Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1916-03-16
NO CONSUMPTION
IN CANADA
No War Tax on Land-Embargo
on Shipment Of Live Stock
Removed.

During the prevalence of the fooe
disease in some portions OF
the United States, an embargo was
pIaced upon Interstate shipments
This also had an effect upon snip
ments to Canada, and necessarily an
embargo was placed upon them max
ing it almost impossible for upwards
of a year to ship cattle into Canada
from the United States. b was en-
~pecially hard on the settler. AS a re-
suit, Western Canada lost a NUMBER ol
settlers, they being unable to take
their live stock with them. Canaua 10
practically free from horse mi catIie
diseases, and the wish of h authorf
ties is to keep it so.
Recently, though, an order has peeh
issued by the Department OF Asliou
ture, removing the embargo, ana se'-
tiers are now free to take in the num-
Der of head of horses or cattle that arg
permitted by the Customs authorizes
and the freight regulations. n WIFE
be welcome news to those whose III
tention it Is to move to Canada, taxing
with them stock that they have hao III
their possession for six months, ano
which it is the intention to use on ianu
that they will farm in the Provinces
of Manitoba, Saskatchewan or AiDerla'
There are thousands of splenolU
homesteads of 100 acres each in any
of these provinces, that may pc nau
D O the payment of a ten-dollar en-
try fee and fulfilling the requisite NV
ing and cultivation duties. These
lands are we'll adapted to the GROWING
Of all the small grains, and pesioes'-
having an abundance Of grass, n SUI.
ficient shelter, they are well adapteu
to the raising of stock.
If one prepares to purchase land
there could be no better time tnan ths'
present. Prices are low, and particu-
lars NAV be had from any OF the lahU
companies. OF which there are several,
/, or from the Canadian Pacific ana ga
/ madam Northern railways, whose hold
, ings are in the older settled DISTRICTS
and whose terms are exceedingly easy
to the settler. What these ands WILT
do in the matter of production cannon
he more strongly emphasized than IN
reading the reports OF the crops
n throughout all parts of the Canadian
n West in 1915. Yields of SO. go, and as
high as 10 bushels Of wheat to tne'
acre were numerous, while reports Oh
Yields of from 80 to As bushels per
acre were common. Oats as high az
1870 bushels per acre are reported %
IS and so bushels per acre being oFul-
nary. The prices realized by farmers
a have placed most of them on easy
Of street"
Lately there have appeared articles
,e in a number Of United States news
papers to the effect that there was CON
scription in Canada, or that sucn
ID law was likely to be put into erect
I'd We have it from the highest authority
he in the Dominion that there is no trutf
ii. in the statement. Sir Robert Border
al at the opening Of Canadian parliamen
so on January 18th, said:
"In the first few months OF the wa
clearly stated that there would no
he CONSUMPTION in Canada. | repea
ed that statement today"
This statement should set at res
the consumption talk that has been 8
no freely used to influence those who ma
be considering settling in Canada du'
ing the war.
It has also been said that there wa
a war tax on land. Hon. DR.. Roch'
T.. Minister of the Interior, over his ow
- signature has denied this, and the pr
miers Of the different provinces 5oi
in saying such a report is absolute
~ untrue, and has no foundation wha
v e In fact, nor is there likely ev'
to be any such tax upon q
Canada"
l.; The general prosperity Of WesteI
Canada farmers and business instit
o,,s tions Is such that Canada is well ab
~. to take care Of the extra war expens
~. without any direct war taxation. tx
has been well illustrated by the ms
niiceAt response to the Dominion Gt
Of ernment's recent bond issue, viii
oun- was more than doubly subscribed
iict, within the first eight hours of its
ana ing offered to the public.
It to (The above appears as an ADVERT
ospi- ment and is paid for by the Domini
gen Government. which authorizes its p
nysi lication.)