The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-11-25
BUILDING Up THE
KINGDOM ABROAD
Progress of Mormon Colonial
tien in Mexico and the
Dominion.
SAINTS PREFER TO
LOCATE IN CANADA
Joseph NJ. Tanner, Formerly
Superintendent of Church
Schools, Gives Interview.

Joseph NJ Tanner, formerly super
intendent of the church schools, re-
turned recently from an extended trip
through the Mormon colonies in Mex
leo and Canada, and tells some inter
csting things concerning the Mormon
colonization schemes. Mr.. Tanner owns
a farm in Southern Alberta and ap-
pears to be thoroughly content with n
life tilling the soil.
In Mexico there are now 5000 Nor
mon colonists and in Canada about
$500. The Saints prefer the Dominion
as a place of settlement because there
the government is liberal in its en-
couragement Of the settler. 1.-THE
Canadian government builds bridges,
roads, sends out instructors, and trees,
and seeds, and gives every encourage
ment TO the settler,'i is how Mr., Tan
ner put il to Tribune representative
Friday. During the past two or three
years the Mormon colonists in Canada
have doubled
I'm Mexico conditions are not so
propltioGs TO colonization as in Can
ada, - said Mr.. Tanner. "Tbis is due
to The fact that all the large tracts of
land along the waterways are in the
hands of large corporations or in the
hands of men who will not dispose Of
the land because they are in the cattle
industry. The Mexican government
does not tax this land. Gov. Terassas.
who lives at Chihuahua, owns one.
fourth Of the arabic land in the State.
The Governor and the Corallitos com.
pany operate the mines and the rail
road, which runs from Ciydad Guare2
10 Dublan. the latter the principal
Mormon colony, distance of 100 miles,
and the line may be extended TO the
mines. The Corallitos Ranch company
owns a million acres of land adjoining
the colonlsts, but neither it nor the
Governor will sell foot The latter
thinks land is the only sure thing IN
business and he owns more land than
probably any man in the world, with
one or two exceptions. and he is also
the largest cattle owner on the globe
Dublan, the largest, and other Mormon
colonies are thus hemmed in and there
rs no scope for development, hence the
colonization schemes are limited.
Hope in the Future.
The hope of the people for the fu.
ture IS that the government Will tax
the land and compel the owners To
either cultivate IL or dispose of it. The
land of the colonists in Chihuahua is
worth about 800 per acre with the
water rights. The same value obtains
in Sonora. Everything is very high
in price. Producers Of apples get S
cents a pound in silver: 4 cents gold.
Ell Paso offers good market for all
products and the opening OF the sill
Yer mines, on account of the advance
in silver, also opens a new market. A
large irrigation canal is building and
natural reservoirs arc being flooded,
thus bringing further land under cul-
tivation. Last year the colonlsts
raised 10000 bushels of wheat, which
sells for 80 per bushel, and -four is
worth $500, per 100 pounds Fruit,
however, will be the principal product
raised. -
Canadian Colonies.
Referring to the Canadian colonies in
southern Alberta, Mr.. Tanner spoke of
the great owners of the sugar factory
established by Jesse Knight Mt Ray
mond some time ago and which has
attracted a great many Saints from the
vicinity of Leh. '.The sugar refn.
cry at Vancouver commenced an in
vasion Of the sugar company s field, !"
said Mr.. Tanner, 'but the Government
protects the industry by bounty of
half cent pound to the company
and 30 cents per ton Of beets TO the
farmer. Farmers are paid $3.50 for
their bcets, and large irrigation canal,
diverting the water for the beet fields
from the ST Mary's river, has lust
been completed The Dominion govern
ment is the government most favorable
10 the interests OF the farmer of any
on earth. Alberta and Saskatchewan
are the coming States of southern Cpn-
ada Divided between Manitoba, Alber.
Ia and Saskatchewan are 200 900 Amer
leans and 100000 worth of land
WINS sold to our rolopis.s
in the last year. Land
is rising in value continually and lust
now it averages in price from SO TO
$40 an acre. Canada is the coming
wheat country of the world F'iftv-ope
bushels of wheat has been raised TO the
acre and "a high as ll5 bushels of
oats. Wheat is selling for 30 cent
bushel.
What Is Expected.
''The great hope for the future is