THEY WANT A CHANGE
FREE-TRAOERS UNRECONCILED
TO THE AMERICAN POLICY.
*
"Protection Mail Co , They Say , Having
Outlived Its Uuefulnojg and Being a
Hindrance to the Expansion of In
dustries. "
"They Lag Superfluous , " is the cap
tion of'an article In which a free trade
writer on the editorial staff of the New
York Times pays his respects to last
week's annual meeting of the Ameri-
&m Protective Tariff league. The
Times man professes to be Unable to
understand why thjo league should per
sist In existing. He iff/Irmly convinced
that protection is ( loomed to extinction
as " an American fiscal policy ; that
' 'President McKinley and the wisest
and most Influential leaders of the
.Republicans are feeling their way along
toward free trade , " and "are convert
ing the Republican organization Into
a low tariff party. "
Having argued himself into this
frame of mind , the Cobdenlte hot gos
peller of the Times readily reaches the
conclusion that
"They [ the Republican leaders ] must
abandon the prohibitive tariff policy
of the manufacturers will abandon
them. Protection has had its clay , has
outlived all the usefulness it ever had ,
and is now a hindrance to the expan
sion of the industries of the country.
It must go.
"Why doesn't the American Protec
tive Tariff' league go ? Its vocation is
gone , its influence is shattered , it is
nulling the wrong way. It has $1-
133.22 in its treasury. We advise the
league to turn over this unexpended
balance to the Society for the Relief of
the Aged and Destitute and then tran
quilly disband. "
On the day that the free trade con
victions of the New York Times were
recorded as above quoted , thjere- ap
peared in many newspapers of the
United States , some of them free trade
newspapers , Washington dispatches ,
date of Jan. 19 , 1000 , containing state
ments based upon figures just issued
by the treasury bureau of statistics to
the effect that in the year just closed
the foreign commerce of the United
States under the full operation of the
Dingley tariff law "a hindrance to
the expansion of the industries of the
country , ? according to the Times
amounted to more than $2,000,000,000 ,
and of this enormous sum more than
three-fifths was exports and less than
two-fifths imports. The exact figures-
are :
"Imports , § 799,834,620 ; exports , ? ! , -
275,480,641 ; excess of exports over im
ports , $475,652,021. The excess of ex
ports is larger than in any preceding
year except 189S. Of the exports , man
ufactures form a larger proportion
than ever before , while of the imports
raw materials for use of manufacturers
form a larger proportion than ever be-
ifore. Of ttie exports , more than 30 per
cent are manufactures , against 26 per
cent in the fiscal year 1897 , 23.per cent
Un'lS'SS , 2fper ( cent in 1885 , 16 per cent
Un 1879 , and 12 per cent in 1860. Of
the imports 33 per cent are articles in
a crude condition which enter into the
various processes of domestic industry ,
against 26 per cent in 1895 , 24 per cent
In 1892 , 23 per cent in 18S9 and 20 per
.cent in 1895. "
Does this look as though protection
is operating as "a hindrance-to the ex
pansion of the industries of the country tcPI
PI
try , " and therefore "must go" ?
cc
Does this look as though the leaders
of the Republican party would be com
pelled to abandon protection , "or the
manufacturers will abandon them" ?
P.osthis looks as though the indus- at
triaf captains of the United States were re
tl
dissatisfied with the workings of protection
4
tection and were anxious to see free
th
trade take its place ? ,
i D'OOS this look as though the Ameri thS
can Protective Tariff league had no
tl
further reason for existence and ought
la
to disband forthwith ?
ti
There are many manufacturers who
would like to see protection displaced niP
and'free trade installed as the Ameri P
can policy ; but they are not American ai
thai
manufacturers. The manufacturers
who hanker for free trade are foreign ai
manufacturers for the most part , with sc
al
here and there a "manufacturer" of
free trade sentiment like the New York 4 ,
Times. wof
of
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SIGNS OF PROGRESS.
