Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-09-03
AMERICANIZING CANADA.
Not by Arms, But by Sending 100000
People.

The thoughtful Canadians are hecom-
ing more and more anxious about the
American invasion of their western
country The enormous land purchases
in Manitoba and the Northwest territor-
les by American capitalists. and the
constantly increasing rush Of American
settlers across the Canadian border are
positively alarming a large part of Cana
da population and creating a wide
spread fear of American supremacy
throughout the whole western part Of
the Dominion. During the month of
MAY no less than 3,roNo1 acres of land
in Manitoba alone have been purchased
by one American syndicate, headed by
Col A. D. Davidson of Duluth Mimi.
This purchase includes the entire land
grant from the government to the Cana
dian Northern railway and the price of
sale is understood to be sl2,0o0.0n0. The
company for which this purchase has
been made is to be formed under the
name of the Manitoba and Saskatchewan
Valley Land company, and ITS operations
in bringing settlers from the United
states into Canada are expected to be
upon a very big scale.
Another American land company which
is doing large business in Canadian
lands is the FIasam Land company of
St Paul. which only a few days ago
| took to Assniboia, in three special cars.
"A large party of prospective settlers and
.
points throughout tho northwestern
states. This is the commencement Of
/ this years campaign by this company
| which, up to the present time. has been
/ looking after its last years customers
having already sent in to them this
/ spring some 30n ears Of settlers eff
fccts. This company was the pioneer
one in the business of bringing Amcri-
can land buyers into Canada, and ex-
.'ccts to do much larger business
this year than last.
! \ very conservative estimate gave the
rumhcr Of American emiGrants to Cana
du last year as $1,000, and there is little
doubt that the present year viii see
FUZZY double this number flock into the
Dominion. over 1000 came during the
month Of April, which is double the
number for the corresponding month of
last year, while even as early as March,
over 5000 came from Iowa, Nebraska.
Kansas and South Dakota alone, ac-
cordnG to statistics furnished by Mr..
NJ V. Bennett, agent of the Canadian
government land department at Omaha,
Neb, lie states that each of those mon
carried from Sl,ooo to 5000 into Canada.
The price of land being very high in
tho states from which they hail. they
were able to sell farms at good prices.
and thus to have plenty of means for
making good start in the northwest
Of the Dominion.
The movement is now 50 great that
the transportation companies engaged in
the traffic from tho northern States are
a 10 to handle only part of the bust
ness Offering. Every day the western
ports of entry report an increasing mum
boz of formers from the North and Mid
die West passing through, and, since
the immmeration figures show that one
ear of stock or goods is brought into
the country by every three persons max
ing entry, the congestion of freight may
easily he imagined
Tho number of immigrants from Ne
brasla alone during the last year is said
to he in excess of 1000 Most Of these
! have gone to Alberta. Iowa sent quite
as MANY while Kansas, Missouri and
south Dakota have each sent large quotas
# thci mist successful farmers. The
South Dakota contingent travelled foi
the most part overland, while those who
came by rail were in sufficient numbers
to cause a famine in the rolling stock
of the railways running to the north
, md the roads from Minneapolis to Win
nipeG and Moose Jaw have had THEN
hands fun to take care of the travel t.
those cities.
\ variety Of reasons is given for the