The age-herald., 1897-10-27
CANADA AWAKENlNa.
The klondyke Discoveries Have Aroused Her
 Latent Energies.

4From the Philadelphia Tines. -
 Montreal Oct. 25.
 For half a century now Canada has been barely holding it's own in popula- tion and commercial prosperity, while the United States have been forging ahsad at a rate that fairly took away the breath of every important Britisher and native Canadian; but at last it looks very much as if Canada was to have her inning. Canada has awakened from her. le:hargy and she promises to enter upon the n:w century with different record Her resources have been dor mant and known only in a general way to the world; but two remarkable occur rences have contributed to her awaken ing and sudden determination to develop her imperial domain.
 One was the Queens Jubilee and the ether the recent discovery of gold in the Klondyke and the consequent flood of emigrants to the grsat Northwest Ter ritory. No one outside of Canada can realize the effect thsse two events have had upon the public. The recognition If Canada through her spresentatiyes at the jubilee banquets and cabinet meet ings, and the talk of an imperial fede7a- tion in which Canada was to occupy an important position, produced the de- sired effect upon ths people. Sir Wilfred Laurier was an able representative and the honors and attention showered upon him were accepted as marked indications of th=, mother country's love for her North American provinces. At any rate, it crystallizad public feeling here, and did more toward making the people loyal than anything that has occurred for years. It effectually quieted the agita- tion for annexation to the United States. Moreover, it suspended for time the exodus of Canadian farmers to the Nsw England states. There was distinct falling off of nearly 50 per cent. in the emigration to the United States from Canada during the weeks and months immediately succeeding the jubilee.
 This decrease was undoubtedly due to the KIondyke discovery The Klondyke is now the sh:bboleth of the Canadian loyal party, and it is working magic.
 It has a far greater meaning her+ than in the states. It is not alone the geld in the Klondyke that pleases the Canadian government and people. Most of that after all will b. carried out of the coun- try by mlnets. But IL IS the Idcl lHdt the discovery is drawing attention to Canada's great resources and attracting emigrants to the northwest by the thousands.
 In the last few weeks thousands of people have been crossing the border to make their hones .n the nor. Invest. Most of these, it is true, ars after gold. But tin their train come farmers, merchants and miners of othe1 metals than gold. Already prospectors have discovered the immense copper, silver, coal, iron and lad mines that are bui the coEtlnua Ition of these great veins which rib the North American continent from Panama to the A,ctic ocean. The vast resources of Canada's mineral belt have not been understood by even hsr own inhabitants. Her copper mines are the richest in the world, and there is no measurement of her coal and iron seams.
 Cana 6la has some stuDendous plans ahead of hsr. Tine people are dreaming g of an empire of wealth and prosperity that followed the discovery of gold in ! California; Everybody believes that the boom a head is one unprecedented in tle history of the world. Capital will flow into the new hand uIhesitatsngiy, and the population will double and treble it. | self every decade.
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