fa
The South Awakening to the Advantages re
HI
ges of the Protective Policy. HID
As a matter of record and as illus D >
trating the march of ideas in a section ze
of the country which for more than al
seventy years has stood for the doc P <
trine ofselling in the dearest market cc
and buying in the cheapest market , but
whlclrnow , seems to be-on the point of
seeing a new light on the question of
protection vs. free trade , we append
the following draft of a memorial to be
the congress of the United States , in Pi
troduced by Mr. Dickersoa in the of
Georgia state senate and by that body er
adopted : Pi
"Memorial to our senators and representatives In
resentatives in congress in reference ca
to a duty on Egyptian and long sta th
pled cotton , or on the importation ta
thereof : th
- "Whereas. The present price of long- or
stapled or sea island cotton is now far or
below the cost of production , causing de
a large area of our state to languish sh
aiut a once profitable industry to sc
waver and. die ; and , be
"Whereas , The low price referred to
is not due to overproduction , " as is
demonstrated by the fact that for a
crop of 104,557 bales in 1896 and 1897 Wl
the average price for the grade of th
"fine" was 11 cents , while for the last ai
crop , 75,000 bales only , or 25 per cent aim
less than the year previous , the aver- H [
age price for the grade "fine" was two
cents less , or nine cents per pound ;
and ,
"Whereas , The indisputable cause
for our lo\jf prices , financial depression
and agricultural discontent Is found In
the annually increasing importation of
Egyptian cotton , the product of pau
per labor ; and ,
"Wherdas , The Democratic' party and
people have not deemed it derogatory
to their principles anrt interest to have
a duty placed on wool , rice , hides and
tobacco ; and ,
"Whereas , The placing of said duty
on the above mentioned articles has
proven a direct benefit to our people
and with which protection they would
not part without a struggle ; and ,
"Whereas , Tnere are but two ways
wheieby the money , necessary to main
tain the national government can be
raised , and since the funds derived
from internal revenue are insufficient ,
even when made enormous and bur
densome , as they now are ; and ,
"Whereas , we re forced from the
nature of things -to depend on a tax
laid upon goods and products imported
into this country from foreign coun
tries to raise funds to assist in the sip
port of the government ; therefore , be
it
"Resolved- That it is the sense of
this legislature that a tariff should be
laid for revenue only and arranged so
that if it shall prove a burden all may
equally bear it , and If a benefit , it may
be equally shared.
"Resolved further , That we are un
alterably opposed to the free importa-
ceuts per pound on all long-stapled
cotton.
"Resolved , That we favor an import
duty of 50 per cent ad valorem and 5
cents per pound on all long stapled
cotton imported into the United States ,
and that a copy of these resolutions
be furnished the senators and repre
sentatives in congress. "
Who will say after this that the
world does not move , and that the
South is not progressing ? One can
excuse the curious inconsistency of'the
declaration which in one breath calls
for a tariff for revenue only and in the
next breath stipulates that the duty on
long-stapled foreign cotton shall be
prohibitive. It must be remembered
that the Georgia Democrats , having in
their veins the blood of three genera
tions of free traders , are not very well
up in the logic of latter-day econom
ics , and hence do not know that a
tariff for revenue only and a protective
tariff are elements as incompatible as
oil and water , as inter-repugnant , in
ter-destructive , and contradictory. But
there is hope for them. They are
surely ascending in the scale of intelli
gence and practical common senseand
to become full-fledged protectionists
all they need is time and just a little
more intelligence.
HOW HE LOST HIS REASON.
$
'That man looks like a lunatic. " nci
'He is crazy became so by trying ci
o prove that free trade was the proper
iolicy , and that under protection this
ountry could not possibly prosper. " "
S
w
"Why More Railroads TVere Built.
