Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1917-06-29
FARMS THE SOURCF
OF WEALTH
Careful TiIlage, Good Manan..
ment and a BenefiCent Soil

Reading the reports of the meoo...
Of the chartered banks in Conado $50
Is struck by the wonderful sborn,. Tug
that they have made during rho nass
two or three years. They are coIos',
in their statements. aud wbiIa ~"
attribute the success that thev bar,
met with, together with that which ~
followed other lines of business .ha9
are careful to emphasize the foct ~,
the condition of big business my, n1t
continue. On the other hand bo1
point out that the material and fund
mental source of wealth is the farm
While other lines of business NAV born
their setbacks, and while cara ons
ScrupulOus care, will have 70 no ovo.
cised to keep an even balance thu.
is but little risk to the farmer who on
economic and studied lines will CARR
on his branch of industry and endegvo.
to produce what the world wants NJ,
only today, but for long distance into
the future, with a greater demand than
ever in the past.
Speaking recently before a Canada,
bank board at it's annual meeting tho
vice president, once a farmer himself
said:
THE farm is the chief source ~
wealth. We have now three transcon.
tinental railways with branches RIM.
ming through thousands of miles 4,
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,
ity. 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 a 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 viii have Il
! be placed on the United States and
/ 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. it becomes nee.
/ eSSary for those who can produce 10
exert themselves. Secure land, rent it,
GUY it, Get it somewhere, some way,
and have it operated. The Canadian
Government, sending out its appeal, Is
not selfish in this matter. Thousands
of acres in the United States await
the tiller's efforts, and none OF II
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 adYan'
tage of this wonderful opportunity
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