Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-04-30
LIFE, LIBERTY and
PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS"
A Western Canada Farmer
Writes as to Conditions.

A. G. Hansen is a farmer living near
Clavet, Sask., and as an old resident
of Minnesota, takes strong exception
to some of the articles appearing in
American papers ~disparaging the true
conditions in Western Canada. The
Cottonwood Current" of Cottonwood,
Mimi, an important weekly paper in
the southwestern part of the state, re-
Gently published a letter from Mr..
Hansen, which is interesting reading.
In his letter Mr.. Hansen makes a
splendid case for Western Canada
against those who seek to deter farm
ers in the States from settling in Can
ada. He says:
1.-THE district in which we live is a
! fair comparison to n other district
In the country, made up mostly of set
tiers from the States. The majority
here consists of Americans from Min
nesota, Iowa and the Dakotas, with a
few Canadians and In odd English
man. We have been here eleven years,
ever since this part of the country was
settled, and the majority have done
0OAAs "a ShSJ A@'S Ao
not the fault of the country.
There has not been a crop failure
in this district since settled. This
year was the poorest, caused by lack
of rain, although a fair estimate OF
wheat Is about twelve bushels per
acre, average, and oats about ten.
Some farmers got as much as twenty
five bushels of wheat per acre, and we
all got good prices.
"The laws of Canada are nearly the
same as those of Minnesota, and we
enjoy the same privileges.
$50 far as the European war Is con-
cerned, we suffer to a certain extent
as all the world does. Canada Is Civ
ing a helping hand to her Mother
Country, and we American-Canadians
firmly believe 1t is Canada's duty to
do so. I have not heard one Amer1
can-Canadian who has expressed a dit
ferent opinion. Canada is not com
PEELED to send her soldiers. The serv
ice rendered is all voluntary service.
'The accusation that old settlers are
considered undesirable citizens anc
are forced out of business, ever II
danger of being 'mobbed at their OWE
f1reside,' is all false, a mere fabrica
ton in the mind of badly informed
correspondents. There are a few whit
have been discovered carrying letters
others papers and plans to prove then
spies, and whose object is to conspir'
against the government. These hav'
justly been arrested. Such a class 0
people cannot be considered good citi
zens whether living in Canada or il
the United States.
Some people are failures whereve
they are, and as an c for failure
in their country it may seem easy t.
put the blame on the Canadian peopl
and the Canadian government. Fac
: Is, thousands of people from the Unite
! States are emigrating to Canada a
the present time, which shows the
! are not afraid Of the Canadian govern
ment.
: "The government is giving away
free of charge. provision through tn
. winter to farmers In certain district
! affected by the drought, and is ais
" sending seed grain to those in nee
3 Of help. This is very different frol
D driving settlers away from their ow
homes.
"T have always observed that th
|. people who love their Mother Countr
most are those who make the best cit
q zens of their adopted country. Til
Q glorious Stars and Stripes will 8
I ways stand for what is good and mob
, to us, though we live in a neighbt
country where we also enjoy life, Ii
erty and the pursuit of happiness"
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