The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-11-02
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 tnX on their
lands because they are not under cul-
ivation. Western Canada, through Its
provincial governments, is endehvor-
Tg to force the speculative land owner
20 either sell his land to settler or to
cultivate lt himself. At present sur
ax OF few cents an acre Is levied
against all wild land, so that the own.
er of land held In It's natural state,
without improvements, is contributing
more taxes to the government than the
twner of farm thar is cultivated and
even improved with buildings and
! stock to the value of thousands or dol
! lars. In order to encourage the farm
er to improve and to go into stock rails
Ing, he Is not charged one cent Of taxes
on any of his improvements lmple-
ments or stock of any kind.
As a result of this surtax on un-
cultivated or speculatfvely 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 worldwide shortage In farm stufts
has given q new value to all agricul-
tural products and the margin Of profit
today Is greater than ever in the past
It T. true labor and implements have
increased in price, but 1t is now pos
sible to secure 500 profit In farming,
and higher. Possibly not on the 500
to 5000 an acre farm lands but on land
that can now, under existing condi-
tions, be purchased at from $15 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
80 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 as to
sell as much wheat as possible at $500
a bushel, that they have not had time
to do any talking or writing. 1t Is
doubtful If there ever was such an
opportunity to make big profits in
farming. The value of each years
crop has been in hundreds of cases
more than the market value of the
land it was grown on. It is I'M
reasonable to suppose such con-
ditiOn will last long, as the land now
being forced onto the market by sur.
tax on speculative owners. will soon
become absorbed by those who have
learned of these highly profitable
wheat lands. The news is spreading
gradually throughout the high priced
and districts in the United ST. tes.
TO the realization that the maximum
profit IL >1;mng is not being obtained
yhe9! It is possible to secure from
forty to seventy per cent return on the
Investment In Western Canada. Many
who have been planning to visit West
ern Canada for the purpose of person
lilly investigating conditions are leav-
ng this MONTH when the good weather
,an be enjoyed. AS threshing opera
ions and marketing of grain is under
way, no better time could be selected
o secure first hand and reliable infor-
nation from the farmers themselves.
The winter months afford ample time
or completing moving arrangements,
o p1-ow the settler to take up resi-
.tuce in early spring, so as to get
done next year and to make
j start on the big and profitable farm
ng operations in Western Canada
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