Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1909-12-15
new RAILWAYS IN
CENTRAL CANADA
AMERICAN SETTLERS WELCOME
AND DOING WELL.

The Portland Oregonian, of Port
land, Oregon, published a cartoon on
the immigration of U. s. people to.
Canada, in its issue of October 5.
1909. The picture was accompanied
by the following article:
Losing American Citizens. The ex-
odus Of American farmers to Canada.
continues to be phenomenon Of the
first Importance. More Of them ere-
crossing the border this fall than
ever before, and they are fiocking.
from all parts of the country. Former
ly it was the Middle West alone which
thus lost the heart of its citizenship.
Now all sections of the Union suffer
alike. The regret which we cannot
help feeling over the migration of
many thousands of excellent citizens.
has an economic side which causes
some concern. The 10000 farmers
who will go to Canada to live this fall
will take with them some $4,000, 900
In cash and effects. This is by no
means negligible sum, and makes a
very appreciate drain on our re-
sources. But. of course, the most Sc
rious loss is the men themselves and
their families, who have forsaken the
land Oh the free and the home of the
brave to dwell under the rule of
monarch.
Why do they go? Naturally the
cheap and fertile land of Western Can
ada attracts them. Each emigrant
goes with reasonable expectation Of
lettering his fortune. Indeed, in a
few years he may grow rich through
the abundant crops he can raise and
the increase of land values. But per-
haps that is not the sole reason for
the astonishing migration. There Is
common notion abroad that in Can
ada life and property are appreciably
safer than they are here. Murders
are not so frequent, and are more
speedily and surely punished. Mobs
and the so-called 'unwritten law are
virtually unknown in Canada. Again
the law is vastly more ascertainable
entity there. Canada does not per-
NIT its judges to veto acts of the leg
islative body. When a statute has
been enacted it is known to be the
law of the land until it is repealed.
this naturally imparts to Canadian
civilization a security and stability
which we have not yet attained.
1--WE must remember, in the same
connection, that the Canadian protec-
tive tariff is far less exorbitant than
ours, and much less boldly arranged
for the benefit of special favorites.
Hence there is an impression, very
widely diffused, that the Canadians
are not so wickedly robbed by the
trusts as we are in this country. Rea-
sons like these sufficiently account for
the exodus of body of citizens, whom
we can i'll afford to lose, but they do
not much assuage our regret that they
J cannot be retained in the United
States
Speaking of this, a Canadian Gov
eminent representative says that the
Americans who cross the border are
: most welcome. The splendid areas
of virgin soil, large quantity of which
Is given away as free homesteads. lie
] close to existing railways and to those
under construction. The railway lines
that are assisting in this development
are the Canadian Pacific, the Cana.
dian Northern and the Grand Trunk
Pacific. The latter is built entirely on
2 Canadian soil, and has opened up a
wonderful stretch of land. Along this
7 line during the year about closed thou.
} sands of American settlers have made
+ their homes. They have built the
towns, and Immediately began as fac
tors in the building up of the great
3 Canadian West.
Agents of the Government are 10
I Gated in various cities throughout the
9 United States who will be pleased to
give any information that may be de-
sired to further the interest of the
settler.