The Railroad Gazette reports that , fcj
ccording to estimates and facts al-
n
eady at hand , it appears that during
he year ending Dec. 31 more than
,500 miles of railroad were built in
tie United States. There have been no
gures .like these since before the free
rade blight fell upon the country C.
hrough ] the election of Grover Cleve- ai
ind to the presidency in 1892. During a1
he ; free trade period the averagen
umber of miles of new railroad built n
er < year did not reach half this bi
mount. Free trade is as preventive of 0
tie further development of the country : '
ud of a greater opening up of its re-
ources as it is destructive to Business
Iready established. Every one of those
,500 and more miles of new railroad of
ras built in response to the demands rsol
elBE
f some new industry , or to the in-
reased demand for transportation BE
icilities made by those industries al-
eady in existence , and to which new
fe was given by the enactment of the
ingley law. Altogether , as the Ga- m
ette puts it , "the exhibit is a remark- cr
ble evidence of the widespread pros- crM
erity that has at last overtaken the M
ountry. " ol
Foot Comfort. in
Mr. W. L. Terhune , publisher of the Otb
loot and Shoe Record , says : "The b
oot and shoe trade is closing the most lo
rosperous year since 1892. " In spite ccbe
the apparent fears of the free-trad- be
rs , therefore , it appears that the peo- in
le have not suffered for foot comfort , jd
ncrease of work and wages has taken tli :
are of the shoe question. And it fur- liiul
tier appears that the much talked of ul
iriff on hides , so loudly denounced by ai
tie free-traders , has laid no burdens tt
n buyers of shoes. In Mr. Terhune's ttm
pinion , the tariff on hides has had "no m
etrimental influence" on the boot and IU
tioe business. He states , in fact , that IUb
carcely any hides are imported for ti
oots and shoes. tiu
ai
TYhy They Are Closed. tc
Four years ago Mr. McKinley said it tcP
'ould be better to open the mills than m
ie mints. Now the only mills which cr
re closed are these which cannot get its
itm
laterial to run with. Burlington m
awk-Eye. in
THE SHIPPING BILL. ,
Widespread Demand for the Kcstorattov
of tbe American Merchant Marine
The bill now before congress for the
promotion of American shipping in tlie
foreign carrying trade is a bill upon
which almost all of those engaged in
shipbuilding and shipowniug In the
United States have united in advocacy-
It confirms to the recommendations of
the president in his last annual mes
sage to congress , and It is in accord
with the recommendations In the last
annual report of the secretary of the
treasury. It is also in line with the
suggestions made in the last report of
the commissioner of navigation , is in
dorsed by Senator Frye , the president
pro tern , of the United States senate ,
and who Is also chairman of the senate
committee on commerce. It has been
introduced in the house by the Repub
lican leader upon the floor.Hon. Serene
E. Payne , chairman of the way and
means committee.
The shipping bill has been indorsed
by some two hundred commercial and
agricultural arganizations , in all parts
of the country , many of which are of
great national strength and Influence.
Several state legislatures have peti
tioned congress in behalf of its pas
sage. It has been before the people forever
over a year , has been widely discussed
in the press , and the trend of comment
is largely favorable , many Democratic
newspapers , especially in the south ,
warmly commending its provisions and
advocating its passage.
This shipping bill provides compen
sation for American vessels , engaging
in the foreign carrying trade just about
sufficient in amount to enable them to
compete with the foreign ships which
now monopolize all but S per cent of
American foreign carrying. These for
eign ships earn , it is conservatively
estimated , between $175,000,000 and
5200,000,000 a year in freight and pas
senger charges , which sum , or its
equivalent in the products of the Unit
ed States , must be shipped abroad to
defray the cost of our ocean transpor
tation.
