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Show American Emigration Into Canada. The posslbllltcs of Canadaaro greater great-er than many people anticipate. Many Americans arc emigrating thero each year, moro possibly than can bo imagined until the statistics arc referred to. Canada has about twice as much standing timber as the United Unit-ed States; American paper maker aro expending every year millions of dollars dol-lars on large pulp mills equipped with the best American machinery; tho timber privileges are being bought up by corporations, each of which owns thousands of squaro miles. This sounds large, but it is nevertheless true. Tho pulp made from Canada timber Is of a high quality, and is supplying sup-plying many mills of the United States at present time. The timber belt of Canada stretches from tho Atlantic coast to tho plains beyond tho great Lakes, and from tho slopes of tho Rocky mountains to tho Pacific ocean, while in the north thero is a vast area of timber sweeping across the continent from Labrador to Alaska 700 miles in with and -100 miles in length. Tho district around Lake St. John, north of Quebec, bears spruce equal to tho forest area of Norway. It Is calculated that in ten years at the present rate of Immigration into Canada there would bo enough farmers farm-ers to produco 250,000,000 bushels of wheat each year. When the small amount for home consumption Is deducted, Canada will export nearly double that of tho American shipment of today. In Is estimated that in Manitoba and the North West territories terri-tories there aro 200,000,000 acres of arable land that can bo cultivated and is open for settlement. It Is estimated that thero is already now 00,000 people of American extraction in tho Canadian wheat lands. It Is not only dissatisfied ones that leave America for theso lands, but many farmers of tho United States sell out for $30 to $10 per aero and can buy as good and perhaps better land In Canada Can-ada from $7.00 to $10.00 per acre. Land selling at 83.00 per acre live . years ago Is now bringing double and treblo that price. Tho British clement in Canada Is falling off; settlers set-tlers from tho United States aro Hooding the country. In 1002 twenty five per cent of tho Immigrants camo from England, whllo thirty live per cent camo from tho United States. In 1001 thero were 17Q3 Immigrants from tho United States and only 0,401 from England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland. Many of tho lmlgrants havo considerable capital and become permanent settlers In Canada. Canada Can-ada Is becoming Americanized very fast, while British Immigration Is becoming be-coming less important. Tho Canadian Can-adian olllclals regard tho problem solely from a Canadian point of view, and welcome the. American farmers to their vast borders. |