Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-04-26
No Restrictions Upon Immig ration.

No Restrictions Upon Immigration.
There are practically no restrictions upon
Immigration into Canada, and in fact there
are none under the law. The Canadian i'm
migration agents, however, are generally
careful to see that intending homeseekers
have at least 500 in cash and sufficient
goods to enable them to make start.
The farmer is the man the dominion is
after, and it would be difficult for any
government to do more to induce him to
come There have been very few CONF
paints from those who have settled ON
Canadian lands. The recent agitation
among the DoukhobarS, which aired
in the newspapers Of the United States is
confined to very few among the 1000 Of
these people who are now farming their
hcmesteads In the northwest territory. Re
markabe 1T may seem English immf
grants are looked upon by the dominion
government the most undesirable Of
them all. The Scotch. Irish and Welsh are
made welcome. but no effort Is made to
get people from England. The reason for
this is found in the fact that all English
emigrants of today are from the cities, the
overcrowded centers of population They
are physically unfit for the frontier life,
morally irresponsible and make very poor
citizens.
People From This Country Wanted.
1t would astonish many people In the
United States to know how extensive is
eminent to secure emigrants from that
country. There is Canadian agent in
nearly every state who advertises in the
newspapers and local press. distributes lit
erature, addresses farmers meetings and
visits personally those who express de-
sire for a change of base. The records of
the dominion land office show that in 1900
about 1000 homestead entries were made
by heads of families who had emigrated
from the United States. Dakota furnished
the largest proportion of these. with Min
nesOta close second Nebraska Iowa
Michigan, Kansas, Montana, Wisconsin
and Illinois are all well represented, and In
all twenty nine states contributed to the
Canadian homesteaders during that one
year Among these people were many who
had been born in Canada, but who had
moved to the United States years before
and were returning to their native country.
In speaking Of the movement Of home
seekers from the United States to Canada,
the dominion superintendent of American
agencies. Mr.. White. says:
THE success Of the work of our agents
in the United States Is so great that there
Is no time of the year when these people
are not on the move. OF course, very few
of them go In January. but they are then
making preparations, and in March the
exodus is well under way. April, May and
June witnesses the greatest movement. and
many trainloads Of settlers and their eff
fects cross the Canadian line from the
south during those three months. Many OF
these people travel overland with thelr
wagons. Last year one party or eighty
travelled 600 miles, from Nebraska to AL
berta. where they had decided to take up
their homesteads.
Young Men Wanted.
Wherever 1 have been In the United
States l find great interest taken in Cam
ada especially in the agricultural districts
We are trying especially to get the young
man of means and the fairly well-to-do
farmer, who, with large family, finds it
necessary to seek some new country where
land can be secured at less cost for his
children than In the neighborhood where he
himself has done 50 well. Realizing that 1t
is this class of emigration which we are
making especial effort to secure, it Is easy
to understand that the people who have
come into Canada from the United States
of late have not only been most desirable
citizens. but have brought with them con-
siderable property and money. l want to
say that to the 5udicious use Of printers
ink Is largely due the wonderful success
our agents have met with, and to this may
be attributed the removal Of such large
number of American citizens to Canadian
soil The visits of American press assOcia-
lions to Canada have accomplished a vast
deal of good, creating friendly feeling and
giving us an entire into a newspaper field
that could not easily have been obtained
otherwise.
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