The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1902-06-06
SEEK CANADIAN LANDS.
Americans Securing Farms In
Far Northwest.
BIO GAINS FOR THE COUNTRY

J. ~. HasInm of Winntpcg Discusses
the Resources of Manitoba and
Other DistrIcts-Snya the New set
tiers Are slow to become Cana
dians.
FIFTY thousand Americans will move |
from the United States this year to
northwest Canada" said j. IL. llaslam /.
OF Winnipeg the other day to a reporter
of the Chicago Record Herald "Tbey |
will do this not because they dislike the ]
United States. but because of an eX-
traordinary land movement is taking
place, and i Is affecting your farming
population living between the one hun
dredth parallel and the state of Ohio. |
Your overflow population is after our
good Canadian farming lands, and the
effect this movement may have in
AmercaniZing northwest Canada prom
ises to be- far reaching
Mr.. Hnslam is the largest individual
land owner probably Of Canada.
81 viii udmit." said Mr. Haslnm,
"that we Canadians have been II little
slow. our development has not been
markedly fast until recently. We have
not cordially welcomed Englishmen,
but the Americans we like TO take In
and make one OF us. For number or
years In the rc.io west Of Winnipeg
the American farming implement. ma
chinery aad other manufactures have
been rapidly taken hy our people. Your
trade with Us last year was $4,000,
900 aud ours Slj.OOOrpD
t4NT.t,. VRrr pp.f,1. nr4 f.sftfufs IN n
and their influence is beginning 10 be
felt In conjunction wish that of your
exports. Your population u farmers
ovcrfiowod from Ohio 10 Indiana. then
10 Illinois. then 10 Iowa and then into
Minnesota and the Dakotas. Now the
overflow has penetrated to the Manito-
ba district, TO the Assniboia ana the
Saskatchewan. Northern Illinois farm
ers, Iowa farmers. farmers from south.
ern Minnesota. are buying our unim-
proved lands at 50 TO IS an acre or TAX
ing improved lands at $35 and $40 an
acre They are bringing American push
and ingenuity to Canadian soil, and the
heavy influx is likely TO change not
only the physical features Of the Cana.
dian northwest, but political complex
ions and economic conditions
"These new settlers are not becom-
ing Canadian citizens at present. That
will come 20 certain extent after
awhile. But they are bringing Ameri-
can money and courage and brains to
Join with the courage and brains OF
the pioneers OF our country. and the
movement is literally by train loads,
without any particular encouragement
from the railway companies. II ought
TO bring about n closer bond Of sympa-
thy between this country and Canada
aud lead to reciprocity. The balance OF
trade is in your favor; il must remain
So and the interests OF the two lands,
while under different governments, are
much the same.
Winnipeg is to become the ST. Pc
tersburg OF this continent-the great
city OF the north. II is modern I'm every
sense Of the word and growing rapidly.
Even though we lack railway competi-
ton and the railways have been slow
I'm grasplng the situation our growth
has been healthy and little short OF
phenomenal. The country surrounding
us is as large as Austria, France and
Germany and practicaEy In the same
latitude. Our winters are not severe
our summers delightful. We raise mag
nifccnt potatoes. the best wheat on
earth. and experiments with corn at
Fargo indicate that we may yet have
that cereal We can grow apples, We
have the best timber, as much iron as
- ff. a,fl
coal Of excellent quality. Our grazing
lands are also rich, and we export cat
tie 10 England.
I'VE were strongly for reciprocity
with this country until President Clevo.
lands message on the Venezuelan ques
ton. Your Canadian is nothing II moi
loyal, and that message brought his
back up for England in great fashion
Since then, although believe reel.
procity would be an excellent thing for
both countries, and strong minority
thinks that way also the western
Canadians have not paid so much at,
tention to II. They have built up a
ine export trade with England. aud II
is profitable.
'Nou need our cattle and some other
things, We need much that you have
There appears 10 be no reason why we
cannot dwell side by side in amlty and
without a tariff wall between us. The
American farmer who wishes for new
land to open sees that already, and he
is coming TO us in way that is dotting
the Manitoba and Assiniboia regions
with new homes and fruitful farms"
Mr. Haslam was candidate for the
Canadian parliament once and was de-
feated by only one vote.
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