The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-06-11

One f191Gr c4 zAx1e fA14zy wzfh0xe0
bis wnen to3d fha1 Il uzs neeessary -
peoduce 4 c<x<tAcate II mAxr1ng&- Paul
BeIaneer cs River ID Loup. an old zar
wAc fsEght N rSss-3 against the rebels
q thar persed. says II writing to tAe Eov-
erHmens regarding his family. thar. 3e-
string 90 serve his country. beth n peace
and war. he las given her - many chsa-
drsn as he has killed eaentss OK bis na-
ttcnasssy namely ths-ev-rtx- Mr. Be-
hanger steps % inquire vhesher three los
of land viii Re given 20 families which
Ike Its own. consist - thiEsy-szx eh.k-
dren- Otherwise he contends that the law
weuid net he ccn2iese and would not
render = full measure os justice 10 Cans-
dams who seek the prosperity q Their
country He expresses the belief that &c
has discharged the debt which be owed
receive hts due share Of the p-oEered
bounty.
Another recipient cf the crowns bounty
called at the parliament house here n The
nrst instance when wf6cwsr with so1r
children short OF the number required 70
entttie him 20 the grant He had sseu
reared On q farm. bat for many years
past Lad been a factory operative He
was cut OF work and desired - resGrz
TO farming. bat was without the means
70 purchase a farm After many inquiries
BE mastered the details 81 the govern
nsents conditions and returned IN a sew
faFs 20 demand hts hundred acres OF Land
having il the meantime married a widow
With Eve children
The act under which these beunsses are
gwen IS entitled An act 20 cucssr a
p~fvflsgs gpoa fathers Of families who
hare twelve children living" and the pre-
Amose contains tsz following. Whereas
II 10 advisable. following the example q.
past CENTURIES 20 give marks 90 consider
asson for fruttsrinsss IA the sacred ard
civil nonts % masrfr,oaT. therefore her
majesty By and with the aiv.ce and cor-
seat CT the legislature 81 Quebec eracts
a. follows. etc. This reference to the
example % past centuries recalls the
ordinances of Colbert. framed by the IA
NOUS minister OF Lexis XIV. whfeh ac-
corded 30 Hy-es a year 20 the father. in
Canada u ten living children bern IA
legitimate wedIcck. and - Iivres TO the
father OF twelve. horn under similar
conditions By the same ordinance -
hvres Was paid 20 every young man mar
rying ~ the age q ~ % under, and the
same amount 20 every young woman
marrying AZ the age OF Is or under. Thea
as now. II was no uncommon thing IA
French Canada for girls 70 become wsves
At - and IA years CT age
II was thought in the early days OF the
cclony shat the Indians. mingled With the
the population The chtId-beartng quail
ties Of Indian women. therefore. became IA
OBJECT OF the fnsendant Taion's attention.
but he reported to his aupeTioss In France
that they impaired their fertility By nurs-
ing taesr children longer than was neces-
sary- However he ADDS. this obstacle
10 the speedy building up Of the colony
can Do overcome by a police regulation"
Col5erf had previously offered q reward
~ led sal lxr "a H.. -. -
l.sa0 hvrss TO those who had nffe<n chii-
dren and 50 10 those who had ten Thess
wise encouragemensx, as the historian
FaiIion calls them. were crowned with
the desired result. A dispatch OF Talon
20 Colbert In 1871 Informs The minister that
from 60 10 90 children were born in the
country during the year. procisious nam-
Der In view Of the small population. The
climate was supposed 10 be particularly
favorable TO the health OF women which
IL somewhat surprising" Gays Francis
Parkrnan. in view OF recent American ex-
per.ence."
Colbert went further In his pasernai soli-
citude for New France than the present
government does. He provided wives for
the colons,s and future mothers for Can
ada by the annual shipment OF cargoes OK
young women from France 20 Quebec. Or
ders were issued little before the arrival
single men should marry within fort
night after the landing Of the prospective
brides. No mercy WAS shown 10 the OBJ
durate bachelor. Talon issued an order
foYhadiing unmarried men 20 hunt. fish.
trade with the Indians. or go INTO the
woods under any pretence whatever In
shar. they were made as miserable as pos
ahle. Colbert wrote: Those who may
seem 10 have absolutely rsnounced mar
rage should be made 70 bear additional
burdens. and be excluded from all honors:
I. would be well even TO add some marks
OF fnsamy."
THE success Of these measures WAS COM
p,e;e Throughout the length and breadth
of Canada says Parkman. Hymen, II no,
Cupid. was whipped into a frenzy OF ac-
,ivity" And The Venerable Mother Marie
de- rIncarna,.cn writes. NO sooner have
the vessels arrived than the young men
60 10 get wives. and by reason Of the great
number they are married BY thirties ~ a
time" Parkman defends the character OF
these mothers OF Canada against some OF
the historians % the time. The Mother
Mary. in 1864 called them mixed goods
''una merchandise me!ee"-and La Hon.
tain, writing fifteen or twenty years later.
says: Ships were sent out freighted with
girls OF indifferent virtue. under the tirec-
ton Of q few pious old cuennas. who a.
ytded them into three classes These ves-
tails were 20 20 speak. piled one on the
other In three different halls. where the
hrfdegrooms chose their brides as a butch
er chooses his sheep out OF the midst OF
the flock. There was wherewish 20 content
the most fan'astical In these three hareus.
for here were 30 be seen the tall and the
short. the blond and the brown. the plump
and the lean. At the end Of fortnight
not one was left. am told that the
riumpeef were taken Arss. because II was
thought that being less active. they were
mere likely TO keep at home. and that they
could resist the winter cold better
II will thus be seen that in the matter of
state encouragement OF the increase OF
canada's population from within. the gov
eminent OF Quebec IL bur continuing the
traditions OF the early French governors
CT the colony. the policy OF Colbert and
Louis XIV. and following the example Of
past centuries.
The Minsrve. one Of the leading organs
OF French-Canadian pabiie opinion IN this
province. sosesees far-reaehing results
from the difference In the birth rates OF
Ontario ard Quebec. "Mafshasian ideas"
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