Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 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 (Alberta) printers have
a house organ, called THE Magnet"
ana In its columns a few weeks ago
appeared an article entitled who's Got
the money!" 1t was cleverly written,
aud but for its length, the writer would
nave been pleased to have copied the
article In its 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 being made ia agriculture In West
ern Canada. will be served by copying
a portion of the article. Many of the
readers of this paper doubtless have
friends in one of the three provinces
Manitoba Saskatchewan or Alberta,
and they will be interested In feeling
that their friends are enjoying a
portion of the wealth that has come
to Western Canada farmers as re-
suit of careful filling of soil prodi-
gal in everything that goes to make
good grain, cattle, horses, hogs and
sheep.
Reproducing from the article:
The government does not produce
money. 1t can stamp zone Dollar" on
Slip of white paper, and we accept
II at dollars worth, but neither the
paper nor the printing are worth
copper What gives it value Is the
promise of the people OF Canada which
stands behind the printed slip, and our
faith in that promise.
Now 90 you know who's got the
money?
Let us put 1t into figures. The farm
ers of Alberta, Saskatchewan and
| Manitoba last year raised 342, 04S,00
bushels of wheat. If we take for an
average So cents n bushel In Manitoba,
81 cents In Saskatchewan, and 70 cents
in Alberta the seasons wheat crop was
worth S2S0629OO0. Add to this an
Oat crop of 34S40000 bushels,
worth 500, 457 900; barley crop of 49,
254,200 bushels, worth S15,S71 900, and
a flax crop of 10,559OO0 bushels worth
| $l5,S43, 900, and you find that on these
| four staples alone the farmers of West.
! SAA (ull"uo plVIuetu Ntaith Va
| $407 100000
Please note that this wealth Is In
money. 1t is not in real estate at In
tlated values, industrial stocks that are
half water and the rest air, fictitious
goodwilis or unsuitable merchandise.
1t is In hard cash, or-which Is better
hard wheat.
These figures are only for the staple
! grain productions. They do not IN
clude 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 their
total production amounted to six years
ago The milk, butter, and cheese pro-
ductioa Of Alberta for 1915 was valued
Mt over eleven million dollars. The pO-
tato crop of the three provinces was
worth FIVE millions and half. Corn
and comparatively new crops,
charged with tremendous possibilities
amounted to over a round million.
Even honey you didn't know we
raised honey (the bee kind in this
country, did your Manitoba produced
10000 pounds I'm 1915, and there isn't
a hee in the province that doesn't
swear he's a better honey-sorter than
anything I'm California or Washington.
That's where the money IS; in the
E..g., 1. f.
who was too slow to get into the cities
when the rest Of us saw shortcuts TO
wealth; who hadn't imagination
enough to think man can make money
without earning It, aud who was too
dun t. know that hard work is foolish.
Well, he has the laugh now. Likewise
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