Dom. Lands. 11ev. Star.. 1 o6.) The reason for the emigration of our young men and citizens to Canada Is easily found In these liberal provisions of Canadian homestead law. and in the prospect of securing title to lands equal. if not superior. to any now remaining in our public domain and open to homestead settlement. The records show that it Is now. and has for several years. been a serious question with any prospective homesteader of full age as to which of the two offers he will accept. namely. that of the United States. permitting him to enter any quarter section yet open for settlement tnder our homestead laws and present regulations with the conditions they impose. or that of the Dominion of Canada. under the prospects and liberal conditions there existing. It should not be a matter of wonder that hundreds of thousands of such prospective homeseekers have accepted the latter proposition. even though it involved a renunciation of their American citizenship. But with the minor of 18 years of age desirous of acquiring land. which everybody knows he is capable of improving and cultivating. there is no choice. He must emigrate to Canada or remain without the land. The figures showing the numbers who have emigrated to Canada during the last 10 years are somewhat startling. On January 28 of the present year Mr. William J. White. being a witness before the lobby investigating committee of the Senate. In answer to questions propounded by Senator NELSON. said: Senator NELSON. What is the number of the immigrants that have come from the United States to your Provinces during the last 4 or 5 years or the last 10 years?
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