Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 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.

Inc GalgafY (Alberta) printers have
q house organ. called "The Magnet"
and IN it's columns q few weeks ago
appeared an article entitled who's Got
the Money!" 1t was cleverly written,
II but for its length, the writer would
nave been pleased to have copied the
artlcte i'll 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 beng made in agriculture in West
ern Canada, will be served by copying
h portion Of the article. Many of the
readers OF This paper doubtless have
friends i'll one of the three provinces
Manitoba, Saskatchewan or Alberta,
and they will be interested in feeling
that their friends are enjoying a
portion of die wealth that has come
to Western Canada farmers as q re-
suit Of carefih filling Of Il soil prodi-
gal i'll everything that goes to make
good grains cattle, horses, hogs and
sheep.
Reproducing from the article:
The Government. does not produce
money. 1t CON stamp zone Dollar" on
a Slip IT white paper, and we accept
1t at ii dollars worth. but neither the
paper nor the printing are worth a
copper. What gives it value is the
promise OF ahe people of Canada which
stnnds behind the printed slip, and
faith in ttat premise.
Now do you know who's got the
money!
Let us tnt It into figures. The farm
ers Of Alberta. Saskatchewan and
Manitoba last year raised 342,94S,O 900
bushels Of wheat. If we take for an
average 81 Gents a bushel in Manitoba,
81 ceats M Saskatchewan and 70 cents
in Alberta the seasons wheat crop was
worth $290.G29.ON0. Add to this an
bat crop IT 3S34,S4O,000 bushels,
Mortf, $95, $4,000: Il barley crop of 3d.
254, 200 bushels. worth $15,S7 900, and
a fax crop Of 1869, 900 bushels, worth
$~15,64S,0D0, and you find that on these
four staples alone the farmers of West.
ern Canada produced a wealth Of
S407. 800. OOo.
Please note that this wealth is in
money. It Is not in real estate at in,
flated wines, Industrial stocks that are
half water and the rest air, fictitious
goedWiils er unsaleable merchandise.
1t is in h:ud cash, or-which is better
hard wheat
These figures are only for the staple
grain productions. They do not in
iclude 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
and ice cream last year than thei1
total production amounted to 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 vas
worth five millions and a half. Corn
ind ELECTROMAGNETIC new crops,
charged will, tremendous possibilities
amounted to over a round million.
Even honey-yOu didn't know we
raised honey (the bee kind) in this
country, did you?-Manitoba produced
100000 pounds IN 1915, and there isn't
b bee in the province that doesn't
swear he's a better honey-sorter than
anything in California or Washington.
That's where the money is; in the
jeans Of u honest friend the farmer.
who IA too SLOW to get into the cities
when tue rest of us saw shortcuts to
wealth, VITO hadn't Imagination enough,
to think q man a make money with
out earning It, and who was too dull
TO know aaad hard work is foolish.
Wei. he has the laugh now. Likewise
The lnDanE- cement