Tremendous Energy

In Sunday morning's paper A Winnipeg despatch, 'Neath a rather hostile heading Did my hasty glances catch; And I'm sure you'll guess the reason, For what most appealed to me Was the reference to Vancouver's "Tremendous Energy."

We've been told without cessation In the columns of the Press That re shipping grain we're sleeping, Sunk in sloth and idleness: So it needs no explanation— What a great surprise to me Was this reference to Vancouver's "Tremendous Energy."

And the story told how, lately, In the neighboring U. S. A., They were filled with consternation That we'd take some trade away; Buffalo, Duluth and Cleveland, And Chicago seemed to see Future trouble in Vancouver's "Tremendous Energy."

Now a caustic commentator Not so many moons ago, Told us all, that in our barnyard Too many roosters crow; But it strikes me, Captain Kettle, That it possibly may be That, combined, they are Vancouver's "Tremendous Energy."