The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1888-04-20
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ISSUED EVERY FRIDAY MORNING.
OFFICIAL PAPER OF PEMBINA COUNTY.
WARDWELL 4 THOMPSON.
TERMS, :. 900 PER PEAR
FRIDAY APRIL 20. 1888.
MANITOBA VS.. DAKOTA.

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mcnt lately employed u man named
Webster to travel through the north.
west and to collect all the information
he could, which might induce emf.
grants to stay away from this section
of country and so to Manitoba instead.
This catalogue of evils Of the United
States northwest ascollrctetl. has been
published by the Canadian depart.
ment of agriculture and is supplement.
ed by the ulialloyed advantages of the
Canadian northwest. The greatest
weakness in the pamphlet is the sud.
dcncss of the change as he crosses the
boundary line. Twenty miles or less
is like the change of darkness to day.
light: Manitoba. to tho writer. is like
the garden of Eden, and its inliahit-
ants are in the same ecstatic state of
bliss us Adam before he ate the apple
and nearly as happy us before he had
an Eve.
he Winnipeg Sun critlcises the
author thus: THAT the writer has
an evident desire to magnify the
dark side of things, while ignoring. for
the most part the light shading"
Yet after such u criticism it says:
"Makins every allowance for the cvid.
ent bias, it is quite evident that the
condition of the Dakota settler is not
to be compared with that of the set.
tiers in Manitoba, now that the only
draw back of the latter. the railroad
monopoly. has been removed"
The Sun, after this logical conclu.
sion, quotes column after column of
such trash as is written with such
"evident bias" According to the
quotations in the sun, Dakota farmers
pay twenty-five per cent interest, five
per cent taxes, every thing is chattel
mortgaged and get only seven bushels
of wheat to the acre. to pay with.
Grand Forks county raises 81 .6G5,0
taxes. Property is assessed SO that
farmers have to pay more heavily on
their property than any body else.
Water is scarce and deep. and when
found, too strong with alkali for use.
Towner, Cavileer and pembinm coun-
ties are fair and settled two years ago
with some Canadians, who heartily
wish themselves Oh the other side OF
I the line.
I While we do not blame Mr.. Web.
stcr for performing the labor lie was
hired To do, we do strongly censure q
paper only siXty.iive miles from tho
boundary, for giving currency to sucl
rot.
Does the the sun expect it's readers
to believe that the Red River vale,
is sawed of square ut Emerson! Arc
not he iron posts which are placed 10y
the surveyors to show where Dako tt,
ends and Manitoba begins, Il super.
fluffy if there is such II contrast! Will
immigrants believe if Dakota is {:
desert. that Manitoba is likely to be
an oasis! We do not care to spend
time or space in denying Mr.. Web
ster's absurdities. Its bias is too evi
dent, but if the sun is really us isnor.
ant of Dakota rs it seems. we will be
glad to Introduce it to 25.OnO of us con
tented, thrifty and well.off agricul
tural population us is in the world
who were born Canadians. who have
compared Manitoba with Dakot;,
chose the latter and don't wish them
selves across the line, though they al
live within sixty.live miles Of it. Ii
The Sun doubts this We will furnish
the lames and p0stullicc address o
any number it may wish to interview
personally, OF by mail, and they viii
willingly tell their own story. Shall
we send you the names Mr.. sun!