Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1892-04-14
A TIMELY WARNING.
Homeseekers Beware Of the In
ducements of the Canadian Emil
grant Agents.

ducements Of the Canadian Emil
grant Agents.
A large sum of money has recently been
appropriated by the Canadian Government
| ~ special emigration work in Northern
Minnesota and North Dakota. Agents are
already busy trying to entice our settlers to
migrate to Manitoba, Alberta and other
| districts in the tar Northland.
The object of the Canadians is two-fold,
viz: to induce as many settlers as possible
| to leave American territory. and by circu'
| lating reports that farmers are emigratlng
| from our states into the British Northwest,
| to lead outsiders astray as to the true merits
of what are unqucstionably the most HOUR
ishng states in the Northwest
The uncXampled prosperity OF Minnesota
and North Dakota is shown by their RAPID
| increase III population and wealth Inc mar
velouS ayr cultural productiveness OF thctWo
states uplit them beyond all comparison. IN
wheat alone they lead every other state;
their combined output in 1891 being about
| one fourth Of the entire crop i'll the United
States Not only do they outrank every
other state in the union in the quantity an
nua ly produced, but the grain is uncNccll-
ed in quality, and commands the top price
in the markets of America and Europe.
|, would indeed be a veritable El Dorado
il every individual settler was alike pros
porous. 1t can be averrcd, however, with
out lear of contradiction, that as rule all
settlers i'll Minnesota and North Dakola,
who have displayed ordinary intelligence
in selecting land. and in the management
thereof have been successful beyond their
most Sanguine unticIpations. few nave
undertaken too much without capital.
Some have selected and cropped land bet
ter adapted for grazing than for filth: but
comparatively lev have failed to realize
generous return Tor their iaborS, and some
who were disappointed, owing to such
blunders at the start, succeeded III las', ana
are among our most prosperous anu
wealthy citizens.
uMder the free homestead regulhlnhS'
tempted by the prevailing good prices;
have recently sold their Improvements ana
stock and finding themselves possessed OF
considerable ready money, may be attract
cd by the glowing accounts OF cheap lahoSS
so illsidiou>ly circulated by the agents u
: John Bull TO all such these
WORKS OF WARNING
; are especially addressed.
: Long before Minnesota or the Dakotas,
were organized even as separate terrl'nrits,
several unsuccessful attempts were ll1;lue ny
Grea, Britain to establish agricu!tural set,
: Elements in the region North OF the ohlteo
States boundary line, first styled 'hupeIS
: Land" afterwards "The Selkirk Settle
. mcnt, !" and lattcry "Manitoba.'' The earl
t colonists entered the country by way o
g Hudson's Bay. Every such attempt proVeC
4 disastrous to the settlers, who had then, a
J. now, to contend against long winters, shor
:, summers and carly rosts, which DESTROYED
II the grain and other farm, products Thes'
Z early settlers in the Manitoba country
!, faced all the hardships Of Il rigorous Gu
Il mate, and for years manluiiy s'r"Ssie'
against the natural difficulties 1mrose'
hV the climate which at last they ioun'
ii Il a
" their houcsteads, and bidding farewell Il
,o tho Bells of st. Boniiace, and leaving tn
!, rr,ycs O I dr,,artcd dear ones in the drcar.
N0rthland. wendell their weary pilgrimag
IL Southwark to a more congcnial climate
same nj these cypatriatcd Britons settle
g in tLa nni,rhborLood of Grand Forks
N North Dakota and Brairrrd. Minnesota
!, torn,iur the nucleus of what afterwards be
V, came furnishing settlements. Within tn
q last ei,rl,t wears history has repeated it$c
Sc in this respect on a much larger scale
ne thousands of settlers in Manitoba and tn
n J;rit,.h Nortiwc.t, having been LITERAL
a i,nynn ont of tie country. seeking fires
tintIS and ras,urc~ new" and realizing a
II tj,rv desired on thc sunny plains Of Mort
e, n,ioi, and among the Park Openings an
I'd ricl valleys Of Minnesota.
reference to the proceedings of til
Canadian parliament, and the debates
Sc mo last rw sessions aul;y verify the!
III .1,tc,nn,t4 and show that the BIRTHS
We %nrthwe-t is only kept rom absolute d'
is rn,ullation by enormous annual outla,
and .n.r,ny UfiInmiyralion agents, who,
nlnn.t efforts Tor the last eight years hay
Us not prevented he population decreasing.
We lad The clima,r of the British Northwc
ce hn,,, a. represented reinstatement made /
H. the Canadian boomers and so cXtenslvcl
- nrbli~hrd some wears ago. licc "Our Nortl
he nnd," ragc 3oG) that before this year
,tr,re 1893 there would he in Munitol
300 coo farmers producing on 100000
orres POO COO, 600 buShel, OF wheat, wou
Z. lave been verified, because much larg
numbcr of farmers, las shown by the imnl
nrntion statistics in the official depurtme
j. 1T Ottawa. t'auadaD have cmigrated
M,ni,oba within the period named. A
rnrd:nr TO the statistics referred to, Il
ar Trjljsh Northwest should now have a pc
IN nation of over 800, COO without eStinatil
;, The natural increase
n, A population of considerably less tn:
N, 200, 600 ali lold--whi,c, black and red in tt
' noSsessions of Her Britanc Majesty Nor
an IF tho aoh parallel of latitude, or abo
tie the number OF inhabitants in either one