The Minneapolis journal., 1905-09-08

here. The cheap and wonderfully pro-
sductive lands of this country are an irre-
sssstfble lure to all that inspect them.
And then the welcome that is accorded
Americans here does much to reconcile
them to the breaking of home ties in the
States AS matter of fact, the Ameri-
can is the most favored individual in this
country. One would naturally suppose
that the English eolonist would be the
most highly prize but the reverse Is the
case. The Englisl. seems to- lack
adaptability, while the American adapts
himself to all circumstances. Up here
the Englishman is generally referred to
as a pest
Way of the EngItshmRn.
"I had an Englishman working for me
once, (" said farmer, "and Eli never have
another II / can help myself. Just to
show you how dumb he was III tell you a
story. was driving over the farm in a
buggy one day and he was with me. We
came to fence with gate in it, and I
told him to get down and open the gate,
"He did. Then he closed the gate after
I had driven through, shut himself on the
wrong side OF the gate, and climbed over
1t to get in the buggy again.
Il was curious to know If that was his
general way Of doing things, but didn't
say anything to him. Presently we came
to another gate, and I'll be hanged il he
didn't do the same thing again.
-" Why don't you close the gate and
keep on the right side Off I asked him.
He looked at me moment and an
swered: I never thought Of that
This little city IS a fair illustration OF
| the manner in which this country Is
| building up. Only two or three years ago
| this site was unbroken prairie. Today 1t
| is city of several thousand people, and
| is growing with a rapidity akin to that
Of the boom town of the American
| West. But there is nothing of a mush-
room growth about the city. Despite its
! systems, is we'll lighted, and is taking or
! all the airs of metropolis.
! What is your population?" asked one
Of the leading citizens.
| "Don't know exactly" was his reply
| '4' see, we grew so rapidly here that we
| cant begin to keep account Of it. Wher
| people are fiocklng in at the rate Of foul
| Or five thousand a year, census figures
change with startling rapidity."
| "Do you expect this rate of growth tc
! continue?" / asked. @.
| my boy was his response, eve
haven't begun to strike our gait yet
Inside of five years you'll find O. city o.
| $4,000 people here, if not more"
| AC Va
| And this is the optimistic spirit tha
| pervades this entire country. Everybody
| is making money, crop failures are un-
| known, and there Is no question as to it,
| continued prosperity.
American capital is what is makini
| this country, and 1T is to the States tina
| 1t will look for long time to finance it,
| great projects. Americans are heavil,
| Interested in the great railway develop
| ment that is being conducted here, ant
| the Dominion government is also spend
ing vast sum for the same purpose
The railway projects now under way cal
for an expenditure of 5000, 900 900, AM
! when they are completed Canada will
have the most complete and thorough
| transportation system on the continent
The Grand Trunk Pacific and the Cana
dian Northern are pushing their con
struction work with amazing rapidity
and their lines will open to settlemen
one of the most fertile areas of land il
the world. -
There was time when the Canadian
desired and ardently longed for reciproc
ity with the United States. They hav
changed their minds in the past few year
as to the advisability of this, and are nov
rather disposed to be independent. A
one result of the failure of the Unite
States to agree on a reciprocity measur
many American concerns find it necessar
to establish branch plants here. The In
ternational Harvester company, for in
stance, has expended 100000 on a plan
near Toronto, simply because the hig
duty levied by Canada on it's good
proved prohibitive. Canada today is on
of the greatest buyers of agriculture
implements in the world, and it's import
from the United States last year of arti
cles of this nature, despite the high duty
amountedsto about s3,ooo,0o0. The pref
erence accorded goods of English manu-
facture under the tariff laws of the Do
minion. allowed them marked advan