The Yale expositor., 1909-12-10
ROSAkINDATRED Gates NEW"
new RAILWAYS IN
CENTRAL CANADA
AMERICAN SETTLERS WELCOME
AND DOING WELL.

land, Oregon, published a cartoon on
the immigration of U. s. people to
Canada, in its issue of October s.,
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 are
crossing the border this fall than
ever before, and they are fiocking
from all parts of the country. Former
ly 1t was the Middle West alone which
thus lost the heart of it's 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 a 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 of the free and the home OF the
brave to dwell under the rule of a
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 False 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 II is known to be the
law of the land until it is repealed.
this naturally imparts to Canadian
civilization security and stability
which we have not yet attained.
I'VE 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
cannot be retained in the United
States"
Speaking of this, Canadian CIV.
eminent representative says the't the
Americans who cross the bo- dor are
most welcome. The splS nd,d areas
of virgin soil, large quo atty of which
is given away as FREE bomesteads lie
close to existing rP' .lwavs and to those
unuer c2lst.uV' on. The railway lines
nat are ASST ding in this development
are the Canadian Pacific, the Cana
dian Northern and the Grand Trunk
pacific. The latter is built entirely on
i, 7anadian soil, and has opened up a
nderful stretch of land. Along this
10 10 during the year about closed thou
of American settlers have made
al - 1mes. They have built the
heir n, 4 Immediately began as fac
owns, a., building up of the great
ors in TIN st.
anadian We. We Government are To-
Agents of Il cities throughout the
ated in various will be pleased to
nited States whit that may be de-
We any informatio. interest of the
red to further the
ttler.
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