Salt Lake Telegram | 1926-03-17 | Page 3 | Immigrants Cost Canada Big Sum

IMMIGRANTS COST CANADA BIG SUM OTT OTTAWA Ont March 17 AP Something in Ex excess of ot a quarter quarter ter of ot a million dollars were spent in the United States Stales last year bythe by bythe i the Canadian department of ot immigration immigration gration and United States Stales I citizens were brought into Canada as settlers In answer to a Question in the house of ot commons today some figures figures fig fig- ures were produced which showed a comparative table of cost per head hend to lo the Canadian government of Se Securing ie- ie e- e curing settlers from the United States Slates Of the nineteen officers maintained by the department In that countr country the office at Indianapolis Indianapolis Indian Indian- apolis Ind cost more per head of immigrants to lo maintain or per capita The office olce at Spokane Wash cost least per head The average was around 15 per head Kansas City averaged and Columbus an and 1 Des Moines ran around 25