The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1919-02-06
YOUR CHANGE HERE
Unbounded Prosperity Ahead Of
Western Canada.
Opportunity Beekons Settlers Of All
kinds-"With the Golden Wake
That Marked the. Way the Happy
Reapers W~ent"-James WhItcomb
Riley.

Riley.
The war having been brought to =
favorable conclusion more attention
AN now be given 10 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-
ductlon 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 al
lied to agriculture, such as butter and
cheese manufacture, industrial activity
In the Prairie Provinces has been al.
most at a standstill. And even In
these branches extensions have been
strictly limited to those of urgent no
cessity. Building has been consider
ably curtailed. especially In the towns
and cities, though many cOmmON0us
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 IN 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 tho Labor
available. Railway construction work
has been almost entirely suspended.
With more help available. and the
use Of the labor-saving devices that
have been adopted during the last few
years great advances In the agricul.
tural 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 q considerable impetus
to every phase of agriculture In these
Prairie Provinces.
Hand In hand with the development
Of agriculture, there will be a renewal
of Industrial activity. For the estab-
liShment of such industries as sugar
refineries, c%anneries, 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 OppOrtunt-
| ties. Mining, numbering. quarrying,
the Manufacture Of clay products ars
| also a few industries capable of cor
| siderable growth. and to which great
| er attention can now be devoted.
To provide accommodation for pres
ent I usiness requirements alone would
| keep the building trade nusy for a
long lime, but with further develop
men in the cities it Is impossible to
foresee any Slackness in any branch OF
this trade. And the number of farm
| erS whose needs have OutgrOwn their
present accommodation and who have
been awaiting an opportunity to re-
place their buildings by larger and
more modern ones is considerable and
constantly increaTing. Municipal work
Will be gradually resumed, and the
railways have much work in contem-
platoon.
All this points t6 q period of great
prosperity in Western Canada-Ggrt-
( cultural and industrial prosperity. The
former is the more important. Tor on
it the latter depends. Reing prima-
riiy an agricultural country. Western
Canada will probably pass through tho
r0ndjustment period with little ditti-
cIlty.
There is no reason T." believe thai
farming will he less r~emunerative thau
it has been in the pasl ; there are. on
the other hand. many good and sound
reasons for believing that the returns
will he as large rs ever. One thing is
ce"ttir: Intelligent farming on the
fertile prairicS of Western Canada, re-
curing as it does the smallest posi-
bic capital outlay compared with that
required to get Il start In oider set
tied countries, will continue to be one
of the quickest and surest ways to in
dAp' ndence that can he followed by
the average man.-Advertistment.