Agricultural and Industrial 

 Progress in Canada 



A monthly review of Agricultural and Industrial progress in Canada, 

 published by the Department of Colonization and Development of the 

 Canadian Pacific Railway at Montreal, Canada. 



VOL. 4 No. 9 



MONTREAL 



September, 1922 



Vital Facts of Canada's Progress 



MORE and more like automobiles na- 

 tions are coming to require instrument 

 boards to tell them, in these complex 

 times, where and how they are running. Prudent 

 persons who have invested funds in a certain 

 country or who may intend to do so wish 

 to keep tab of the really vital facts about 

 that country's progress just as the driver of a 

 car must be able to know at a glance his speed, 

 the time, or whether his battery is charging or 

 not, and so on. 



In the case of a nation, however, it is, first of 

 all, far from simple to determine just what are 

 the most significant facts to watch, and, second, 

 even when that is decided, the grain of important 

 facts is usually so 

 heavily overlaid 

 with general sta- 

 tistical straw that 

 only cranks and 

 professional 

 economists can 

 afford to separate 

 the two. The busy 

 man falls back on 

 the information 

 that may or may 

 not find room and 

 may or not appear 



systematically in the crowded columns of his 

 newspaper. 



The "Investors' Index to Canadian Con- 

 ditions," issued as a supplement to this bulletin, 

 is intended to be of use in this situation. It is 

 not by any means a complete "instrument 

 board" for Canada, but it is a beginning. 



Nor is it an attempt to elaborate on statistics, 

 but, on the contrary, to simplify them by 

 selecting the most significant groups, estab- 

 lishing each group in a simple chart and pre- 

 senting methodically the complete set of charts 

 thus created month after month, each month 

 with the tell-tale lines extended and raised or 

 lowered so as to show the effect on the latest 



A BUMPER HARVEST 



Government Crop Estimate 



1921 1922 



Wheat 300,858,100 bu. 320,968,000 



Oats 426,232,900 



Barley 59,709,100 " 



Rye , 21,455,260 " 



Flax 4,111,800 " 



Hay and Clover 9,930,000 tons 



figures. Thus, although each chart may on 

 first acquaintance require a moment's study, it 

 becomes like the dial of a clock, yielding its 

 information to the intelligence in a single glance. 

 A minimum of explanatory text accompanies 

 each group of charts. The questions which the 

 Index will answer are few but important: 



What is Canada's Government "earning" 

 and spending? What does it owe? 



What was the amount of Canada's foreign 

 purchases and sales for the month with particu- 

 lars in the case of her two principal neighbors, 

 the United States and the United Kingdom? 



What was the American dollar worth in 

 Canada? And the pound sterling? 



How are the various main divisions of Canada 



developing in com- 

 parison with one an- 

 other as indicated 

 by the percentage 

 increase or decrease 

 in building, bank 

 clearings and com- 

 mercial failures ? 



How are the 

 principal cities 

 comparing with 

 one another in the 



i same three respects ? 



What are Cana- 

 dians saving in or borrowing from their banks ? 

 How do Canada's note issues (Government 

 and bank, respectively) compare with the gold 

 held against those notes ? 



What is the proportion of quick and liquid 

 assets as against the Total Liabilities to the 

 public of Canada's banks ? 



How does the volume of business on the 

 railways as indicated by tons hauled one mile 

 (revenue freight only) stand ? 



What are all Canadian Railways earning ? 



What is the Canadian Pacific Railway Co. 

 earning ? 



The Index will be issued monthly. Each 

 number will contain everything of importance 



509,752,000 

 64,881,000 

 37,848,000 

 4,530,000 

 15,545,000 



Increase 

 20,109,900 

 83,519,100 



4,171,900 



16,392,740 



418,200 



5,615,000 



