\.....' TFTE HERALD A Weekly Journal of-Local General News, Published Evkuy Saturday Morning at its Printiw ^ -~~ ;<••___ Office in South Fout Gkokor._; SUBSCRIPTION HATES Price One Year in Advance - - - ' Six Months^in Advance -"~ - Three Months in Advance - To The'United Stales - - r 1.75 1.00 3.50 No paper ^topped until all arrearages arc paid except at ' the option of the, publishers. r RATES OF ADVKRTISING Twelve t'wntK per line for the first insertion, and eight cents per lino for each subsequent insertion. v For Sale Lost and Found Ads. minimum charge 50 cents per ¦insertion, limited to out- inch. Other rates furnished on application. , NORTHERN INTERIOR PRINTING COMPANY. LTD., Puliu.SHKTJS AND I'ROWUETOUS, . south Fort George, P>. C. SATlliDAY-. .lANCAKY, 2s.\k on these conditions. .Canada's Present and Fuhire. Last week the Herald publish- just recovering from a period of edan editorial on Results and I business depression. TJte opti Benefits of the war on ' Canada, mism engendered by the pros This y^eelfwe print extracts from jperity just preceding this de-leading writers and authorities! pression resulted, in many cases, in an inflation of values, and the financial stringency was the natural .and inevitable corrective of this. >The process of placing real value behind the inflated prices will doubtless be impeded by the dislocation of business due to the war. 1 'A good deal_ of personal disappointment is unfortunately inevitable. With the borrowing of capital rendered almost impossible...,the pace of .development must slacken off. This in turn deprives of orders enterprises whose business lies in furnishing equipment." As money will not be circulating so/Vapidly or so freely, \ there will be much more ADAM SHORT, Civil Service Commissioner. Ottawa, 'After the war has been brought to a close, capital, seeking investment, will Jbe apt to consider only the safest kind of opportunity^ ^Canada, with its national prosperity based on the development of its national resources, can offer to European investors a safer field and a more ready return in dividends than any other country in the world. Basic conditions are sound, so far as Canada is concerned; and, though there will undoubtedly be hardships in some quarters through the more rapid but necessary readjustment of abnormal conditions in consequence of the war, the ultimate result should, within a few months at most, be beneficial for the whole county Jt is inevitable that in the change economy ractised by private well as by companies ilic bodies/and from this se. again,\ some enterprises find their business restricted. There is absolutely no reason for any financial^panic or/for any pessimistic view of biisfness con ditions in Canada, y Mr. GEORGE P. SCHOFIEfcD, General Manager of the Sfari'dard BanR opCanada, saysjX A great deal jar the criticjsm that has, been levelled aj^ Canada in the last -year is/tinfair; and/still, when one/fregards the^source from which it has come, it must be confessed it hasMiot been un- on optimism and easy expected. Canada's commercial ; and industrial progress^ has been simply marvellous, ahd^jealous competitors are aware of this fact. While it is perfectly true -•-¦¦- we have borrowed' enormous -¦—sums^thiSj^untryjs well able to . meet all its obligatioinsr^hsub- mitthat most of the capital we have receivedTifrom abroad has J* been well spent. : : ./'•' 1 ! "It is true that speculation has been rife; but even old England had its rubber boorti, and the . United States itstffing at oil, copper and silver in turn. As far as the younger countries are concerned — the , Argentine, Brazil, and so forth, our younger they are not today bet- tirely money. Such drastic operations entail considerable disappoint* ment to individuals, but bring inancial health to the nation. Following a decade of unparalleled development, a period of enforced economy wijKleave the Dominion stronger than ever, and at the conclusion of the war she wiltbe in an infinately better position to take advantage of the rivals ter off than we are^ On the whole, our industrial arid agricultural progress has been sound. Our record/is something of which to-be proud." .¦¦...• -"CANADA" in a recent issue, discussi ig Canadian Investments says: "There is every justification for confidence.. When the war first broke out there was a good deal more pessimism about Canada's prospects -than has proved so far to have been warranted. y "From, the business point of view it was particularly unfortunate for Canada that the war broke out when the country was from boom to dutness some \Vho upon paper coun,ted themselves wealthy should now find them-' selves denuded of their paper riche,s. As this^publication frequently pointed out, a good deal of the real estate values was fictitious and depended almost en- demands her well to f*tmly and to give close attention to the possibilities which exist for them in Canada at the present time.. The .soundness of Canada's business foundations and the particularly favorable position the Dominion occupies at this time of crisis wo need lumlly moiition. It is, therefore, unnecessary to do more than refer to them and to suggest-that, they spell commercial opporturiitiea