THE RUSH TO CANADA.

Evening Post, Volume LXXIV, Issue 138, 7 December 1907, Page 13

THE RUSH TO CANADA.

GLUSttK SCKUiiNY OF I Mill- j GRANTS. MANY UNDESIRABLES. j St. James's Budget has ' been recently informed that the. Canadian authorities nad decided upon a more strict j supervision of immigrants than had hitherto heen carried out. During the- rush of tho past few years more people who havo turned out to bo undesirable, in more- ways than one have boon allowed to enter than is considered good for tho country. A number of those who have' gone out from England, under tho of philanthropic or rate-aided organisations, havo proved very disappointing. They are, for the most part, men whose downward path, in the Old Country had been arrested, and 'who, showing promise of- reform, Were sent out to tho Dominion to, begin lifo afresh in new and better surroundings. ;'Many of this class have certainly dope well," said an official of the Canadian Government, now in London, to one . of our representatives, "but tho proportion of 'backsliders is larger than we should like. "A deputation from tho, London Unemployed Body has just returned from a .visit to Canada, and I see that ono of its members says that all those the organisation has already sent 'out are doing well. lam afraid the deputation did not see- them nil. After, however, the statement the other day of Mr. LloydrOcorgo that 30 per. cent, of tho unemployed owed their position to drink, L am only surprised that the failures in Canada have been so few. "•I am far from pleased nfc the statement that the Unemployed Body contemplates sending many more. They will find that a closer scrutiny of the character, and records of the men will be, made than has been the case in the past. ■ WORST CASES SENT BACK. "We have 'sent back the worst capes, not 'only, of the Unemployed Body, but of other organisations. I 'will give you an instance of what we have had 'to contend with. Fifteen, men u-cre sonC out recently by one of these organisations. -We were told that they had been .reformed, and as a result of (he training, they had received would make worthy citizens. Each man was given ■fil, m addition to a through' ticket to Montreal. ' ' , ' . ''As soon as they landed they made for a publichouse, and in a few hours were- attempting to take the Emigration Offices by storm. We allowed some of them to remain, but sent the others home. "Canada is in need of men, but sho' wants only the best that Europe can send her." Scotchmen will be flattered at the following return, which shows the proportion sent back to tho number who entered Canada : — English ... 1 in every . 496 Irish ... 1 in every 963 . Scotch ... 1 in every 1666 ' Up co the, present close on a hundred, thousand people have' emigrated to Canada from' Britain this year.