Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 40, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 February 1919 — Page 3 Advertisements Column 3 [ADVERTISEMENT]

YOUR CHANCE HERE Unbounded Prosperity Ahead of Western Canada. Opportunity Beckons Settlers 6f Art Kinds—“ With the Golden Wake That Marked the Way the Happy Reapers Went"—James Whitcomb Riley. The war having been brought to a favorable conclusion more attention can 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 production 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 fanners, too, have been greatly hampered by shortage of labor, and, under the circumstances, what they have achieved can only be described as marvelous. Excepting those industries closely allied to agriculture, such as butter and cheese manufacture, industrial activity in the Prairie Provinces has been almost at a standstill. And even In these branches extensions have been . strictly limited to those of urgent necessity. Building has been considerably 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 amount of building farmers have done is one of the outward signs of their prosperity; but considerably more of it would have been done had not the more important work of food production received priority in the 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 agricultural development of Western Canada might be looked for even if no new settlers were expected; but the coming of thousands of prospective settlers who have hitherto been deterred only by the unsettled conditions from making their homes in thia last great _West-will-give- ft 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 establishment of such industries as sugar refineries, canneries, and many other -Industries for the utilization o£ the products of the land, as well as for the extension of the already important industries of butter and cheese manufacture, are splendid opportunities. Mining, lumbering, quarrying, the manufacture of clay products are also a few industries capable of considerable growth, and to which greater attention can now be devoted. To provide accommodation for present business requirements alone would keep the building trade busy for a long time, but with further development in the cities it is impossible to foresee any slackness in any branch of this trade. And the number of farmers whose needs have outgrown their* present accommodation and who have been awaiting an opportunity to replace tnetr buildings Uy - larger and inure modern ones. Is considerable and constantly increasing. Municipal work will be gradually resumed, and the railways have much work in contemplation.

All tli i s pbin tsto a peri od of great prosperity in Western Canada —agricultural and industrial prosperity. The former is the more important, for oh it the latter depends. Being primarily an agricultural country. Western Canada will probably pass through the readjustment period with little difficulty. There is no reason to belie.ve.dhat farming will he less remunerative than it has been in the past J*there are. oh the other hand, many good and sound reasons tor believing that the returns will be as large as ever. One thing is certain:. Intelligent farming on the fertile prairies of Western Canada, requiringas it does the smallest possible capital outlay compared hdth that required to get a start in older settled countries, will continue to be one of the quickest and surest ways to independence that can be followed by the average man.—Advertisement.

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