Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-02-10

Galician is satisfied with few logs daubed
with mud. He uses this until he has
| paid for his farm. His whole fam
| lily aids him. the women and children
working In the fields, as well as the men
Every dollar is saved and it is only when
the family has gotten ahead that IT builds
| good home"
But do the Galicians make good citI-
zeus?'
Eyes. they want to get as far away from
Europe as possible. They take out natur-
aIization papers, they send their children
to the Canadian schools and make them
learn English. Many of the Galcians buy
lands as soon as they get a little ahead.
| although they often have to borrow money
TO pay for the seed for their first crop.
They are good citizens"
Northern Alberta.
DO you expect much from the northern
part of your province?'
Yes. There is no doubt but that we can
raise wheat In every part of it and we
have the advantage of being able to do
mixed farming. This ought to be great
dairy country but the trouble is that our
men VIII not milk. Farm hands look upon
that as womans business, and they can
not be hired to handle cows We grow
oats and fax here about Edmonton They
are raising wheat along the Peace river
ana there is reason to believe that 1t can
De raised beyond our state. / met a man
the other day who had just come from the
southern shores of the Great Slave lake
! That is as far above the United States. L
should say, as St Paul is above New Or
leans. He tells me that the soil Is good
there and that spring wheat can be ma
tured- You see the land drops from here
down to the Arctic ocean. The lower the
altitude the warmer the climate provided
1t is not too far north ] have no doubt
one might raise wheat for hundreds of miles
north of Edmonton"
What do you think of Edmonton gov
error?"
1T will be the largest city OF the north
west. 1t viii be the key to this whole re-
glon and the supply point for the Macken-
Zie river. When the Hudson's Bay route
to Europe is completed a great part of the
goods from Asia will pass through here and
we will have short haul for our products
to that point l doubt not we shall some
day have railroads from here to Hudsons
Bay.
Political Canada.
What do you think of the future OF this
cot poitically?'' 1 asked
1T is great" was the reply. 1--WE have
in northwestern Canada as much arabic
| land as is in the whole United States The
country will undoubtedly support millions.
and it is bound 10 be the most important
part of the dominion -
DO you think II will ever have more.
power politically than eastern Canada?'
81 do. Under our old form of govern
ment this region sent only four members to
parliament. Alberta will now have eight
members and Saskatchewan about the
same. Our representation is fixed. as you
knew, by the status of Quebec. The con-
stitution provides that Quebec shall have
siXty-five members and no more, and that
the ratio of all the other provinces shall
be. the same as that OF Quebec. At every
census the population of Quebec is divided
by sixty-fve, and the quotient forms the
ratio of representation for the other prov
inces. This ratio is now about twenty-five
Thousand. As our country grows its rep
resentatlon must increase and when we
have ten million people, as we may have,
we will be the ruling part of Canada"
Eastern Canada VS.. Western Canada.
apart? Eastern Canada is largely manu-
featuring; western Canada will always be
more less agricultural"
81 think not" said Governor Bulyea. L
look for harmonious future"
THE eastern Canadians are for high
tariff against the United States" said 1.
What do you people want?"
MANY of US believe in reciprocity" re-
piled the lieutenant governor. I'VE should
like closer trade relations with you. and we
will. l believe, eventually have reciprocal
treaties. We expect some day to be filling
your bread basket. Your wheat fields have
already reached their limit and your popu-
la ton is so growing that you will have to
buy wheat of us. When that time comes
we will break the tariff wall, for the west
will want TO send its grain where II can
get the most for it. ! know that eastern
Canada is anxious for high protection.
There is a different feeling here and this
will increase as the country grows"
Annexation With United States.
"Wm Canada ever be annexed to the
United States?''
mo. Such a thing might have come to
pass fifteen years ago, when we wanted
your country to join US in treaties of reel
procity You refused and we have learned
that We can stand alone. We have dis
covered that we have a mighty estate In
our undeveloped resources, and do not
intend to divide II with any people. We
are glad to welcome Americans and TO
make them Canadian citizens. We are glad
of your dollars and glad to have you work
and trade with US but as to our country
being annexed to yours, that possibility
has forever passed away"
FRANK G. CARPENTER.