The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-12-28
"IT'S ALL WRONG"
FORMER MADISON MAN SAYS NO
DANGER OF CONSUMPTION
IN CANADA.

Persons bringing stories to this
country to the effect that they left
Canada TO escape being drafted for
army service or that before leaving
the Dominion they were compelled 10
choose between declaring their inten-
tion of returning soon and crossing
the international boundary under
cover Of darkness, do so with mali
cious intent or because of a desire to
impress friends here with the idea
that they have learned &c calmly
look tragedy in the face, in the opin-
ion of Lode McGillivray. who is Wis
iting friends and relatives in the city.
Mr.. McGillivray was raised in Mad
ison. He has spent several years in
the engineering department of a rail
way in northwestern Canada. and he
has travelled pretty much over the
western half of the country.
Calls Stories Mythical.
When shown a clipping today from
a metropolitan daily paper. which
stated hat Americans in Canada
were leaving their farms and walk
ing through miles of snow to escape
CONSUMPTION, Mr.. McGillivray smiling
ly said that the Canadian government
is evincing far less interest in who
leaves the country than in people who
apply for entrance into the Dominion.
He told that of all the persons in the
coach with him, when he crossed in
to the United States last week, he is
sure hat not one man was questioned
by Canadian agents as to where he
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back or ever as TO his nationality.
He told that most OF the small
amount of interrogating hat takes
place is done by United States GUS
tom officers and immigration agents.
whose business it is 10 learn if the
newcomer is a desirable citizen and
if he is carrying undeclared dutiable
goods.
CONSUMPTION n Bugaboo.
"Of course, there is everywhere
the military aspect" said Mr.. McGil-
liyray, but as a matter OF fact, men
in Canada who were born in the
United States are not asked TO go TO
war. regardless of their present citi-
zenship. Even Canadians do not fear
CONSUMPTION. England has o de
manded that Canada send soldiers.
not even calling for Canadian Volun-
teers. but rather has lent the impress
sion that the fight is her own, and
that any assistance given will be glad
ly received.
Every Canadian in the war is
there of his own volition. and l think
it can safely be said that every Cana
dian who does take up arms will do
so by choice. Although Canada has
already sent 100000 men to the
fighting lines, and hundreds of the
country's homes have been darkened
by lives lost in battle. the men who
stay back and raise wheat with which
to feed the allies armies are coming
in for their share of praise"
Fear Their Independence.
Mr.. McGilliyray explained that Ca
nadians and Canadian goods had been
sent to the aid of England for the
reason that the younger country feels
its moral responsibility. They realize
that if their country were attacked
by a belligerent nation, England
would come at once to their aid. Be
sides, most of the hundreds of mil
lions of dollars hat have gone TO de-
velop the country's Il have
been borrowed from British bankers,
he told. Canada also feels hat the
war has placed her independence in
jeopardy.
Speaking of the treatment that has
been the plight Of Commandments
in Canada, Mr.. McGilivray said that
their lot is not dissimilar to that of
the members of other races. He told
that the German-American goes
about his business or farm work in
the same manner as he did before
the war. Canadians make 1t clear that
it is not the German people they wish
to fight, but rather the German mil
itarism that has grown up, he related.
Warlike Coloripg i'm Cities.
Hundreds of soldiers, and in
some of the larger western cities
thousands of men in military dress
mingle with the civilians. Exhibition
grounds, similar to county fair or
state fair grounds here, have been
converted into arsenals and drilling
grounds. Recruits are constantly be-
ing sent TO fill up new units"
Mr.. McGillivray said that the west
of Canada had raised the best crop
in its history. The yield of wheat
was so great that there is not ade-
quate elevator facilities in some parts
and the grain there stands in great
piles in the open. He told that n
man of his acquaintance had raised
$4,000 bushels of No. l hard wheat
on a farm near Lethbridge. The
grain brought 81 a bushel.