

THE NATIONAL DOMAIN IN CANADA AND ITS PROPER 

 CONSERVATION 



It is in many ways an exhilarating experience, that of living in 

 a new country, and in a time of rapid development. We, the Canadian 

 people, have entered into a great heritage — half a continent — standing 

 midway between two of the most densely populated areas of the earth, 

 Europe and Eastern Asia, and having to the south one of the most 

 progressive nations of the world. We are blest with a most liberal 

 form of government and have ample room for expansion, and are 

 thus free from the many limitations which beset the densely crowded 

 peoples of other countries; we are also free from the ever-present danger 

 of war and invasion which, like the sword of Damocles, hangs over 

 the head of every nation of the older world. This gives a sense of 

 security which is never felt in the countries across the seas. We 

 have, moreover, the advantage of the protection of a great Empire 

 while bearing less than our proper share of its burdens. 



The population which is rapidly flowing into the Dominion 

 is furthermore of a relatively high quality. Of the 384,867 immigrants 

 who came to Canada in the year 1913, 65 per cent were from Great 

 Britain and Ireland or from the United States and consequently 

 spoke the English language as their native tongue, while of the im- 

 migrants entering the United States a relatively much larger per- 

 centage come from southern Europe. Even our somewhat bracing 

 climate is not without its advocates. I remember having heard 

 Dr. Parkin remark one bright winter's day, when the thermometer 

 stood at — 20° F., that our cold winter was one of Canada's best assets, 

 seeing that it keeps away ^negroes and all those other undesirable 

 elements of permanent population classed by the unlearned under 

 the comprehensive title of "dagos." We have, in fact, been told on 

 high authority that the twentieth century belongs to Canada and any 

 one who travels in western Canada and talks with our people there 

 will certainly be led to believe that this is their understanding of the 

 case. 



Canada is often referred to as being in her constructive period. 

 The United States is somewhat more advanced in its material develop- 

 ment, having now nearly completed its constructive period. Its 

 chief lines of railway were built some years ago; its free lands are 

 taken up and the country is settled. The crops once largely exported 

 are now for the most part required to feed its own people. Canada 

 may read its own immediate future by studying the present situation 

 in the United States — a generation ago her west was as ours is now. 



