The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-03-10

| true, and you have said nothing yet
| Of the wonderful bank clearings OF
/ Canada today, nothing of the fact that
| the immense grain crop of Western
| Canada this year has given to every
man, woman and child in that coun-
| try, over three hundred dollars per
head, why wait until after the war?
| After the war. under such conditions
as you have pictured tand which are
reaD land values will go up, prices
/ will increase. Advantage should be
taken of the low prices at which these
agricultural lands can be had today.
/ They have not increased any as yet,
and excellent farm lands can be had
close to railways in old settlements,
/ in excellent communities for from fif.
teen to thirty dollars per acre. The
climate is good and will be no better
after the war"
What about conscription, though?
Is there not a danger from couscrip
ton. and should | advise any to go
there now, would they not have to
face it? Then too, there is the report
that there is a heavy war tax on
lands
was surprised to learn that these
old yarns, stories that | thought had
been exploded long ago, were still do
ing duty in many parts of the United
States, and that a gentleman of the
wide learning of my friend, was in
clined to believe them.
"Conscription!" | said With Can
ada contributing 25O,O0O men voluntari-
ly enlisted, why conscription? There
is no ccnscription in Canada, and
neither will there be. 1t is not need
ed. In any case no legislation could
be passed by the Dominion Parliament
which would impose military service
upon people who are not citizens of
Canada, either by birth or naturaliza-
ton. Settlers from the United States
could not become naturaliZed British
subjects until they had resided in
Canada continuously ior three years.
quoted from official documents.
In the first few months of the war
| clearly stated that there would not
be conscription in Canada. l repeat
that statement today"
And then as to taxes" | continued,
quoting again from official authority.
"All taxes levied by the Federal Gov
ernment take the indirect form of Gus
IONS excise and inland revenue du-
ties. 1t is untrue that farmers are
paying direct war-tax levies and no
intending settler need hesitate to
come to Canada on this account,
official denials should convince you
that all apprehensions which have
been making some wouldbe-settlers
from the United States hesitate to
make a change while the war lasts
are without foundation. With these
misunderstanding cleared up, the
present war conditions even become
an added inducement to settlement in
any part of the provinces Of western
Canada, inasmuch as war prices and
keen demands for all manner Of farm
products afford the farmer special
opportunity to make money"
was glad of the chance and
pleased to have him state that his
views had altogether changed.
could have continued, and told him
of the fortunes that had been made in
the season of 1915, out of farming,
wheat growing, oat growing, barley
growing, cattle raising, dairying and
mixed farming. | could have told
him Of an Ottawa (Canada) syndicate
that had a yield of 1870 bushels of
oats per acre from their farm at Vain
wright and from 60 acres of wheat
field they threshed over 60 bushels per
acre. These yields while phenomenal
were repeated in many portions of
western Canada 1t was interesting to
inform him that the average yield Of
spring wheat in Saskatchewan was
25.16 bushels per acre; Manitoba, 1858
bushels; in Alberta, 3616 bushels.
and over the three provinces there was
total average of over 80 bushels per
acre.
The immense crop that has just
been harvested has put millions of dol
lars in the hands of the farmers, and
the work of distribution through the
regular channels Of trade has already
begun. Millions of bushels Of grain
are still in the hands of the farmers,
which means that there is vast store
of realizable wealth that will be stead
lily going into circulation, benefitting
the thousands who are dependent In.
directly on the basic industry of the
province for their livelihood.
THE mock prosperity that rested on
the insecure foundation of inflated real
estate values has passed away, and In
it's place the corner stone Of the coun-
try's sound financial future is being
built