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Show ! I I INTERESTING TO AMERICANS. Western 'Canada Will Soon Become the Supply Depot for Wheat for Great Britain. 1 Dnrlnptho4 past year about jBO.000 AmorlcanB went from tho . United j States tbjCariaila. Moat of theao,B'ot- j tlo'd upon farm 'lands, and tho writer la Informed by agents of tho Canadian Cana-dian Oovornnicnt that tho greatest . success has followed tho efforts .of nearly all. To their friends on thin I sldo of tho boundary lino tho fullest assuranco is glvon of tho prosperity that la In storo for thorn. There, will ! always bo a splendid market for all tho grain, cattle, and othor produce that can bo raised In Wc'storn Canada, Can-ada, and with the advantages offered !of a frco homestead of 1GQ acres of land, and other laijds which may bo bought cheaply, an excellent .climate splendid Hchool system, educational advantages of tho best, what moro Is roqulred. Tho husbandman gets moro rotiirn for Jib mqnoy than In ft any other country Jn'the 'world. ? On tho .occasion of Sir Wilfred Inu 5 rlor's visit to the C'oru Kxchnngjr Lon I don, England, Colonel Montgomery. V. D., .. mndo several Important stato- monto. 'T'ho function," ho said, "which f you havo Just been assisting In con- I noctlon with a kindred association has j doubtless shown you tho Importance of ' tho "provision trndo of Liverpool In Its rolntlonshlp with the Dominion, and I tho onormous iosslbllltIes of tho fu- 5 turo dovol6pment of thnt trado. Woll, I tho grain trado of Liverpool has In terests with, Canada no loss Important than those of tho provision trado. Wlion it Is borne in mind that 80 per cont of the breadstuffs of this groat country h,03 to bo brought from abroad, you will readily appreclato with what great satisfaction wo view j tho largo nnd steadily increasing sup plies of grain which aro annually available avail-able for oxport from Canada, and I challongo contradiction when I say that of tho wheats wo Import from Russia, India, tho Pacific, and tho length and breadth of tho United States, jiono gives moro Koneral satisfaction, nono Is moro ! Ronorally appreciated than that ralBod in tho Province of Manitoba. Mani-toba. We cannot got enough of It, and It Is no exaggeration td say that thoro aro before us dozons of millers who hunger for It. This Is not the timo to enter Into statistical questions, ques-tions, but we look forward with confidence con-fidence to tho timo at which, with tho prosent rate of progress, the Dominion -of Canada will havo a sufficient surplus sur-plus of whent to render tills country mi kir Independent of other sourcos of sup- IS2lrs- alY I think I may, with justifiable |
