The Irish standard., 1908-07-11

Is Sure to Play Very Important Hand ID
the Future Developments of
This Continent.
In Recent Years Thousands Have Wandered
There, Many of Them From the N
Western States. .4a

Canada is a country worthy Of .l,e
worlds most careful consideration,
says ]. c. Monaghan in the Catholic
Telegraph
Rich almost as ourselves in resout-
ces. Our Lady OF the Shows" Is not
a land at which any one, least of all,
any one learned in the lore OF diplo-
macy or national development, should
allow himself to sneer.
If the climate is rude. II results in
as rugged a manhood as is found any
where else on earth. II Canada is
worthy of the worlds consideration it
is most worthy of our attention
Thousands of the boys OF Iowa. Ne
braska. Minnesota, the Dakotas and
Wisconsin have been wandering over
our northern border into Canada. car
rying along large sums of money saw
ed on this side; but carrying. what is
better. some of the Northwest's brain
and brawn. It Is interesting to note
the attitude of these men in assuming
new duties in their new country.
Opinion is divided as to whether we
are losing them or not. Some say VIC
are; some say they are leavening the
Canadian lump or loaf with our large:
life. and are sure, some day. to land
them at Uncle Sans feet among his
most devoted followers. The men and
women wandering out are by no means
a bad lot On the contrary. they are
among the very best boys and girls,
old men and women that the States.
whence they start. have given to the
country, They are making of Sasklt-
chewan. Manitoba, Alberta and ASSN
iboia states not unlike the Dakotas.
Minnesota and Wisconsin. Winnipeg
is a Canadian Chicago.
What tale is to be told OF these OUT
wandering Argonauts in the years 70
come? 1t is not gold that they are go
ing after; nor is 1t religious liberty.
The land is their lodestone. the won-
derful wheat lands OF the provinces
named. the land of the grains of gold.
the richest wheat fields in the world.
or it is the wide-reaching imperial
forests that call
The stream is increasing so fast that
It already equals the tides that pour
in from the mother country beyond
the Atlantic Mingling together. work.
ing side by side on the railroads, in
the forests. on the farms. in the mines
the Old and New World, who are one
day to give us new kind OF country
on this continent or are to add vas:
empire of natural and developed wealth
to this republic.
An English writer, in alarm at tho
torrential rush, as he calls 1t, OF our
people, wonders what is to come out
of it all. ] can tell him. Canada Is
to come to us. AS her mines. sorests.
farms and factories are developed, her
spirit will be developed. She will long
to Join her fortunes with US. Winni-
peg will be sending her representa-
tives to Washington rather than to
Toronto and Montreal will take ITS
legislative leaven and ideals from Bos
ton. Mass, rather than from London
England.
What proofs are in evidence to sup
port such a thesis? The press, talk
everywhere. books. the boots. shoes
and clothes, even the language learned
by the Canadian children are all o.
United States rather than of British
origin. A magnificent fact. of recent
record was the call to John Mitchell
to come over the border to beat sense
into the heads Of miners in Saskatcne.
vans mines, who were out or going
out on a strike. ..... -.
The silver streak that binds the coll