Evening star., 1900-12-17
Montreal and adothkr IN Scotland, the land


Of his birth"
0avalfy and Prosperity.
Tho elections iR this country last month
were followed with much interest In Canada
also. the yisitorx3sid, because the cry OF
'prosperity'' 10 a. much In evidence to the
north OF the boundary Tine n south Of It.
AZ Mr.. Stewards elfacial work In In the line
Of wood. both inethe natural and manufac-
ta tured M state, s. hs S,ied an instance which Y
oping Canadian resources for the good Of
the dominion.
I'm all the vast stretch. Of country from
ocean to ocean. he said" there Is an area OF
but 100000 square miles Of prairie-this in
semi-circular plat adjoining the United
States boundaryd linS opposite Dakota and
Montana All the country down to the
forty-ninth parallel is a grand, continuous
forest, which since the formation OF the
Hudson Bay Company has been q hunting
ground par excellence. The provinces have
what are known aa crown lands. which are
administered by their own local officials,
but the unbroken stretches of forest in the
north, center and west Of the dominion,
with the exception of British Columbia. of
course. are under the dominion bureau OF
forestry. -.s@ -, "a.
Under our system in Canada we keep
the ownership OF ethe lands and license out
the cutting of the timber under certain reg
ulations In Ontario recently an order in
council provided that timber cut on crown
lands must be manufactured in the domin-
ion. Hitherto hundreds Of thousands feet of
timber had been RATED over to Michigan an
nualJy through Georgian bay and put into
commercial shape in the mills there The
lumbermen in the states immed ately dis
puted the right, Of the dominion govern
ment to impose any such restrictions upon
them after they had secured license to cut.
1t was demonstrated, however, that their
contracts permitted only the cutting for one
year under such. regulations as were pro-
vided by law. But it is customary, IL the
ground rent is duly paid. to renew the IL
censes from year to year.
International Jealousy.
''Many efforts were made by the Michigan
lumbermen to secure an abatement of the
provisions they deemed obnoxious and detri-
mental to their interests In the states. but
the official order was enforced, with the
result most satisfactory to the Ontario Of
ficials-that the Michigan mills have been
transported across the boundary and have
been put into operation under dominion
laws. This has caused an influx OF popu-
lation, which has been very desirable in
that part of the country. and has increased
shipping demands, because the lumber h1th-
erto RATED across now goes out Of the do
minion cut and sized. Every mill on Geor-
gian bay is now busy, and prosperity Is
everywhere reported.
'As Canada has ample room for greatly
Increased population 1T IS gratifying to
her ministers and indeed to all her people,
to know that immigration is excellent now.
The immigration bureau has been increased
considerably during the past year to facili-
ia tie this influx. Hundreds of settlers come
from the states across the boundary, when
ever opportunities for worldly betterment
seem to offer. From across seas come
numbers Of families Of the sect known as
the Dukobars, whose teachings are some
what similar to those of the Quakers. They
are opposed to war-'peace-at-any- price
and leave Russia rather than share the
fate of others of their sect who have been
banished to Siberia. Many Of the immi
grants are from Galcia
Internal Development.
1.-THE substantial development of tt do
m:nion has progressed most favorably also
in other lines. The tariffs have been re-
duced, yet the revenues are now largely
increased. Postage has been lowered and
again an Increase has resulted. The Sc.
Lawrence canals have been increased to
minimum depth OF fourteen feet, which
enables swift and powerful vessels to pass
through the lakes with as little delay as
they experience below Montreal.
There is TO basis for the exaggerated re-
ports corcer ming M. Menier and his i'm
provement of the Island Of Anticosti. Be
cause he Is Frenchman, 1t has been re-
ported that he is secretly building fortif-
ca tions on his property-he owns the whole
island-which may become menace to the
safety Of the dominion, the island is of
strategic Importance. But the utmost cor
dislity exists between M. Menfer and the
government, with whom he lately cooper
ated in transporting to new homes in the
northwest several Hundred fishermen whose