The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-11-01
IMPROVEMENTS
ARE NOT TAXED
Western Canada Does Not Tax
Stock or improvements but
Collects an Additional Tax
From Land Spectators.

Owners of uncultivated lands In
Western Canada are loud In their pro
tests against an extra tax on tneir
innds because they are not under cui'
uvation. Western Canada, through its
provincial governments, is endeavor'
Ing to force the speculative land owner
to either sell his land to settler or 10
cultivate Il himself. At present sur
tax of n few cents an acre Is levied
ngainst all wild land, so that the own
er Of land held In Its natural STATE
without improvements, Is contributing
more taxes to the government than the
owner of farm that Is cultivated ano
even improved with buildings ano
stock to the value Of thousands OF dol
lars. In order to encourage the farm
er to improve and to go into stock rais
ing, he Is not charged one cent OF taxes
on any of his Improvements, imple'
ments or stock of any kind.
As result of this surtax on un
cultivated or speculatively held lands
the owners are now trying to sell them
to actual settlers. and, In nearly every
instance, have been Offering on very
easy terms of payment, usually quar-
ter down. and the balance extending
over a term OF years at prices much
lower than their productive value
would warrant.
A ,rorid u.Ida ehorto no In IN rm etilifs
has given a new value 10 all agrlcul'
tural products and the margin Of profit
today Is greater than ever In the past.
II is true labor and implements have
increased in price, but It is now pos
sible to secure 500 profit in farming,
and higher. Possibly not on the $1OO
to $500 an acre farm lands but on land
that can now, under existing condi'
lions. be purchased at from SIS to $50
per acre. Western Canadian farm
lands are as productive as any In the
world and can be as economically
farmed. Wheat yields of from 30 to
so bushels per acre have been common
In Western Canada during the past
few years. and the farmers have been
too busy farming all they can so rs tc
sell as much wheat as possible at 500
bushel, that they have not had time
to do any talking or writing. II II
doubtful II there ever was such ar
opportunity to make big profits In
farming. The value OF each years
crop has been In hundreds Of cases
MORT than the market value OF thu
land II was grown on. 1t Is un
reasonable to suppose such con
dition will last long, rs the land nov
being forced onto the market by sur
tax on speculative. owners will sool
become absorbed by those who hav,
learned Of these highly profitable
wheat lands. The news Is spreading
gradually throughout the high price,
land districts II the United States
where there Is renewed awakening
to the realize don that the maximum
profit In farming is not being obtaine
when II Is possible to secure froI
forty to seventy per cent return on tn
tnNeStiHtht III NeS'ciih N"h"u"' 'huh
who have been planning TO visit West
ern Canada for the purpose of person
ally investigating conditions are lea'
Ing this month, when the good weathe
can be enjoyed. AS threshing operi
lions and marketing Of grain is unde
way, no better time could be selecte
10 secure first hand and reliable infol
nation from the farmers themselves
The winter months afford ample tim
for completing moving arrangement
to allow the settler to take up res
dence In carly spring, so rs to e
something done next year and to max
start on the big and profitable farm
Ing operations In Western Canada.-
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