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Newspaper
Cumberland Islander
Location
Cumberland, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Jul 14, 1917
Page
2
The Islander is published every Saturday by the Islander Publishing Company in Cumberland, S.C. Canada. Contact telephone 3-5. Subscriptions cost two dollars per year for residents and five cents per issue. Foreign subscriptions to Postal Union countries are two dollars.
The Monthly Commercial Letter from the Canadian Bank of Commerce notes rising farm prosperity in the west aided by two years of high prices. Car ownership surges, rental markets stabilize, and immigration toward homesteads increases as railways and land companies report strong sales. Labor shortages and strikes threaten exports, with notable mine and industry disruptions affecting coal, steel, and shoe sectors and foreshadowing continued economic tension after the war.
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