If this treaty is made effective. it will open up millions of acres of rich. fertile. and cheap lands in the Canadian Northwest. already proving very attractive. as is shown by the hundreds of thousands of people who have gone from the United States and settled on these lands. and to me it seems certain that we must pass through another period of depression like unto that which existed east of the Mississippi River while the farm lands of the West were being taken .up. and. as a natural result. Canadian lands must be greatly increased in value at our expense. What the farmer asks for is a square deal. During the past few years a half million emigrants from the United States have settled in Canada. and they have taken with them hundreds of millions of dollars. The Dominion of Canada has an area more than 700.000 square miles larger than the whole of the United States. The possible wheat belt of Canada is given at about 80.000.000 acres.
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