The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-07-15
GANADKSEXGELLENT
FINANCIAL STANDING
Bank CIearingS Increase-Agri-
culture Is a Paying Indus
try-ManufactureS
Doing We'll.

Business experts assert that Can
ada is on the threshold OF perhaps
the most prosperous era IN her his
tory The unprecedented Tslue OF
the farm products OF 1913. together
with the very large output OF factories
working on munitions OF war has sud
denly brought the country into a 20
sidon, financially. scarcely hoped for
as nation for years 10 come. Ex-
port surplus OF S50.O6O.OO0 4 month *
making Canada very strong in cash.
Extract from official bulletin Of Feb
ruary II, 1916
The response by the farmers OF Can
ada TO the call for increased prOduc-
ton in 1915 was Il total net output
exceeding one billion dollars. an in
crease over normal years OF at least
three hundred millions The three
Prairie Provinces contributed prob
ably nearly one-half OF the total prod
uct
The wheat crop was worth $4,000
600. and accounted for about so per
cent of the total agricultural product
Other things counted also Look AT
dairying- In Ontario the dairy pro-
ducton WAS increased 20 per cent.
and prices were 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 10 the farmers OF the
Prairies TO call the wheat crop of 1911
miracle crop The farmers cult
waited 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. 40 bush
els as against %
The wealth of Western Canada is
by no means all in its wheat crop. If
the country had no wheat at all il
would still ne famous rs q land OF sue
ceSsfuI farmers on account Of its stock
production. From one shipping point
(High River. Alberta) over S75.0O000
worth OF horses have been sold in the
last two months The average price
to the farmer has been about S175-00
per head. According to Government
returns there are n million and a half
horses in Manitoba. Saskatchewan and
Alberta. worth probably S150.0OO.00o.
The investments which farmers Of
Western Canada are 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 viii bring greater
comfort and enjoyment 70 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 ciearings throughout the West
/ ern Provinces show greater CONNER
/ cial activity than at the same season
I in 1915 or 1914. the increase for the
7 last week OF February being SS.OOO,OO0
and almost S9.ooO.oOO. respectively,
/ for the first week OF March $4,000
I 600 over 1915 and S1SoOO.OOG over
/ 1914. The same excellent story comes
from Moose Jaw. Sask. where they
/ showed from 40 TO 100 per cent over
the previous year. Calgary. Alta.
! bank cIearings continue TO reflect the
! greatly improved business conditions
! as compared with year ago Cana
I da's bank clearingS for the month OF
February, 1916, were the greatest for
~.
{ The totals amounted 10 1904 ODD 10000.
/ as compared with SzST- 296. 10000 for
/ the same month 4 year ago. An in
crease of SIT. OO0. 10000 in bank clear
ings for the month tells its OWE story
Of the country's prOsperity--Adver-
/ tISement-