The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1903-04-17
SECURE A FREE HOME IN TH1
FERTILE WHEAT FIELDS OF
WESTERN CANADA.

ested persons and corporn.inns to
stem the tide. The efforts are being
initiated chiefly by railway and real
estate interests in the States from
which the bulk OF the emigration
takes place. The movement Of popu-
lation has taken from numerous
states thousands Of persons whose
presence along railways in these
states made business for the trans
Portation companies. The move
ment has also become SO widely
known that it has prevented the set
tlement If vacant lands along these
lines, parties who might have locat-
ed there, being attracted TO the free
md more fertile lands Of Canada.
The result Of the movement has been
that the railway companies not only
see the vacant lands along their
lines remain vacant. but they also
zee hundreds Of substantial farmers
who have helped provide business for
these railways move away and so
cease their contributions. The
farmers have moved TO canada be-
cause they were convinced that il
would be to their financial interest
to do SO. In moving they have been
inconsiderate enough to place their
own financial interests before those
Of the financial interests of the rail-
way corporations.
In addition 10 the railway corpora
tons, real estate dealers are work.
Ing to stem the flow Of emigrants.
OF course every ~emigrant wis goes
&c Canada means the lVss of com
missions on land deals by real es-
tate dealers. Now a person has but
TO know what the interests are that
are trying to stop the flow to know
what motive Is influencing their
course. The emigration means fnan-
cial loss to railway corporations and
10 real estate men. These interests
therefore are not directing their OPP
position efforts out of any love for
the departing emigrants or out ot
any high patriotic motives either.
They are doing so purely from self
ish interests. Ii is 4 matter OF dol
lars and cents with them. They are
so patriotic. they are SO consumed
by love for their fellow citizens that
they want to prevent these fellow
citizens going to Canada and getting
free farms of the best wheat land in
the world; and instead they want to
make them stay on high priced farms
in the United States where they viii
continue to pour money into the
rockets of these railways and real
estate men.
One of the methods employed by
these interests TO stem the tide -
the distribution OF matter TO news
papers, painting Canada In the dark
est colors. These articles emanate
chiefly from a bureau in st. Louis.
They are sent out at frequent inter-
walls for simultaneous publication. A
writer is employed at a high salary
60 prepare the matter.
Moreover, statements absolutely at
variance with the truth have lately
Keen published broad cast. These APP
pear chiefly in what purport 10 be
letters from persons who are alleged
90 have gone to Canada and become
disguised with 1t. Only a few Of such
have been published and they con-
tain statements that are absurd in
their falsity. Whether the parties
whose names appear in connection
with these letters have ever been
in Canada and IL SO, their history
while there, Is to be thoroughly
looked into. The discovery OF thetz
motive, like the discovery Of the mo
tive Of the interests who are en-.
g,neering the opposition, may prove
iliumining. In the meantime, however
Il may be pointed out that only a few
OF such letters have appeared but
since 1897 over $1,000 American set
tiers have rome to the Canadian
West. Can any reasonable person
D for a moment that II Cana
ds was o%ne-quarter as bad as repre-
scented in these letters the $1,000
Americans now there would remaiu
IN the country; or, II the Canadiar
West had not proved the truth OF al
that was claimed for It, the papers
Of every State in the American North
west would not be filed with letters
saving so? Imagine $1,000 aggressive
Americans deceived and not making
short shift Of their deceivers. Th'
fact il the 81, 900 are well satisfied
and are encouraging their friends Il
follow them.
Anyone who sees any Of these dis
p~araging letters should remember
that IL is railway and real estate In
serests who have from purely selisl
reasons organized a campaign 4
stem the flow 10 Canada. IL Canadi
were half as bad as represented Their
would be no need Of such an organi
cation. The fact. that such exists |
OF itself 4 magnificent tribute 4
Canada. Finally II should not be for
gotten that the letters published ar
Lrimful OF f~alsehoods and that $500
satisfied Americans in the Canadian
West constitute a living proof tina
such Is the case.
The Canadian Government Agen
whose name appears In advertise
naent elsewhere In this paper, Is an
thorized to give all information a
90 rates. and available lands IN West
ern Canada.