Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-11-14
MATERIAL FOR NEW STATES.
A Glance Into the Future-When Can
ada Enters the Union.
From the Chicago Tribune

From the Chicago Tribune.
LIE Debat. Montreal paper. comes out
fatfooted for Canadas union with the
United States, provided the provinces of the
dominion he admitted states Some or
them would be admitted thus on the con-
summation of the union, even If that event
took place tomorrow.
Ontario with its 90 900 of population
it's 1900 miles of railway it's Astounding
fields of wheat and barley, it's generous
orchards, its immense self-replenishing
forests its natural wealth of copper nickel
iron, petroleum. gas and salt, would make
a state which the entire Union would
hasten to welcome Ontario borders upon
four of the great lakes, upon Georgian bay,
Lake St Clair, the Detroit river. the St
Lawrence river It's natural facil ties for
navigation in the heart of the North Ameri-
can continent are plethorc and the few
connecting links i'll the arteries of water
commerce which Wearied nature had neg
lected art has supplied These bodies of
water are now the barriers of trade be-
tween the United States and Ontario but
were the union effected they would become
instead, highroads
East of Ontario the Ottawa river and the
St Lawrence meet the great city of Mon
treal, in the province of Quebec. Montreal
combines the advantages of seaport with
an inland port. for the st. Lawrence flows
from 1t to the open ocean in a stream Of
such width and depth as to accommodate
the argos1es of the world, while canals en-
able the banks of the five lakes to meet
deep sea ships in the continuous harbor
which surrounds the island of Montreal
Quebec has popula ton of nearly 2,0C0, COO
noted as much for their industry and thrift
as for their detestation of race suicide.
Its people are farmers, lumbermen. salt
and fresh water fishermen, sailors. manu-
facturers They exhibit the same diversifi-
cation of industry and enterprise as charac-
terizes the eastern states of this country.
Quebec like Ontario. will enter the Union
fullfledged state.
The three maritime provinces have to-
gether nearly 1.OG0,0oO people-lumbermen
and fishermen, hardy people of the sort
celebrated by Kipling in Captains Cour-
ageous." The incorporation of such men
and women as they are in our nation would
do much to offset the hundreds of thou
sands of the dregs of Europe which we
yearly absorb through Castle Garden The
maritime provinces would not be asked to
wait for statehood. though it were WELL in
deed either for the three to combine in one
state or else: for New Brunswick and
Prince Edward to unite The latter Is small
to be separate state.
Columbia, in the northwest, Is doubling
it's population each. decade. Though it's
greatest length from northwest to south
west is 1,2o0 miles. yet its wonderful sea-
yeloped as it is its productions are already
a considerable proportion of the wealth of
the whole dominfon-itS mines producing
oue-sixth of Canadian metals its fisheries
one-third of the Canadian catch of fish.
Columbia would make glorious capstone
to the column of Pacific states. It's name
was accorded it with prophetic vision.
Manitoba has over go, 900 of inhabitants
It's numbers are swelling In almost equal
ratio with Columbia's. and two seats in
the United States Senate are waiting for it.
The northwestern territories of Athabas-
ca, Assiniboia. Saskatchewan and Alberta
are rapidly filling with popuIation-much Of
IT. indeed. being American. Whether they
would be required to serve an apprentice
shin as territories is question which
would be settled on the same principles as
were applied to almost every state in the
Union except the original thirteen. When
ever their population warranted they would
be admitted as states.
Locally. the new states would have the
same rights of self-government as belong
to the constituent parts of the present
United States Nationally. they would have
two senators apiece at Washington and
representatives according to popula ton.
Their national legislators would have ex-
actly that part in the formation Of national
legislation to which the federal system of
government entities them. In the cabinet
Of the President would sit members from
the new states. and whenever the wheel of
political fortune made the proper revolution
an inhabitant of the present dominion OF
Canada would be the President of the
United States.