Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1916-07-07
CANADESEXCELLENT
FINANCIAL STANDING
Bank CIearings lnCrease-Agri-
culture Is a Paying Indus
try Manufactures
Doing Well.

Business experts INSERT that Can
ada Is On the threshold Of perhaps
the most prosperous eru In her his
tory. The unprecedented vulue Of
the fnrn products Of 1913. together
with the very urge output Of factories
working on munitions Of war has sud-
denly brOugh, the country Into II po-
sitIOn. financially, scarcely hoped for
as a nation for years 20 come. Ex-
port surplus Of SlO.OOOOOO a month Is
muklng Cnnndn very strong In cash."
-EXtruci from official bulletin OF Feb
ruury II. 1915
The response by the farmers of Can
adn to the call for Increased prOduc-
tiOn In 1918 was a total net output
exceeding one billion dollars. an in
creuse over normal years Of at leuSt
three hundred millions. The three
Pruirie Provinces contributed prob
ably nearly One-hulf of the total prod
uct.
The wheat crop was worth S3lO.O0O..
900. and accounted for nhOui 30 per
cent Of the total agricultural product.
Other things counted also. Look ut
duirying. In Ontario the dulry pro-
ductiOn was Increased 20 Tper cent.
and prices were over 10 per cent
nhend Of lOl4. Other provinces shared
In the increase. especially Alberta,
saskatchewan. Quebec and NOvn SEQ
tia. The dairy COW was ION the job"
In 1918. So ulsO were the beef cutie.
the pigs md the hens.
II IL not fur to the farmers Of the
Prairies 10 call the wheat crop Of 1918
II "mlrucle" crop. The farmers Guilt.
waited more land und gave attention
to their seed. Providence gnve them
favorable weather. Then they tollrd
early and late In the harvesting und
threShing. Good cultivation gave hlg-
ger yields lhnn careless work. 10 BUSH
els as against %.
The wealth Of Western Canada Ia
by no all In Its wheat Crop. II
the country had no wheat at all 1t
would still he famous nS n lind Of sue
cessFul farmers on account Of Its stock
production. From one shipping point
tHigh River. Alhertnl over $1l.OOOJW)
worth Of horses have been sold In the
lust two months. The average price
TO the farmer has been ubOut $lTAtO
per head. According to Government
returns there ARE a million md II hnlf
horses In Manitoba. saskatchewan nnd
AIhertn. worth probably Sl5O.NOOWO.
The investments which farmers OF
Western Canada are making In live
stock and fnrm improvements nre
good evidence Of the fuct that they
have money for these purposes. II Is
apparent. however. that they ure also
Spreading some Of their profits on
those things which will hiring grentpr
comfort and enjoyment to themselves,
their wives and their families. The
automobile trnde all through the
country Ia particularly active. and
farmers are the biggest huvPrs \ a.
rent report Of the Saskatoon district
shows that In two mOY'hs II mlIIun
dollars worth Of automobiles hive
been sold. 1nrgply To farmers. Nor IRE
all Of these curs of the cheaper mikes ;
some hIgh-priced machines are In de-
mand.
Bank clearings throughout the West.
ern Provinces show grputer CONNER
cial activity than at the sumo spns0n
In 1913 or 1914 the increase for the
lust week Of February being $8.OuO.OOO
and almost $0yWOO.OOO. respectively.
for the first week OF March $15.WO.-
700 over 1919 and $l8INWlOOO over
1914. The same excellent story comes
from Moose Jaw. SaSk.. where they
showed from 10 to 100 per cent over
the previous year. Calgary. Alta.
bank ClearIngs continue to reflect the
greatly Improved business conditions
aS compared with II year ago. CHna-
da's hank clearingS for the month Of
February. 1915. were the greatest for
any February In the cOuntry's history.
The totals amounted to SGG4.292 .tNA.0O.
as compared with $4S7. 38.OOO.OO for
the same month II yeur ugO. An tn
crease Of $l1I. WO.WWOO In hank clear
ings for the mo 9TH tells lts own story
of the cOuntry's prOsperlty.-Adver-
tlsement.