The St. Johns herald., 1921-07-21
LAND IN DEMAND
Why Western Canada Can Take
 Her Pick of Settlers.
Opportunities and Conditions There Appeal to the Most DesirabIe-Pos-
 abilities of Country Proved.

abilities of Country Proved. While Canada wants settlers, and is pursuing every legitimate means to secure them, it is realized, as pointed out by Hon. J. A. Calder, minister of immigration and colonization, that se- lection is necessary, and in order to keep undesirables out of the country legislation Is passed that will doubt less have this effect. As pointed out by the minister, the class of settlers which Canada stands most ready to welcome are those who desire:
 Opportunity to acquire good farm land,, either free or at cost within their means.
 Opportunity to live in a country un- der healthful conditions and liberal laws and among an intelligent and friendly people.
 Opportunity to live in a country where children receive free public edu- cation and where all children are en- Rbled to start in the battle of life with, as nearly as possible, equal advan- tages.
 Opportunity to live in a country where industry applied to the land will produce something more than the bare necessities of life, and will afford within reasonable time comfort and Independence.
 Opportunity to live in a country where ambition Is not handicapped by any creed, birth, or class, but where every citizen has the right to aspire to the highest position in his or her chosen walk in life.
 These are the conditions which will appeal to the most desirable people for this or any country, conditions which, to a certain degree, make an automatic selection of the Attest.
 Canada possesses farm lands in large areas which may be had free or at cost within the reach of the set tier of limited means. Vast areas are available for settlement within reason able distances of railways. Land val- ues have in the last quarter of cen tury received a tremendous impetus, so that any good farm land which can still be secured in its raw state at reasonable prices is an attraction. Such lands today are probably more attractive to the settler than were the free homesteads of the pioneer era. The country has been tried out; Its possibilities have been proved; the trails have been blazed; the founda- tions have been laid. Railroads, tele- phones and public roads have been provided; market towns dot the prai- ries and other agricultural districts; schools, churches, and all the marks of modern conditions of life abound. Records which have been taken over a period of years establish the fact that Western Canada's grain produc- ton is greater per acre than that of probably any other new country. It Is worthy of note that the production of grain per acre in many of the older countries has increased with the in- tensifled farming methods which the very ulSu COSl OA Aduu L1duC DCSCSooA Js This condition does not yet obtain to any extent In Canada, and yet the yield compares favorably with some such countries in which the cost of land is very much greater than 1t Is in the farming districts of the Do mlnion. In most cases present owners of Canadian farm land who are not cultivating 1t themselves are willing to sell at moderate prices and on terms arranged for the convenience of the purchaser, provided that the pur- chaser is prepared to go into actual operation and bring the land under cultivation and cause 1t to produce. That is the kind of settler which Can ada wants and to whom 1t extends open arms.-Advertiseme