New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-11-10
VACANT HOUSES IN TORONTO.
YOUNG PEOPLE ABANDONING THE MOST Pi'os-
Porous PART OF CANADA FOR
THE TINTED STATES.

THE UNITED STATES.
TO the Editor Of The Tribune
Sir: The situation in Canada IS pretty clearly mani
tested by the condition Of real estate In TORONTO uc
commercial. financial. political and manufacturers
capitol OF Ontario "The Toronto Globe reports tha
there are at the PRESENT time than 1000 vacant
houses In that dty 1.-THE Empire the leading Tory
oreao places the number at 1000. leading Toron-
tonlan who called apon me few days ago. WHO
largely interested In real estate there informed M 'h
5000 is conservative estimate. The population oil
Toronto is about one ninth that OF new orh'
Imagine $4,000 vacant houses in New-fork. n. hVe
persons per house 1t represents houses for 22ooV'
people or one-sevcnth of the population. 1oronD'
next TO Montreal 4, the chief importing city OF 'he
Dominion. Il has direct railway connection Win az
parts Of Ontario Nine lines OF railway enter the e'
from the West North and East 1t Is the enei s'1l'
entle hog and lard market of the province. IL mas
al abundance Of banking capital Inc fIoNm'e "
Ontario from Bellisle the east TO the Detro' au
ST. Clalr rivers on the west, IS one Of the best as
cultural sections on this continent Inc province ..
not only free from debt but has surplus OF 'everai
million dollars The pine lands owned BIZ tho prov
inee are OF great value and yeli large annual re''
nue. For the last twenty years the non INV
Mlnot has been Premier and has administered ,ne pun
lie affairs OF Ontario with great ability anu stF'' III
tegrity The people Of Ontario as boay arr u"oa'
passed In any country in the elements o. e'' ~.
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n-ovincs are unlimited. The climate Is nsainui anu
,nvlporatlnc The educational institutions are no'
nassed in any state in this unioh' NV
,r,thstandInr Gil these advantages, the hioS' on"
h,t,o,s and ent.rprisng of young Canadiah M" orr
uomen are coming 10 US from the agricultural e'..
~ the Dominion BY tens Of thousands anu 'o
WIynan tells us that "dlscontent docs ho' e
Canada II IS the exodus from 'ai''uai W -
country which is depopulating Toronto. NO "o"u'1
is int anxious 10 nave Us tpcH O"'
markets to his countrymen lie predicted three sfer'
AGO 4, his nublc addresses In Canada that the very
condition NJ affairs which now exists would come u
mass unless we gave Canada reciprocity. For doihs
90 the life loyal Tories denounced him. There IS ho,
any good reason why We should attempt u pie'o"'
young Canadians from coming to US freely lhey dEc
the very best material for making American citAeus
that comes to us. Let them come Give tlem
hearty welcome We can endure 1t as long as Cansah
can This morning saw q letter fpm prominent
citizen OF Western Ontario, in which he says
al have attended every meeting Of the Continental
Union movement which has been held, and am In
position to tell you positively that up TO the present
we have discovered that abon etenths OF the people
.ss favorable are IA fact 1s nn BEEN I'm s
in the least The farmers particularly strong in
its support The Continental Union CUP has e.er
story, namely, that people believe in the movement
but are little tmld as individuals in taking step
panied by their ncighbOrs and friends -, 49,
The above statement confirms what nave Deen
telling III rs ssans Of The for isi s
nag Of independence or political union, In whom tney
astiealIy follow him The Hon Edward Blake Is sush
leader and have fnh 10 believe that at no distant
ssy he s.S win n Do X. wo %
on this Continent and thereby create the most poen-
tiai Nation upon the e TRaycrs wAYLAsp GLEN.
No. ee6 NcDonOuglst.. Brooklyn, Nov. 7, 1891