Evening star., 1901-04-23
Total. 81 463, 4.

| At Paris in 1873 Canada had a building
which cost $4,000. At the Chicago fair the
| contribution of nearly $500 600 was divided
as follows: The dominion government ap-
| propriated $252, ,513 Ontario, $S1 S2S: Que
| bee, $34, ,401: Manitoba, $4S, ,S2S; Northwest
| territories, $1,000; British Columbia, ST.
| $50; Nova Scotia s5,057; Prince Edward
| Island, S602. The space allowed to Canada
at the Chicago fair was 1860 square feet,
| and even then the Canadian authorities
| found they could have used considerably
more. One reason why Canada has not
| done very much for the Pan-American ex-
position is that the space allotted was con-
sidered much too small by the Canadian
| commissioners, and it was some time be-
| fore any agreement could be reached. AT
| the Glasgow exhibition Canada paid some
| thing over $1,000 for the space occupied.
To Aid Live Stock Growers.
The $4,000 appropriated for the Pan
American exhibition is to be used largely
! for the assistance of growers of fine live
| stock, who asked the Canadian govern
| ment to assist them in the matter of trans
| portation. A small building will be put
up, but it will be comparatively cheap
| affair. The Canadian Pacific railroad. with
| its usual enterprise, will have a fine ex-
hibit at Buffalo, and a number of individ-
| uals have made considerable effort to be
well represented. There have been so
| many demands of this character of late
| that it has been found very difficult to
arouse interest, and when it is considered
that the two countres-the United States
| and Canada-are rivals in the matter of
transportation, and are antagonistic so far
as their import duties are concerned, this
apathy in evidence at this time can be ac-
counted for
The matter of the St. Louis fair has not
yet been brought to the consideration of
the Canadians, and many of them are still
in ignorance of this proposed exposition.
1t is the custom in Canada to appropriate
money for these foreign exhibits by de-
grees, SO that the item will not constitute
too great a proportion of the budget of
annual expenses. Parliament meets once a
year, and to secure an adequate Canadian
representation the first appropriation must
be made at least two years before an eX-
position actually materialiZes.
immigration From the United States.
Canada is making every effort possible to
secure agricultural immigration and with
considerable success. Europe is proving to
be the most profitable field for missionary
work, though there is a steady and grow
ing movement from the United States on
to the vast expanses of free land which
Canada has to offer home seekers in the
northwestern provinces. Just at this mo-
ment the Canadians are very much agi-
tated over American competition in trans
portation matters and there is a concen-
tration of effort for the development of the
st. Lawrence route The soreness result
ing from the failure of the high joint COM
mission to arrive at some commercial
treaty is also very much in evidence. and
it will depend largely upon the outcome of
commercial negotiations between the two
countries in the future as to whether Can
ada will participate to any great extent In
proposed expositions now scheduled for the
United States.
gov selected the current year for her eX-
position, for Canada's representation at
Paris was worthy of the country and of
great interest to those who saw 1t. Over
$500, 600 was spent by the dominion govern
ment at Paris and many thousand more
by individual exhibitors If Glasgow had
not offered an opportunity for the use of
these exhibits this year they would nearly
all have come to Buffalo. as is doubtless
the case with a number Of other countries.
Need for Cooperation.
1t would appear from this experience that
there should be some collaboration on the
part of all the countries which have adopt
ed this method Of advertising their re-
sources so as to avoid conflict Of dates.
The exposition business has grown to
such an enormous extent that single cities
now produce entertainments of this kind
which are far more extensive and costly
than those which formerly originated by
national effort. To be well represented at
all these events is an enormous expense
one which cannot be considered seriously
by any country of limited income If one
exhibit of more or less permanent charac-
ter could be kept moving from one coun-
try to another appearing in succession at
the different eXpositions, 1t would be possf-
BILE for Canada and others as well to make
fine display on every occasion. Where
the forces are divided it is difficult for the
party in power to assume the responsibility
of a sufficient annual appropriation to
make an equal showing at all eXpostions
held simultaneously.
The general feeling in Canada is that the
country should exploit its advantages at
every possible opportunity, and few coun-
tries are doing more to encourages home
seekers to settle within their boundaries.
With great stretches of fertile land which
can be had for the asking and practically
no restrictions on immigration. Canada ex-
poets with considerable reason to fall heir
to the vast tide Of European land hunters