The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-07-05
CANADIANS CLING
TO BRITISH RULE
No Token Of Disloyalty or Disaf-
lection, Even Thru Ameri-
can Influx.

can Influx.
BY w. w. Jermane.
Rosthern, Sask., July 5.-There is no
danger to British rule from the republi-
can ideas Of the thousands who are
crossing the international boundary
from the United States.
Liberality is engendered on both sides
the old controversy between
the states and the mother country, as
shown by the fact that numerous towns
celebrated last Monday as a combined
holiday for the First and Fourth Of
July. One is Dominion Day Of the Ca
madam confederation, while the other is
the birthday of q neighboring nation
from which so many people here have
come.
The western Canadian is much more
tolerant by nature than tho Canadian
of the eastern provinces; American in
fuences are strong, and the commercial
ties that bind the inhabitants of the two
reaching, Why will not this ''Ameri-
canize the country
British Loyalty Firm.
There are several reasons for believ-
ing, that British loyalty will remain I'M
shaken. The Americans are, after all,
but a small element in the total popn-
lation. Besides, of those who come in
here from the states and are called
Americans, thousands were themselves
many years ago. The Scandinavians Of
Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa and the Da-
kotas form considerable part Of this
American immigration. Altho many of
them are Of the "second generation
it is unreasonable to suppose their SEN
timental attachment to the stars and
stripes so intense as that Of the tenth
generation from the Mayfower.
Returning Canadians, and descen-
dants of Canadians who few genera
tions ago went to the states. constitute
a large factcr. Those Americans who
have the keenest prejudice against the
British crown do not come here.
Welding of Races.
| Western Canada is the great crucible
for the welding of the races. There need
be no fear that the composite stock re-
sulting will not be strong and sturdy
Eempire. The Europeans who come here
directly. like the .Mennonites, immedi
ately form an attachment for the free
institutions Of Canada. That the insti
buttons Of the United States. are also
free is mere incident. Why shoulc
they care to jump from one set Of free
institutions to anotherY
The prevalent tone Of all the speeches
which have been heard on this trip, a
the gatherings in each town, is that i
will. be better. for this country and TO
the United States to proceed as separate
peoples, but as friends. There is NJ
appreciable sentiment here for any sorr
of union with the states, and there. i
absolutely no call for reciprocity, asld
from an occasional special interest, from
Montreal to the far northwest.
American influence Strong.
i Still, the American influence in thi
great western empire cannot fail t
prove strong. This may become but
fer state, as it were, in sentiment be
tween the governments at Washlngto
and Westminster. The exchange Q
: have beneficial effect. The old Frenc
;, maxim. absent ones are always. in tn
; wrong, Twill not apply. fo, people; VIII
! migrate freely across "a line, in eithe
= direction, according to- their economi
! opportunity or inclination, and thu
compare notes on governments and Gus
, toms.
| =.
barrier Of language to overcome. Thei
industries and their methods are tn
same, much more SO than at the easter
Eend Of the International boundary.
/ Looking Down on .'The East
The further west one goes in Canad
the more inclined the people are to loo
t hind. In this upper Saskatchawa
country, the people talk about Mantle
ba, from which many Of them come, 9
of the effete east. Of course, the Can;
/ dian of Manitoba looks down on Ont;
Trio and Quebec, which he calls bac
3 in the esat,0 and adds with a shru
that having experienced, q good thin!
The great trouble with this extren
western country is its long railroa
haul to reach water communication wit
the world markets. Dakota farmers, fl
!, example, get into Duluth and Minneal
; oils with comparatively short hau
: These people in Saskatchewan have
q tremendous distance to pass over befo1
9 will doubtless determine the progre'
+. of settlement. AS the worlds deman
for food products increases, with tt
subsistence Of American wheat export
tion it will pay. to push further an
Z further inland. The diversification {
| agriculture, which will doubtless con
/ with the increasing population OF
generation hence, will make the far i
landers less dependent on transport
tion as the measure Of their values.
It Hudson's Bay as Outlet.
In consequence of this distance ia
9 tor, the westerners talk much, of HUI
4 son Is bay as an outlet, and predict tt
2 early completion of a railway
Churchill, which is said to be its be
y port. James bay happens to be t!
e shallow for commercial use. but tt
a Hudson IS Bay company sends four
y five ships a year thru the channel al
e into the waterway from which it tax
y its. name. More could. go. =.
! lok with entire favor upon the develo
ct cal population pin high hopes upon
IS cess. The Canadian Northern railw
y Churchill. and has already made all t
l. survey. The work Of extension will
). taken up in earnest, it is said by OF
=, emit main line tracks have been laid a.
! successful operation established, viii
- will be in two or three years.
:. TROLLEY CARS COLLID
! NEARLY A SCORE INJURED IN
he CRASH ON INTERURRAN TIN