From this brief summary of facts ,
of large importance in connection with
the efforts that have been for nearly
forty years so unsuccessfully made to
secure adequate protection for Ameri
can ships in competition with foreign
ships in the carrying of Amer
ican foreign commerce ; and con
sidering , also , that the inter
ests most immediately and di
rectly affected are a practical unit
in its advocacy ; besides which it com
mands such widespread indorsement
from commercial and agricultural in
terests and the press , and the ad
vocacy of those members of congress t
whose support is essential to the pas C
sage of any legislation helpful to Ct
American shipping interests in the t
foreign carrying trade in view of all
these considerations it would seem
that the pending bill should receive the
support of all who are sincerely de- b
sirdtis of bringing about the restora
tion of the American merchant marine.
lin
We must bear in mind that the ship n
ping of foreign nations that is in com a
petition with American shipping , in \
the foreign trade , receives from for tl
eign governments , as subsidies , sub ic
ventions , naval reserve retainers ,
bounties and the like , a sum exceeding
$26,000,000 annually , and against the
competition thus enormously sustained
unaided American shipping cannot
compete , with the result that the Unit
ed States loses the protection it re
quires upon the sea in the reinforcement tl
tlai
ment of our navy through the posses ai
sion ] of merchant ships and seamen , as aih
well as the loss of between 5175,000,000 I'
I'ol
and $200,000,000 in ocean transporta ol
tion charges , which latter is an enor
mous drain upon the the industrial ti
and financial resources of the nation. ir
irhi
The shipping bill is now in the hands hih
of the house committee on merchant h
marine and fisheries , of which Gen.
irP
. H. Grosvenor of Ohio is chairman , P
and it is also in the hands of the sen fa
ate committee on commerce. Each of
these committees has been holding ec
numerous public hearings upon the te
bill , at which its friends and its few fn :
apponents ] have appeared , and , it is be si
lieved , will soon be favorably reported ce
by each committee to its respective
branch of congress. Its adoption be g
fore the close of the present session
congress seems assured , with the tli ;
rseult that the long expected revival
the American merchant marine ai
seems now to be measurably in sight. ac
oi
oiw
No Limit Can Be Set.
The industries of Ohio are feeling
to ;
QO let-up from the prosperity which
pl
lame to them with the passage of the
ta :
Dingley law. On this point Mr. J. 0.
bi
Mass , president of the National bank * .
n
Sandusky , says :
:
"I do not remember when Ohio was
p
better condition financially and
otherwise. The situation could not be
jetter , and so far as I can see , the out it
look has in it nothing but what is en
ai
. . . . The
couraging. railroads have in
jeen making much money , and I know"
cc :
the systems in which I am interest- ccw
the Central Ohio , the Midland and st
he Sandusky our business is simply us
imited by our capacity. . . . Man h ;
ufacturers are rushed to fill orders , lo
ind there is profitable employment for in
the workingmen. " in
The only statement in this which cc :
night be questioned is that "the sit-
tation could not be better. " That has be
jeen said so many times in the past
three years , and'yet the industrial siti i at
.lation keeps right on growing betfer ' " ]
ind better , and prosperity continues ta
become more extensive and stu
pendous all the time. He is a daring IK
nan who would , in view of our experifii
jnce so far , attempt to place any limhe
to the prosperity which will ultiC <
nately be reached under the stimulathi
ng influence ol protection. if
THE THOUSAND-DOLLAR BILL
A MYSTEKY 01 * THE UNITED STATES TREASURY A SHOUT STGIir
JIT J.KO.VAItl ) OUTIIAM
CHAPTER I.
They were out on the verandah In
the cool of the evening , old Caleb Lor-
ing , in a rocking chair , smoking his
corn-cob pipe ; Bertha , his daughter ,
swinging in a low hammock , and her
husband , Edmund Hackett. who was
perched upon the wooden balustrade.
Wilton Loring was there , too , lounging
In a canvas chair and smoking a "uo-
mestlc" cigar. The verandah ran
round three sides of a modest frame
house , all painted white , with the ex
ception of its bright green shutters.
Edrhond and Bertha , rece'ntly married ,
lived here in the outskirts of Wash
ington with the head of the family.
Wilton had run down from Philadel
phia , where he was cashier of the
Rancher's National Bank. They were
all grumbling over their meagre in
comes.
