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ready IL had added to the expenditure nearly
deficit A loan OF slo.ooC.ooo was the insyi-
table outcome of the policy laid down by Mr'
Fielding, the Finance Minister.
Tho Canadian Pacific operators strike has
caused a great deal Of incony nyenience. and unless
speedily settled will provo disastrous to the Ca
madam autumn trade by water. which must close
renee. The officials OF the company speak opti-
mistically of the prospect OF an easy settlement.
Sherman's Prediction or 1897 Verified by
Recent Canadian Statistics.
To THE EDITOR OF THE suS-Sir: In 1867
Secretary William II. Seward with marvel
lous foresight. precision. and knowledge of
Canadian affairs, in interview with tho late
Senator Foote OF Vermont and tho late Senator
Simpson of Bowmanville, Canada, predicted
that the racial and religious animosty and nm
taRonism existing between the Protestants and
Roman Catholics of tho Dominion could not be
healed or removed unless there was an abnor-
NAL increase In the Protestant population. lie
held that the Roman Catholics, being very
much more prolific than tho Protcstants,
would maintain their relative proportion in
numbers of the population unless there was a
very large increase of Protestants through i'm
migration. and therefore the members of the
Roman Catholic Church could not be assimi-
lated or Anglicized. lie also predicted that
Canada could not secure and retain immigra-
tion so long as It remained an appendase of the
British Crown.
We learn from the Canadian census that In
1881 IL 43-100 per cent. OF the population or
the Dominion was Roman Catholic. and in
1891 al 21.l00 per cent. was of the same re-
ligious faith; showing loss in the decade of
only 22-1oo OF one per cent, although not less
than 300 900 Roman Catholics had emigrated
to this republic during that period. Had they
49,, a -,
population of Canada IN 1891 would have been
Roman Catholic
The greater fertility Of tho members of the
Roman Catholic communion IS n we'll estab
lIshed fact and TO practical Christians n qNCs-
tion of far more grave Importance than any
dogmatic difference between Roman Catholi-
cism and Martin Lutherism.
Roman Catholics obey the fundamental
laws upon which moral. human society is
founded organized, and preserved, far more
rigidly than do the Protestant sects. refer to
the moral and statutory laws relating to mar
ringe, the integrity Of the family, paternity,
and maternity. revere ana love the Roman
Catholic Church for its defence of the family
and the State, even II do not agree with its
dognatic theology.
The Canadian census OF 1891 confirms Mr..
Seward's prediction as to the increase Of popu-
lation by emigration and also as 10 the relative
increase OF Protrstants as compared with Ro-
man Catholics, and likewise his prediction that
Canada could not retain emigration under tho
British flag.
The racial and religious animosities and an
tagonisms are as bitter from Protestant
standnoiut at the present time as at any pre-
vious time In Canadian history.
The Mowat- Cartwright MulOck- Blair Lau-
rier Government of Canada has announced
its intention OF abandoning the attempt TO Sc
C re and retain emigration from Europe, or. in
other words from monarchicai countries. 1t
has at last discovered that one who Is familiar
with monarchical government will not come to
this continent and seek home for himself and
his offspring under the same political system
It has cost Canada since confederation in S6T
not less than $50, 900 900 in hard cash 10 learn
this lesson. which vast sum has been wasted
upon emigration agencies in Europe and
sisted passages and bonuses TO those who set
tied in tauaGa
The great statesmen Who pr1pounded and
promulgated the absurd fiscal p9iicy Labelled be- d
into the vulgar tongue is "unrcstrictci indus
trial damnatlon for Can ldR.' are about to com
nit the stupeudoas folly oftryin; 70 induce
republicans residlug IN our Western states to
return to Canada and settle under the domin.
lon OF the British Crown.
When they can reverse the laws OF nature
and OF the hu man mind. heart. and soul. they
can possibly induce Americans TO immtg.ate %
Canada while IL remains Al TUT IN the tan OF
the British lion, but not before they can exer-
else the supernatural powers referred to.
tario Il few days since on the HOor OF Iarlla-
ment described the leader Of the Conservative
party in the House OF Commons a. u man riding
in II stpgc coach who expo ed false hands while
his real hands were III the pcCHels OF his fellow
passengers stealing their purses, but he did not
call the noble knight financial or fiscal tool
In 1891 SJ 40 per cent. of The population of
Canada was native born. 10 l.lO rCr cent. was
born in British POSSESSIONS other than the DO.
min inn nf | I'll TRr
in the tnitcd states, and o-lO per cent. under
other foreign ha :.
upon this continent. More than 20 per cent.
OF them reside in this republic under the Amer
There were 53.455,72 nativc.born Amer-
cans upon this continent in 1890, OF whom one
SsysHH OF 9no per % TSIHs II Dsn4a
shipping, mining, cNnrCss. insurance, tc,c.
graph, telephone, and manufacturing interests
Tho grand total is $4,000. Had 20 per Con,. of
the native. born Americans immIratcd to Can
ada our loss would have been lO,d0l,l1J In
stead of $4,000.
From 1867 10 1901, twenty-four years. not
landed at Canadian ports. AC, ordlnE TO the
Canadian census Of ls0l, only G42.iG4 re-
mained in Canada, and of This number j66,-
4G6 came from Great Britain. This proves
that out Of every ten immigrants who landed
in Canada from, Eurone,, nine settled in the
remained In Canada cost the Dominion not
less than S3o,ooo.ooo, or ut The rate of SO
per caplta
citizens In t. United States. II they had cost
us $50 per capita, the total charge would
have been SJ00.0OO, 900.
In view OF these facts it Is not surprising
that the MOwat- Cartwright MulOck Blair lau-
rcr administration OF Canada should nhan-
don the policy OF seeking emi rants in Europe
but Canada secured IL $40 Of her pOpuls-
ton from Europe. and only l 40 per cent.
from the United States, the policy OF seeking
emigration from our Northwestern States Is
Infinitely more absurd than the policy they
have announced they will abandon.
In 1925 the population ot Fort Garry, now
Winnipeg. was larger thnu thai Of the lcr-
ritOry now known us Minnesota was IN 1870.
Wheat was exported from Fort Garry to This
country before 1925. In 1916 the population
OF Fort Smelling s., Paul. was ten. and
Minneapolis had not yet been born: In 1891
tho population OF Minnesota. NCrlh Dakota.
Montana. Idaho. and Washington wns more
than 2 100000, while the population Of Can
ada west OF Ontario was 3ID,HiO, including
80 600 wild Indian and the French. Scotch
and English half breeds. The population Of
Winnipeg at the present time docs not exceed
30, 900, while thlt Of ~. Paul and Mnae-
apolis, practically one city, exceeds 400, 900.
The census OF Toronto, taken Jan. ], Is 90.
emphatically sustains my prediction. made two
years ago, that the Canadian census OF 1901
would not show INV WhutpVnr n the