Dollar" on
a Slip of white paper, and we accept
1t at dollars worth, but neither the
paper nor the printing are worth
copper. What gives it value is the
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 it into figures. The farm
els of Alberta, saskatchewan and
Manitoba last year raised $40 ,94S,OOO
bushels of wheat. If we take for an
average 50 cents bushel in Manitoba.
81 cents in Saskatchewan and 70 cents
in Alberta the seasons wheat crop was
worth $2S0.G29,0OO Add to this an
oat crop of 334, $4,000 bushels,
worth 500, 457 GOO; a barley crop of 3d.
PSI ,2CO bushels, worth $15,S71 ,0OG and
n flax crop of 1O559,O0O bushels, worth
S15,S43,0O0, and you find that on these
four staples alone the farmers of West
I'm Canada produced wealth of
Si0I 100000.
Please note that this wealth is in
money. 1t is not in real estate at in
tiutcd values, Industrial stocks taat are
half water and the rest air, fictitious
EoudWillS or unsuitable merchandise
1t is in hard cash, or-which is better
ilArd wheat.
These figures are only for the staple
grain productions. They do not in
cl!t!n the millions of dollars represent
cd by the live stock and darying indus
tries. or the additional millions includ-
ca III the root, fruit. and garden crops.
The rrenmcricS of saskatchewan, for
instance, produced more buttermillS
and ice cream last year than their
total production amounted to six years
age. The milk. butter, and cheese pro-
,rcEiCM OF Alberta for 1915 was valued
't over eleven million dollars. The 20.
talo crop of the three provinces was
worth five millions and IL half Corn
nni ,llfalf;r-conparHtiv new crops.
charged With tremendous possibilities
--;iDonnted to over Il round nillior
Even honay-you d,lut know we
raised honey (tlIe bee kindD in this
country, did Manitoba produced
1OJOO0 pounds in 1915, and there isn't
a bee in the province that doesn't
iswea'' he's better honeysorter 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 Il man can make money with
3out earning it, and who was too dull
to know that hard work is foolish.
Well. h" has the laugh now. Likewise
the ey.-Advertsement.