The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-08-05
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 (Alberta1 printers have
a house organ. called The Magnet"
and IN its columns a few weeks ago
appeared an article entitled who's Got
the money!" 1t was cleYer1y written,
and but for its length, the writer would
have been pleased TO 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
a portion of the article. Many o. 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 =
portion Of the wealth that has come
TO Western Canada farmers as q re-
suit of careful tilling OF q soil prOdi-
gal I'm 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 "One Dollar" on
a slip OF white paper, and we accept
paper nor the printing are worth a
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
ers Of Alberta, Saskatchewan and
Manitoba last year raised 80. 94S. 600
bushels OF wheat If we take for an
average 81 cents hushel in Manitoba,
81 cents in Saskatchewan. and 80 cents
In Alberta the seasons wheat crop was
worth S2SO. 629. 600. Add to this an
oat crop of 334. $4,000 bushels.
worth 500. 45T 600; a barley crop Of So
254, 200 bushels. worth S15. 81 600, and
a fax crop Of 10, $4,000 bushels worth
S15.S43.OOO. and you find that on these
four staples alone the farmers of West
ern Canada produced q wealth u
$4OT. 10000.
Please note that this wealth is In
money. II is not in real estate at In
1ated values, industrial stocks that are
half water and the rest air. fictitious
goodwiils or unSaleable merchandise
It 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
faa h1n hn7F
total production amounted 70 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 q half. Corn
and aIfalfa-cOmparativ new crops.
charged with tremendous possibilities
amounted to over a round million
Even honey -y0n didn't know we
raised honey (the bee kind) in this
country, did you? Manitoba produced
1O5, 600 pounds in 1915, and there isn't
bee in the province that doesn't
swear he's a better honey-sOrter tllaa
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 70
wealth; who hadn't imagination
enough to think man can make money
without earning Ii, and who was TOO
dull TO know that hard work Is foolish
Well. he has the laugh now. Likewise
the money.-AdTertiSem
Religions in the heart. not In the
knee