The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-04-26
TIE WEST INVADING CANADA.
RUSH or COLONISTS GREATER
THIS SPRING THAN LAST.

RUSH or COLONISTS GREATER
THIS SPRING THAN LAST.
madam Goyerumeut's EMorts-Caues
Of the Rush to the Northw est-May
Split the Dominion. Como Men Think.
LINCOLN. Neb., April 24.--The rush OF
colonists to Canada which started last year
IL larger than ever this spring. Railroad
and immigration agents say that nothing
like II has been seen since the days follow
ing the owl war. when the great West
was peopled almost In night by the great
wave OF immigration from the East.
Farmers and men OF srall capital In great
numbers have gone to Canada from Iowa.
Nebraska, Illinois. Kansas, Missouri, and
even as far East a. Illinois and Indiana.
while from the northern fringe Of States
there has been a big rush for the new
country. From Texas and New Mexico
great herds of cattle have been driven
across the border. to be turned loose on the
deep-grassed plains that are free to the
invaders.
Land is cheap In Assiniboia, Alberta
and the Saskatchewan country. Up there
the Government has more land than 1t knows
what to do with, and II has sown broadcast
through the West literature. illustrated
and unillustrated, giving details OF the
| opportunity awaiting the settler.
These pamphlets come at time when
land In the great farming region OF the
! United States has reached such figures
| that it is practically beyond the reach Of
| the man OF small means. The lean years
in the West. the panicky times. cleaned
! out many q small farmer. who could not
fight both the dro, GIT and the low prices
J Many holders OF mortgages, both In the
Fast and the West. were compelled to take
up lands that they did not want, but they
are now very glad they did so. The men
who lost their farms are among those now
headed for Canada. Others there are,
imbued with the same spirit that induced
the pioneers OF this region to turn their
backs upon civilization aud their old homes
and invade tho wastes OF the plains. These
are all headed for the great northwest.
They are hardy. energetic fellows, willing
to undergo hardships. hopeful that their
time for fortune Las come.
| AllurinR tales arc told by the immigra-
ton agents OF the broad farms waiting for
settlers, and at prices even less than Uncle
Sam las fxed In years past. Much OF this
enerR,' OF colonization had It's initiative
In the Canadian Government. which has
been spenoing large sums TO induce immi-
grafton into the Northwest provinces.
and now promises a new railroad paralleling
| the Canadian Pacific. as an inducement to
the farmers of the West to come.
The average size Of Nebraska and Kansas
farms has been steadily increasing in the
last two decades. and this movement has
had the effect Of narrowing and limiting
| the sphere OF activity for farmers and
would-be farmers. They have received
the Command from pr pros. genera sssd
ins Tor Canada.
fhis movement has great speculative
| interest, too. II ono will examine the map
Of Canada he viii notice that Lake Superior ,Sr
middle Of 1t. There are men In the West
who say that right there Is where the British
Empire In North America is going to break
L. Z. Kiinefelter of Mason City. who has
lust returned from an extensive tour OF
| the western half Of the Dominion. Is strong
/ in the belief that this invasion OF Canada
BY Americana Ia but the entering wedge
OF the coming split: hs says that ~. y VIII hn
! more people In Canada west Of Ontario's
furthermost border than there will be
/ east OF II.
At present the proportion is 100000
Thi. ns viii iT not e last Ing in the face Of the
tide Of immigration now In progress WIN
! a majority OF the people there Americana
| II viii be but a few years before they will
be seen in the Dominion Parliament, and
| they will be wanting free trade with America
and a lot Of other things. Canada, says
! Mr.. Klinefelter, who is both an editor and
a farmer. will not hold together long after
1 the American West gets majority in its
Parliament, and that time Is coming clearly
| into sight.
Canada owes her present colonization
/ activity largely to the fact that the Hudson
| Bay Company blight has been removed.
| This company got itr charter In 1910. This
| charter gave 1t a complete monopoly OF all
Canada that drained into the bay.
From various causes this great empire
was narrowed, but the company. never
was particular about it's boundaries, so
: long "a the encroachment was not on
the country settled up. and It took precau-
!, lions to see that IL was not painted In attrac-
tive colors. Geographers hunting for in
formation Of the country were told by
the company that II was great waste OF
snow, glaciers. icebergs and Esqumau
When Canadians really discovered what
vast possibilities were In store they set
about getting hold OF the region. score
! Of years. ago the company was induced to
| self out for 81 500 900 In cash and one-twen-
| tieth Of the land II was a good thing for
| the company. but better one for Canada.
II has been slow work overcoming the
| prejudices of centuries and getting people
1 to believe that hero really. was land OF
promise. But the leaven has been work
| ing rapidly, as the string Of prosperous
settlements all along the thousands OF
! miles OF the Canadian Pacific prove. The
| new invasion IA Of the regions further north.
| Here's what this editor-farmer-travelle
| says Of the country:
EVERY eighty acres Of It will support q
family. N's all good land, too: The only
part Of North America that isn't Ia little
From Winnipeg northwest to Dawson
! City there isn't anything but GOOD agri-
| cultural land. Away UP In the Great Bear
/ Lake region. almost TO the Alaskan boun-
dary, there are colonies Of people who raise
wheat. oats, barley. hay, stock and have
comfortable homes.
sThe average annual temperature at Sitka
| and Omaha u the same. Railroads are GER
! tain TO follow the flow OF population, and
| the great stretches OF now unworked
prairie will be sending rywh Immense
streams Of wheat and pesturing millions OF
| head Of cattle within a dozen years.
UNION FORMED IN JAIL.
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