Williams news., 1917-06-14
CANADA'S IMMIGRATION
Increased by About Sixty Per
 Cent in Past Six Months.

That Canada is at war is now more fully appreciated on this side of the boundary line, now that the United States has stepped alongside its north srn nefghbor and linked hands in the great struggle for a freer democracy | throughout the civilized world As a result of this greater interest than ever is seen in the: mutual effort to develop both the United States and Canada. Recently, just before the time that the United States declared | it's intention to enter the contest and contribute of Its resources to the de- | feat of the autocracy, whose design was to permeate the world, Western Canada made an appeal for farm labor to till the fields and prepare the soil for the crops of grain that were nee essary to feed the fighting forces and keep up the requirements necessary for the Allies. The responses were so great that before half the time limit expired, over six thousand laborers were secured. This was not sufficient, but once the United States was de clared to be in a condition of war, and farm labor required here to meet any 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 supply 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, 1t Is gratifying from both United States and Canadian point of view that the immigration of farmers to take up homestead lands and to pur- l chase improved and unimproved land in Canada, has shown such wonder ful 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 ac- ton of the Canadian Government in taking the duty of 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- craze yields and a better quality of grain, and on lands, many of which are free, as well as those that range from $15 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.
 MT. W. D. Scott, Superintendent of Immigration at Ottawa, Canada, re- gently gave out figures concerning im- migration from the United States, which shows that the increase in the past three or four months was 60 per cent over the same period last year, and MT. 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. MT. Scott declares that already this spring more settlers ef- 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 Goutts, as well as from Oregon and Washington, through Kingsgate and Vancouver. There arrived in Saskatchewan dur ! ing the year ending December 31, 1916, total of S,136 persons as compared with 5,S12 during the twelve months previous. At the same time nearly twice as many immigrants passed through the immigration department