Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1916-07-05
CANADASEXCELLENT
FINANCIAL STANDING
Bank CIearings Increase-Agri-
culture Is a Paying Indus
Observation-Disclosures
Doing Well.

Doing Well.
Business experts assert that Can,
ada is on the threshold of perhupSi
the most prosperous cru in her his
tory. The unprecedented value Of
the farm products Of 1918, together
with the very large output of factories;
working on munitions of war has sud-!
denly brought the country into a po-
sition, financially, scarcely hoped for
as a nation for years to come. Ex-
port surplus of $5O,OOO,O 900 a month is
making Canada very strong in cash."
Extract from official bulletin of Feb
ruary IL. 1916.
The response by The farmers Of Can
ada to the call for increased produce
ton in 1915 was a total net outpu.
exceeding one billion dollars, IN in.
crease over normal years of ut least
three hundred millions. The three
Prairie Provinces contributed prob
ably nearly one-half of the total prod.
uct,
The wheat crop was worth $31O,O0O.-1
M VI QSNOulIlSO lOl nDOuI Nv HCb
cent of the total agricultural product,
Other things counted also. Look at
dairying. In Ontario the dairy pro-
duction was increased 20 per cent,
and prices we're over 10 per cent
ahead Of 1914. Other provinces shared
In the Increase. especially Alberta
Saskatchewan, Quebec and Nova SEQ
tia. The dairy COW was ION the job,
In 1915. So also were the beef cattle.
the pigs and the hens. !
1t Is not fair to the farmers of the
Prairtes to call the wheat crop of 1915
q miracle" crop. The farmers culti-
vated more land and gave attention
to their seed. Providence gave them
favorable weather. Then they toiled
early and late in the harvesting and
threshing. Good cultivation gave big
ger yields than careless work, 45 bush
els as against %.
The wealth of Western Canada is
by nc means all in it's wheat crop. IL
the country had no wheat at all it
would still be famous as Il land of sue
ceSsful farmers on account of its stock
production. From u shipping point
(High River, Alberta) over S75,0O0.O 90
worth of horses have been sold in tho
last two months. The average price
to the farmer has been about $175.OO
per head. According to Government
returns there are u million and n half
horses in Manitoba, saskatchewan and
Alberta, worth probably $3.50. DOC, 900.
The investments which farmers of
Western Canada nre making In live
stock and farm improvements are
good evidence of the fact that they
have money for these purposes. 1t is
apparent. however, that they are also
spending some of their profits on
those things which will bring greateE
comfort and enjoyment to themselves
their wives and their families. The
automobile trade all through the
country is particularly active. and
farmers are the biggest buyers. a re-
cent report Of the Saskatoon district
shows that in two months a million
dollars worth of automobiles have
been sold, largely to farmers. Nor are
all Of these cars of the cheaper makes
some high-priced machines are in de
mand.
Bank clearings throughout the West
ern Provinces show greater CONNER
cial activity than at the same season
in 1918 or 1914, the increase for tn,
last week Of February being 100000
and almost $9.OOO,OO0. respectively
Cor the first week of March $4,000,
900 over 1916 and $18.OOO,OOO ovel
1914. The same excellent story comes
from Moose Jaw, Sask.. where the.
showed from 40 to 100 per cent Owe
the previous year.. Calgary. Alta.
bank clearings continue to reflect tn,
greatly improved business condition,
% compared with a year ago. Cana
da's bank clearings for the month O
February. 1915. were the greatest 70
any February in the country's history
The totals amounted to $685. 22. 10000
AZ compared with $4S7, 1885, 10000 TO
the same month a year ago. An in
crease Of $177. OOO, 100000 in bank clear
!ngs for the month tells its own stor,
Of the country's prosperity.-Adver
usement.
Something Different.
'Flabdub has written a very IN
usual romance"