The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-05-20
WIVES WANTED.
Inducements Ofered Women In
Northwestern Canada
scheme for Encouraging Female EnK,
grafton 20 u Region where There
Is . Superiority Of
E&ehelors

- grew Nes4 oA money mas been spent
by the Dominion government in the last
ten years 10 encourage immigration 70
Canada. and most OF the schemes. 10
Judge BY the last census, have been more
or less futile. Now the chief govern
ment organ here comes forward with
another project TO people the great
northwest. This paper, referring 70 a
statement BY the land commissioner OF
the Canadian Pacific railway 70 the ef'
feet that the great want OF TIE north
west Is moro women. says that the bach
elor life OF the farmers IN Manitoba
and the northwest makes them dissat.
lstied; that they soon get discouraged
and write 10 their friends in Great Brit
am about the cheerleSs. unattractive
lives they are leading; and that il "a
we'll known that these letters have been
widely circulated in the English pro-
vincial press, and have had the effect
of turning of the tide of emigrants
TO other shores-to the United States,
Australia and South Africa
If these men," the paper adds, had
been mated with plucky wives, ths
stories Of their failure would not have
been written home. They would have
found life in the northwest tolerable
and would have taken pride IN over
coming their difficulties. \ few thou.
sand women OF the right kind would
probably do more 20 make that country
than any other influence that could be
brought to bear upon it just now. SUIT.
nh l. rffrr- Of
employment, and are not likely To have
10 go long without husbands"
This led 20 n new scheme for peoplina
the northwest 1t was started here q
few days ago, and a committee is now
hard at work on the details OF the plan.
a preliminary meeting was held to dis.
cuss the matter. and n committee was
appointed TO report on the feasibility
of sending girls To the northwest from
the overcrowded centers OF population
of the older provinces of Canada Girls
wanted" was the motto of the meeting;
but, when one Of the gentlemen pres-
ent unwzrily declared that part OF the
plan was 70 send girls out west to make
wives of them for the prairie farmers,
the ladies present took up arms against
the matrimonial part of the scheme.
They said that this was too delicate a
matter 20 deal with, and strongly OBJ
lected 70 associating any marriage
scheme with the proposed female emf
grafton 10 the west No society, IL wa
contended. could successfully arrange
marriages between people " hose modes
OF living had been SO different and no
such plan was likely 10 succeed. While
the ladies were willing 20 take part in
any movement 10 encourage the emigra-
1ion Of girls 70 the northwest, and find
employment as domestic servants for
them there, they absolutely refused 70
have anything to do with any scehme
having for its object the shipping Of a
train losd of girls 20 the northwest 10
be married 10 the farmers OF that part
of the country. There was also the pos
sibility of ill-mating couples. and the
ladies apparently did not care 20 under.
take the responsibility of 50 delicate
matter as the promotion OF matrimony
among the farmers. IL was soon MAKE
apparent that the matter would have "a
he handled very cautiously. and that II
The movement succeeded the question
of uatrImony would have 10 be kept In
the background and the idea OF riar-
rage left 20 the eInigrauts themselves
TO work out ia the good old-fashioned
way. Lady Aberdeen. tbs wife OF the
governor general of Canada, wrote 20
Or. W. =. Bessey, the organizer Of the
meeting. that this was one of the ques-
lions 10 come up for discussion at the
meeting Of the women's council 10 bS
held in Montreal.
S. VI. Jones, secretary Of the meeting,
deplored the fow Of girls TO the cities
from the country. aud thought they
should % 20 the northwest and Tnaks
homes for themselves and b. independ-
ent, rather than come to the centera
Of population and work for "a pittance.
But Onc Of the ladies thought that the
girls in the cities were not ~ to make
farmers WIVES. Mr.. Jones veutured the
remark, rather unfortunately. that they
night Is well e.uigrate 10 tie northwest,
for the men in the cities would not
marry them, anyhow, AID the lady
ioappishly ret0rted that ~the glrlt
would not marry them
4 good deal Of cold vatrr haz b<rn
thrown on the scheme, but the commit
tee is hard az work. aud believes that -
'vill accomplish something. There -
certainly a great lark ~ To softer sex
Ia the Canadian northwest. 10 y est
mated that there are Ga that part - 80
dominion between 5000 AID q. 90 NOR
males than females. Tie organizer %
he movement, who - cou6dent % ths
1rac tIca bility Of the scheme. recalls fhs
lays ID tbo early history II French Can
.da vhcn the French king regularly
hipped boat loads 81 rirls 20 i,~corss
ne wives q The plpuseE sstslsrs Ia Can
d. The railways would. j. Is thouxht,
uruish free tranEportat5on f1r any
.uuber 81 girls who would be induced
. 20 % The NORTH uest, aad u ia hoped
bat government Gld vii be given &c
lie scheme ncn1c " DO are unfaT0rabis
o the movement coutend hat tie basa
Tor tllers % The sosl 2 tie north.eas
ave 10 need Tor woues. AID shat theJ
refer 20 do their ovru ssgri. Eat there
70 seTy selT who share Ga = ls oI.sgl 5ssr.
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