"Uncle Sam. " remarked Edmond
Hackett , a quiet , steady going sort or
fellow , well advanced toward middle
life , "Uncle Sam is not generous to us
boys and girls of the Civil service. We
handle between nigh upon a million
dollars every working day , and give
our lives to the mill horse business for
a bare subsistence. "
"Since I've been cashier of the
Ranchers' National , " said Wilton Lo
ring , "I've had enough money pass
through my hands to make me crazy
with thirst for it. It's like being
"Don't like to hear you talk like
that , Wilt , my son , " remarked Old Caleb
.
leb , with a quick shake of his head , as
.
ii a mosquito had settled on him.
"Thoughts of that kind sometimes ma
terialize into deeds you'd be sorry for. "
"Humph ! I'm not so sure 1 shan't
one day try to pinch something , " pur
sued Wilton , with a wink at his sister.
"But big steals are the sort to succeed
nowadays. To make a corner in some
thing or other ; to float a salted mine ,
or a bogus building society. That's
,
the game. "
"Tut , tut ! " protested the elder Lo
ring , with fierce expectoration ; but
Bertha mischievously took up her
brother's humor.
"There's a fine chance now I've got
into the counting division at the Trea
sury , " said she. "Say now , why not
make up a family combination ? You ,
Wilton , are cashier at the 'Ranchers/
and you're constantly having old bills
at at send into the Treasury for redemp h
tion. You 'pinch , ' as you call it , a ?
clci
thousand-dollar greenback , and for ci
ward the packet to the Treasury en
dorsed as containing one more bill
than : it actually does. That packet k
comes to me to be counted and ex it
Ca itS
amined. I just pass it as containing S
the ] number of greenbacks specified. tl :
tlai
On it goes to Edmond , my husband , ai
whose duty it chances to be to check la
my count. Smart Edmond finds one tl ;
bill short ; but seeing his Bertha's ini tlm
tials on the wrapper , he just winks a m
little , and the packet , with , say ninety- tc :
tcw
nine bills instead of one hundred bills w
against ; the new ones to that value fc
fcSI
which he sends back in exchange to SI
the Rancher's Bank through the Divis tc
ion of Issue. See ? " cc :
cctt
"Ha , ha , ha ! " laughed Edmond tt
Hackett , disposed to enter into any st
joke conceived by his adored little to
wife. "How we could bleed Uncle Sam ai
and help ourselves to the salaries lie ac
ought to pay us. " ,
"Have done ! Have done ! " burst out 1
the old man. "If I believed my son la
and my daughter and my daughter's ar
husband were capable of such roguery cr
I'd fetch out my gun and fill you full glR ;
of holes , every one ! " R
He meant it. His usually placid features a
abi
tures were distorted and purple with bi
indignation , and the stem of the pipe CO
lie held snapped in the angry grip ot ea
his : fingers. Wilton Hung himself back in
ir a fit of hearty laughter , but Bertha , papa
perceived < that the Joke had gone too
far. pa
"Father ! dear father ! " she exclaimed sh
shM
ed soothingly. "You know us all bet- M
ter'n that , sure. We were just poking th
un ; weren't we , Edmond ? Besides , of
such a combination as I figured out cl.Bi
wouldn't be anyway. " Biwi
"Quite impossible ! " averred Wilton , wi
jetting over his mirth.
"Well , I reckon it's improbable in ttiLt
he last degree , " said Edmond Hackett. Lt
"So , as opportunity makes the thief , an
ind we shall have no opportunity , " sh
idded young Loring , "the whole three ha
us'll have to be honest , will we , or fif
' " in
ivon't we.
