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Show HMIAVAY VAl.l i-.S SOLDI KH li.M) AT 81 Mil. I, IONS ,( International News Service.) TT"AWA nt. What Is the value cf a soldier settler on the land? The Cnnadlan ra ific railway has anewer- .d the question with statistics. It , f. und that the total railway revenue in tin three prairie provinces from ag-rkulture ag-rkulture was $163,516,318 annually. BBj based on figures of the year ended. BBJ August 31, 1916. As there were 219,-I 219,-I of, farmers In the prairie provinces B at that time, the revenue per farmer was $716.83. This sum capitalized at BJ pel cent makes the annual value BBJ Of each t inner to the railways $13,- The soldier .settlement board has BBJ made 17O03 loans and If.. 000 soldler-S have been established on the land The v.-.ln. the.se s-'t;lei to tho ' anadlan railroads, on the Canadian Pacific BB figures, is annually $81,31 1,000. KM oo BB |