Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-04-26
Thousands of Homeseekers Will
Leave This Country.
WORK OF THE IMMIGRATION AGENTS
Printers Ink Being Freely Used to
Advertise the Country.
OFFERS TO THE FARMER
Special Correspondence Of The Evening Star.


OTTAWA, Canada April Is, 1901
Last year 1900 people went from the
United States to Canada and established
a permanent residence in the latter coun-
try. The officials of the immigration de-
partmert of the Canadian government es-
innate that at least 10000 people will set
tie in Canada from the United States in
1901, and they profess to believe as well
that this is but the beginning of con-
siderable movement which will last as long
as Canada is able to give a free home
stead of 100 acres of land to the head of
q family.
The Canadian government is now maxi
ing unusual effort to induce immigration.
About S2Jo,000 year is being spent in mis-
sicnary work which has now extended to
every part of the world. Considerable adj
vertising is done in newspapers and other
publications and a vast amount of attrac-
tive literature has been sown broadcast in
every thickly settled country. About 5000
people a year are now coming into Canada
who may be classed home seekers. The
United States furnishes the largest num-
Der from any one country. The united king
dom comes next, with southern Europe
a close second. The remainder are nearly
all from northern Europe.
Little immigration From Canada.
1t has been stated that at least one mil
lion Canadians have gone to the United
States, and this is probably approx
mately correct estimate. This movement
has come to an end however, for the i'm
migration reports of the United States
show that the annual arrivals Of home
seekers from Canada have been less than
500 for the past five six years. Nearly
all of the immigration now being absorbed
by Canada Is agricultural, and over Is per
| cent of those who come to the country go
at once into the free home region Of the
| northwest territory. The population of
Canada in 1891 was S33' 2.S9 The census
of 1901 was completed April 49, and the
census commissioner Is confident that the
total will show at least 620O,OO0 people,
which is very much larger gain than that
recorded of the interval between 1881 and
1891, when emigration from Europe was
all directed toward the United States
There is always a land-hungry tide of
humanity on the move. Free homes being
practically thing of the past In the
United States the theory now IS that this
tide must turn to Canada. which Is the
only country in the world Offering such
inducements to settlers. Agents of the do
minion government are now busy every
where there is IA possibility of inducing
respectable people to change their loca-
ton and those familiar with the renra rk-
able results following the labor Of these
agents for the past five years freely pre-
dict for Canada a population Of at least
10000 600 in 1910. and double that In 1915.
The Canadian government surveys and
opens it's land for settlement . small part
at a time. and there is no possible way of
estimating the number of people who could
find home within the boundaries of this
tremendous area. On the land now open
for settlement alone there are 100000
homesteads of 100 acres each. which. al
lowing five people to a family, means an
increase in the population of at least 2,50o,
coo