The Havre herald. [volume] (Havre, Mont.) 1904-1908, 1907-05-24
A POLICY THAT IS SETTLING IL
CANADA


CANADA.
The necessary results Of the lido
ic policy of the Interior department
and which have been fully endorsed b.
the republican press for the singl
reason that it has felt bound to sup
port the administration whether it wa
right or wrong, are impressing them.
selves on this country so forcib7y tina
they can no longer be ignored, and {
ington, Idaho and other states that art
experiencing the effects of the genr2l
govrnmnts kindergarten Pinkerton a,
gency During the past two or three
years all the northern states west of
the Mississippi have lost thousands of
residents who have gone to the Can
adam northwest and settled on agri-
cultural lands. The provincial govern
ment has been fully alive to the de-
STABILITY Of our active citizens and it
has gloWingly exploited the attract
ions Of that country throughout the
American section named. But the Sc
ductiveness of these efforts would not
nave induced our people to move a.
cross the line, but for the fact that
under this administration a homes cad
er or locator under other legal land
rights is not assured that he can sue
coed in finally securing title to his
claims.
The law prescribes just how loca-
tons on land shall be made and lust
what must be done to perfect title
But theInterior department has set tn
law aside has in effect repealed it. bv
its rulings and policy. Before a claim
ant can secure title on his land it is
now subjected to inspection by a pr
Vate detective of the department who
comes and goes unknown to the claim
ant. If the detective, or inspector. as
they are officially called, reports a.
salhst proof, no matter how COM
pletely the claimant has compljed wi n
the laws in the premises, he has his
flllng suspended. On the hearing be-
tore the local land Office, the claim
ant mayDresent hundred creditable
witnesses to prove that he has hon
estly and in good faith complied VITA
the law, but if the inspector testifias
TO the contrary, while the 7o'a de-
partment viii in .T1S c. G
the Washington department will az
cept the evidence Of the imported de- |
tctiv as conclusive and reverse the
local office and compel the susGe1- !
sion of the settlers filing.
This is primarily the cause for the |
migration that is being complained Of |
The U. S. Interior department views
every settler with the greatest suspi-
cion and thinks every agriculturist
land thief and a periurer, and will az
cept the testimony of the hired dCtec-
tive against the sworn testimony of a
horde of American farmers Senator
Carter recently protested vigorously,
in speech in the senate, against this
position of the department, but it did
not seem to have any effect.
If the head of the department were
in collision with the Canadian gov
eminent and receiving a handsome sal
AIRY for settling the Canadian north
west with American citizens. the work
could not be carried on more success
fully. Then too, there are great
many American agriculturists who
nave in late years been studying the |
effect upon themselves Of farming in |
a country that compels them to pur-
chase everything on a protected mar
ket and sell their product on a free
trade market and many have deter
mined that if they must sell on q free
trade basis, they will move to a coun-
try where they can buy on the same
basis, and where they can also enjoy
the privileges Of railway shipments
and an open market
The Canadian northwest is fe tile: