Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1916-03-08
WAITING FOR THE
END OF THE WAR
"Then Take Advantage OF the
Opportunities in Canada"

Contributed by w. J. White, OF the
Department of the Interior,
| Ottawa, Canada.)
| I strolled into bank in one or the
cities of the west short time ago ana
| the bank manager said after the
| war. the Canadians should be pre-
| pared for great influx OF peopie'
| The crops that the western CANADIAN
| farms have produced in 1915. and the
| wealth that the farmers have mao
! thrust upon them by the high price
| of grain, will make farm LANDS Saiu-
| able and farming remunerative. AFTER
the war is over there will be thou
sands go to Canada TO engage IN agri
| culture and many other industries that
will certainly prove profitable Condi-
| lions will be wonderfully good. me
| advertising that Canada has had our
| ing the last year or two by it's magnln-
| cent contribution of over 100000 men
| to fight for the Empire, the wonderlui
! Sums it has given to the Red Gross
and Patriotic funds, the exceiient
| showing it made in subscribing over
| double when only so millions OF dollars
| was asked as a war loan. the DraV-
| cry, courage and hardwood OF the SOL
| diers who have fought the battles IN
Flanders, it is just wonderful ana
my enthusiastic banker grew eloquent
| One might have thought he was SUD-
sidized booster for Canada. But, ne
said, they won't go until after the
war"
We'll. now, Mr.. -, why wait un-
til after the war? If all you say be
true, and you have said nothing yet
of the wonderful bank clearlngs 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 (and which are
| real) 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 fiji
teen to thirty dollars per acre. The
climate is good and will be no better
| after the war"
What about consumption, though?
Is there not a danger from conscrip-
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 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.
Transcription" ! said. with Can
| ada contributing 1000 men voluntari-
| ly enlisted, why CONSUMPTION? There
| is no CONSUMPTION 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 for three years"
] quoted from official documents.
TN the first few months Of the war
| I clearly stated that there would not
| be CONSUMPTION 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
| eminent take the indirect form of GUS
! toms 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 would-be-settlers
| from the United States hesitate to
| make 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 a 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