The Washington times., 1905-07-16
EMIGRATION HORDE
PEOPL|NG CANADA
Many Races Pouring Into
Great Northwest.
AMERICANS MOST WELCOME
Russians, Scandinavians, Galicians, Brit
ish, and Eastern Canadians Com
ing by Every Train.
AMERICANS MOST WELCOME


parallel of 40, though at the rate at
which western Canada IS now being set
tied 1t promises to be IN some respects
a quicker one.
Immigrants are pouring into this coun-
try by the thousand, and from the mot
ley mass OF Yankees, British, eastern
Cana dians, Russians. ScandinaYlanS,
Gaticians, French, Hungarians, ana
others. a thrifty and prosperous body
of Canadians is beginning to emerge. 10
constitute the population OF what IN
time will undoubtedly be the second
greatest republic of the world
Will Be Like Americans.
1t may be said that immigration Is
still moving into the United States at
greater rate than into any other coun-
try. At the same time the process of
molding the American type has gone
far enough so that that type is quite
we'll fixed. The Canadian composite that
will arise from the various peoples now
thronging into the country cannot yet
be said TO be fixed That he will be a
close approach to the American type as
brought forth In the west and north
west of the United States cannot, how
ever. be doubted.
Since 1888 the number of people leaving
the United States 10 find homes to the
north of the border las been increasing
at q remarkable rate The official f1g-
ures show that IN 1898 there were 9.lls
Americans who moved into Canada. BY
1903 this number had grown to 49.4I3 out
of a total immigration for that year
into Canada of 12S. 1854.
Last year the total number of immi-
grants to Canada from all parts of the
world exceeded 10000. The American
fraction of this immigration was about
the same as in the preceding year ant
represented larger share of the tota
than any other nationality.
Britons Numerous.
Next to the Americans in number:
stand the immigrants from the British
Islands. the English being far in the
ejority, with several thousand each o.
Welsh and Irish and about 1000 Scotch
The remaining part of the incoming pop
ulation is made up of Doukhobors, Men
nonites. Galicians, Germans, Scandina.
yians, French. and Belgians, Hunga-
rians, Austrians, Russians, and scat
tering natonalities.
That the tendency in Canadian immi
grafton will be toward increasing th'
proportion of Americans seems certain
and consequently people from the United
states are destined TO take a IN Int
settlement of the Canadian west and
northwest the Importance OF which can
not yet be estimated. 1t is not diff
cult to foresee that the presence of TIL
great numbers of Americans who ar
thronging into Manitoba and the north
west territories will have a tremen
dous influence in the direction OF draw
ing America and Canada together 0
all the people coming into Canada III
Americans are the most welcome
The men of Canada who are buildins
railroads and raising up cities and towns
IN the great exnanse stretching between
the head of Lake Superior and tn
Rockies. and who want to have tn
millions of acres of now unused farm
lands populated see in the young farm
ers from Iowa. Illinois. Nebraska. Wis
ccnsin, Minnesota; and the Dakotas a.
asset of the utmost value.
Set a Valuable Example.
AS a rule, the immigrants who procee
from the United States are men WIN
understand farming, have at least mod
crate capital, and possess that capacit
for hustiing and enterprise which ha
done so much for America. They ar
valuable not alone in themselves, bu
also because they set valuable exampl
fol the slower going people who com
from eastern Canada and from Europe
Every man who goes from Grea
britain into Canada is worth $1,000,
said q prominent Canadian politician.
And what's = Yankee worth?' som
one asked.
Next TO the American in energy an
enterprise come. unquestionably, II
people. of eastern canada f chiefly ro fro
and Irish descent Most OF them. hoy
ever. are proud 10 speak of themselv'
as native Canadians.
The movement of population fro
eastern Canada to the west Is abo
haif as heavy as the movement from 7
United States, and Is not shown in Il
immigration.
But while these stocks. the America
and the Canadian and that OF the Britt!
islands, may be ,ot sn,d TO De a,s,i the pass :,
Canadian west. they are supplement-
IN important directions. and to II CO
numerous of these in recent years ha
been the Galicians from GaliGa.
rho rate of 10 900 TO 1900 a year n
merots settlements are to be found
western Assini,Cla and eastern SaSka
chewan, on the edge of the valley
the Saskatche wan river. along the II
along the line of the Grand Trunk +
cific. as proposed. They are -excelle
farmers sober. industrious. ana anXlo
to learn the English language
Famous Doukhobors.
Then there are the Doukhobors.
fiussfan Quakers. Much has been hea
In connection with the wave of religio
fanaticism which led many of the
several years ago TO start on tire,
through the country 10 convert q
world to their faith They were re
trained and returned to their homes
the Northwestern mounted police.
two occasions. they started outbrea
of this kind but since then thes ha
settled down quietly TO farming. KaI
sack, IN northeastern Assiniboia. al
Eattleford. In Saskatchewan, are lea
ing centers for the Doukhobors. IN
are communistic In their methods. mo
strictly so than any of the other 50
tiers in Canada. Their TecogniZ
head is Peter Virgin, a Siberian exi
and q man of marked ability. Und
his leadership. they are progressi
steadily. j.
one OF the characteristics of I
Doukhobor farmers. and OF the Ga
clan farmers as WELL is that they a
anxious TO get their children into I
public school. Where they settle uo'
they seek to have schools built
quickly as possible. Learning the En-
ltsh tongue is deemed a prime essent
with them. The Galician girls go