The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1903-04-17
SECURE A FREE HOME IN THE
FERTILE WHEAT FIELDS OF
WESTERN CANADA.
To the Editor:

The emigration of well-to-do farm
ers from the United States to tho
| Canadian Northwest has assumed
such proportions that organized et
| forts are now being made by inter
ested persons and corporations to
stem thS 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.
Element Of vacant lands along these
| lines, parties who might have locat-
ed there, being attracted to the free
| and 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
see 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 to the railway corpora
tions, real estate dealers are work.
ing to stem the flow of emigrants.
Ut course every emigrant who goes
tC Canada means the loss of COM
missions on land deals by real es.
tate dealers. Now a person has bat
to know what the interests are that
are trying to stop the flow to know
what motive is influencing their
course. The emigration means finan-
cial loss to railway corporations and
to real estate men. These interests
therefore are not directing their OPP
position efforts out of any love for
the departing emigrants or out Of
any high patriotic motives either.
They are doing so purely from self
lsh interests. 1t is a 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 will
continue to pour money into the
pockets of these railways and real
estate men.
One of the methods employed by
these interests to stem the tide L.
the distribution of matter to news-
papers, painting Canada in the dark,
est colors. These articles emanate
chiefly from bureau in ST. Louis
They are sent out at frequent inter
walls for Simultaneous publca ton. A
writer is employed at high salary
to prepare the matter.
Moreover, statements absolutely at
variance with the truth have lately
been published broad cast. These ap-
pear chiefly in what purport to be
letters from persons who are alleged
to have gone to Canada and become
disgusted with it. Only 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 if SO, their history
while there, is to be thoroughly
looked into. The discovery of their
motive, like the discovery of the mo.
tive of the interests who are en-
cheering the opposition, may prove
In the meantime, however.
It may be pointed out that only few
Of such letters have appeared but
since 1897 over $1,000 American set .
tiers have gone to the Canadian
West. Can any reasonable person
suppose for a moment that if Cana
10 was one-quarter-as bad as repro
'ented in these letters the $1,000
Americans now there would remain
n the country; or, if the Canadian
West had not proved the truth of all
hat was claimed for it, the papers
If every State in the American North
vest would not be filled with letters
saying so? Imagine $1,000 aggressive
Americans deceived and not making
short shift of their deceivers. Tho
act is the $1,000 are we'll satisfied
md are encouraging their friends to
GLOW them
Anyone who sees any of these dis
letters should remember
hat it is railway and real estate in
erests who have from purely selfish
easons organized a campaign to
tenn the flow to Canada. If Canada
we're half as bad as represented there
you'd be no need of such an organf.
alton. The fact that such exists in
I itself a magnificent tribute to
anada. Finally it should not be for
often that the letters nnhliShad ora