Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-11-17
Alarming Increase in the I'm
migration of Americans to
the Dominion.
Canadian Officials Anxious to Have
American Settlers Take UP Home
steads - Many Willing to Live I'm
der the British Flag - No Bad Re-
suits Politically Anticipated by the
British.

Toronto, ont, Nov. 1I.-Wlth mil
lions Of acres of undeveloped lands,
Canada is seeking to take from the
United States the title of The Promise
Land"
1t may cause the average American
to awake suddenly to realization of
The TACT that his country has grown
Old. 1t may be with establishment that
he learns that the tide is turning from
immigration to emigration; that Amer
Gins are now leaving their country for
another, and are changing allegiance
The Yankee makes good citizen
Canadian officials now say this of the
immigrant from the United States. The
Americans have been saying it for half
century of the German. the Swede and
the lrishman. The sentence has a pc
culiar sound as applied to citizens of
the United States.
What the average American has
failed to recognize the Canadian has
known, and he is making systematic
use of his knowledge.
In two great movements settlers from
the states are being brought into the
dominion. One of these movements is
towards the province of Ontario. where
25,0OO,000 acres of good farming lands
await settlement. The American COM
pany, of which w. H. Utt, of Chicago is
and j. +. Eagan, of Rock
Island, president, is being established
tC take advantage of this. The other
great movement is into Manitoba. The
first will draw the farmers of the mid
die west. The second will attract the
great grain raisers of the far west.
The American may not recognize his
own country in. the following descrip-
ton, but the picture is the one drawn
by the Canadian officials, and it shows
their understanding of the situation:
The United States, with reference
particularly to the middle west, is COM
posed of tenant farmers. 1t is impossi
BILE for these farmers to obtain the land
they cultivate. This land is held by the
few, the men of wealth. The farmer,
even tho he were able, can not pur-
chase the land, because the wealthy
few will not SELL He can not own his
home If he continues TO live in the
United States. He can not go elsewhere
in the country and obtain land. All the
government properties have been taken.
There is no available farm land in
America So called"
That is the agricultural situation as
the Canadian officers see it. Acting
upon their belief they are reaching out
for this class of tenant farmers and Of.
fering them land, which they claim is
better than that they forsake, and Of
fering it to them at so cents an acre.
The offer is bringing forth results.
1. has started the first American emf
grafton. 1t will bring others-one GER
tainly; the other is conjecture. Thai
it will force the development of arid
lands in the western states is regarded
as undoubted.
When it is realized that the American
farmer is leaving his country, changing
Lis nationality, and adopting another
flag because he can not find home in
the United States it is asserted that the
government will irrigate and place at
his disposal the uninhabitable desert
regions.
The conjectural result is that it will
Canada. Canadians pro-
fess not to fear this. 1t is claimed that
the American comes to Canada, takes
the oath of allegiance, and becomes
sturdy opponent of annexation. That
is the official view of the officials who
are promoting the American immigra-
ton. 1t is not shared by all Canadians.
Some see in the influx of settlers from
the states sure signs of final union with
the government south of the great
lakes.
At present the most interesting Tea
ture of the immigration is the forma-
tion of the American Land Company
which is to settle 100000 acres OF Land
in Ontario within the next ten years
with American farmers.
If the company be able to carry our
its undertaking the Canadians pc
heve that it Widths movement should
result in the placing of about 1o,ooo
American people within the boundaries
of this province. AS this is only one
feature of the new situation, 1t may De
seen readily what proportions tne
American immigration is likely to at