The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1917-07-07
FARMS THE SOURCE
OF WEALTH
Careful TiIIage, Good Manage
ment and a Beneficent Soil.

Reading thg reports Of the managers
| Of the chartered banks In Canada. one
Is struck by the wonderful showing
that they have made during the past
| two or three years. They are careful
| I'm their statements. and while they
| attribute the success that they have
| met with, together with that which has
| followed other lines of business. they
are careful to emphasize the fact that
| continue. On the other hand, they
point out that the material and funda-
mental source OF wealth Is the farm.
| While other lines of business may have
| their setbacks. and while care and
scrupulous care, will have to be exer-
! cised 10 keep an even balance. there
is but little risk TO the farmer who on
economic and studied lines will carry
on his branch Of industry and endeavor
to produce what the world wants not
| only today, but for long distance into
the future. with greater demand than
ever in the past.
Speaking recently before Canadian
| bank board at its annual meeting. the
vice president, once a farmer himself.
said:
1.-THE farm Is the chief source of
wealth. We have now three transcon-
tinental railways with branches run
ming through thousands of miles of
the very best undeveloped agricultural
land in the world. In the natural
course of things, these must attract
| immigration. The products of the farm
are now commanding the highest
prices ever known. and in my opinion
even after the end of the war, high
prices for foodstuffs must continue TO
| prevail. With the mechanical appli-
ances now available for farm work. the
| farmer needs no considerable supply
Of extra capital. but should be helped
to the extent needed upon good secur-
lty. The food supply of the world is
short, the demand is likely to increase
rather than decrease. Development
of mines. extension of factories and
the reconstruction of devastated Eu-
rope must all call for supplies for the
workers. On the whole. the farmer
has been helped rather than hurt by
the war. and will continue to be, at
least for long time to come"
Many men of authority and intelli-
gence support what the vice president
has said, and their statements are
! borne out by the facts that readily pre-
sent themselves. SThe different grain
! producing countries of Europe have
been robbed of the man power that de-
veloped their agriculture, the farms
| have been devastated and laid waste.
! Full and complete reliance will have to
| be placed on the United States ana
Canada, and from what we see today.
| 1t will take the combined forces Of
these two countries to come anywhere
near meeting the cry that will go out
| for food. The warnings and appeals
sent out by the heads of these two
| countries are none too soon nor too
urgent. Therefore. ii becomes nee
essary for those who can produce to
exert themselves. Secure land. rent IL,
buy it. Get 1t somewhere. some way,
and have 1t operated. The Canadian
| Government, sending out its appeal, Is
not selfish in this matter. Thousands
Of acres in the United States await
the tillers efforts, and none of it
should be idle. Canada. too, offers
wonderful advantages. with its free
lands and its low-priced lands. to those
DESTROYS Of helping the nation. and i'm
proving their own condition at the
same time. Many are taking advan-
tage of this wonderful opportunity
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