Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 98, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 April 1910 — EXCELLENT TRADE IN WESTERS CANADA. [ARTICLE]

EXCELLENT TRADE IN WESTERS CANADA.

lylnili Crop*, Bis Prices, sat Proagaaaaa Outlook Car tka Fa* tnre. . Throughout ’all of Canada, and especially in the western provinces of Canada, there is a buoyancy In every line of business that is fully warrant* ed by every condition. The crops of the past year were what was expected, and the prices for grain of all kind* put the farmers in a class by themselves. Many of thAm are Independent, and many others have got well started on the road. The latest reports are that) seeding is well under way 1b almost every district, and the prospects are that a vastly larger area thaa that under crop last year will be seeded early this spring. In the Lethbridge district, in Southern Alberta, ■team and gasoline outfits, hundreds of them, are breaking up the prairie at a tremendous pace, but they work night and day. As soon as It becomes* dark gangs are changed, a head light attached, and on, on through the night until the first streak of dawn, these giant monsters with their seven "or eight gangs of breaking plows, keep up the work. Then the more modest farmer is putting in- the longest hours possible with his teams of horsey or oxen. And what will the country be like in August, when these fields have become yellowed with the literally golden gyain. There will be one vast expanse of wheat field. And there will be a market for It, because It is the best grain grown, and the demand will be everywhere. As previously intimated, business throughout Western Canada is sound and good. The grain production of 1909 has been the great factor in establishing the reputation of Western Canada, and It is worth talking about. It surpassed all previous records, both In -regard to quality and quantity, and such an achievement was by no means easy. The limit has not been reached, and a large average Increase may be expected during the next ten years. There will be odd seasons when a falling oft will occur, and it is the failing off that causes alarms and panics In the commercial world. The plains have done their duty so far in the output of grain and it would be reasonable to make occasional allowances for slowing up. The faster the rate of Increase is now, the { sharper will be the check when the production diminishes. But there are some unreasonable people who wonder why the growth of one year is not continued during the next, and at an even faster rate. These same unreasonable people are the ones who see flaws in the situation as soon as an indication is given that the Btartling advances have not been maintained.

Researches in Germany show that a given quantity of red hot coke will absorb four times the amount of water that will be absorbed by the same coke if cold.