The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1917-06-28
FARMS THE SOURCE
OF WEALTH
Careful TiIlage, Good Manaqe.
ment and a Beneficent Soil.

Reading the reports OF the marla gcrs
of the chartered banks in Canada. one
is struck by the wonderful showing
that they have made during the p.st
two or three years.. They are careful
In their Statements, and while thew
attribute the success Tint they have
met with, togetherswith that which has
followed other lines of business. they
are careful to emphasize the fact that
the condition of big business may not
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 n
scrupulous care, will have to be eyer.
cised to keep an v balance, there
Is but little risk t o the farmer who on
economic and studied lines will carry
on his branch of industry and endeayor
to produce what the world wants not
only today. but for a long distance into
the future, with a greater demand than
ever in the past.
Speaking recently before a Canadian
bank board at its annual meeting, he
vice president, once 4 farmer himself.
said:
THE farm is the chief source Of
wealth. We have now three transeons
tinental railways With branches run
ming through thousands of miles OF
the very best ~undeyetoped agricultural
land in the world. In the natural
course of things, these must attract
immigration. The products ofSthe 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 ftrm work, the
farmer needs no conside rable supply
lof extra capital, but should be helped
to the extent needed upon good seeur-
ity. The food supply Of the world is
short, the demand is Hkelysto 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
1.-THE war, and will continue to be, at
least for a long time to come.''
Many men OF authority and intelli-
igence support what the vice president
has said, and their statements are
borne out by the facts that readily pre-
sent themselves. The different grain
producing countries of Europe have
s,been robbed Of the man power that de-
velopedS their agriculture, the farms
have been devastated and laid waste.
Full and complete reliance will have to
The. placed Oh the United States and
canada, and from what we see today.
vt 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. it becomes nee.
essary for those who can produce to
exert themselves. Secure land. rent it.
buy 1t. Get it somewhere. some way.
and lave it operntel. The Canadian
Government, sending out its appeal. is
not selfish in this matter. Thousands
of acres in the United States await
the ti1ler's efforts, and. none of it
should be idle. Cannda. too, offers
wonderful advantages, with its free
lands and its low-priced lands, to those
DESTROYS of helping the nation, and im-
proving their own condition at the
same time. Many are taking advan-
,tage OF this wonderful opportunity
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