The Connecticut labor press., 1920-09-11
WEALTH IN WEST
Canadian Farmers Confident of
 Record Grain Crop.
Boston Banker, Returning From Trip Through the Country, Tells of Rich YIeIds of Great Northwestern
 Wheat FieldR. E

A Boston banker, desiring to re- cuperate from a season of strenuous work, did what most bankers do, or should do, took holiday. away from the confines of the city life. Canada was in his mind. He would make the trip. learn something of the country. breathe of it's ozone and return ex- hilarated both In mind and body. On reporter of the Wall Street Journal of the richness of the vast fields of gold en grain that he saw on his trip through the Canadian West. Doubt less he broke his Journey into the Canadian Rockies long enough to make nm inspection of them. Who could help it, as from the car window were to be seen miles and miles of golden stocks, ranged row upon row away back to the lines of the horizon7 He must have. done SO. for when he got back to the Hub, he was filled with enthusiasm over his trip and what he saw in Canada, and he had to get 1t off his mind. It was revealed in this way:
 Canada is getting strong, recover ing by leaps and bounds from the de- pression caused by war. While unrest and lack of cooperation seem to be holding things back on this side of faces an era of unprecedented activity and prosperity. One of the basic reasons for this brilliant comeback Is the rich yield of the great northwest ern wheat fields"
 That the crops in Canada, both east and west, are meeting the expectations of the farmers is a satisfying fact, which gives positive assurance of yield that win mean millions of dol- lars to the wealth ef the country. There will probably be as much as two hundred million bushels of wheat to export, giving an added wealth to the country Of nearly half billion dol- lars. In all parts the crop yield promises to be abundant, and with favorable weather from now on there may be expected harvest that will equal If not surpass that of 1915. It will doubtless be pleasing to the many readers of this paper to know that the friends they have developing their farms in this region of big crops and &OO0 pkACCU VIII P1A tAClPdNC l1 tAlS wealth, and what will be more pleas ing, is the knowledge of the fact that the wealth in which they will partici- pate comes from big prices for product produced from land purchased at cheap price.
 Western Canada has never known a failure Tn crops. There are districts where partial failures have been, but consideration should be given to the fact that the country, that portion of 1t in which the present grain growing lies, is from seven to eight hundred miles in length by half that distance in breadth.
 Because one speaks of the wonder ful success of grain growing there, there should not be lost sight of the fact that this is only one item in the wealth-producing possibilities. There Is cattle raising. with all the advan- tages in every way that it possesses anywhere; the dairying industry is as suming remarkable proportions, and a great deal of attention is given to the development of this industry, which is so adaptable to the country by both federal and provincial governments.- Advertisement.