The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1916-07-07
CANADA SEXCElLEN1
FINANCIAL STANDING
Bank clearings lncrease-Agrl'
culture Is a Paying Indus
try-Manutactures
Doing Well. y


al, &C. IN the threshold OF perhaps
the most prosperous era IN her MS
tory The unprecedented v'iue OF
tho farm products of 1913. together
with the very large output or factories
working on munitions OF war nus SUI
denly brought the country into po-
,ition financially. scarcely hoped for
MS nation for years TO come EA-
mort surplus of S5000O.OO0 Il month Is
making Canada very strong IN cash.
Extract from official bulletin or FEB
ruary II. 1916.
The response by the farmers or can
nda 10 the call for increased produc-
tion in 1915 was total net output
exceeding one billion dollars, an In
crease over normal years or AT least
three hundred millions. The three
Prairie Provinces contributed PROB
ably nearly one-half of the total proc
uct.
The wheat crop was worth S3l0,0OO-
600. and accounted for about 30 per
cent of the total agricultural product
dairyng. In Ontario the dairy pro-
duction was Increased 20 per cent,
and prices were over 10 per cent
ahead of 1914. Other provinces shared
in the increase. especially Alberta
saskatchewan, Quebec and Nova SEQ
tia. The dairy COW was ION the job"
In 1918. So also were the beef cattle,
the pigs and the hens.
1t is not fair to the farmers of the
Prairies TO call the wheat crop OF 1919
miracle" crop. The farmers cult
waited more land and gave attention
to their seed. Providence gave them
favorable weather. Then they toiled
early and late in the harvesting and
threshing. Good cultivation gave big
ger yields than careless work, 40 BUSH
els as against %.
The wealth of Western Canada Is
by no means all in its wheat crop. II
the country had no wheat ut MI II
would still be famous as n land Of sue
ceSSful farmers on account Of its stock
production. From one shipping point
Uligh River Alberta) over $15,000.00
worth of horses have been sold in the
last two months. The average price
TO the farmer has been about $1,000
per head. According to Government
returns there are million and half
horses In Manitoba Saskatchewan and
Alberta, worth probably Sl50O00.000.
The investments which farmers of
Western Canada are making in live
stock and farm improvements are
good evidence Of the fact that they
have money for these purposes. Ii Is
apparent, however. that they are also
spending some of their profits on
those things which will bring greater
comfort and enjoyment to themselves.
their wives and their families. The
automobile trade all through the
country is particularly active. and
farmers are the biggest buyers. A re-
cent report Of the Saskatoon district
shows that In two months million
dollars worth of automobiles have
been sold, largely to farmers. Nor are
all of these cars Of the cheaper makes:
some high-priced machines are In de-
mand
Bank clearings throughout the West
ern Provinces show greater CONNER
cial activity than at the same season
In 1915 or 1914. the increase for the
last week Of February being $4,000, 900
and almost S9,000O0o. respectively,
for the first week of March $4,000
600 over 1915 and S1S.0O0O00 over
1914. The same excellent story comes
from Moose Jaw. Sask.. where they
showed from 40 to 100 per cent over
the previous year. Calgary, Alta,
bank clearings continue to reflect the
greatly improved business conditions
as compared with year ago. Cana
da's bank clearings for the month of
February. 1916, were the greatest for
any February in the country's history.
The totals amounted to SG64, 900. OOO.O 90,
as compared with S4S7 ,296. 10000 for
the same month year ago. An in
crease of SIT ,000,0OOOO in bank clear
ings for the month tells It's own story
OF the country's prosperity.-Adver-
tisement.