Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-03-19
JEWEL OF The EMPIRE
CANADA so REGARDED BY PEG
PIE OF UNITED KINGDOM.

Special Cablegram tcs The Star.
LONDON. March f9.-hrnong all of the
colonies Canada would appear to be the
subject uppermost in the minds of the peo-
pie of the united kingdom just at the pres
ent time. For instance, there is y. Mosely,
who has recently been making a tour Of
the dominion and who in an interview de-
scribed the situation
Personally, l lock upon Canada as the
jewel Of the empire, and l want our people
TO take the advice of the Prince o. Wales
and wake up to the great opportanitie3
she offers. Countless millions OF acres of
some Of the hest land in the world a,e to
be had almost for the asking; enormous
markets open with ever-increlslng pep
ulation. and our manufacturers, if they " IL
but rouse themselves. can step in and do
the trade by providing what the Canadians
want-not necessarily what we think ought
to suit the market Here again lies another
complaint made to me that the British man
ufacturer does not sufficiently study the
market or find out what is wanted and sup
ply that want.
The assets OF Canada are simply s,upeE
dous; the country reeks with undeveloped
s-agr1Cuitural soil, timber, minerals,
water-powers. naVigabie lakes and rive,s,
fisheries a healthy and invigorating eli
mate, and has also excellent free puolc
schools and universitiss-in fact, everything
that goes to make great country, waiting
only for capital and the energy of man to
develop It,
Speaking OF capital, let me point out
that so far 1t is principally the United
States that has reaped the advantage, over
SlOO,O00,o00 having been quite lately invest
ed in Canada in large manufacturing plants
with the object of supplying the Canadian
market and ultimately, If possible, England
and the colonies also. l do not think it an
eXaggeration if l say that the great eXpan-
sion and prosperity one now sees in Canada
is almost entirely due to the American hav-
Ing realized the possibilities of the situa-
ton, stepping In and developing the coun
try. ] ask. What are we thinking of to let
others thus capture Britain's heritage?"
Public Spirit and Enterprise.
It was Mr. Alfred Mosely whose public
spirit and enterprise have been made IA
milar to his fellow countrymen by his mu-
nifcent gift of a hospital ship at the time
of the South African war, and more
Gently by the educational and working
mems commissions of inquiry which he con-
Quoted to the United States.
Speaking Of Canadian emigration, Mary
r. Haig said:
II have lately gathered number of in
teresting experiences In a small private er-
fort OF my own to place upon farms in the
province of Ontario a number of working
men, most OF whom have been unable 10
obtain anything but the most intermttant
employment for a considerable period pre-
Vious to their departure. These twenty-SiX
men represent all classes of the deserving
unemployed and every ago from twenty TO
thirty years. Most of them were unable TO
contribute either toward their equipment
with passage money Or the necessary cloth
ing. The only two undertakings verbally
entered into were that they would return
the money advanced 10 them by Install
ments as soon as they could, and that they
would correspond with RE as TO their con-
ditions and prospects, and the outlook for
others as to the employment on the fan las
round about them. Botn of these honorable
engagements are being carried out, and the
money is coming back to me accompanied
by the most interesting and encOUr2 ging
letters. Nothing could be more complete
and ample than the lodging and food which
are provided for by the good farmer felix
of Ontario for these mea, and in every case
the young men are housed and treated as
members OF the family. All my work has
been done independently of any of the emf
grafton societies and 1 have depended en-
tirely on the wise counsel of the Canadian
government commissioner OF emigration
here, Mr. Preston. conjointly with the help
of the government agents in Toronto"
Cost to Dump" a Family.
Mr.. George Gerring. having stated that It
cost at least $3.50 to dump" a family in
Candud, w. Cafule, the honorary cflef sec
rotary of the church army, explains:
I'VE are prepared to place individuals In
good situations in Canada for $50 per head
or $50 for small family. In our expert
ences the widely different conditions gov
erning the immediate replacing of families
on the land IN this country render the cost
prohibtive. The mana cement of the church
army does not press emigration as a pam
acea or an ideal remedy, but we do main
tain that 1t is alike beneficial to the indi-
vidual emigrant and to the empire"
The Self Help Emigration Society, of
which Lord Aberdeen is president and Mr.
Z. Wilson Gates secretary, has Just issued
its annual report. The report shows that
$50 emigrants went out last year under the
auspices Of the society-12 going to New
Zealand, one to South Africa and SAT to
Canada. or the years expenditure. ap-
proXimately $4,000, about S27 600 was con-
tributed by emigrants and by those per-
sonally interested In the emigrants The
number of emigrants aided by the society
has now reached s, 500. and .S255 GOO has been
spent for ocean and railway fares S21O 0OO
having been contributed by the emigrants
and their friends The past year, the re-
port says, has been one Of success on ac-
count of the character as well as the num-
Der Of emgrants helped. THE unfit and
undesirable from Canada's point of view
are not encouraged to emigrate. A very
large number OF applications are declined
because the applicants lack the qualities
essential TO SUCCESS"