Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1883-08-15

The New York Graphic has the following
dispatch from London: "The government has
decided to t~ficially uud artske to aid Irish
emigration on a colossal scale. The propo.
sition made by Chairman Stephens, of the
Canadian Pacific railroad, on behalf of a
syndicate of Canadian railways, has been
practically abandoned. Mr.. Stephens offered
to settle $4,000 Irish poor, in families of five
each, upon stocked add equipped farms in
the neighborhood of Winnipeg, paying all
the expenses of moving and settling them,
providing the government loaned the syndi-
cate 81, COO, 900, without interest, for ten Yeas,
the sy indicate in Turn 10 take mortgages for
$500 upon each farm, without interest for the
frs: three years, and at three per cent. after
that, the settlers to have the option OF securing
their holdings in fee simple at any time
upon the pay ment of $500. The government
at first favored the proposal, but the Catholic
priests in Ireland opposed it 30 strongly that
the Cabinet finally refused to entertain the
matter unless the Dominion government
guaranteed the repayment Of the losn. Sir
Alexander I. G at, ex-High Commissioner
to London, and Sir Charles Upper, his sue
cessor, both endeavored TO secure this guar
anty, but failed, owing, it il understood, to
the opposition Of Lord Dufferip, who has
strong faith in the future of Canada, and
who bent his energies to secure direct action
on the part of the government in favor OF
the largest possible emigration 10 Cauada.
The Canadian government having hOal y de-
cided 10 lend no official Endorsement TO shy
railway schemes of immigration, The govern
ment took up Lord Duaerin's ideas, and
to-day decided on undertaking to. carry them
ouC.
"a special conferences was summoned at
the Mansion House. Alter a long discussion
an elaborate scheme of assisted emigration
was resolved upon, based on the principles OF
the United States homestead laws. The de-
tails of the scheme are not yet resdy 10 place
before the public, but it has been decided to
move from Ireland and settle in Canada 200,-
900 poor IrIsh in families. Ten thousand
families, 10 average five persons each, sggre-
eating 10000 people, will be moved next
spring, and the transportation will be CON-
tinued as rapidly as The territory TO be occu-
pied can be got ready. Those to be NOV, d
next spring will, it is understood, be placed
upon the lands offered by Chairman Stephens,
which the government will accept. These
lands will be divided into sections of 100
acres each, each section 10 be provided with
all the buildings, equipments, amin ais, seed
and food necessary for beginning farming
upon unbroken land. Each settler will be
given his homestead free for the first three
year,, and after that will be required to pay
as rent three per cent. upon 500, but may at
any time acquire absolute title upon pay.
ment of the latter sum. II has not been de.
cided where the second $4,000 emigrants will
be located. 1t is stated that in order to over
come the certain opposition OF the Parnellites
the government will hold out all possible in.
ducements to the poor in the 'congested' dis.
tricts 10 freely enter ipto the government
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