Carrizozo outlook. [volume] (Carrizozo, N.M.) 1910-1945, 1916-07-28
WHO'S GOT
THE MONEY
In -Four Staples Alone the Farm
ers OF Western Canada Pro.
duced 408 Million DOL
lars In 1915.

The Calgary (Aiberia) printers hive
a house organ, called 1.-THE Magnet"
and In It's columns II few weeks ngO
appeared nm article entitled who's Got
the money!" II was c~lcvcrly written,
and but for us length. the writer would
have been pleased 10 have copied the
article In us entirety. The purpose for
which this article IL published, how
ever, that Of letting the readers of the
paper know Of The great progress That
n being made In agriculture In West
"rn Cnnadn, viii be served by copying
q portion of the article. Many Of the
readers of this paper doubtless have
frlcnda In n OF the three provinces
ManitOba saskatchewan or Alberta,
aud they will he Interested In feeling
thHl their friends nre enjoying a
portion Of the wealth TINT has come
10 Western CANADA farmers MS Il re-
sult OF careful illllng OF II soil prodi-
gnl IN everything that goes to make
good grain, cattle. horses, hogs aud
sheep.
reproducing from the article
The government does not produce
money. II cnn stamp zone Dollar on
~ slip OF white paper, aud we accept
II NJ n dollars worth. but neither the
paper nor the printing nre worth II
copper. What gives II value Is the
promise OF the people Of Canada which
stands brllnd the printed slip, aud our
faith In that promise.
Now do you know who's got the
money?
let Us put 1t into figures. The fnrni-
ers of Alberta, Saskatchewan and
Manitoba last year raised 3i2. 5000
bushels Of wheat. If we take Tor I'm
average 80 cents n bushel IN Manitoba.
81 cents IN Saskatchewan, and 10 cents
IN Alberta the seasons whent T. was
worth S2S0,020,O 0O. Add to this IN
oat crOp of 3%3l,SlO,OOO bushels,
worth 95,457 900; n barley crop of 49,
:5i 200 bushels, worth S15,S7i 900. and
81 flax crop Of t0,5l0.OO0 bushels worth
Sl5,si3,OOO, and you find that on these
four staples alone the farmers of West
era Canada produced II wealth OF
$i0T. 100000.
PLEASE note that this wealth Is In
money. II Is not In renl estate ut in
Hated values, industrial stocks that are
hnlf water and the rest air. fictitious
g0odwllls or unsuleable merchandise.
II Is In hard cash, or-whlch Is better
-hnrd wheat.
These figures are only for the staple
grain productions. They do not in
clude the millions Of dollars represent
ed 10y the live stock aud dnlrylng indus.
tries, or the additional millions lnclud-
ed In the root, fruit, aud garden crops.
The crenmeries of saskatchewan, for
instance produced more buttcrmllk
aud lee renm last yenr tlnn their
total production amounted to six years
ngo The mllk, butter, ana cheese pro
ductlon Of Alberta for 1913 was snlucd
at over eleven million dollars. The 30.
into crop of the three provinces was
worth five millions ana u half, Corn
aud lfaifn-cOmpnratlvcly new crops,
charged with tremendous possibilities
amounted to over II round million.
Even honey you didn't know we
raised honey (thc bee kind In this
country, did you? Manitoba produced
iOd, 400 pounds IN 1915, and there isn't
a bee In the province that doesn't
swear he's a better huney-sorter than
anything In California or Washington.
That's where the money Is, Ia The
jeans of our honest friend The farmer,
who was too slow to get into the cities
wlcu the rcsi OF MS saw short. cuts 10
wealth; who hadn't Imagination
enough 10 think a man can make money
without curulng b, and who was too
iuil 20 know ilui hard work IS foolish.
We'll he Inns the laugh now Likewise
Che money advertisement.