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this forward march. many phases Is
development have been held In check.
The activities 81 farmers, too, have
been greatly hampered by shortage of
labor, and, under the circumstances,
what they have achieved car only b.
described as marvellous.
Excepting those industries closely III
He'd to agriculture, such a. butter and
cheese manufacture, Industrial activity
I'm the Prairie Provinces has been IL
most at d standstil1. And even -
these branches extensions have been
strictly limited to those OF urgent ne.
cessity. Building has been considers
ably curtailed, especially Ii the towns
and cities, though many conmodiOus
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
r. 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 suspendeA.
With more help available. ana the
use OF the ~laborSaving devices that
have been adopted during the last lew
years great advances In the agricul.
tural development Of Western Canad1
might be looked for ' e n M new
settlers were expected; but the CONF
ing OF thousands or prospective set
tiers who have hitherto been deferred
emily by the unsettled conditions from
making their homes in this last great
West will give q considerable impetu1
to every phase Of agriculture IN theso
Prairie Provinces.
Hand In hand with the Development
Of agriculture. there will be q renewal
of Industrial activity. For the esta6.
lishment Of such industries 40 sugar
~refineries, canneries, and many other
industries for the utilization Of the
products OF the land, as well 40 for
the extension OF the already imp0r.
tant Industries Of butter and cheese
manufacture, are splendid opportuni-
ties. Mining, l~umbeSing. quarryins.
the manufacture Of clay products ne
also a few Industries capable Of CON
siderable growth, and to which great
er attention can now be devoted.
10 provide accommodation for pres
ent business requirements alone would
keep the building tfade busy for :
long time. but with further develop
ment ia the cities It Is Impossible 10.
foresee, any slacknesss In any branch OF,
this trade. And the number Of farna-
ers whose needs have outgrown their
present accommodation and who have
been awaiting an opportunity to ~
place their buildings by larger and
more modern ones, IS c~onsideraDle anda
constantly increasing. Municipal work
Will be gradually resumed, and the
railways have much work In contem-
plation. II
All this points to 4 period dc great
prosperity "A Western Canada-asH-
cultural ana Industrial prosperity. Thes;
former 10 the more important, tor on
Il the latter depends. Being pfima-
rily an agricultural country, Western
Canada VIII probably pass through the
readJustnhent period with little dim1@
Guilty.
There Is no reason to believe that
farming win be less remunerative thar
II has been Ia the past there are, On
the other hand. many good and sound,
reasons for believing, thats the return0
VIII be 40 large as ever. One thing Is
certain: Intelligent farming on the
fertile. nrairies Of Western Canada, 10
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