St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-04-16
MANITOBAIS BOOMING
The Settlement of the Monop-
oily Question Makes the
People Feel Good.
A Prospect Of Three Different
Routes Out Of the COun-
try Shortly.
No Fears Of Any Uprising in
the Northwest Territories
This Year.
The Winnipeggers Are Patrl-
otie--Honest Johns Curl
Gus Course.
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been near and dear friend to them IN
making known and contending for the
granting to Manitobans their just rights
with regard to railway privileges. The
long-looked-for settlement has at last
come. and already change is perceptl-
BILE in the feeling throughout the coun-
try. AS was remarked the other day,
the fight against monopoly has been a
long and bitter one The reason, it is
believed, why the monopoly has not
been abolished long before is simply
because Norquay and the servlle FOL
lowing at his back, invariably voted
down every protest against monopoly
lmade by the Liberals of the legislature.
The monopolists throughout betrayed a
ack of
PATRIOTISM TO THEIR PROVINCE
throughout these many years, and their
names are held in anything but pleasant
recollection at the present time. Two
of Norouay's colleagues, MeSsrs. G. r.
Hamilton and D. II. Wilson, now in St.
Paul. blindly followed s'Honest" John
Norouay in all his schemes. believing
that he was leading them on to glory,
but before their departure to Uncle
Sans domain they admitted that the
old man was not what they took him to
bean individual Of good backbone and
sterling character. Manitobans look
with great pride upon the recent visit of
Premier Greenway to Ottawa and the
immense Fsuccess of his mission. After
having undertaken the visit at the re-
quest of the federal premier, every at
tempt was made to delay Greenway and
his colleague, Attorney General Martin.
Sir John calculated upon having men OF
soft heads, similar to those who had Wis
tied Ottawa before, and believed that ne
would effect surrender on their part
by bringing into use his willy powers,
which are celebrated from one end OF
the land to the other. Times, however,
had changed since John Norquay used
to spend weeks and months dancing to
Sir Johns tune, making a laughing
stock of himself. Manitoba to-day has
an almost empty treasury and a some
what Shaky credit, as result of care
less people, but she promises to come
out of the mire strong and ready for the
noble work of preparing herself for ac-
cummulatTng inside of three years at
least
FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND PEOPLE.
The recent agitation in this country
has not been a bad thing in certain
way. it has advertised the country. AS
the Winnipeg Sun said few days ago:
sit has set people talking about us, Won
dering where we live, and what sort of
country we have. 1t has advertised the
fact that with mere handful of popu-
lation there is surplus of wheat for
export of some 100000 bushels; that
there has been an average yield of
wheat of from 2S1l to 80 bushels to the
acre; and that the railr q facilities Of
the country have been almost completely
paralyZed in an effort to get the crop to
market That talk of this kind about a
of harm is shown by the large immi-
grafton that has already set in,
and The telegraphic announce
ments so frequently made of hun
dreds of others on the way" Agitations
as a rule are dangerous, but it must be
admitted that without agitation the
monopoly question in this country
would never have been settled. "All's
well that ends WE'LL" so, now that this
is the case. ManitobIans can set their
minds upon assisting the powers that
be in their endeavors to settle the
country. The
RED RIVER VALLEY RAILWAY
will be completed by the LIST of July
Dominion day., and it will be the day
of all days for this county. The st.
Paul y Manitoba road is anxious to gain
admittance to Manitoba. This it may
secure either by running powers over
the Red River railway, which the Pro-
Vincial government intends controlling,
or bv the purchase of the Emerson
branch of the Canadian Pacific road,
over which the st. Paul, Minneapolis q
Manitoba trains now run. Should the
latter arrangement be carried out, Win
nipegers will have the alternative of
three differentrouteS to Eastern Canada,
and anything approaching a pooling az
rangement, or other combine" will be
exceedingly difficult of execution. The
Greenway government has decided to
divide the work of completing the Red
River Valley railroad into severa! con-
tracts, thus giving a number of small
contractors chance.
TIE TERMS OF AGREEMENT
between the Cananadian Pacific rail
road and Dominion government are
very satisfactory to Manitobians. The
government will guarantee S15,O00,000
of land grant bonds, bearing interest at
and 81 per cent. and involving an an
nual charge of $500, 900. 1t will have as
protection for the guarantee the whole
unsOld portion of the land grant of the
company. originally $4,000, GOO acres and
since reduced to Is, 000,00 acres. Thir-
teen million acres will therefore be the
basis of security. The Canadian Pacific
will inaugurate a very aggressive cam
paign in the near future. 1t cannot pos
Sibly require so large sum as sl5,000,-
600 for the improvements to be made to
the line north of Lake Superior, and for
the construction of branch lines in Man
itoba 1t is safe to say that some long
cherished schemes of aggression will
now be carried out, of which an even
sion to Chicago probably forms part
and parcel. Already vigorous move
mentS are being made in the Pacific
west, and it is not unreasonable to sup
pose that similar vigor will soon be
shown all along the line.
IMMIGRATION IS BOOMING.
The word ''hooming" was shrewdiy
applied to Winnipeg in 1882, when
thousands of people made and lost
money specializing in corner lots, etc.
When things are lively now, Manito-
bans say it is booming" Over 1000
immigrants have arrived in Manitoba
this spring. and a large proportion of
those arriving are settling on vacant
lands around Winnipeg. The Manitoba
government eontemplates the establish
ment OF immigration agencies at the
various centers of population in the
East. Nearly all the immigrants COM
ing into the country are from Eastern
Canada The people there were dis
gusted with small crops last year.
GREAT REVELATIONS
will take place at the present session of
the Manitoba Legislature, which opened
yesterday. The ex-deputy minister
will, it is said. be drawn over the Goals
for certain irregularities. Provincial
Treasurer Jones, in making his budget
speech. will refer to the big deficits in
various departments. Two boodlers in
the employ of the late Norquay govern
ment are now basking in the dusky
shades of Chicago free-lunch counters.
one of them a brother-in-law 10 eX-Pro-
vincial Treasurer La Riyiere.
no UPRISING FEARED.
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