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=wan's main occupation, MONDAY, AUGUST 30, 1948 THE DAILY TI MES-GAZETTE PAGE THIRTEEN Population Drops oIn Saskatchewan, Farms Get Bigger Regina.--(CP)--~The population of this agricultural province is shift- ing towards other provinces and internally as well, The story as laid down in Can- adlan census figures shows Sask- atchewan had a population in 1947 "estimated at 842,000 persons com- . pared with 896,000 in 1931. Still ranked fourth in population in the Dominion, Saskatchewan is, - however, showing' a 'steady de- "cline. . That drop of 25,000 persons be- tween 1931 and 1941 has been at- tributed by some to a drought- propelled exodus of frustrated farm- ers and other workers who sought jobs in Eastern Canada and on the West Coast. . For the six-year period between 1941-47, when 54,000 persons left the province, some blame war in- dustry elsewhere. That number, incidentally, is more than the total population of Saskatoon, second largest city, and is only 10,000 less than the total population of this €apital.. Political opponents of the pres- sent CCF government claim that the "crushing" of free enterprise-- charged to the egovernment--ac- counts for the drop in population. They say government policies in handling some industries, labor problems and natural resources not only make the small business man shy away or decamp but also scare off the capital they claim is needed from outside for expansion of na- tural resources. Government's Viewpoint In power since 1944, and return- ed June 24, the government coun- ters with the argument that free enterprise had its chance but fail- ed; that the population was leaving before the CCF took over and that CCF policies will diversify the pro- vincial economy and create more _ Jobs, But when it comes to Saskatche- farming, the government expresses concern. Agriculture Minister I. C. Nollet estimates that the total number of farms in the province has declined from 145000 to around 125,000. "There may come a day when 50,000 to 60,000 farms--and farmers--may constitute the provincial total." Power machinery, he says, "has sent overhead costs and capital in- vestment up so high, farmers must cultivate more and more land to make a profit." He believes that even sub-mar- ginal land will have to be used un- Jess the farmers take some action. Either co-operative use of power machinery or co-operative farming is Mr. Nollet's answer to the pro- blem he says exists. There are currently nine co-op- erative farms in the province estab- lished for veterans who own about three-quarters of a section of land each and use machinery commun- ally. Their holdings are small pompared to some larger farms where 10 sections aren't uncom mon. Doesn't Exploit Soil "Some people may call it social- ization of the land and a step to- wards what the Communists did to the Kulaks," says the agriculture minister. "But I call it common sense, It allows the kind of cul- tivation that won't exploit the soil as some farmers are forced to do in cultivating more and more acreage to stay on top." The Kulaks were the independent Russian farmers who were forced to give up their farm holdings in the collectivization of agriculture that followed the Russian revolue tion. Many of them were "liquid- ated" in the process. Now flushed with good crops and prices, farmers are settling in town and villages for the winter. They return in the spring to sow their crops. In building up the urban popula? tion, they have abandoned much of the poultry, livestock and dairy production that formerly was car- ried on in the non-growing season. It means to some a tendency to- ward a one-crop agriculture as well as a gradual shift within the provincial population that may in- Item From The Record By Joseph Lister Rutledge Anyone who is dubious about the record of enterprise in Canada might take a glance at one small part of its accomplishment and ask themselves whether or not it was a job well done. Canada began this century as a self-contained country, 'with an eye for her own interests and a timid approach to outside affairs, result- ing from the deadening effects of colonialism. In those first years of the century, she didn't sell abroad one dollar's worth of newsprint, nickel, copper, aluminum, platinum or zinc. Her manufacturers were limited and local and, in the main concentrated on the home market. Again, at the beginning of the century, she didn't ship many dol- lars' worth of manufactured prod- ucts. There were no automobiles, or tires and tubes, Electric appli- ances and engines and boilers were almost equally unfamiliar. But 46 years later Canadian en- terprise had not only . discovered and developed these and innumer- able other products, but\ it was producing in such abundance that Canada could export in' 1946 a total of $522 million worth of these products alone, It is worth record- READY MIXED CONCRETE Crushed and washed sand and gravel for pavements, driveways, foundations or any concrete work. Price ranges depending on strength of concrete specified--§10.26 to $11.40 a yard delivered in Oshawa. 3 awashed, crushed gravel $2.20 ton THE FIX-IT SHOP 156 gIbON STREET ELECTRIC AND OXY-ACETYLENE LDING "If It Needs Fixing. We Fix It" ORNAMENTAL RAILINGS Custom Made PHONE 4608R Washed sand .80 ton These prices depend en quantities delivered in Oshawa. For further information call CURRAN & BRIGGS LTD. SIMCOE ST. SOUTH PHONES: Oshawa 4145R Pickering 97-r-23 , crushed gravel $2.10 ton $1.80 t ing that: this figure, representing the exprt products and commode ities virtually unknown at the turn of the century, was more than sixteen times the total of all Can- ada's exports in the year 1900. Or if you would go farther and také such items as wheat, and wood pulp and machinery, and fertilizers and whiskey and asbest- os, commodities that were known and were exported in those earlier days, the export figure has increas- ed from a little better than $4 1-4 million to $464 millions. Over a billion dollar increase in foreign business in commodities that had not been discovered, 'or had been matters of small domestic trade, is surely not a bad record of ac- complishment. But somebody is almost certain to say, "Yes, but look at the work- er. What did he get out of all this?" He got better hours, better working conditions, recognition of his unions and their bargaining rights. 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