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mncli value ; and experience shows that parents are safer 

 in paying a cliarge which, ensures a suitable position, for a 

 certain term, on the arrival of their sons, than in sending 

 them out in a haphazard manner to seek homes for them- 

 selves. A strong confirmation of this view is to be found 

 in the fact that parents who have sent their sons out under 

 our care have, after a fair trial, sent other sons also 

 through our agency. 



Mr. Craig, M.P., writes, 28th December, 1883 :— 



" Dear Sirs, — I have read the enclosed letters, cut from the 

 * Times ' and the * Standard/ written by G-eo. Aitkens, Church of 

 England Missionary, and C. P. Drake. 



''I do not know whether you have taken any notice of them 

 through the press, but they are entirely contrary to my experience 

 in relation to yourselves, through whom I placed my son to learn 

 farming in America. 



" W hen I arranged with you fifteen months ago to send my son 

 to a respectable farmer in Kentucky, to be employed in such a way 

 as would secure his becoming acquainted with American farming, 

 and enjoying the privileges of a comfortable and respectable home, 

 1 did not doubt that you would discharge faithfully the duties for 

 which I paid the premium. 



" I had, of coiu'se, made very careful inquiry into your position, 

 and ascertained pretty fully the connections you had in America, 

 so that at our interview I felt assured that 1 might safely entrust 

 my son with you to arrange for his being properly attended to. 



" 1 feel it only due to youi'selves to state that L have never paid 

 money for the education of any one of my sons which has been pro- 

 ductive of more satisfactory results than that paid to you. There 

 has been everything done for him that it was possible for a parent to 

 do possessing an intimate knowledge of the country, and after the 

 expiration oi the twelve months, when you were in no way bound 

 to give further assistance, he was fui'nished with such helps by 

 your agents as will, I believe, ensure his future progress. 



" It is of little value to write such letters as those referred to 

 on such a subject. All I can say is, that if i had other sons desirous 

 of following tlie same pursuit, I should have no hesitation in placing 

 them as you might direct, and pay the premium, subject to the 

 conditions and regulations which have proved so satisfactory in 

 the case referred to. 



" What is really required by those desirous of going to America 

 or Canada is employment with some farmer of respectability, and 

 I know of no better method than that pursued by your firm, who 

 stake their reputation upon the faithfulness with which they 

 discharge their obligations. 



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