The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-10-24
The Manifest Destiny of Canada &.

A description of present conditions in
Canada given by an Ottawa correspond
cnt 81 that important financial and COM
mercial authority, the London Econo-
mist. has in II much significance,
A very remarkable. even a revolu
tionarv, change in the movement Of pop
ulatlon IN the Canadian possessions has
taken place during the last five wears
IN 1870 there We're POO p natives Of
Canada and Newfoundland in the Unite
States The drift Of emigration was
then and for many wears had been wholly
from Canada to this country: vet the
whole population of canada. native and
foreign-holr. II now only I, iHO.Tn. I'm
English social philosopher Of distinct ion
had explained this direction Of the cur
rcn' by attrlbuting II - tho general
tendency of ppplllrlon +" escape from
rigorous climate, bur as ~ per cent. Of
these Canadian emigrants settled in our
state, which lie next the Canadian Dor
dor, and consequently have climate
which ia practically the same his theory
fell Ia the ground
" has received another staggering
blow during the last five years Since
1897 emigration from the United States
Ia Canada has begun 10 set in and the
volume of il has become very con sid
cradle. The great amount Of free
grant land obtainable in the Canadian
Northwest is attracting emigration from
our Northwest, where such land is mostly
taken up, and the attraction * the greater
because that region of Canada seems
destined to be great wheat producing
country Official Canadian statistics
give the volume of this immigration as
5000 up 10 he end of last June, and the
Interior Department at Ottawa estimates
that by year from that time it will be-
100000.
This loss To Us al he present is looked
on in Canada, it seems. as possibly a
future gain. Some Canadians, saws
the Economists correspondent, fear that
these new arrivals may some day bring
about the secession of the Canadian
Northwest from the rest of the Dominion :"
That is. the fear is that the newcomers
will Americanize the region in which
they settle nor is il an unreasonable con-
Clusion. Already the new settlers are
Grumbing about the Canadian tariff, BY
reason Of which they have to pay more
for nearly all factory goods. including
farm implements. than they paid in the
United States, SO that. though they
may have been protectionists at home,
thax- tariff IN, 10 -,
the interests of their own pockets Yet
meanwhile the manufacturers Of the
older provinces have begun a campaign
for higher duties.
The remedy is very simple, however
and Canadians have good reason to feel
thankful that the accession of Americans
10 the Northwest has brought it to their
attention So convincingly. OF course,
il is annexation. The futility of attempt
ing To compete with the United States,
soon 10 embrace two hundred millions
of the Englsh-speaking race and capa-
BILE Of supplying most Of the worlds
wants. as Mr.. CARNEGIE said at ST
Andrews University on Wednesday,
will be made more apparent every day
In the relatively feeble Canada and it
will discover and acknowledge that its
own destiny is 10 become a part of the
great American political and economical
system whose supremacy is already
established. America, as Mr.. CAR
NEGIE proved to his Scotch audience
by abundant and indisputable statistics,
now makes more steel than all the rest
Of the world in iron and coal her pro-
duction is greatest and it is also so in
textiles. She produces three-quarters
of the worlds cotton. The value OF her
manufactures is about triple that of
your own. Her exports are create
and the Clearing House exchanges at
New York are almost double those of
London
The mere instinct of self-preservati ion
will lead Canada to become an integral
part of this dominant world power
The COnable system