the '-(Irv husks of poverty" are their support to fnu\ liere 

 a glorious paradise of pk-uty. Here will grow up a 

 strong-lunged, magnetic generation, which must wield a 

 beneficent intluence upon the rest of Canada, and why 

 not upon sections of our own country tluit must surely 

 come in contact with its almost boundless agricullural 

 wealth and resources ? 



As we were about leaving Wiimipeg yesterday, a 

 banker of that lively to.vn, in speaking of the b..un<lless 

 expanse of rich wheat lands around Winnipeg, said : 

 "While the land in the ueighl>orhood of Winnipeg raises 

 fine wheat and lots of it, one thousand miles further ninth 

 they raise just as much wheat to the acre and just as 

 o-ood." One thousand miles further north. Think of it! 

 I do not know and could not find out in what latitude 

 Winnipeg is situated. I asked the clerk at the Manitoba 

 House, among others. He said he really couldn't tell, 

 but one thing sure, it is an awlnl cold latitude. The 

 railway guide says it is one thousand four hundred and 

 twenty-four miles from Montreal, and yet good lands 

 are l^eing cultivated a thousand ndles still further north. 

 This fact helps to explain tlie enormous (piantities of 

 freight the Canadian Pacific Railroad is sen.ling down, 

 both by rail and water, to the lakes and through the St. 

 Lawrence Rixer. 



At Regina, the capital of the province of Assiniboia, 

 we were much interested in the House of Parliament, 

 the (;overn..rs Mansion and the barracks and drill ground 

 of the famous mounted police force. All are equipped 

 with electric lights and other modern conveniences. 



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