EMPIRE'S GRANARY.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 670, 22 November 1909, Page 9

EMPIRE'S GRANARY.

'■' ' :; '' ,V. : -C'Y' ; ';''\' : 'v'';;-;- : '/ : ,: STRIKING PROPElicr ABOIJT, CAIUDA. : believe,: at the.present'fato of.Eettlcmenti fhat Canada will bo in a position,-within the j next ten year's, to 6upply. the- Unit.ed'Kingdom with, all tho.broadstufts'which' , sho \vill require." '.- ■'■'".-.... ■: ■."_-." A: :.'■'.'. ;:.;;.''• .-''■■.'' .'.'■' ' KSuch.was the bold prophecy mado ~by Lord Strathcona, ■ tho white-haired , High. Commis'sipiier . for : Canada,;, in an interview- with a ;representative :■ of-- the 1 "London "Daily iChroniclo.v' This enormous, harvest ■of .grain would .depend; of course, ; upon ;■ favourable weather; but his lordship's statement, at all events;: is : indivative. of ■ the ' great .progress which.the country .is making. .;..■. ■;; , : Lord.Strathcona said that-his latest visit:to Canada, was .prompted b|" a desiro.jto- keo' for himself tho , transformation; which had. been recent'years throughout tho'country, v "p. had visited Montreal;, Ottawa, and ljuebec ; but I had not been across to . the 'Pacific ■provinco' for somo : sixteen .or eighteen: years. '; I found during: my -.tolir, that the 'advance which had been' made: in the meantime was marvellous—simply .marvellous.'. ■■;. "Take Vancouver City.-.-. The- Canadian Paci> fie Railwdy was not* completed from 'end to end ■ until 1885.;. When-I'went to. where, tho city now stands I found a burnt patch of woods, and scarcoly. a -house in- sight: /Now, :-they have upwards of 100,000 people; : s,nd there '\% shipping to. all the ports of the Par vfic Alto- . gether, it. is destined to. become a'Ver-y important city. •A; few years ago New: Westminster wa n ly . R . Tilla ßCi now it.is.n largo and ; well-built city. ; And I could give many other instances of the amazing: growth of Canada. ■I ..will ' content myself '.with.' eaying; however, tnatJ;saw.signs.'of great.progress everywhere.' .Oonsoquehtly,-I..:havo como back, as enthusi-' astic;as. over regarding ,the ".'prospscfe ■";of the country.- , :.I- cannot, say 'm'oro' enthusiastic beennse I have , always had a strons belief..in: its future." ri :.::.:.-,;: ,- -■ b

:, As regards; emigration from Britain, Canada is,now .getting a bettor, class of people: than iprmerly; ' .'■..■■■ :, ■-,'!,.'|.''.,;. ■■■• : :,.--■--.: ■,rFinally,-.Lord Slrathcona'roferrei to the in■oreasmg number of people' from Ttho. United ;btates_who.are settling down in Canada. This year,.he believed* the total was; something like 60,000 or, 70,000, were mostly -person! who ■■had': been .-doing farming at home, and who felt .that-.brighter.-' prospects 'awaited.. them : in \janada. :;; . ; ■ . -.- ■. .. : ; . - - . -