The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1918-01-24
NEW YEARS GREETINGS.
The Heads of canada's Western
Provinces, and Their
Message.

The United States having been in
che great worlds war for about nine
months. the touch Of wars spirit has
permeated the great commonwealth,
and in every hamlet and district is felt
and shown the interest that was to be
| expected from a people whose love of
liberty and justice rises supreme to all
else. Day by day their appreciation
| of what it means to give up now for
the future happiness Of themselves
and the generations that follow grows
greater and greater. There will be
losses Of loved ones, but there will be
no badge of mourning to indicate the
realized that the sacrifice Is the toll
that is demanded for making the whole
world better, and, sensing this, there
Is preparation and willingness to sac
rifice until the goal-the defeat and
downfall of despotism-is assured.
When the people look back, and see
what Canada has done, and learn that
| Canada today is bigger and better than
ever, they will take heart, and with in
creasingly growing vigor carry on with
a greater courage. Canada has been
in the war for three and a half years.
She has sent 100000 out of popula-
| ton of eight million, she has sub
scribed to Victory Bonds over and
over again and there is no sound Of a
whimper. At each demand that is
made upon her resources, she meets it,
and gets ready for the next. Recently
her people were asked to subscribe
s30O,OOOO00. She handed over $780,
100000.
I Having already contributed 100000
soldiers, Canada was recently asked to
approve of sending another 100000.
With a sweeping majority, consent was
given.
How the war affects Canada is best
shown by the willingness Of the people
to contribute. They, too, realize the
great and noble part they are taking
in this great conflict. They are a unit
On making the world better. Canada's
wealth was never shown to better adj
vantage than in the present struggle.
1t possesses great wealth in the soil, In
| It's mines, its other natural resources,
and wonderful riches in the tenacity
and courage of its men and it's women
| The soil and the climate AMI the mar
dihood and determination Of the farm
ing class to win. by cultivating and
cultivating, growing wheat and raising
cattle to build up the resources sc
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tors that will count.
Probably the best word of encour-
hgement comes from the Premiers OF
the three great provinces where the
bulk of the food products will come
from. When one reads What these
men, prominent In their country say. il
gives inspiration. If there are any
who may be pessilnistic of the future
the message that these gentlemen sent
forward should remove all doubt
Three and half years in the war able
4 to speak as they do, the future SHOULD
] look bright TO those who may have
| their seasons of Doubt
4 Hon. #. G. Norris, Premier of Mani
toba, says:
"Manitoba has prospered exceeding
1 ~ during the year 1917, and the new
year finds us not only still ready ant
willing, but increasingly able to bea
whatever burdens the fourth year O
the war may bring.
1 Manitoba farmers, generally speak
Ing, have never been in better condi
ton to carry on. Out of her prosperit,
Manitoba is giving lavishly toward TIL
winning of the war. Every appeal 70
| funds has met with quick and generou
response. The people of the PROVING
4 are well settled into the collar in al
war efforts. There's a spirit of deter
mination, of willingness to make sac
ritices, of confidence in the certain out
come, of which there is no room TO
pessimism. Manitoba will carry on.
Saskatchewan had n prosperous an
successful year in 1917, and when Pre-
Inier Martin sent out his New Yea
message 1t was filled with an optimism
Y TINT was fully. warranted.
There is no doubt that the PROVING
today is in q better condition finaI
cially than ever before. True, the e1
fects of the town and city real estat
boom have not altogether passed ava,
but speaking generally, the farmers o
the plains and the merchants in tn
towns are in better financial positio
today than at any previous time Gu
people are Industrious and progressiv,
while we have in some portions {
the Province u mixed population, ed,
L cation and scientific methods are NAL
ing rapid strides and we are loolsin
forward with every confidence to