The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-09-19
STILL ALITTLE
LAND FOR SALE
About 100000 Acres in the Ca.
madam Northwest Not Yet
,~.- ~ Disposed Of.
The Movement of Yankees in That
Direction May Have Important
Consequences.
Commercial Interest an Influence
That May Yet Bring About a ~
Closer Union.

y, F 3 The Je.rna1 Bureau. Room 70. Post
Washington, Sept. 19.-The movement
Of populati ton into the new Canadian wheat
belt has several times been referred to
in these columns as one of the notable
economic movements of the day, with po
litical effects possible Of far-reaching i'm
pOrtance Hhis movement comes about at
a time when the American people have
como to think that there is no more "out
west'-that the frontier has departed. 1t
Is a reminder, however, that there is still
an "up north,'' where the sign of the
Hudson Bay store, the CLINT Of the Indian
fsherman's paddle and the fiat roof dug
cut of the hunter and prospector bear wit
ness to the fact. that the wilderness has
not entirely retreated
lone feature which was loudly ap
piauded during the fireworks at the VIM
njpeg exposition" said Frederick J. Has
kin, who has recently returned from a
visit to the wheat belt of western Canada,
was large set piece representing a yell
low Sheaf Of ripened wheat. 1t was ap-
itropriate. In some countries gold is the
magic word which causes the eyes Of man
to shine. But up there it is wheat, and
the hard grain of Manitoba ranks with
the best in the world.
The proportions of this wheat area
and it's possibilities are somewhat daz-
zling. The government authorities esti-
| mate that sitter all the land unsuited to
agricultural purposes, such as swamps,
arid regions and mountains, is deducted,
there still remain IS, 600, 900 acres Of good
| land i'll the four provinces of Manitoba,
Assiniboia, Saskatchewan and Alberta.
During the last year the records show the
| disposal by the government and by the
railroad companies of somewhat over
| 4,1QG, 600 acres. In Manitoba alone, which
has 23,C0G,G0O acres of good land, only
about ne-seventh of which Is now culti-
waited.
The movement of Yankees into the
| country is sure to have important political
consequences continued MI. Haskin.
1.-The population Of the Northwest Terri
tory is already one fourth american, and
the seeds Of Anlericanisn once planted,
ripen rapidly. While in Winnipeg, asked
| the manager of a great Canadian enter
prise how he would feel toward annexation
/ to the United States. should that be-
come live issue. He declined to- be
quoted, but, while doing so. sketehed
dollar mark on a blotter before him and
passed it toward me. Commercial inter-
est is the influence which will eventually
bring about a union Of the English speak
ing peoples on this continent.
1.-The first impression which Winnipeg
! makes on the stranger is that 1t has
plenty of room to grow. There is no di-
vidlng line between the city and the coun-
try. The paved street meets the black
loan Of the prairie; the plank walk stops
where there is good grazing for stock. The
shanty Of the boomer is giving place to
the business block of pressed brick, while
! the land agent and the pro1noter-those
| hopeful enthusiasts who thrive so. well
with their fluent prophesies of the com
! ing days-confide to you that they have
not quite sold out but have few town
lots left, which. although the best on
the plat, they will let you in on at bar
I GAIN
Rural Mall Carriers Pay.
| The rural mail carriers now receive $500
| a year, which is just double what they
were paid during the experimental period,
| when official computations were made as
| to the cost of this service, were it to be
generally extended The department then
told congress that this would be fine
job for the farmers boys. with farm
full Of horses and cheap hay-some th1ng
to fill in the spare time with and turn a
little ready money. On this basis con-
gress went into IT.. The cost, in a few
short years. has already doubled. and the
rural carriers are more than ever eager
for more Instead of being obscure farm
ers' boys, they have become political mag
mates Of considerable consequence, and
feel that they should be compensated In
proportion. .<~=
The union Of rural and city carriers, in
all future movements for increased COM
pensation, may produce some interesting
results Heretofore the weakness OF a,
city carriers claim has been that2so many
corgre ssmen had no cities, and so did not
care what became of this interest. But
they will all have either city or rural
routes, and the two classes of carriers,
by merging their political strength, VIII
set in operation forces which cannot east
ly be resisted.
w w 1ermane.