The Helena independent., 1893-08-21
SOME FACTS ON CANADA.
A Comparison Made Between the
Populations of the Two Great
rs Countries.
Figures Which Speak Volumes for
the Growth OF "the
States"
They Have Increased NJ uch More Rapidly
Thas Those Which Arc Under
the British Rue.


The area of British Columbia is nearl
.;v +;mos ,b,+ Of ,bo ,dio;ni,o. st,te a
.v..,,i,,r,.,, ,f.uoa,.,,. 49,, ,,a,t,,,nti,r, :,
A.ns' WI. 20, aa noo ~,
the ioiinef ieaioi' III i'' "as so''No, ii,'
that OF 'he iaIter was ptp -''VVV' oh I'M
other hand, While In 1871 the population
British Columbia had expanded only t
81 900, that of Washington had increased by
1880 to $4,000 and is now consderabi,
greater. Let us now pass eastward to tn,
second section of the Canadian Pacific
which extends from Banif Hot Springs II
Winnipeg, distance of 922 miles. The
area tributary to THIS section, including
Manitoba aud five organized territories OF
Canada, IS about s(D, 900 square miles, or lf
times that OF the state OF New York. Yet
the population OF the whole region in 1871
was only as,ooo, or one person to four
square miles. 1t must not be Inferred that
the settlement OF this part OF British North
America began at much later period than
dlh that OF the contiguous states OF the
Union. me contrary Is the case.
"A colony OF Weii TO 40 1atnlhes was
PiauIeo near winnipeg as early as 1911.
Other cofon1es We're soon afterward sent
out from chSianu ana were provided with
lahos III oae valley OF the he'd Rlver OF the
Nor'h. many years elapsed before the set
Giement OF minnesota began. In lS47 st.
Faul haa only three families OF white in
hapltaLta Inc number or newcomers In
le4s was otliy so' ana the Total population
OF the territory OF Minnesota was at that
oate less tnan o,ooo What IS the state OF
'hlnss 1ouayf Inc nhaoleants OF the twin
CUES OF ot. Paul and Minneapolis alone
outnumoer tnose or all Canada west OF On
tar1o, while the population OF Minnesota is
nearly one-third as large as that OF the en-
tife DoM1nlon. Couid There oe more de-
clslve PROOF that canada cannot attract I'M
mlgratioh "hle she remains dependency
OF european moharchyf
we come neNt 10 the tnlrd sectlon OF the
Canadan racine, winch stretches from
winnipeg 70 SUDBURY IN ontario, dis
lance OF eel niles contrast the popula-
tlon or the area tributary to this section,
which does not exceed 10000, with that OF
the contiguous states OF Wisconsin and
Michigan, which in 1890 had respectively
l,6oo,eso and 2,093,ss9. The mineral re-
sources Oh inns region OF the Dominion are
unquestlonably great, but they must lie
dormant until The Canadians have perma-
sulliclent populatlon to consume their own
mineral products: Inc long winter which
pfeValis along TINS part OF the railway and
the oeep SHOWS add enormously to the OPP
eraulng expenses OF the road.
me construction, lhueed, OF thls section
OF Inc llhe seems TO nave been grave imam
el'il oluhaer, put III was defended IN the OF
ea"a ps'riianlehO pv the frank aVoWal that
~ was unsafe 10 transport immigrants to
-halii.ooa wa oauit o1e. MARIE ana St. Paul,
a. peloie one iiuillSfsthb trains could leave
SI' Taai ana minneapolis they would be
oeserted' ana people brought from Europe
at .he eApehs OF the government OF Can
qua "ouia be lost forever in the United
States Much the same thing may be said
OF the 1oufth section OF the railway, which
eAtehds from sudbury to Ottawa, dis
tance of s'3 miles, through a sparsely st
tled put heavily tim mbered country. Here,
again. the mineral capabilities are of indfs-
puted value, but like those of the third sec
tlon they VIII never be turned to account
IN the absence OF political union with the
OHiteu STATES.
@ nave now followed the Canadian Pa
enc railway from Vancouver to Ottawa, Il
Instance ol q ''o miles. How insignificant I
Hlus1 oe the earnings from local traffic can I
oe J.tugeu from the TACT that IL the whole .
interval there Is only one town or city,
winnipeg, with a population exceeding
o,oOo and not more than five other towns
containing over Z, 900 Inhabitants
i ne illth and sixth sections of the Cana
ulah racine carry US from Ottawa along
the horth shores OF the Ottawa and st Law
renee rivers 10 Montreal and Quebec and
IHehce 1Afou3h the northern parts Of Maine
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