The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-08-04
WHO'S GOT
THE MONEY
In Four Staples Alone the Farm
sFs of Western Canada Pro-
duCed 409 Million DOL
lars In 1915.

The Calgary (Albcrtn) printers have
house organ. called THE Magnet"
! ana IN It's columns few weeks ago
! appeared an article entitled "Who's Got
/ the money! Ii was ceverly written,
md but for It's length, the writer would
! have been pleased 20 have copied the
article In It's entirety. The purpose
/ for which this article is published, a
however that Of letting the readersS
of the paper know Of the great pro-
gress that Is being made In agriculture
In Western Canada, VIII be served by
copying a portion Of the article. Many
of the readers Of this paper doubtless
have friends In one Of the three
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Saskatchewan or
Alberta. ana they will be Interested In
feeling tlmt their friends are enjoying
portion Of the wealth that has come
10 Western Canada farmers rs re-
sult Of careful tilling of soil prodl-
gal I'm everything that goes 70 make
good grain, cattle, horses, hogs and
sheep.
Reproducing from the article:
The Government does not produce
money. II can stamp zone Dollar" on
n slip Of white paper, and we accept
It at dollars wo"ih, hut neither the
paper nor the printing are worth n
copper. What gives II value is the
promise Of the people Of Canada which
stands behind the printed slip. and our
eHlth IN that promise.
Now do you k..@.v who's got the
money?
Let us put II into iigures The farm
Frs Of Alberta Saskatchewan and
Manitoba last year raised 342. .94SWW
bushels Of wheat. II we take for an
average 81 cents n hushel In Manitoba,
81 cents in saskatchewan. and - cents
In Alberta the seasons wheat crop was
worth S2SO.G20.O 600. Add to this an
oat crop Of 334S4OOOO bushels. WORTH
S95. Az 900; n barley cror Of S5.254,- 81
POO bushels, worth S15,S71 900 and
n fax crop Of 1O.5l9.OOO bushels worth
s15Sl3.OOO, and you find that on these
four staples alone the farmers Of
Western Canada produced wealth OF
S4O7 100000.
Please note that rhis wealth Is in
money II is not in real estate at In
nated values. industrial stocks that are
half water and the rest air. fictitious
gOOdwillS or unSaleabe merchandise.
II is in hard cash, or-whlch is better
hard wheat
These figures are only for the staple
grain productions They do not in
rlude the millions Of dollars represent
I'd by the live stock and 'Iairying INDUS
tries. or the additional millions inrlud-
cd in the root. fruit. and garden crops.
The creameries of Saskatrhewau for
Instance produced more huttermilk
md ice cream last year than their
total production Amounted 10 six years
ngo. The milk. butter. and cheese DrO-
1uction Of Alberta for 1918 was valued
nj over eleven million dollars The pO-
tatO crop Of the three provinces was
worth FIVE millions and n half Corn
md alfafa-compara new crops
charged with tremendous possibilities
amounted to over q round million.
Even honey you didn't know we
raised honey (thp bee kind in this
did YOU? Manitoba produced
100000 pounds in 1915 and there isn't
bee i'm the province that doesn't
swear he's n better honey-sorter than
anything in California or Washington.
That's where the money Is; in the
leans Of our honest friend the farmer
who was too slow to get into the cities
when the rest Of us saw shortcuts to
wealth who hadn't Imagination enough
o think a man can make money with
,ut earning it, and who was too duh
o know that hard work is foolish.
Well, he has the laugh now. Likewise
he money! Advertisement