Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-06-13
WESTERN cANADA'S iMMIoRA.
TON.
Rapid Settlement of the Fields Lying
North of the 49th Parallel.

Rapid Settlement of the Fields Lyins
North of the 49th Parallel.
From the Chicago Record Herald.)
Canada has anticipated a very
heavy immigration this year, and she
now has figures to show that she Is
actually getting 1t In a way to meet all
her expectations. In the first four
months Of this year the doors of the
Dominion opened to 40,672 persons, ac-
cording to n report prepared by the
committee on agriculture and colonial
ton of the Canadian Parliament. This
Is almost twice as large as the immi-
grafton In the corresponding months
large as in 1901, the respective figures
being 22,4S2 and 1898.
Most Of these newcomers have
been attracted by the wheat lands of
the Northwest territories. They have
moved direct from Winnipeg and they
have turned that city into a great
camp, in which they have been fitting
themselves out for the last stage Of
their adventure for new homes.
"Of the immigration Of this spring
a little over q third has come from
Great Britain, the figure being 1G,457.
This is three times as large as the
British immigration Of the correspond
Ing months Of the preceding year, and
1t Is within $500 Of the number Of i'm
migrants that the United States at
tracted from Great Britain and Ire
land In the same period this spring. As
to the remainder Of the immigration
into Canada, 13, no settlers came from
the United States, a so per cent in
crease over the preceding year, and
10,445 from Continental Europe, a 40
per cent increase.
These 40,672 immigrants into Can
ada may appear trlflng in comparison
with the 297,070 persons who entered
the United States In the same period,
but they are proportionately more i'm
portant to the country. Canada's pop
ulation is one-afteenth of ours, but
her immigration Is now two-fifteenths
as large as ours. 1t Is worth remem-
bering also that Canada's immigrants
are almost entirely of A~nglo-Saxon and
Teutonic races, while our immigration
Is now two-thirds made NO Of Romance
and Slav elements.
Speculation Is natural as to the flu
ture of Canada in her relations to the
United States when her Northwest ter
| r~itories are filled up, but the one alb
solutely certain fact Of the near fu-
ture Is that the United States is to
have a great competitor in the grain
markets Of the world"
The above editorial article taken
from the columns Of the Chicago Rec
ord-Herald of May &c shows the condi-
ton of the Canadian immigration,
which as pointed out, has had a con-
slant growth-a marvelously increas-
Ing growth-for the past six or seven
years, until this year, it Is confidently
assumed, the increase to Canada's pop
~nlation, by way of immigration, will
exceed 100000. This is accounted for
by the great agricultural source
which abound there. 1t is no fairy
tale, but the matter-of-fact experience
Of the tens of thousands bear ample
testimony to the wealth and riches in
store for all who choose to accept of
the opportunities offered.
Those who wish to learn more of the
country can secure illustrated aliases,
pamphlets, etc, giving full and relia-
BILE data. issued under government au-
thority, by applying to any of the au-
thorized agents Of the Canadian Gov
eminent. These agents, whose names
appear below, will quote you the ex-
ceptionally low rates that take you to
the free grant lands of Western Can
ada and render you any other assist
ance in their power:
Il. T. Holmes, 315 Jackson street, ST.
Paul, Mimi; w. V. Bennett, sol New
York Life building, Omaha, Neb.; w.
II. Rogers, Box 116, Watertown, s. D.;
G. Pllling, 81 Kittson avenue, Grand
Forks, N. D.; Benjamin Davies, Great
| Falls. Mont.