The Forrest City times., 1895-06-14
MAKING NEW HOMES.
Some interesting Facts and Suggestions
Emigratiun.

Some Intcresting Facts and Suggestions
on Emigration.
During the last year the demand for
labor in the colonies has changed but
little for better or for worse. As re-
CARDS Canada, the nearest, on account
OF its nearness probably the most at
tractive of our colonies, the labor mar.
ket was uncertain and in degree dis
located. Artisans over and above those
already on the spot are not required.
Experienced farm hands and those Of
untiring energy and ready to turn
their hands to any kind of work needed
are practically certain to obtain en-
ployment, but the inexperienced farm
laborer can find no place in Canada
1t Is general complaint there
against the ordinary English la
borer that he lacks fexibility and
is unable to adapt himself to va
rious trades or even to the same
trade under altered or different condi-
tions Above all things, it is necessary
in Canada to forget the lessons of the
specialists. and to know little of
many callings. As . general rule, the
emigrant intending to succeed must be
ready and able to turn his hand to
many things. The standing demand
for female servants In the country dis
tricts was last year better than IL had
been previously. owing to the fact that
the commercial depression in the towns
induced many young women to migrate
into the country districts. In an sp-
pendix OF the report Mr.. Lawson. M.
r., who last year paid . visit to the
dominion, denounces the pupil sys-
tenn" as fraud and q useless expendi-
ture. There are agencies in this coun-
try still Offering terms for cadets or
pupils, and there are people apparently
still foolish enough to accept their
offers and pay their fees. Again, the
report points out that the system Il
unnecessary, and most Objectionable
as qpening z the door to grave abuses.
It Is not approved by the dominion
government, and the emigration office
desires to warn the public against It
OF the Australian colonies, Western
Australia and New Zealand alone are
said to have thriven during the last
year. though gold mining In Victoria
was prosperous, and in Queensland
the sugar industry was fairly active.
At the Cape the labor market was
overstocked and no workmen should
go there in the hope of plying their
usual occupation, unless they have So
cured employment beforehand. A
special warning Is addressed to clerks
and railway employees against pro-
ceeding to South Africa. The annual
education report of the colony calls
attention to the dearth of experienced
teachers, and domestic female serv-
ants are in great request. So
far rs emigration to foreign coun-
tries is concerned, the past
year, as the monthly returns attest,
has bee very uneventful The situa-
tion in the United States. combined
with the severe stringency in the I'm
migration regulations, has tended to
check the ordinary flow of emigra .ion
thither. and the South American re-
publics remain practically closed to
European emigrants. Notice must also
be taken Of the fact that any assist
ance on the part Of our colonial gov
ernme nts to emigrants is withdrawn.
No free passages are nov given to any
colony. Queensland grants assisted
passages to domestic servants, and GER
tain classes of useful laborers and
western Australia to persons with q
small capital ready to employ it in
agriculture. The result of all these
limitations is to throw intending emf
grants practically on their own re-
sources.-London Chronicle.