The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1919-02-06
YOUR CHANCE HERE
Unbounded Prosperity Ahead 81
Western Canada.
Opportunity 1eckons Settlers Of All
kinds-"With the Golden Wake
That Marked the Way the Happy
Reapers Went"-Jamss Whitconb
Riley.

EA1a.-s
Riley.
The war having been brought to j.
favorable conclusion more attention
can now be given to the agricultural
and industrial development Of Western
Canada, which We're checked by the
troublous times of the past four years.
Q 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
diction has been greatly Increased. the
number of live stock has steadily
grown. and with each succeeding year
the dafrying and wool industries have
become more important. But despite
his forward march, many phases Of
development have been held in check.
.Ihe 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 al
lied to agriculture, such as butter and
cheese manufacture, Industrial activity
In the Prairie Provinces has been al
most at n s%tandstfll. And even IN
these branches extensions have been
Strictly limited to those of urgent NO
eessity. Building has been consider
ably curtailed, especially in the towns
and cities, though many cotnmod40us
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 n of the outward signs OF their
prosperity; but considerably more Of
1t would have been done had o 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, aud the
use of the l~abor-saving devices that
have been adopted during the last few
years great advances in the ngricul-
tural development of Western Canada
might be looked for even If no new
settlers We're 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 n considerable impetus
Prairie Provinces.
Hand In hand with the development
Of agriculture. there will be a renewal
of industrial activity. For the cstab-
Hshment of such industries as sugar
refineries, cannerles, and many other
Industries for the utilization of the
products of the land, as well as for
the extension of the already impor-
tant Industries of butter and cheese
manufacture, are. splendid opportuni-
ties. Mining. numbering. g%uarrying,
the manufacture of clay products ure
also n few industries capable Of corr
siderable growth. and to which great
CT attention can now be devoted.
To provide accommodation for pres.
ent business requirements alone would
keep the building trade busy for a
long time, but with further develop
men in the cities ii IS impossible to
foresee any slackness III any branch OF
this tradp. And the number of farm
ers whose needs lave ouigrown their
present accommodation and who have
been awaiting an opportunity to re-
place tll|ir buildings by Iarger and
more modern onrs is considerable and
constantly increasing. Municipal work
1fl be gradually resumed, and the
railways have much work in coutem-
platoon.
All this points ia q period of great
prosperity in Western Cnnnda-Ggrl-
cultural and Industrial prosperity. The
former is tie more important. Tor on
ii The latter depends. Reiug prima-
Ri an agricultural country, Western
Canada Will probably pass through tho
r"?djTstment period wiz, iittte diff
q lily.
Thee is no reason to !"iieve THAI
il has been in the past; there are. on
the other hand. many good ald sound
reasons for believing that the returns
will be rs large IL, ever. one thing Ia
cert,ir: Intelligent farming on the
fertile prairies Of Western Canada. re-
quir'nG rs il does the smallest posi-
bic capital outlay compared with that
required to get n start in Older SET
lied countries. will continue to be one
of the quickest and surest ways to in
deps ndence that can he followed by
the average MISUNDERSTANDING.