The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-02-09
NEW YEARS GREETINGS
The Heads of Canada's Western
Provinces, and Their
Message.

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 people whose love OIL
liberty and justice rises supreme to all
else. Day by day their appreciation
of what it means to give up now Tor
the future happiness of themselves
and the generations that follow grows
greater and greater. There VIII be
losses of loved ones, but there will be
no badge of mourning to Indicate TIE |
great sorrow that will be felt. 1t Is
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
ritice until the goal-the defeat ana
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
IL SIculCl courage N|lIAtlNAah AA't' p~N-f
in the war for three and half years.
She has sent 100000 out Of popula-
ton Of eight million, she has SUD-
scribed to Victory Bonds over ana
over again and there is no sound of a
whimper. At each demand that is
made upon her resources, she meets II,
and gets ready for the next. Recently
her people were asked to subscribe
100000. She handed over $780,
100000.
Having already contributed 100000
soldiers, Canada was recently asked TO
approve of sending another lOO,Ooo.
With sweeping Majority, consent was
given.
How the war affects Canada Is best
shown by TIE 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 ad-
vantage than In the present struggle.
1t possesses great wealth in the soil, IN
Its mines, its other natural resources,
and wonderful riches in the tenaclty
and courage of its men and its women.
The soil and the climate, and the har-
dihood and determination of the farm
ing class to win, by cultivating and
cultivatlng, growing wheat and raising
cattle to build up the resources SO
necessary to carry on the war, are fac
tors that will count.
Probably the best word Of encour-
agement comes from the PreIniers OIL
the. tb1ee great prnyinces, where the
bulk Of the food products VIII come
from. When one reads what these
men, prominent in their country say, Il
gives insplration. II there are any
who may be pessimistic of the future
the message that these gentlemen sent
forward should remove all doubt
Three and half years in the war, able
to speak as they do, the future should
look bright to those who may have
their seasons Of doubt!
Hon. 7. C. Norris, Premier of Mani
toba, says:
Manitoba has prospered exceeding
ly during the year 1917, and the new
wear finds us not only still ready ant
willing, but increasingly able to beaI
whatever burdens the fourth year Of
the war may bring.
Manitoba farmers, generally speak
ing. have never been in better condi
ton to carry on. Out of her prosperity
Manitoba Is giving lavishly toward The
winning of the war. Every appeal FOL
funds has met with quick and generou!
response. The people Of the Province
, are well settled into the collar in al
war efforts. There's a spirit Of deter
minatIon. of willingness to make sac
rifices, of confidence in the certain out
come, of which there is no room TO
, nessimism, Manitoba will carry on.
! Saskatchewan had prosperous ant
!, successful year In 1917, and when Pre-
e mier Martin sent out his New Yea
( message it was filled with an optimism
t that was fully warranted.
4 "There is no doubt that the provinc
$ today Is in a better condition tinan
cially than ever before. True, the et
fects of the town and city real estat
boom have not altogether passed away
but speaking generally, the farmers o.
II the plains and the merchants in tn
4 towns are in better financial positio
!! today than at any previous time. Gu
> people are industrious and progressive
, "While we have in some portions G
. the Province q mixed population, edit
cation and scientific methods are mai
ing rapid strides and we are lookin
, forward with every confidence to
, glorious future and the development Q
, a people on the central plains of Car
ada, of which the whole Dominion an
the British Empire will have ever
, reason to he proud"
While Alberta has given over to tn
| war thousands of her yirile manhood
thus taking from the farmer a larg
I percentage of Its producers, 1t Still
stands up big and buoyant. The farr
help thus temporarily removed mean
q demand for farm help and increase
farm effort to till its highly productiv
, acres. Hon. Chas. Stewart, Premier O
. Alberta, In a message to the people O
the LIST of January, speaks with sue
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