"You know , father , " urged Bertha , CO
calm the old man , who muttered ana on
retested still , and seemed to have sh
aken fright at the very thought of a pa
Breach of trust , "there are nine ladies ag
the Counting Division besides my- en
elf , and Wilton's imaginary short
jacket might go to any one of them m
nstead of to me. " se
"And if Bertha did get it and pass hu
, " remarked Hackett , to clinch the ge
irgument , "there are plenty of fellows ha
the Secretary's office who check the Bi
ounts beside me , and one of them pawi
vould spot her 'oversight. ' Even if the wi
short packet came to me , it would he th
iseless for ine to wink , for I should de
lave one-half the bills. They are cut th
ongitudinally , " he added for Wilton's be
nformation , turning to his brother-
n-law ; "one half the lower section ha
omes to the Secretary , and the upper lei
reps to the office of the Register , to wi
e checked there. " ofmi
"We should need another confeder- mi
ite in the Register's , " put in Bertha. tal
'The steal would be caught to a cer- ne
ainty in the Register's office. " ' se <
"Unless by Caesar ! we've the whole co
ag of tricks. The combination you VfS
igured out is not only possible , it Is to
icre in our hands. Dad is the Senior
Jounter In the Register Division. The th (
Ig bills go to him. This is marvelous. rel
fortune is disposed to do jis a good ch
turn , here's the method all ready , cut
and dried. I nobble a thousand-dollar
bill at the bank , and send a packet ot
ninety-nine Into the Treasury endorsed
as 100 , Bertha passes It through the
Counting Division , Edmond gets the
lower half In the Secretary's office ,
notes his wife's initials and swallows
the shortage with connubial submis
sion ; and Mr. Loring , who spots the
game in the Reg&teVs , out of respect
for "
"His trust , his country's confidence ,
the honor of his name , " burst out the
old man , "reports the matter Instant
ly. Yes , gives the lot of you away , to
ruin , to disgrace , to the hulks. No
words about it ! That's what I would
do. mind that ! "
Wilton laughed lightly.
"The bundles of rubbish ; ninety-nine
or a hundred bills ; what would it mat
ter to Uncle Sam ? And I sboalu send
each of you $250. Think it over , dad. "
"Think it over ? I shall never forget
this talk of yours , Wilton. A crime
conceived is half executed. May I
never hear more of this combination
of yours , in joke or In fact , will be my
prayer from this day to God in Hea
ven. "
And shaking his head angrily , the
father strode into the house.
CHAPTER II.
A few days after this conversation
Bertha Hackett sat in the office of the
Redemption Division assisting Mrs.
Lawson , the senior lady of the depart
ment , to count a packet of "big bills. '
Greenbacks of largo denomination
were allotted to the senior lady in the
ordinary course , and the juniors would
take it in turn to work with her for
the sake of becoming accustomed to
every kind of note , and by such famili
arity detecting any forgery that might
fall into their hands. Bertha was
serving her apprenticeship in fhis de
partment , and that day she sat at Mrs.
Lawson's desk to learn all that this
good lady could teach her.
Now among the packets of old bills
sent in from all parts of America to
be canceled and exchanged for new
currency , it was not unusual for the
Ranchers' National Bank of Philadel
phia , to contribute to its quota. Ber
tha's bright grey eyes took a sidelong
glance at the heap of parcels before
tier companion , wondering whether
hance would so far realize their fan
ned combination as to bring into her
liands a consignment from her brother ,
Wilton. Like a pestilent tune that
keeps echoing in the brain , that family
talk of a conspiracy to defraud Uncle
3am ; could not be dismissed from her
houghts. These slips of dirty paper
luthorizing the payment to bearer of
arge sums of money , what a pity
hey should all go to the macerating
nachine to be ground into pulp ! One
nore or less would make no difference
o the wealthy nation , but would work
venders for an underpaid official who
'otind it hard to make both ends meet.
She told herself it was horribly wicked
o think of misappropriation , but she
ould not control her thoughts and
hey pictured for her persistently the
itaff of the three departments reduced
0 herself , her father , and her husband ,
ind figured out the fortune they might
iccumulate by the aid of slick fingers.
