ATTRACTING IMMIGRATION.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 875, 22 July 1910, Page 4

ATTRACTING IMMIGRATION.

| . CANADA'S EXAMPLE. ' 1 "America," says Mr. P. G. Bolton, who has just returned from the United States, is now doing much to hamper the influx of undesirable aliens. Canada has exercised" an admirable supervision over the arrivals from Europe, and the result has been that a very large percentage of her .settlers, were farmers, or farm labourers, who have done wonders •to open up the rich territories of the great north-west. We want population— every sound economist tells us that — but what do we do to induce it—absolutely nothing. In Canada substantial inducements are made to those contemplating settling—that's what is wanted in Australia and New Zealand. .An organised effort should be ma'de to secure immigration for Australasia. Our office in London is situated in a back street, the _ location only being known to those having a definite'object in reaching it— otherwise it fails to catch the public eye. No attempt is made to push the attractions of the country. Canada's -stare you in the face everywhere at Home, and they are getting the people a good proportion oi whom might be induced to come this way if inducements were offered. I don't know that New' Zealand would be known at all were it not for Mr. Seddon's legislation, err footballers, and Dick Arnst—fhese are our great national resources abroad! What we want to do is to develop cur great primarv industries—onr labour laws will always prevent us being a manufacturing country—and attract the tourist." j