The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-01-23

It- Fsnure and the Cs--e-Aunexs,,ou the
TIVE Goal

| It- Faiiure ard the Csu-e-Aunexatiou the
TIVE Goal
To rnE EprToR OF The SuS-er: The Cana
dian Governn ent rays TO each head Of fam-
liz who lmmigrntcs from Europe to Canada
$40. and to each additional member Of the
family IL years old and upward So. II they
settle upon lands west OF Ontario within six
months after landing in Canada thoy are paid
$40 each additional, so that n family OF six
persons. II years OF nRe aud inward. are paid
sos In cash to assist them to come to Canada
and settle upon land in tho Northwest Tho
hond OF tho family and each malc member 1S
years OF age can enter leo acres OF land.
and at the end Of 1--WE years. II light
settlement duties have been performed.
they receive free deed for the quar-
ter section. They have the right to
buy the adjoining quarter section upon i've
years credit Mt low price. Even upon these
terms Manitoba cannot obtain aud retain set
tlers The Canadian Pacific Railway Company
has nearly 100000 acres OF the very best
whent lands in the Northwest IL not in the
world. but cannot sell them ut low price
upon long credit The company was pleased
to resell to tho Government OF Canada nearly
7.OOO.OO0 acres OF its land grant at Sl.5O per
acre. Wild lands in Minnesota and the
DGkoins of tho same quality sell for $40 Ter
acre. Why this great difference in tho value
OF wheat lands north and south OF the boun-
Diary line at an equal distance from tide water.
Under its contract with the Canadian Gov
eminent, tho Canadian Pacific halfway Com:
pany had the rignt to select all OF its land
Erant wlth.n ~ We l"r,iie neIt "hn 10 accet 9hg
Pacific hallway Company and the Government
Of Canada are practically ono aud the same
thing, tine railway company had no difficulty
in securing only lands OF the hest quality
In 1881 Manitoba produced *. - 90, bush
els OF wheat. average per acre - 3-lO bushels.
4s8.i5 bushels Of barley $ loo bushols
The leaders of the Liberal party OF Canada
charge the failure to obtain immigration to
the high tariff upon imports. This is Il false
The average duty upon imports into canada
upon goods entered Tor cunsumption Tor tho
sfS y9 per s snnn much les. tRan the rnS Of
duty collected upon imports coming into tho
United states. \ less rate than even Prof.;
Wilson PROPOSES in his so-called con sttutional
revenue reform. anti. Amcrcnn. deficiency
creating. highly moral. mosaic tankruptcy;,
that settlers hayo been coming for the past
ten years from Manitoba, where land may be
hal for nothing with u cash bonus added to
the Oak otas. where they must pay IL large price
for land, OF no better quality cannot be cN.
policy OF incidental protection 10 Canadian in.
dustriai inyesiments prevents settlers from
1t is a political lie with which the leaders OF
the Liberal Iarty are attempting to deceive the
Immigrants from Europe will not come to a
same cost come to this republic. british
connection is the true cause OF the breakdown
in the emigration policy, OF Canada.
To give any other as the chief reason is to
tempt to obtain power upon false pretences.
Tor which the leaders OF the Liberal party de-
them is a gross fraud upon Canadian indus
trial Investments: ~ tho Liberal leaders BY
eraI election and Kept their pledges. they
would sim ply destroy tho manufacturing in
dnstries Of Canada and enormously increase
n a Df nnrmlatinn
riding for u fall Their success would bring
on a financial panic similar to that we are en-
Sir J ohm <. Macdonald was quite right in say
ing that only two practical courses were open
union with the United States. The electors
1851. and 1871 repudated the Liberal leaders
with n full knowledgs that the Tory leaders
%sFS ehey Seg docded that the os prom
Tory corruption would be far less than from
soS-caiied revenue reform ana they were rignt'
and revenue. reform are all frauds upon
Canadian industries. -
expended not less than sl5O.OOoOO to PRO
mote the. settlement OF Manitoba and the
The result, aq Increase in population in
,shted and an s exodus Of poemlSton qt 10 Da
If hSssl 4s d ee
lecte,l in canada from lS7 to 1891 did not ex-
o Me ths Mss not des
As Manitoba has consumed less luxuries
thar the Eastern PROVINCES it is safe to say
that the average duty collected upon imports
into Manitoba has not exceeded .l2a per cent
heaven for revenue Ieformers. and she should
attract imm iGration freely without Govern
The increase In the population in Manitoba
and the Northwest Territories lin the fertile
belt area !2S,OC0 square miles. was 100000
In the two Dakotas and Minnesota area 2l5.-
600 square miles. the gain from 1870 to 1870
The increase in the Formulation Of British Go;
to is0i was 10000. while In washington. area
s3Tare %es the gHin IN s PoIS's oM
tarin has not done much for Canada as Il Iro-
moter Of immigration. As II promoter Of Cana
dian industries its failure has been, II possible.
The fret blast furnace for the manufacture
Of pig iron In Canada was erected IN 1897 tl56
ton until issS < grand i total Of i've furnaces
was IN blast during 1870. The same year
OF Il we're exported to the United States. 57.at4
tons were smelted in Canada, producing 2l.772
&tenths tons Of ope' o The rraDl total yaiue
OF the exports OF iron and steel and manutac-
lures thsEe9t nSudinG sG5"D from ter n the
Will lie the grand tota! OF imports OF iron
and steel and manufactures thereof was
per capita basis the i'm ports OF iron and steel
into Canada was equal TO an import for tho
United States OF Sl7p.S'il. +a3 whereas the
actual i'm ports of iron and steel and man ufac.
lures thereof into the United States for the
same fiscal year was only Sbl ,J-OtjO4. and the
exports Of the same S..S. SOO!Etu
In 1891 Canada manufactured one-twelve-
hundredth part of the worlds production OF
pig iron, while the nited States produced ~
ner cent, OF the total product. The worlds
production OF pig iron Increased from IL. Ill.,
HE} tons in 1879 to .3,l245it In 1890. or *
per cent There was not any increase in pro-
duction in Canada.
There were more than ten million net tons Of
pig iron produced in the nited States in 1892.
or about five hundred times as much Ms in
Canada, although our population Is only thir-
teen times greater than that OF Canada.
The stimulating effect OF the blessed gospel
OF u tATin for revenue only upon the iron
industry OF Canada. and the very depressing
effect OF the unconstitutional American policy
OF protection upon the iron industry OF tho
United States Is clearly and most emphatically
disclosed BY these statements, all taken from
late Canadian official reports In lSn there
was e ll7taiI tons OF coal mined in Canada
a t1,E, It'd .