Vhile thus musing she was startled by
remark from Mrs. Lawson , as that
ady placed before her a heap of thous-
ind-dollar bills which she had been
ritically examining with a magnifying
lass. "That's a big charge from the
lanchers' ; National a hundred bills of
thousand each. I make them right ;
mt you go over them again one by one ,
ount them in two packets of fifty
ach , and bind them with a paper band
the usual way for me to initial and
iass forward. "
Mrs. Lawson proceeded with another
lacket , so absorbed in her work that
he did not notice how strangely young
Irs. Hackett stared for a moment at
he task before her. With the heap
bills lay the paper band that had en-
losed . them when they came from the
5ank at Philadelphia. It was endorsed
r'ith the number and the denomina-
ion of the notes , and bore the signa-
ure , "Wilton Loring , Cashier. " Mrs.
.awson vouched for them as correct ,
nd yet Bertha's fingers trembled as
he turned them over. She counted
alf of them backward , from 100 to
fty , and made a packet of them , as
nstructed , and the other half she
ounted in the usual way , beginning
ne , two , three , four , and so on. When
he came to the end of the count she
aused , and counted this second half
gain backward. Then she slowly fast-
ned a band around the packet.
"You're not very smart at present ,
ly girl , " remarked the elder lady , ob-
erving ; her sluggish action. "I have to
unt for counterfeits ; but should never
et through if I took so long as you
ave done with that simple cheque ,
lut maybe you reckon to find I've
assed a wrong count ? " she added ,
rith a little touch of irony. "After
iiirty-four years at this work , my
ear , the bills that have passed
ir.ough : Rosina Lawson's hands can
taken as right if she says so. "
Mrs. Lawson was rather tetchy , and
ad a good conceit of herself , born of
mg infallibility. Bertha in silence
'rote her own initials on the wrappers
the two packets , and this action
lolified the senior lady , for by thus
iking responsibility for the correct-
ess of the packets , Mrs. Hackett in -
eemed to convey an impression of inhi
In
anfidence In her. But something else [
as in Bertha's mind , for she muttered
herself as the packets were taken
way to the cutting machine to be fur-
ler checked in the offices of the Sec-
stary of the Register , "There is just a
hance ! " ( To be "continued. )
A MINNESOTA EAEMEB
WRITES OF WESTERN CANADA
WHERE HE IS NOW LOCATED.
The Farms In HI * Nelcbborliood Are
Belns Rapidly Taken Op by Former
Itesldeuta of the United Statoa.
The following extracts from a letter
written to Mr. Benj. Davies , Canadian
government agent at St. Paul , Minn. ,
give an excellent idea of what is said
of Western Canada by those who have
gone there during the past two or three
years.
"When we first arrived here and toot
up our homes on the prairie' near
Dalesboro , Assa. , for a short time wo
had a fit of the 'blues , ' but now all
hands are settled to business , hale ,
hearty and contented , enjoying the
finest winter we have ever seen. We
have got very comfortably situated ,
with considerable preparations for a
crop , and all hopeful. I * think this Is
a very fine country , and if the past sea
son's crop is not an exception , which
they claim not , I believe this Is going
to be the wheat field ot the West. It
is filling up fast. In this township last
spring there were 25 quarter-sections
of land vacant and today there is not
one. I can stand at my house and
count ten houses where there was not
one last spring , with six more to go up
this spring. This is only a sample of
what is going on all round. We intend
to build a church next summer , right
close to my place , so we will be strictly
in line. It would have amused you to
have been here last spring. There
were crowds of land-seekers , and some
times in the spring the prairie is not
very Inviting , and of course lots were
discontented. There was one in the
crowd who jumped on me for putting
a letter In the paper , only for which
he never would have come here , anrl
he- was very hostile , but eventually ha
got a place and today claims he would
not take a thousand dollars and move
out , so I am glad he is satisfied.
"Well , my dear sir , as Arthur Fin-
ney is about to move out In March ,
with his family , and also one of my
sons , anything you can do for them to
assist them along and to make things
smooth as possible , v/ill be greatly
appreciated by me. I will close for
this time , and will write from time to
time to let you know we are living.
Drop us a few lines to let us know
how things are moving in St. Paul.
"Yours Respectfully ,
"ALEX. CAMERON. "
If we had not very ricn v/e generally
had very happy friends about us.
Life A graveyard which bright
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