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Show Canada's Great Wheat, Crop. Rapid handling of the crops of Western West-ern Canada by tho railways and lake vessels during tin; shipping season just dosed has caused a feeling of general satisfaction among Die 'shippers. The ability of the transportation lines to carry grain and produce shipments promptly has eiinblcd the fanners to reach the markets at opportune times High prices have been obtained, and as a result confidence in the good will and the efficiency of the railways and lake lines has been more firmly established than ever before. ' Grain that brought In the market more than $73,000,000 was delivered by tip' railways to Lake Superior ports alone, and from there taken by a fleet of eighty-one eighty-one Canadian vessels to varied markets. The wheat crop, which until now has been estimated- reached the tolul of more than 13S.000.OtiO hur.hels In the three western provinces Alberta. Saskatchewan Saskatche-wan and Manitoba. Offlch.l figures obtained ob-tained by the government were given out by Donald O, Mann, vice president of the Canadian Northern railway. In a statement state-ment that told how the Western Canada crops were handled during Die harvesting season. This statement, icfleds the optimism that is general throughout -western Canada Cana-da as ji result of the easy handling of the transportation problem always a grave one. There was no car shortage, as there has been at times In years past, although the crops -were much larger. Complaints from shippers were limited to the few legitimate Ones that, necessarily are occasioned oc-casioned in such a large undertaking. |