, 1880-06-12
THE CoNnrr1oN or CANADA,

heard o. III IlllA1la.
TEE CONDITION or CANADA
We print elsewhere an editorial artlelu from
tho Toronto Telegram, and communicated
article 10 tho Toronto Globo upon tic co1,-
tlltion Of CaliiNta, with suggestions for fts
Improvement, that contain soino very Sig.
nlncatt statements ot the rnpid niaterinl do
cltMa Of the Dominion, tho surest evidence Of
Which inay be seen lii the Increased emlgra-
ton of It's people to tho United States. Ac-
cor.ltng to these statements, tho Government
Mt Ottawa llas, in ton years, accumulated
debt Of S10o, ,00o, 900. with tho prospect OF
adding another hundred millions In the next
ten years. The Province of Quebec, during
the saIne timo, Inns involved itaelf h, S17,0o0-
COO debt, and has HI ANNUAL deficit OF S9o0 o00
Thure ARC now mortgagcd In Canada
$500, ,000, 900, involving an Interest ex-
pcnl'tare Of S25,o00,000. TrAie Is un-
profitable md still ueclining. Mccl'an-
les nro ont Of work. Farmers nro
burt1encd with dobt, Taxation and debt cat
up all TINT can DO made. ThH rayiyal Of
trade whicl! wo are enjoying Is not felt
there. There Is no boom iii anything except
emigration. We aro entering upon tho soc-
! 1hlNe 3Sikk VI nhSl!S5b QANSP34ASJt hhttU tAU
Canadians, who had anticipated that n ro-
yival of business in this country would re-
act fayorably upon theirs. arc deeper In the
Slougl1 Of Dcspond than over, rs they see
that 1t Inns ito elect, and meanwhile, with
amazing obstinacy, they oppose any comntcr-
cinl union, and continue q hostile tariff oven
to the extent OH biting their OWN noses of
by increasing duties, nnd otherwise showing
their proJutllces against the only coun-
try which can help thom. And wl1nt IL
tho result2 According to tho editor Of
the Emancipation Reuiow, Cauada hns
arrived at n stAto Of general poverty
III flvo years' time. nrns have been
swept into bankruptcy amounting to $780,
10000, every Interest lies undcr cloud OF
absolute ruin, ard no ltopo anpenrs for the
future. Alarmed ut the desperate aud ap-
parently hopeless condition Of things, hnl,-
tEfeda Ut thousands Of tho people are leaving
Canadn for tho United States. According tu
the Toronto Tclcgrnnl, o,le-slxth of the In.
tiyc-born Canadians aro alrenuy tomiclacd Il,
the un1tcd States, md tho emigration still
continues. Tho Port Huron Times says
from that vicinity alone 51,100 Canadians
have left for the United States during the
past ateht::.nontt,s. Il, OntnrIo every town.
ship Is losing moro or less OF It's Inhabitants.
III Quebec those who have the means are
crossing the border; and It is tho very
backbone uf hor population which Cn1lnda Is
loslng,-the farmers and mechanics.
III this miserable condition OF things the
old Tories, or "Gr!ts," keep up their silly
and ruinous theory that dependence upon the
smother country" n little isla,ld 5000 miles
awny, Is tho true policy, and that poltt-
ical ind comu,crclal isolation from tho resi-
of tic continent IL tho only remedy. They
aro strung party, and they lsnva the control
Of the press, or the most powerful Ut tho or
gans, which continually preach devotion Il
the flag, though devotion 10 tho flag IL dali,
diminishing tho bread af1ll butterof the peo-
pic. They arc Us scryi1e In their allegiance
mid devotion to tho Crown ns were our old
Colonial Tories III the days OF tho Nuyolll
tiu,s, nl,d tlc,nnnd the satne degree Of depend
ence from n people who 1nproportlon to NUN
berB nro no more childrrn Of tho nothol
country thnn Wo, nre. Meanwhile TIT
rapidly growing young Canadian party, tit
Liberals, clearly rcoogMfze tho situation MT
lty re1nu.ly, and aro hEitAtlng coItlmercia
union with this country in tho form of
ZolEvcretn as tho only escape from thci
wrUtchod conttlt!0n,-a step w'lluh tho Grit
norcely oppose, as they fear 1t will lcat
sooner to political union with this country
-tllo only coMsulllit.atlon which Gun co,t,
: ptotely restore Canadian prosperity. Thu
Telegram hits tho null on the mead wl,en
Gays: "Thare may be mosu ways Of escap
/ tl.an ono, aud these other WHY'S may bo lnor
pa1Ntnblo to the ptoIetariat than q Xollycrcl,
with tito United States; hut. unless thes
lovlccs be speedily suggested, tho prossur
OF circumstances will ut no distant date fore
the pcoulo to halt and consider whutiler tho
n will drift Into decrppttutle antt ruin, Of
throwing sentIlncntaltty overheard, suh,ni
to bo ns nature suggests, complement Of tn
continent, Instead Of an Isolated depend
ency,": There Is ITO help for CAnada oxcep
III becoming commercially one with u,
When tllat llhs occurred, tic logical rosul
will be political union, which is the 0nl
Battxuartl for Cnn9da !M tho future and th
/, only stop which can give 10 hor tho gr0wt
apd prosperity enjoyed on this side Of th
borden
] THE MODERN ADULLAMITK8
n And avery ono that WIS III distress, md oycr
ono that was Ia lo0t and evqry ono that WA
Aauuau,-i. Aan.ud, Esii., !.
i Antl so tho "dIscontented" aud dt,
/, gruntlel of to-day In this country gathe
a