Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-07-31
United States and Canada.

The growth of interest in Canada by tho
people of the United States has not es-
capped American readers, nor has the
growth of interest manifested by the peo-
pie Of Canada toward the United States
escaped the observation of our neghbors
on the north. 1t is an index to destiny, and
that destiny is union. The consolidation of
peoples will go on even though there seems
to have set in reaction against industrial
mergers. The time must come when the
twisted and abstract line dividing the do
minion from the states VIII have interest
only as an historical subject. 1t Will have
no place In geography.
The minglng of the people Of Canada and
the United States progresses. From Nova
Scotia. New Brunswick. Quebec and On
tario the people Seep southwark into New
England. New York and Michigan and
from our northwestern states a stream of
emigration pours away to Manitoba. Alber-
ia and citish Columbia and in the Sas-
katchewan country, amounting to an
American invasion. Last year Canada re-
ceived more immigrants from the United
States than she did from the united king
dom or from continental Europe. Immigra-
ton in Canada for the fiscal year ended
June 80, 1903 was So per cent greater than
In the preceding year. The number of Ca
madam immigrants was 124.65S. OF this
number A $50 were from the United States
41.7S7 from the united kingdom and 81. s31
from the other countries of Europe. This
was especially desirable immigration for
the homestead entries Increased from A.,
633 in 1902 to 81 343 in 1903.
In the northeast United States there is
rising sentiment among merchants and
manufacturers for more intimate CONNER
cial relations with the Dominion. and in the
northwest United States the sentiment is
reported to be rapidly gaining in strength.
United States railroads would like to carry,
and United States milers would like to
grind. the mountains Of wheat sure to come
from the British american provinces. 1t is
estimated that the wheat yield of Manitoba
and the Northwest Territories will this year
be one hundred million bushels as against
63. CpOOCo bushels in 1891. The bumper
wheat crop of the United States was that
of 1901 when we threshed 15ocU0co BUSH
els and there are many wheat prophets who
say that that yield will be exceeded by
Canada within few years The area of
good wheat land in the Canadian northwest
is estimated at four hundred thousand
square miles. Canada is doing it's best to
one of the big public questions in the do
ninion is the proposition to build a govern
ment railroad from Moncton. New Bruins
wick. to Port Simpson or Butte Inlet on the
Pacific. The line would be $500 miles long
Canada is awake to the Importance of
transportation facilities. for since the con-
federation in 1867 the government has ex
pended over $2O0OOO.O,O on railways and
canals. During the fiscal year of 1902 Can
ada expended S., 100000 railways and
canals. The government also pays bounty
on the production of pig iron. steel ingots
and lead.
There is wonderful country up there
with wonderful resources and wonderful
future. but the greater must absorb the
less and the United States is the greater
and Canada is the less. 1t may be that
western Canada will become part of the
Union first because it is there that AmerI-
cans are settling.