Canadian Inducements to Emigrants.

Colonist, Volume LII, Issue 12766, 7 February 1910, Page 2

Canadian Inducements to Emigrants.

Sir Thomas Shaughnessy, an active member of the greatest railway system in the world, the Canadian Pacific railway, recently arrived in England, full of fresh plans for strengthening Anglo-Canadian' relations. Overlord of a vast system of transportation stretching from Liverpool to Hongkong, with 14,500 miles of track, 40,000 employees, several great dines of -steamships, and millions Mi> acres of land, he wields a power difficult to over-estimate. One of Sir Thomas' schemes is for a new method of emigration. "The British people have not in the past availed themselves so fully of the opportunities of the West as they might," ihe said. "Tiie American, even the wealthy American, will build himself a rough hut and live in it for a season or two while making a start. The Englishman doeß not like this, yet -he wants land. Recently, -when 1600 small holdings were offered in England, there were 35,000 • applicants. All of these could be accommodated by us. We propose to prepare land for this class of small holder. We will build his house, fence his holding, break part of the soil, and sow it, bo that he can come and find all ready for him to settle down. This will be within the reach of the English countryman who has £100 capital to make a start. The prosperity of the West and all over Canada has been, so great this year that I am satisfied that 1910 should be a record year for immigration." This prosperity is, of course, due mainly to the enormous land settlement that is going on. Every acre that is taken up and made productive helps to swell the increasing wealth of the country. Canada as following a policy of practical common sense.