CANADA'S CRY FOR PEOPLE

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 16, 14 October 1907, Page 7

CANADA'S CRY FOR PEOPLE

Ifruiit: lyi'iH'.;.. -\-::..V.X\i l'.rf.. :■ 3,"i<!l.i'i;':" ; ' -i'.'f;"«--.i-- ■;•;! BY ASSOOIATioN-^CprYltldßT.' ; COMMONWEAMH'S London, October 11. labpiir bureau''has,- been' 'established.,in; England io recruit skilled"labour for Canaelian.manufacturers.v;One thousand,four hundre.d.and thirty operatives have already been 100., more, are .:...,. vi .of; Australia, iiu a.letifcer' , to the ." Times" 7 • commeiits s on :, the' profiibi- ■ tion.'of.jirnrQ^atio'iV.^nder'contraoti labour by: thp >( Cominpiiy. - oalth Vl Speaking, of the rcsvjlts, ..'of;his inquiries , in Englan'd, bo Say3itliß'pro T > hibitiou is affecting immigration from Eng T ; lai^^a^uaj;rßlia rt ov^;)|ay i o£,j|^o.year.,vana.. all diroo'tions'F' ■'■"• <;i: ;V-. t -' '''~ "' ' '"''■ . THE WRONG SORT. n B *"•''' IS;' 4.2s'p.ni;)" '"'''" " London, October 12. The President of the British Passengers' Agents' Association complains that religious ,organisations are,competing' in the. emigrating .business, by ineans_ of squalled "white-: wasl)M;'V characters who"do not ctimpdre with the .Kqnesj; artisans aud ■ agriculturist-3 whom the agents desire to ship. ' ■.''•■'

.; CaiiadaVpbpuiatiqii. increased from 1,538,500 in'lSil" "to 5,T66;606 ; (estimated) in 1906. An analysis of Canada's immigration returns for the, post two years and, a comparison with 4Kb figures', of immigration into. the United States emphasise the . of tho. class of emigrant's rn'ojy going.' : tp Canada. "" '■•'- The-Mots''are/ according to "Canada;" that Anglo-Saxon immigration is increasing at a much more' rapid, ratethan '.immigration from other, European7.sources',' and,, as 'compared with!"' Hie United; Statesj Canada' is' getting, a far larger proportion of her now 'citizen's from the, most' desirable as sources of 'supply. ~ '.. ..,.„.„'.' .!.... \-_ ■ '..'" l?or the las£i ; fiscal.\ p'eriqdiiending.'M!iich : 3l, 1907, British 'immigration totalled, 55,791, an increase of 18,710' over the "admo period' of 1905-G,' whilo Continental immigration totalled 31,127, an. increasq of 14,001. "The increase in English immigration was 87 per cent., and in Scotch immigration 34 per cent. ■•■••■■• As comparod with the oharactor of the imStates,.Canada has muoh''causar!ifor : gratification. ■ The'countries considered most desifaMo "for immigration 1 arb Groat Britain and Ireland, Aiistrja-HungaiT, Belgium, ' Servia, Montenegro,' Denmark, Prance, German . Empire, " Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, Australia, Tasmania, and New Zealand. ■ From, the'sp countries'; the '.United. State's received for the fiscal year 1905-6 3S jicr , ceiit,, out,'of -a totaA'iqiinxgratidn 'of. 1,100,735, while from Italy alone'the percentage was 25, and from Biissia, including Finlancl,' camq 20 per cent. o.f. the..total.,v ■~,,,,/. .;■!,.,...' •■'. ■ Trom Russia; arid Italy, therefore, came almost half thci whole American immi'gratipn. During the, samp period Canada redei™! oqt of a total immigration of 189.0G4 np lesti .hnn sG'por cent,'-from thq favpui : cd countries, from Italy pnlj; i.pqr,, cent.,;.an(l. from.Unssja,and Finland" only 2 per" cent. ' • • ' ;