Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-10-15

do not realize what is going on in the Ca
madam northwest. We have an empire there
which is growing faster in population and
wealth than any other part Of the world.
We have some millions of square miles of
the best land on earth. 1t Is black loan,
very deep and very rich
How Wheat is Raised in Canada.
But, Mr.. Hutchinson" said 1, eff these
lands are so good why have they not been
taken up before?"
For several reasons. There were no
railroads until lately. We did not know
what we had. We thought these lands too
far north for wheat. Some of the best OF
them are 20e0 miles nearer the north pole
than this city of st. Louis. We also thought
the seasons would be too short to plant and
harvest. We have now learned how to
work. We break up the ground in the
summer or fall, and seed the wheat crop
In the following spring Perhaps we may
raise a crop of fax first. The next spring,
as soon as the snow has gone and while
the ground is still frozen, it may be for
several inches, we run the Seeder over the
fields and cover the grain with the dirt on
the surface. There may be only one inch
of soil frozen, but the first hot days bring
the wheat up by magic. 1t comes with cy
clonic SwiftneSs, and lOi the whole country
is n sheet of green. l have known of three
wheat crops being planted in three success
sive years without blowing, although we do
not advise that The frost keeps thawing
out for weeks and gives moisture to the
fresh young wheat
The Flour Mills of the Northwest.
Tell me something about the yield per
acre"
1T is better than yours by a great deal.
Our average for ten years has been Il
bushels per acre. The United States rarely
shows an average of more than A."
What do our American exporters think
of the prospect?"
They don't like 1t. The Minneapolis
millers have been establishing mills to
grind Canadian wheat for export. The
wheat Is shipped there in bond to the sea-
coast. They do this on the ground that
the Canadian hard wheat sent to Europe is
used there TO mix with the European wheat
in making flour similar to the American,
and Is thus hurting your export flour
trade
But why do you not ship flour to
Europe?"
I'VE do. We have large mills at winni-
peg and at Montreal"
Winnipeg in 1904
What kind of a place is Winnipeg"
ut is the Chicago of Canada, and the
metropolis of the new wheat country 1t
Is the gateway to the northwest and II
grows as fast as our grain fields. 1t has
now 10000 people, and it built more than
100000 worth of new buildings last year
l. has electric lights and railways, bouie-
wards and all modern improvements. 1t
will always be the great city of that part
of our country
What other big towns have you?'
! THE most OF our towns out there are
small. but they grow rapidly. Calgary
has now 10000 and Edmonston, which is
way up at the terminus of the railroad
in Alberta, has 1900 Only year or so
ago ii had 800. Our big cities are now In
the east. Montreal is the largest. with
100000 less. We are. however, just on the
edge of development.
The Canada of the Future.
YES Mr. Hutchinson, but have you not
been on the edge a long time? What are
your population and area?''
"Our area is bigger than the whole
United States, and our population is now
about 100000. We have grown slowly
but the elements of our national makeup
are better than yours. We are largely
Angio-Saxons, with a mixture of French,
who are thrifty and easily governed. You
have q large element from southern Eu-
rope and eastern Europe which is not so
good. Many of your big cities are full of
II. Tack Buffalo, for instance, just
across the border. Half of its city officials
and policemen are Skis, and they have a
large population of Skis
what do you mean by Skts?'
II mean Poles and Russians and people
from southeastern Europe. They are not
the kind of an immigration we are court
OF our people. We want Anglo-Saxons,
Germans and Scandinavians, and we are
getting them very rapidly. James ]. HILL
one of your great railroad men, says he