NEW BRUNSWICK FORESTRY CONVENTION 



ADJUTANT JENNINGS What we call an experienced man is one 

 who has worked at farming in the old country all his life, and of course 

 some are better than others. They work for from $18 to $25 a month and 

 board. 



MR. JAMES BEVERIDGE Have you any figures showing the rate 

 of wages for ordinary unskilled labor in the factories in the West as compared 

 with the East ? 



ADJUTANT JENNINGS No, I haven't any figures ; but last year I 

 handled* some hundreds of applications in the Eastern part of Ontario, be- 

 tween Toronto and Montreal, and judging from that I would say the wages 

 are just as good in the Maritime Provinces, and as far as my knowledge 

 goes there are just as good opportunities for immigrants iu the Maritime 

 Province as in Ontario. The only difference is that the season is later here 

 and the agricultural labor is not needed qui<-e so early, so that before the 

 farmers get thoroughly awakened to the fact that they need a number of 

 men they have gone West. If the farmers would apply earlier we could 

 supply any number while they are passing through our hands, and we 

 would be only too glad to give Maritime Province people the preference ; in 

 fact I have the permission of Brigadier Howell to take the people as they 

 pass through and pick out those most suitable for the Maritime Provinces. 



A DELEGATE What is the nature of the contract between the Sal- 

 vation Army and the parties who come out here ? Have you any definite 

 contract with them ? 



ADJUTANT JENNINGS No, we have no definite contract with them. 

 We guarantee them work in Canada, but we only guarantee them work on 

 the land. As to loans, there are about sixty per cent, of the people who 

 come who pay their own way and only come through the Army Agency to 

 get the advantage of our counsel and advice and be sure of getting work 

 when they land here. About forty per cent, are not in a position to pay 

 the whole of their passage. They pay perhaps a half or two-thirds, and we 

 make them a loan of the balance, and in that case they sign an agreement 

 showing the total amount they have received, to be paid back in small 

 monthly instalments after they have been a certain number of months work- 

 ing in the country. The payments do not begin as soon as they land, but 

 about three months later they are supposed to begin to pay the money back. 

 That is the only contract we have with them. 