hitherto unrealised in the Mother Country. The Canadian manufacturers themselves arc, of course, alive to \ the situation; but over: and above all they bail possibly supply, there are plenty of openings for the British manufacturer to step in.Especially is this true'at the worth.of goOds-AVijre ini-porTerl into the fe'ouuuioiv hist year; A very large proportion nf j.hislaitfe ¦piun was represented by goods wjijcli can be supplied by Britain... Xlu? greatness of the eominereit opportunities tna.v. be retilizeil by re garcling the remarkable.developmen "that -lio? tnkeir place in Canmhi i tlic last twt'.nt.v yotirsiind rqn^klorih whiit [»iv|nirati<»n lin's already Ixjci nia.de fur the future The '.' si)ec tabular>;'¦-.jjrowtli nf.tlie ('anailiai West since ISOolias Ivcomi.'proverl ial.. t.'ijjes.and towns and village liiu.c'Hpnuig tjialiiH'.st liki; magic 01 jfhv lirairio ; while -.during that time £ been ;i HirreHponding.-.in Justrial deyelopiiicnt in the older-establU\icd Kast. Especially considering that during that ^period I there was only oiiKrailwav/line to 'the West. the. growtli\l.y{h com-I mu'ni'illy and industriall.wQuis. Ijeen astonishing. Hy pointmg ro the great commercial concerns wnich .have 'come into "existence, from East to West, and are supplying varied coinmoilitics on a.lpge scale, it can be realised iiovy great the demand has become. A few representative enterprises in various lines may be mentioned as evidences-' of this— The Canadian General Electric Co., the Massey-Harris Company, the Dominion Bridge .Company, Eaton's aiicl Simpson's Departmental Stores, the A; Mac Donald Company \s mail order grocery business, the Hudson's Bay Company's.-store's system, the Ashdown Hardware Co., Winnipeg, P. liunis A' Co., Calgary, and Swift : (<>>., Edmonton,—the last three reat concerns being- purely western products. 1 The fact that Canada has now" not jne, but three,great transcontinental railway systems is in itself suggestive of the stage the Dominion has reached". In many directions the railway ines run-through immense areas 90 ar unpeople, but offering every at-raetion to the would-be settler, and t is a foregone conclusion that they vi 11 within the next few years become -what the southern parts of Saskatchewan and Alberta have Ije-corne^kiring the past twenty years. This particularly applies to the new districts l^een opened up Pi present moment, when there has been cut off the.great sourec^of Ger-man supply,>om\vvhich some £3,- districts whiclljiave ^een opened up by.the Grand Trunk Pacific's trans; continental line, connecting, as it does, with the new Pacific terminus of Prince Rupert, and bringing these farmers into touch with the Panama Canal for the shipment oOnfeir^ grain. The country traversed by this line iu Central BritishvColumbia and in Northern Ontario is abundantly'.fertile, and is/fjipidly attracting, settlers ; and/the same can be sai(j of the Peace River country and other pai%.of the New North-West. The immediatejproBpects are.raost favoma^le, Tlie purchasing power of ^he fanners is largely increasing. T'lie appeal of the Dominion and Provincial Governments rto put inore acreage under, ^cultivation has niet with a ready response. In Qntario, for instance, at least -1,000,000 additional acres have this yeHr been sown to winter wheat. This means practically the doubling of the area previously used for that purpose..; and in the west also, the movement has been wetHaken.up. It has been generally admitted that tin * year, on the whole, the-crop was bad. However, conditions" in the west this-autumn are said to be eminently favourable for next year's crop; In Manitoba 92 per cent., in Saskatchewan 77 per cent., and in Alberta ofTper cent., of fall ploughing was completed by October 31st. Therefore, knowing that the acreage has Ixjen largely increased, that the price will |)c considerably better than usual and that the'prosjiects are good, we are entitled to look forward to a rise from this year's acreage of 12 to 14 b.ishelrt an acre to the usual average of IS to 20 bushels, and inconsequence to an immense increase in the purchasing power of the Canadian fanner. . Taking everything into consideration, jwe believe that it will\be ^ell worth the while of the British'manufacturer to look, into the Canadian situation and its possibilities ; bearing in mind that a coniparatively quiet, time, such as is^ the case in Canada at present, iust gives the opportunity that ia needed of preparing for what ia ahead. FOR INFORMATION REGARDING AGRICULTURAL LAND^ IN DISTRICT, CALL ON OR WRITE THE BEST THE ~ North Coast Land Co., Ltd., Phone 15. PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. . L. B. WAUCEB. Cteatrai A««Mt. J. W. SANDIFORD, Undertaker and Funeral Director. Caskets, Funeral Supplies, & Shipping Cases always on hand. Out-of-town calls promptly.attended to; : / > Phone 23 Fort George. / . . .- ^ „ . y ;..¦ ice George and Fort George. AMERICAN PLAN EXCELLENT CUISINE Comer Hamilton & Third South Fort George. B. C. The newest and most modern hotel in the northern interior Rates 92.50 and $8 Mmtfcljr m< weekly rates «a •»-' pllcattoa Beat of wines. 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