The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-10-16
Annexation Now a Dead 1ssuc,
Having Been Killed by the
Mckinley Bill.
NEW EMPIRE AT THE NORTH.
Commissioners Hutchinson Talks
With Mr.. Carpenter About Its "
Railroads, Mines and Farms. \.

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er. "The Hudson Bay Company Is q X
close corporation and 1t Is safe to veri-
ttr, that It's profits are very large
Nearly all the men who hold much STOCK cl
In It are rich Tho most of the stock
holders live In England"
American Money in Canada.
rs there much American money M
vested in Canada outside the farm landsG'5
ives a great deal" was tho reply.
Your capitalists have investments ~ n
our railroads, our mines forests ana
factories. as we'll as in other things.
There are Il number OF American stock Z
raisers who have crossed over the bor-
der from Montana. into Alberta to take
advantage of tho vast grazing ranges
there. Some have shipped their cattle I
from Texas md Nebraska to that part
OF the country. Cattle, horses, and sheeps
craze out of doors there the year round
and Just now cattle are bringing soodtt
money. Steers We're sold at from forty
to nfty dollars per head last year. ss
what kind OF stock do you have
"All tho hest brecls,' said Mr.. Hutchin-G
son 1--WE won't admit poor stock into 4
the country. We have laws that hulis$
for breeding purposes must be wen a pr e.s
and registered S The result Is that We Il
shall eventually have about the p ts
cattle on this continent. we nave az a. 4
good as any on the average now.
Canada at the Worlds Fair.
In company with Mr. HUTCHINSON ItA,
took n walk through some OF the Cana
dian departments at the Exposition here W
That country has one of the best OF Inc i
y foreign exhibits and best nrran ged me
grain interests are we'll dlsplaHed rs rs
arc also fish. game fruits. ana &lninerra'Sss M
Canada is now shipping vast quan't,lt1less
or apples to England Z 4 is raising 8.tonr
upon tons Of honey for export; !. ana ~ ~
woods and wood pulp products sss are 81
among tho greatest OF the world. Is Is.
mineral display is especially fine. show
inp IN vast quantities those specialtieS
for which the country Is noted. sa!.a
Mr.. Hutchinson as we walked 4 throulsns
the Canadian division pr the [nl lll = "a
building: @ ~
Fortunes in Asbestos and Nickel !'l.35
see those plies Of asbestos; that ls Z g. 81
great product of my country. we y sh ~
The best and richest as bestos on earth:
and wo are. furnishing 80 per cent ! a ~
the worlds supply. That pile 1 OF ore g,
further on Is nickel; we have tons rs OF
n here. That Is another OFFS Cana Ida,
sneciaities, for we supply 80 per d cen &!
OF all used by man. It Is employeo. you
know, largely In the armies and naviesSollSS
the world, being used to make sne e.ll
armor plate, etc. Here is q pile OF ~
rundum Of which we furnish % pe.5c .,,n
az the world total product, and 4 that
ore further on Is a com binations OF co.
bale, nickel, silver and arsenic; IT comes
from the new mine Just disco covered ny e.
LIE French blacksmith, who IS likely
in5Tmake millions out OF s his lind lei
have. in short, almost all kinds Of metals
from coal and iron to gold. Our country
| has never been prospected as has the
United states, and some OF the CHIEF
mineral discoveries of the future may nay
be looked for from Canada, british 8! Co
|lumbia and in the regions OF the the : W W
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