ONTARIO 



Care EDWIN PEART, Esq., NELSON, ONT., Dec. 23, 1912. 



I received your letter asking ]-, -ing on and how I liked the 



country. I have U-cn with Mr. Peart now for seven months, and am get- 

 ting along all right. I think this country is much better than Scotland for 

 the workingman. One gets hot: and docs not need to work any 



longer hour- The work on the farms js much the same a- in the Old 

 Country. The workingman out here, if he is careful, has every chance 

 of h: i mi of his own in a few \ears. whereas in Scotland a man 



with a family has a hard struggle to make a living. I think if the farmers 

 here could pet more men to work their farms better they would gn>.', 

 ccllcnt oris. .,s the soil is good, but only need* cultivating, and any man 

 g here from the Old Country need not he afraid hut that he will get 

 on all right if he is willing to work. You arc well treated when you land 

 in Canada. I have to thank you very much for placing me in a good position 

 and doing all you could for me when I came. 



D\\ll> I 1 1 NhKRSON. 

 Former addres Mowhaugh, Roxburghshire. Scotland. 



1 1. \MPSTK.\II. ONT.. Dec. -'5. n>u. 



I have now been out here about nine mouths, and so far like it 

 well, and 1 am getting along much better than I expected to do. 



Ontario certainly has many advantages over the Old Country for any 

 one able and willing to work. Land is cheaper and more easily obtained. 

 and work is plentiful at about double the wages offered in the old Country. 

 The work on farms is not nearly so heavy nor are the hours, as long, and 

 the food provided on the average farm is much better. To me the greatest 

 advantage lies in the fact that "Jack is as good as his master." I can, 

 without hesitation, advise any one willing to work to improve 

 their position and make a home for them come to Ontario. 



C. GAUTHV. 



LYONS, ONT., Dec. j. 



Having been in Ontario for seven months. I am plea-id t<> let \oii know 

 I am getting on all right and that I like it very much out here. I have just 

 -em for my wife and family. There is one thing that I am -orry for. and 

 that is that I did not come out to Canada before. There is plenty of fruit, 

 and corn grown here in abundance, so that a workingman can 

 -r nothing what he cannot afford to buy in England. I am still at 

 the same place \..u -eiit me. having engaged for a year at $20 per month 

 and board, averaging i<> \^ 4d. in English money. One would have to 

 work two months for that on a farm in England 1 shall get more money 

 next I shall be more experienced in farm work. There is plenty 



of work here and farm hands are very badly wanted I was offer. <: 

 different situations while I was walking three miles from the railway station 

 t " Mr. McCredie's farm. I am ]' I am very well satisfied with 



illation you s<-m me to. and I would advise others to apply to your 

 office, as they will find it much better than coming out on their own responsi- 

 bility. 



W. G. HOPKINS. 

 Former address Peckham, London, England. 



