total of $5,639,280. It is only in the past few 

 years that commercial fishing has been entered 

 upon in the lakes of the Western provinces, but 

 this is fast growing into a substantial industry, 

 and the whitefish from Manitoba, Saskatchewan 

 and Alberta is finding increasing favor in all 

 parts of the continent and has a ready sale in 

 many of the larger centres of the United States. 



Canada's inland waters have additional econ- 

 omic value in their possession of waterpowers and 

 their utilization as a means of transport. The 

 Great Lakes, for instance, provide a shorter 

 route and a more economic haul to Montreal 

 and the Atlantic ports for the vast volume of 

 grain which annually comes from the Prairie 

 Provinces. Lake steamers serve the Okanagan 

 and Kootenay valleys in British Columbia as no 

 other means of transport could adequately do and 

 bear the rich natural products from these areas. 



The wild beauty and primitive grandeur of 

 Canada's lakes not only provide excellent holiday 

 grounds to every section of the country's pop- 

 ulation but exert a powerful attractive influence 

 to tourists and sportsmen. These waters have 

 a varied charm and a difference in appeal in the 

 provinces from coast to coast. Though many in 

 the North-West remain in their primitive state, 

 their wild splendor untarnished, others are acces- 

 sible by railroad and motor road and increasing 

 each year in fame as holiday grounds. 



The Basis of All Riches 



A Parody 



Once upon a time there was a rich farmer 

 who lived in a country called Dakota, and he 

 had three sons. When the youngest came of 

 age he called them to him and said to the eldest: 

 "Son, here are $5,000, take them and go out into 

 the world and put it to account;" and to the 

 next one, "Son, here are $3,000; take them and 

 go out into the world and put it at interest;" 

 and to the youngest, "Son, here are $2,500, 

 take them and go thou also out into the world 

 and seek thy fortune." Bidding the Old Man 

 good-bye, they obeyed, turned and went forth. 



In the fulness of time they returned to their 

 father's house. The eldest said , ' ' Father, here are 

 the $5,000 thou gavest me; with it I went down 

 to a great city called Minneapolis, and there, in 

 trade and barter, after much work and worry, 

 I gained me other $5,000." "Good," said the 

 father, "thou hast done well. " 



The second son said, "Father, with the 

 $3,000 thou didst give me, I journeyed many days 

 until I reached a great metropolis called New 

 York, and there, in the narrow way known as 

 Wall Street, after many headaches.heart-burnings 

 and studying of markets, didst venture my 

 talents and didst win other $3,000." "Thou 

 hast displayed ability," answered the old man, 

 "but I like not thy choice of business. " 



The younger son then said, "Father, with 

 the $2,500 thou gavest me, I travelled north 

 and westward to a rich and favored country 

 known as Western Canada, and there in farm 

 land invested my talents, neither giving it to 

 others in trade and barter nor risking it upon a 

 speculative market. Since the hour that I in- 

 vested the talents thou gavest me, I have not 

 touched or handled them." 



Then the Old Man was exceeding wroth, 

 saying, "How now, my son, thou hast neither 

 principal nor interest to show for thy years of 

 labor;" but the young man interrupted him 

 with, "Stay thy hand yet a little, Father, and 

 come with me. I have here two half rate land- 

 seekers tickets over the Soo-C. P. R. to West- 

 ern Canada, and if thou wilt come with me, 

 I will show thee what I have. " 



They Journey to Western Canada 



So they set out. After a pleasant journey 

 they reached"The Prairie Provinces" and alight- 

 ed from the train. The young man then led 

 his father to a waiting motor that panted nearby 

 and in a brief time whirled the Old Man over the 

 undulating prairie to his fertile farm land. The 

 prairie lay sun kissed, smiling in the clear August 

 afternoon, rippling with yellow grain which 

 waved across the holding. A small herd of sleek 

 cattle munched verdant feed contentedly in the 

 pasture while fat porkers wallowed luxuriously 

 in a muddy ditch, wheezing loudly in pure hog- 

 joy. An army of hens and chickens bustled 

 busily here and there and a comely woman 

 welcomed them graciously from the open door 

 of a neat, farm house, a tiny baby girl clinging 

 to her skirts. The very atmosphere breathed 

 peace, prosperity and happiness. 



The young man spoke. "Father, I invested 

 the talents that thou gavest me in this farm, and 

 to-day its value is eightfold what it was when 

 I became possessed of it. I am blessed in my 

 home, my possessions and my independence, 

 my cattle and my crops. Five pleasant years 

 of work and happiness have I passed here. Say, 

 have I not done well ?" 



Then straightway the Old Man fell on his 

 neck and blessed him. "Son, thou hast learned, 

 while yet a youth, that which neither of thy 

 brothers learned, that the basis of all worldly 

 wealth is land when that land is purchased in 

 rapidly growing districts. Well done thou good 

 and faithful Son, thou hast indeed not striven in 

 vain and thy reward is just and proper. " 



And he went back joyfully to Dakota to 

 spread the news amongst his neighbors that 

 others might benefit by his recital and go to 

 Western Canada and reap a like reward. 



Mineral Production, 1921 



The total mineral production of Canada in 

 1921 amounted in value to $172,327,580 as com- 

 pared with a value of $227,859,665 in 1920. The 



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