The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-04-15

can read them. One shows Uncle Sam
and John Bull carrying great bags of
nonvy into Canada; another presents
Uncle Sam leaning over the international
boundary fence and watching the trains
Of canvas covered wagons in which his
subjects are moving across these BRITISH
prairies while n third pictures Canada
crowding Uncle Sam out OF the English
markets by feeding John Bull with
spoon.
The government issues one class of
publications which are intended to catch
the American children as we'll as the
Erown-ups This consists of biographies.
with hrst~clasa maps tand pages of text,
describing the material resources and the
great possibilities of the new Canada.
These have been sent to the American
schools throughout our land, and they are
distributed by the train-load
Indeed, the government Is even trying
to work our preachers. The immigration
agents have been writing to the country
parsons of the United States, pointing out
the moral and other advantages which
prevail in the wheat belt, and asking
their cooperation In getting good imml-
grants. At the same time, the farmers
are being worked by the personal testI-
monial scheme, Some of the publications
contain pages Of letters. some In type
and some in autograph, showing what
individual farmers who have tried Canada
thinl, of It. Indeed. they are much Ike
our patent medicine almnnacs or advcr-
tisements, and show the effect of this
country upon the settler before and
after taking"
American Millions Going to
Canada.
The results of this work have been
enormous. am told there are more than
200.G10 Americans here now. and that So
900 more are expected this year Those
who have already arrived have brought In
many millions dollars worth Of goods,
stock and actual cash. so that 1t Is n
low estimate TO put their value to the
country at s3Oo,C0,tD0 1t is said that
they would have been worth two-thIrds
that amount to the country had they
come without q cent but they have
brought so much with them that their
personal possessions run into tho hun
dreds Of millions,
Indeed II makes one think of the child
rem OF Israel. who moved out OF the
land Of Egypt. taking with thGm jewels
OF silver and Jewels Of gold and raiment
save that the money taken into Canada
By the American immigrants belonged 10
themselves, while that OF the lsraelites
was mostly borrowed from the Egyptians
have before me the report of The
Minister of the Canadian Interior Depart
mcnt, giving some stems from the imml
grafton agents as to Just how much
money was brought In last year from
certain United States points, The agcn
at Detroit says that he issued cheaT
tickets to 800 Americans, who went II
Canada to settle, and that they took viii
them In actual cash and other effect!
about $4,000. G. j, Rroughton. tn,
Dominion agent at Chicago. says tia
ll4O emigrants started by him took aloni
ninety-one carloads OF goods. and tina
the settlers We're mainly well-to-do. on
man carried away $4,000 four had TO
gether s225.0Do and one had $500. Ben
3arain Davies. the Canadian agent q
Great Falls, Mont, wrote, that l,GS set
tiers were sent by his agency to Canada
and that they took with them goods an
nash 10 the amount Of $1,000 and I,
II uddi,ionxssaQ9,he head Of cattle. Thesagen
al sault ste. Marie says that he sen
ia people. with eleven carloads OF stocl
and sl5o,c0 In cash, while the agent g
ST. Paul states that the average America
farmer, going 10 Canada. takes With hlr
y carload OF farm stock and implements
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