Year: 1879

Canadians Pouring Into the United States
"A Result of Hard Times in the Domin-
ion.


From the Chicago Tribune.l


ST. ALBANs, VT., May 7.-St. AL
bans furnishes broad field to notice
the masses of all classes OF humanity
moving to and fro between the United
States and the Canadian Dominion.
Just at this time when the great negro
exodus from the South to Kansas is
agitating the public mind, and the
movements of these poor refugees, who
are seeking homes in the Far West, are
eagerly sought out and chronicled in
the newspapers, there is another exc
dus, of q far different class of people,
passing through st. Albans en- route to
the Far West, and small portion GO
ing to New England before proceeding
further.


Every train south is loaded with
Canadians immigrating to the United
States. For the past few weeks moth
ing like it has ever before been wit
messed. Entire families-old and young,
and many of them of an advanced in
tellectual class-have arrived, and pro-
ceeded upon their journey, until the ar
rivals have attracted much more than
the usual attention, and created great
and serious talk as to the causes of it.
1t has not heretofore been an unusual
sight to see the United States Customs
Inspectors looking over the baggage
and boxes of persons who come
from Canada en- route to the many man
ufacturing towns of New England, to
work for several months, and then, after
getting few dollars ahead, return to
Informative land. In fact, the faces of some
of these people have become familiar, on
account of the regularity of the yearly
journeys. But for several weeks past
another and far better class of Cana
dians have been passing through, in par
ties of various sizes, numbering in one
instance as high as Ill. Each party is
usually accompanied by an experienced
guide, and rumor has it that the men in
charge of these people are representa-
tives of various large Western railways.
Within the memory of man, emigra-
ton from Canada has never been SO
brisk as at present. A newspaper pub
lished here to-day refers to the exodus as
follows: "Every train Is loaded with
emigrants for the United States from
Canada. The supporters of the ma
tional Policy must be wofully taken
Down when they view this mighty ex-
odus, and realize that the very best of
the young men, not altogether the
French, are being swallowed up by the
Unsuitable Western prairie and the New
England workshop. In fact, in seems
as if the very flood d-gates of discomfort
in Canada were loosed."


Last night another party of these peo-
pie passed through here en- route West
ward. They were for the most part
bound for Illinois, and from thence far
ther West. Among the crowd noticed
some of more intellectual appearance
than the usual run of those whom
have seen pass through. There were
stalwart men, with their families-men
who have experienced the toll upon
farms, and are used to hard labor. And
there were young men who were-as
one of them put it to me in reply to my
question as to their estimation
to get into free climate and warmer
country" took it he meant a free
country and a warmer climate. L at
tempted to CLEAN from several of the
emigrants what had prompted them to
leave Canada and seek homes in the
Western part of the United States; but
they were very reticent. The inference
left was, that they expected to succeed
better in this country than in Canada.


Their route West seemed to be over
the New York Central to Buffalo, then
via the Lake SAore and Michigan South
ern to Chicago, and from Chicago via
the roads toward Kansas and Nebraska


The Canadian press seem not to be


aware of this great exodus from the Do.
minion, or are willfully keeping the
facts from the public.