When I propounded my interrogatory to the -Senator I was aware of the fact that Idaho is a very large State. and that there must be a very great area of fine agricultural land there. There are two points in my mind about this. One is whether or not the land in Alberta and Saskatchewan and those western provinces -of the Dominion of Canada can not be bought at a much less price than egricultural land in Idaho. and if that may not account to a considerable extent for the emigration. I recall the fact that men went to Iowa and bought land for $2.50 an acre. and some of them are now selling it for $75 and $100 an acre and going over into Canada where they get virgin land for $7 or $8 an acre. It is a good business proposition. and I have queried in my mind whether that might not to some extent account for this emigration into Canada.
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