Montana. and Wyoming will some day be turned into farms and fields of waving grain and thus afford an opportunity for the absorption of some of the congested situations in our great cities. If home building be encouraged. thousands of our citizens to whom life is now nothing but one ceaseless. remorseless grind for the barest necessaries of life will have an opportunity to enjoy some of the blessings of independence and to get from under the landlordism of another. I desire at this juncture to read a short article from a Canadian paper. the Calgary Albertan. which I have just clipped and which states thft the Dominion immigration agent is very sanguine in his belief that the immigration from the United States for this year will reach 170.000 persons. The article referred to is as follows: On the same day that the Dominion immigration agent was giving reasons for his belief that the immigration from the United States for the year would reach 170.000. which Is much greater than in any previous year. representatives of the most promising States In the Uilon were making arrangements for a convention to arrange some sort of plan to prevent the migration to our western Provinces. American settlers will continue to desire to come here under p sent conditions. They are attracted by our cheap and fertile lands.
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