The opinion of the committee. after fully considering this whole subjectmatter. was that it was the duty of Congress to offer as great an inducement as possible to -settlers to go to Alaska. and thus. to some extent at least. to endeavor to divert that tremendous stream of emigration which of late years has been pouring over into Canada from the United States. It is well understood that the land laws of Canada are exceedingly liberal. They have been made so in order to induce the immigration to which I have referred. We have a vast territory in Alaska which is reported to us by officials of the Government to be fit for agricultural purposes and stock raising. So the committee reached the conclusion that if a settler went to Alaska. he should have as large a piece of land as possible. so that lie might establish not only agricultme but stock raising.
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