Mexico weekly ledger., 1908-08-06
cANApA ANp ns PRosPEcrs
People Of All EatiOnanties Are
FlOekng 70 This Country in
Large Numbers Every Year
Because OF Its Agrieul-
turai Promises.

be- OF people in the world is increas-
ing so rapidly aud the standard Of liv-
ing is being so rapidly raised that to |
the most superficial thinker il was
evident long since that the old wheat |
growing countries, Russia and Egypt,
the Areentines and the United States.
were not equal TO furnishing tithe
Of what would soon be needed.
Nautilus, and others Of his think
ing, advocated hundred years ago
and more, what we call race suicide"
as the only solution, and they proved
by facts and figures that in the natur-
al order Of things the increase
In the production OF bread
stuifs cOulds not keep up with the
population. 1t was yerf plausible
and most depressing theory.
rHKY REcKoNKD WITHOUT CANADA.
But Malthus ana bis followers bad
not all the factors Of the problem.
They were reckoning without Manit-
oba and Alberta and Saskatchewan.
They could not keep their eye on
Winnipeg and what she points the
way 10. while they figured. That
city, "the gateway Il the West. y "the
buckle OF the wheat belt" did not ex-
ist. AS far as the world was concern
ed there was no Canadian West. Nor
was IL given o Nautilus and bis fol-
lowers 10 see in visions a wheat belt
stretching nerthwesterly from the
great lakes on and up TO where, 400
miles south OF the arctic circle, the
famous Pesse River wheat paints the
ground pale gold.
Canada now.prodGces one-eighth of
the wheat OF America, and yet the
6, 900, ,000. 900 acres at present under
cultivation In Manitoba, Alberta and
Saskatchewan represent less than one
twenty-eighth OF the vast stretches o.
productive soil 10 these provinces.
THOUSANDS EAGER FOR LAND.
Eager, welI-clad Americans, hardy
Fnglishmen, Germans, Russians and
Dutch are rapidly taking up the unoc-
cupied land. A great migration is
stirring in the four quarters Of the
globe. Last year 2T7,s76 people cast
their lot with Canada or these Great
Britain sent 10000, most OF them
men OF capital and good antecedents.
More than 5000 Americans crossed
the International border, taking with
them sl4, 900, 900 in property, an aver
age OF more than $3.50 for every man.
woman and child who left the United
States The nations are pouring their
strength into Canada that this new
West may 10 turn carry on its work OF
upsettlng the theories OF Malthus.
In view Of the prosperity OF the ma
jorIty OF those who leave their Ameri-
can homes for the new West, the
question naturally arises: "Why do
they go9r Certainly In all great
movements which affect the world,
individuals are actuated by personal
motives. American settlers are not
philanthropically seeking TO cultivate
this immense wheat 6eld Of 900 by
800 miles because the nations will go
hungry unless IL is developed What,
then, are the attractions which induce
hundreds OF thousands OF industrious
and ambitious American TO cross the
border?
GIVES 100 ACRES ABSOLUTELY FREE
Their are several easily understood
reasons. The Dominion government
gives settler absolutely free 100 acres
Of lard, and that settler may choose
the location Of his own home; and
when these LOO acres Of land are under
cultivation, with good barns and q
residence on them, this mans taxes
will not exceed $40 or SIS a year.
II there is bat one settler living In
a certain district, and that settler
possesses ten or more children the gov
eminent will build school for him.
In other words, there must be q school
In any district that boasts OF ten chill
dren and, moreover, II this school has
an average attendance Of six during
the year it is entitled to an annual
grant from the government, grant
which covers the teachers salary and
nearly every other expense Of the
school.
But" you say, "whole colonies are
moving whole communities; and
movements Of whole communities are
rare" There are potent reasons for
this emigration en- masse. To ''go
West in the days Of the pioneers
meant Joilsome, tedious, often dan
gerous journeys, The 300 German
Lutherans who under the guidance Of
j. +. Luse, OF Sc. Paul migrated this
spring from Hastings. Neb., to the
30,0O0-acre they had purchased from
him near Tramping Lake, Saskatche-
wan, Travelled in Pullmans and ate
three meals a day in comfort.