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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
May 23, 1912
Page
5
To live stock owners have your pedigreed stock insured with the Yorkshire Live Stock Insurance Co Reasonable rates prompt settlement in case of loss FF E Langdale agent for Hamiota district
The article argues that urban and rural economies are interdependent, noting half a million bantam factory workers and their families in Canada rely on farm products valued at sixty million dollars annually. It highlights Winnipeg as a key market with constant farm-product demand, including milk and eggs, and points to cross-border milk imports from Minneapolis to meet city needs.
The Department of Interior estimates Canada’s water power at 486 837 horse power and argues that as this power grows so will manufacturing. It highlights timber, food products, textiles, and iron and steel as core industries with high capital value. The piece notes vast coal deposits and argues Canada has raw materials, power, and market but needs capital and labor.
The Board of Trade inquiry shows US cost of food and rent 52 percent higher than England while wages are 130 percent higher, yielding a stronger buying power. Canada mirrors US conditions with self contained industry and growing opportunity, keeping working-class conditions favorable.
If all proposed railway work is carried through and all extensions completed, British Columbia will have a railway in every large valley for freight and passenger service and several more lines to boost business and commercial activity.
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