The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1919-02-08
YOUR CHANGE HERE
Unbounded Prosperity Ahead Of
Western Canada.
Opportunity Beekons settlers Of Al
KInde-"With the Golden Wake
That Marked the Way the Happy
Rsapers Went"-Jamss Whiteomo
Riley.

The war having been brought to q
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 pnst four years.
Now that these are over. the proper
development OF the country will be
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 marvellous.
Excepting those Industries closely ai-
lied to agriculture. such MS butter anu
cheese manufacture. Industrial activity
In the Prairie Provinces has been al-
most at standstill. And even In
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 mnny commodious
md up-to-dntc 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, and the
use Of the labnr-snving devices TINT
have been adopted during the Inst few
years grent advances in the agricui.
tural development OF Western Canada
might be looked for even II no new
settlers were expected; but the COIN
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 n considerable impetus
to every phase Of agriculture In these
Prairie Provinces.
HIND 10 hand with the development
Of agriculture. there will be n renewal
Of Industrial activity. For the estab-
lishment OF such industries rs sugar
rcfineries, cnnnerics. and many other
Industries for the utilization Of the
products Of the land. as well us for
the extension OF the already impor-
TINT Industries OF butter and cheese
manufacture. are splendid opportunl-
ties. Mining. numbering. qunrrying.
the manufacture of clay products arc
also few Industries capable Of con-
siderable growth. and to which great.
or attention can now be devoted.
To provide accommodation for pres
ent business requirements alone would
keep the building trndc busy for
long time. but with further develop
ment In tho cities 1t IL impossible to
foresee amy slackness In my branch Of
this trade. And the number Of farm.
ers whose needs have outgrOwn their
present accommodation and who have
been awaiting nm opportunity 10 re-
nlace their buildings by larger and
more modern ones. is considerable and
constantly increasing. Municipal work
will be gradually resumed. and tie
railways have much work In cOntem-
piation.
All this points to period OF great
prosperity In Western CnnndA-nRrt-
cultural and Industrial prosperity. The
former is the more important. for on
: 1t the lutter depends. Being primn-
rIly mn agricultural country, Western
Canada will probably pass through the
rpadjustment period with little dim-
Guilty.
There Is no reason to believe that
farming Will he less rcmunerative than
1t has been In the past; there are. on
the other hand. many good and sound
reasons for believing that the returns
will be MS large ns ever. One thing Ii
certain: Intelligent farming on tho
fertile praIries OF Western Canadn. re-
quIrlng us II does the smallest possl-
BILE capital outlay compnrcd with that
required to got start In Older set
tied countries, will continue to be one
OF the quickest md sIrcst ways to in.
dependence that can he followed by
the average NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.