Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1917-05-25
CANADKS MANIFESTATION
Increased by About Sixty pa,
Cent in Past Six Months.

That Canada is at war is now ma.
fully appreciated on this side Of ~
boundary line, now that the Unitas
States has stepped alongside its nort
ern neighbor and linked hands IN ~
great struggle for a freer denocrsa9
throughout the civilized world A.
result of this greater Interest th.s
ever is seen in the mutual effort -
develop both the United States ana
Canada. Recently, just before tba
time that the United States decsro5
its intention to enter the contest ana
contribute of its resources to the d.
feat of the autoeracy. whose dpsign
was to permeate the world Westar0
Canada made an appeal for farm laho.
to till the fields and prepare the soil
for the crops of grain that were nAo.
essary 10 feed the fighting forces and
keep up the requirements necessarv
for the Allies. The responses were "a
great that before half the time lim,
expired, over six thousand laboraro
were secured. This was not sufficient
but once the United States was do.
clared to be in a condition of war and
farm labor required here to meet aBv
exigency as to short ratiOns that might
arise, the sister to the north, Withdrew
from attempts, which might mean A
restriction of the farm labor suDDly
in the United States. But even with
this 1t is thought Canada will now be
fairly well supplied.
Apart. however, from the farm labor
proposition, it is gratifying from both
a United States and Canadian point Of
view that the immigration of farmers
to take up homestead lands and to pur.
chase improved and unimproved land
in Canada, has shown such a wonder,
full increase in the past three months.
The great struggle for increasing the
food supply has a broader and greater
significance than ever. The food must
come into existence, whether the rich
soils of the United States or those Of
Canada be the factor.
It is altogether probable that The az.
ton of the Canadian Government 10
taking the duty off wheat going into
Canada. thus automatically lifting the
duty off that coming into the United
States, may not be responsible for an
increased immigration to Canada Can.
ada's reputation for growing larger av.
erage yields and better quality Of
grain, and on lands. many of which are
free, as well as those that range from
SIS to $35 an acre, is an appeal that
is being responded to by farmers who
are now renting high-priced lands, Is
another reason for expecting an in.
creasing number of farmers from the
United States.
Mr.. w. u. Scott, Superintendent Of
immigration at Ottawa, Canada. re-
Gently gave out figures concerning i'm
migration from the United States
which shows that the increase In thu
past three or four months was go pei
cent over the same period last year
and Mr.. Scott forecasts that during the
calendar year of 1917 there will be
over one hundred per cent increase
and be much heavier than for many
years past. Mr. Scott declares that
already this spring more settlers eff
fects have entered Canada than
crossed during the whole of last year.
and the movement has just merely
started.
The new settlers are coming from
numerous states through the ports OF
Emerson, North Portal and C0utts, as
well as from Oregon and Washington,
through Kingsgate and Vancouver
There arrived in. Saskatchewan dur
ing the year ending December 81, 1915
a total of S,136 persons as compared
with 5.812 during the twelve months
previous. At the same tire neafi;
twice as many immigrants passed
through the immigration department
at Edmonton, Alberta, in the last
twelve months as for the same period
of the year before.
The number of settlers from Eastern
Canada migrating to the west also IN
creased. From January to March 81
1917, the number of cars of stock that
passed through the Winnipeg yards
was $50, as compared with 36l last
year. A fair estimate of the value Oh
each car would be about $1,000, which
means that the west has secured adu
tional live stock to. the value of Sl0O'
600 or more, during the first thret
months of 1917, not taking into account
that brought in by immigrants fr9I
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