Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1916-08-31
Making RAPID STRIDES
Canada improving in Every Way
-AgricuIturaIIy, Commercially
and Financially.

and Financially.
The reports coming TO hand every
day from all branches Of industry In
Canada speak highly of the construc-
tive ability Of that country.
Recently the managing directors Of
the Canadian Credit Mems Associa-
ton gave out the statement that bust
ness In Western Canada was good. In
every branch it is better than in 1913,
and everyone will remember that in
that year business was excellent. He
says:
THE beauty Of it is the way in
which payments are coming in. Mer-
chants all over the West are tnldng
their cash discounts. Such IL transfor-
nation l never saw.
"From the records in the office 1
knew it was getting better. We clear
here every retail merchant in the
try every three months, and we are
therefore in the closest touch and have
intimate knowledge of the way trade
is going and how payments are being
made.s Conditions Mt the present mo-
ment are better than / had dreamed it
was possible that they should be.
'"The statements which we are re-
,ceiving With reference to the standing
hf country merchants indicates that
there will be very few failures this
fall. 1t is quite remarkable. Men who
have been behind for years and in the
hole are actually paying spot cash for
everything, and taking their cash dis
counts. Banks and loan companies
this fall will have more money than
they know what to do with.
"This Is about the condition Of trade.
and 1 am glad to say there is no eXag-
'geration in what l have said. The
business. of the prairie provinces is In
splendid condition"
Crop reports are also good. From
all parts comes the word that the crop
conditions were never better, and the
situation at the time of writing is
that there will be fully as great q
yield as in 1915, when the average OF
wheat owe the entire country was uD-
wards of 80 bushels per acre. h
harvest therefore will be q heavy one
nnd, following the magnificent harvest
of last year, the farmers of Western
Canada will nll be in splendid shape.
Old in~debtedneSseS, much of which
followed them from their old homes,
are being wiped out, improvements are
o being planned, and additional
acres added TO their present holdings.
During the past year there was Il
large increase in the land saaes both by
Ehe Canadian Pacific and Canadian
Northern land companies, as we'll as
by private individuals. A great many
OF the purchases were made by farm
ers who thus secured adjoining quar-
ters or halves, the best evidence prob
ably that could be had Of the value
of Western Canada land when those
: who know the country best arc adding
:. Ito their holdings. A number of oat
> siders have also been purchasers, blu
! very little land has changed hands TO
. speculative purposes.
. An evidence OF the prosperity Of thu
country is found III the fact that sucl
a large number of farmers are pur
! chasing automobiles.
Alleged hard times in Manitoba hav
l not dampened the ardor Of motoriSt
8 or prospective ones. The autoln0bil
: license department reported Il fey
0 days since that there are 1000 Nor
| private owners of cars in the PROVING
t this year than last. The number 0
. licenses issued this year was 10,4Oo, Il
. against $500 last year. At an aver
age cost of $1,000 each the newly pun
+ chased cars represent q total outlay O
r 81 100000, while the total number O
cars in the province are worth approx
8 imately S1O,O 900. The new ears ar
Of modern types.
Many people, for some %uneXplaine
h reason, have feared and continue
Q fear that this country will eAperienc
h e period Of industrial and bushes
p dullness after the war. There seem
o to be no justification for such q specl
l. lation.
On the contrary, there are sour
< reasons fer belief in the prediction {
"a Mr. Klngman Mott Robins, vice pres
is dent of the Farm Mortgage Banker
n Association OF America, who, in I'll
Monetary Times, declares that Canad
will experience her greatest propo
%tionate development In production in
mediately after the conclusion of IL
war. The country will certainly hay
exceptionally favorable commerce.
conditions to take advantage Of.
There will be the great need Of f
rope In the work Of reconstructio
Meaning Business.
The American girl means business
The speaker was Miss Alberta HI