The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1919-02-07

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favorable conclusion more attention
car 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 be
continued.
True. much agricultural progress has
been made during this time. Crop pro-
auction has been greatly increased. the
nunaber 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.
n activities Of farmers. too, have
ceen greatly hampered by shortage or
labor. and. under the circumstances.
what they have achieved can only be
described as marvellous.
Excepting those industries closely al
atcd to agriculture. such rs butter and
cheese manufacture. industrial activity
In the Prairie Provinces has been al
most at a standstill. And even IN
these branches extensions hav been
strictly limited to those Of urgent ne
cessity. Building has been consider
ably curtailed, especially in the towns
and cities. though many commodious
and up-to-date dwellings. barns and
other buildings have been erected by
Farmers In the country. Indeed. the
amour of building farmers have done
is one OF the outward signs Of their
prosperity INT considerably more or
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 lnbor-saving devices that
Aaee been adopted during the last few
years great advances in the agricul-
'furai development of Western Canada
might be looked for even if 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 a renewal
81 Industrial activity. For the estab-
1fShment Of such industries as sugar
refinerles. canneries. and many other
industries for the utilization OF the
products Of the land. MS Well as for
the extension of the already impOr-
industries OF butter and cheese
manufacture. are splendid opportuni-
ties. Mining. numbering. Quarrying,
the manufacture Of clay products are
also q few industries capable Of con-
siderable growth, and to which great
4T9e attention can now be devoted.
To provide accommodation for pres
.eAt business requirements atone would
keep the building trade busy for a
long time. but with further develop
Nent In the cities II Is impossible to
foresee any slackness in any branch Of
this trade. And the number OF farm
WIlOec IVGuS IuNS OutSlO"A AIlCII
spresent accommodation and who have
seen awaiting an opportunity to re-
saace their buildings by larger and
more modern ones. is considerable md
constantly increasing. Municipal work
will be gradually resumed. and the
railways have much work In contem-
Ddation.
All this points to a period Of great
prosperity In Western Canada-agri-
cultural and Industrial prosperity. The
former Is the more important. for on
the latter depends. Being prima-
gily an agricultural country, Western
Canada will probably pass through the
readjustment period with little diff
Guilty.
There Is no reason to believe that
farming will be less remunerative than
has been In the past there are, on
she other. hand, many good and sound
reasons for believing that the returns
will be as large as ever. One thing In
certain: Intelligent farming on the
fertile prairies of Western Canada, re- I
surfing as 1t does the smallest posi- !
HE capital outlay compared with that
required to get q start In older set
tied countries, will continue to be ono
of the quickest and surest ways to in
that can be followed BY
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