| Show i LORD SEES GREAT I PROSPECTS FOR CANADA AFTER WAR t a great Lord reat rd Canadian railway president s system stem stein of ofa ofa Is conceded one of the greatest business s leaders of oC the North orth Always conservative conservative conservative con con- American Amerlan continent in hi his statements there can cnn be he no doubt that he has firm grounds rounds for the lie feeling of optimism ism which runs through this article artcle art art- arti arti- cle do written h by him Just before his hiM I departure for England Lord sy statements take on added interest b by reason of the tho fact that lint he hc Is a native o of the United States The he The Editor Edior BY ItT RT I HON IO LORD K C C. V. V O. O ble bleeding with sacrifices andI and andI I I bel bending bunding with effort In behalf of or orthe the great empire of ol which she Is an integral part parts Canadas Canada's biggest rolo role In Inthe Inthe inthe the pin play of ot naton nations is not now but In Inthe Inthe the tIme future future Bright though her record ma may b be It Il Is only a u glimpse of or what Is Islo Isto Isto to lo come come Her greatest opportunities although secured through a R trying present will wi be shown hown when with wih th the war settled she he undertakes to assume the she has ought fought tom for Success lI place lIcu cu sho will wi come measured l by forethought D By fly fulfilling duties dutes as presented today toda I I'D Canada will wil be able to reap real abundantly abundant abundant- which the years cars I ly of oC the tho he prosperity sure surely not far distant will wi ihl bring what Canadian CanHan history shows shots that mistakes havo o had to be bt rectified have hn ben been those of too short vision Islon and that d have ha been of the tIme deeds most criticized over Between tho tIme two is o er develop develop- the straight course of oC steady ment Blind faith In iii II time the country has been to a large extent th the guiding star of tho the men who have hav built buit Speculation culaton has hus been a n. ready read growth In a 1 ground rich beyond boond the dreams rl aIS of the most hopeful Calm con conservative business sagacity bade Cain tin the pioneers discard the tho thought thuu ht of spanning the prairies with witha wih a transcontinental line lne bold bol darIn daring dar dar- In lug ing built nu not one bim but three Thi Tho success suc sue cess lull of tho the Canadian Pacific th the pioneer pioneer pio plo neer fleer urged others to be bo reckless per por- POl- POl hups bu but then Ihor here thore were those who said ald tho the construction of or tho the Canadian Pacific wa was wat folly Canadas Canada's course is tho tim center ono ammo 0 and to choose IH is JI no easy task task Wo We 0 donot do donot donot not wi wish h to cramp our future by b a n narrow nar nar- row limited Imagination neither do thu we wl wish h to greatly lop o and thus thuu render tho limo load we are now mio no too great groat It Is sometimes hard to realize real real- ize Izo that on the thc shoulders of the present T t 1 IOUI the tho mat material for rOI the lie future must been bo be en carried ed Canada a is an empire in itself Its lt population is not a fraction tracton of or what it i should be be of oC what It Is capable of oC be becoming becoming becoming be- be coming or of what it will wll be after tho the war coming We Ye arc are now taking steps to prepare for tor the tho future and arc are antici antici- anticipating be Immigration that should an unprecedented in Canadian history hiep pence peace Is declared Canada will wIl naturally bo be looked upon as US tho th hI promised prom prom- I land laud b bv b many peoples of Europe She hl will vill wil be bc In a position to choose care care- carl carl- fully She need take none nono but the tho best bost anti and lull only by so o selecting her hor citizenship will ili she Nhe build up a nation naton capable of performing wl the tho tasks which will ill bo allotted to h herThe her r. r The wl war wai has taught Canada self- self aw as nothing else elso would haw hae t ha rolance done domme dOIt Slim ll has ham been licen forced to do 10 and efficiently thin timings things s which were impossible She Sho ho has expanded ed J J commercially and industrially faster Caster than ever er before and has confidence in herself hersel to do th the things which she formerly for for- marl merl merly expected others to do for her In the same manner that she unhesitatingly mobilized the largest arm army 3 that ever er crossed the Atlantic sho has eloped developed a sea traffic on both the Atlantic At At- At- At lantic and ant the Pacific that is dous This will wil undoubtedly be he further developed proving pro to be a powerful po aid In molding trade connections favorable favorable favorable favor favor- able to Canada after the thc war Canada cannot go back She I is com corn committed mUted to expansion but not to over over- expansion Keeping KeepinG within 1 limits Justified Jus jus- by conditions has b been en hard lud It Itis itis 1 is difficult in iii II being optimistic to not notI I be bc too optimistic and here perhaps IsI is I th the greatest problem In the the past Canada Canada has been too ea eager er an and Is Js now faced with wih th the problems problems problems lems of ot over development In certain lne lines Politically Cana Canada a will wi undoubtedly undoubted I take tak a more prominent part in the destinies destinies des des- of the thc British Empire than ever before She will wi probably be a asked ked to become one ono of the senior members of a firm in which before the war she sho was wn merely merel r regarded as a Junior full un of promise to be sure but one on whom a full share of ot the burden should not be bo placed TIme The future Is la undoubtedly bright but the tho advancement is fraught with wih problems problem which will wil require good judgment and forethought rather than good Judgment In afterthought I |
