Jasper County Democrat, Volume 17, Number 50, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 September 1914 — Page 6 Advertisements Column 5 [ADVERTISEMENT]

MORE TRUTH ABOUT CANADA. Settler Who Got Boncoed Writes Back to His Home Pape*. The following letter from a former Minnesotan, who settled in Canada a few years ago, appeared in a recent issue of the National Farmer, published at Winona, Minn., and was handed to The Democrat for publication. It fully bears out the statement made by C. W. and E. J. Duvall of this city, who recently made a prospecting trip through that section, of the Dominion and who on their return warned their friends from being taken in by the bait published by land agents, much to the anger and chagrin of the Repsselaer Republican, which, it is understood was to receive a commission on any lands sold to deluded victims through its advertising. The same story is told by practically everyone there, except that some are a little more diplomatic, to be charitable, in the hope, no doubt, of unloading onto some other “sucker.” The letter follows: Apeck, Alberta, Canada. Sept. 15, 1914. 1 am taking the liberty to sing a little song about the farmer in Canada. Once a' year I am only allowed to say something about Canada. The harvests this year is a total failure. Wheat 3 to 5 bushels per acre. the same. Eggs 25c a dozen. Butter 20c. Old chickens 25 to 30c per head. Spring chicken 15c per head. Ducks 25c. Hogs 4 to 7c per pound. If the farmer gets better prices on account of war” during the last two months, we wish him success. The Canadian government sent $50,000,000 and 1,000,000 sacks of flour to England to show- their patriotitc citizenship. For their home people, for 100,000 farmers, which had failure of crops during the last three years, the government can do nothing for them, and those people are at a point of starvation. One German with

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