Canada Overwhelmingly Popular 



Evidences of the trend of popular thought 

 towards the British Dominions as a new 

 bourne for their energies are not wanting, and 

 despite the fact that Australia and New Zealand 

 offer added inducements in the way of free 

 passages to emigrants, Canada would appear 

 to be overwhelmingly popular, and of the 

 applications which have poured into the Over- 

 seas Settlement Committee at the rate of 1,000 

 per week, which with the dependants involved 

 represents at least 3,000 persons weekly, the 

 majority favor Canada as their future home. 



In the existing situation, Canada's endeavor 

 is to stem the tide, and she is able to follow a 

 careful policy of selection, picking and choosing 

 her future citizens. The system at the ports of 

 entry entails the most rigorous sifting, and the 

 recent enactment necessitating the possession 

 of $250 by an emigrant, $125 for a dependant 

 over eighteen years, and $50 for children, is the 

 utmost possible assurance against possibility 

 of dependency on the country. Since the 

 termination of the war, the activities of the 

 Dominion have been directed largely towards 

 the establishment of her ex-service men, the 

 transportation of the dependants of many of 

 them from across the sea, the settlement on the 

 land of a certain number of Imperial soldiers, 

 and the encouragement of girls for domestic- 

 service and like work. During the present year, 

 however, it is confidently expected that con- 

 ditions in Canada will make it possible to 

 broaden this policy, throwing open the doors 

 wider, and permitting entry to other classes of 

 British settlers who are clamoring for passages 

 across the Atlantic. American emigration will, 

 to a great extent, look after itself, as the majority 

 of those coming up from across the international 

 border are farmers in circumstances to go imme- 

 diately on the land and become assimilated, 

 producing citizens in the shortest possible time. 



Canada is acting not only in the best interests 

 of her people at home, but having the welfare 

 of new-comers to her shores at heart also. Her 

 object is to have every immigrant a satisfied 

 settler, to place them in a position where they 

 can immediately best help themselves out 

 upon the broad highway which for the energetic 

 worker is the opportunity to prosperity. 



Progress in Newfoundland 



The island of Newfoundland is essentially a 

 fishing country, and revenue from this source so 

 far outstrips returns from other products that the 

 latter are cast into shadow. The island fisheries 

 are worth more than two millions annually. 

 The most important fish from the point of 

 output and revenue is the cod. Nearly 1,000 

 men and 56 large vessels are engaged in the 

 bank cod fishery, and 39,680 men and 15,120 

 small vessels in the shore cod fishery. The sea 



further swells the island's revenue with its 

 returns of lobsters, whale and seal. 



Great Agricultural Possibilities 



Nevertheless, the island possesses great 

 agricultural possibilities, which the government 

 is endeavoring to further encourage and develop, 

 and almost supplies its own needs in farm and 

 dairy products, the amount of importations, 

 excluding flour and oats, being only fifteen per 

 cent. The yearly agricultural production is 

 worth upwards of $3,000,000, and the island 

 possessed 13,288 horses, 40,427 cattle, 100,447 

 sheep, and 27,575 hogs at the last census. Its 

 population was nearly 250,000 in 19 11, according 

 to the Government Year Book for 1920. 



The island has also the largest iron ore 

 deposit in the world, the total scattered resources 

 of the island being estimated at 3,600 million 

 tons. Most of the raw material utilized by the 

 Dominion Steel and Nova Scotia Steel Corpora- 

 tions is drawn from this source. There are also 

 valuable coal deposits which have been mined 

 for some time, and are now being extended. 

 The government is taking the unique step of 

 entering itself into the mining industry and 

 engaging in mining and marketing coal. There 

 are valuable pine forests in the north of the island, 

 and a sawmill industry has been built up and 

 is continually active. 



Government Establishing Stock Farm 



With the intention of improving the animal 

 husbandry of the island, a government stock 

 farm is being established near the city of 

 St. John's. The Minister of Agriculture visited 

 the Canadian National Exhibition at Toronto 

 last summer, and personally selected pure bred 

 horses, cattle and sheep which were shipped 

 through to St. John's. 



Important deve'opment of the great pulp- 

 wood resources of Newfoundland is being under- 

 taken under two grants recently issued, one 

 to a British and the other to a Norwegian 

 company. The Anglo-Newfoundland Develop- 

 ment Company, some years ago, purchased 

 timber limits and have had a pulp mill in 

 operation. This concern has, for some time, 

 been supplying the Northcliffe papers in Eng- 

 land with paper. 



Boys' and Girls' Clubs in Manitoba 



By T. S. Acheson, General Agricultural Agent, 

 C.P.R., Winnipeg. 



To make one's life more attractive, to give it an out- 

 look, to make one realize that his avocation is going to call 

 for mental ability of high order as well as for physical 

 strength, is an important and interesting task. If this can 

 be done, and, at the same time, pleasure had and lasting 

 friendships formed, profit and recreation will happily 

 mingle. 



This is done through Boys' and Girls' Clubs, and the 

 teaching in the public schools of Manitoba of agriculture 

 and home-making. In 1912, seven such clubs were organ- 



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