The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1919-02-27
YOUR CHANGE here
unbounded Prosperity Ahead o.
Western Canada.
Opportunity eeekons settlers o. Az
klnds-~Wlth the Golden Wake
That Marked the Way the Happy
Rsapsrs Went"-Jamss Whlteemb
Riley.

The war having been brought to
favorable conclusion more attention
can now be given to the agricultural
and Industrial development Of Western
Canada, which were checked by the
troublous times Of the past four years.
Now that these are over, the proper
development Of the country will b
continued.
True. much agricultural progress has
been made during this time. Crop pro-
duction has been greatly increased, the
number of live stock has steadily
grown. and with each succeeding year
the dairying and wool Industries have
become more Important. But despite
this forward march, many phases Of
development have been held In check.
The activities Of farmers, too, have
been greatly hampered by shortage Of
labor, and. under the circumstances,
what they have achieved can only be
described as m-ryriors.
Excepting those .ndGatrles closely al
He'd to agriculture such as butter and
cheese manufacture, Industrial activity
In the Prairie Provinces has been al.
| hVot NJ ~ btuuuSthts anu SNNh -
these branches extensions have been
strictly limited to those Of urgent ne
cessity. Building has been consider.
ably curtailed. especially in the towns
and cities. though many commodi0us
and up-to-date dwellings, barns and
other buildings have been erected BY
farmers in the country. Indeed, the
amount Of building farmers have done
Is one Of the outward signs Of their
prosperity; but considerably more OF
1t would have been done had not the
more important work Of food produc-
ton received priority In the labor
available. Railway construction work
has been almost entirely suspended.
With more help available, md the
use Of the labor-saving devices that
hnve been adopted during the Inst few
years grent advances In the agricul-
tural development of Western Canada
might be looked for even II no new
settlers were expected; but the COM
!, Ing Of thousands Of prospective set
! tiers who have hitherto been deferred
|. only by the unsettled conditions from
, making their homes In this last great
West will give a considerable impetus
to every phase Of agriculture in these
Prairie Provinces.
Hand In hand with the development
|. Of agriculture. there will be renewal
a Of Industrial activity. For the estab-
r lisliment Of such Industries as sugar
, refineries, connerles. and many other
> Industries for the utilization Of tho
products of the land. as well as for
the extension Of the already impor-
, tnnt Industries OF butter and cheese
|. manufacture. are splendid opportuni-
, ties. Mining, numbering quarrying,
the manufacture Of clay products are
also few industries capable Of con-
siderable growth. and to which great.
} er attention can now be devoted.
To provide accommodation for pres
; ent business requirements alone would
keep the building trade busy for .
long time. but with further develop
r mt in the cities II Is impossible to
L foresee any slackness In any branch Of
this trade. And the number Of farm.
" ers whose needs have outgrown their
u present accommodation and who have
been awaiting an opportunity to re
y, place their buildings by larger and
u more modern ones. IL considerable and
constantly increasing. Municipal worI
y will be gradually resumed. and thu
u railways have much work In contem
plation.
e All this points to a period Of grea
)" prosperity In Western Canada-agri
cultural and Industrial prosperity. Th'
y former Is the more important, for OF
VI II the latter depends. Being prima
j.. rily IN agricultural country, westerI
y, Canada will probably pass through tn
~ readjustment period with little din
Guilty.
!" There Is no reason to believe tina
~ farming will be less remunerntive thai
1t has been In the past; there are, OF
e. the other hand. many good and SCUM
~ reasons for believing that the return
will be as large as ever. One thing !
" certain: Intelligent farming on tn
y" fertile prairies Of Western Canada. n
qulring as It does the smallest poss
BILE capital outlay compared with tha
N required to get a start In older SCI
tied countries, will continue to be on
or Of the quickest and surest ways to II
dependence that can be followed b
the average man.-Advertlsement.
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