The Lady of the Snows.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVI, Issue 40, 17 February 1904, Page 4

The Lady of the Snows.

(N.Z. Tin.es' N.Y. Correspondent.) .Ut'hough Canadians wore strongly vnclviied lo resent Kipling's dubbing of their country us "Luiry of the Snows," there is no doubt of the truth of the title in the mi-i,d of anyoik' who (foes- there at this" time of year. Excepting c.ily in British Colum(Uia west of the Uockty tai'ns the whole of Canada is little but a mass of snow ■atnU ice, and theic ate only thi'ee witli rail connection to which it is possible to take a steamer during the winter months. These ure Halifax, St. JoSui uik\l Louu!-ioiu-g, the latter used only for buixkeri'iug steaanors a nil for the shipment of 'coal and steel and iron. At Halifax or St. Joiiii all Canadian mail steamers are obliged to load their cargoes, and if it were not for t)je Canadian Coverii'inent older to tl.-.il eliecl mid the subsidies paid in accordance, thoie would be no linn.M|U'antic steuine:s ut any Canadian ports in winter lougei- than mig;!it lie noccusury to luuJ.Uo a IvUle local freight, bunker ai.d transfer mails. All the winter Canadian ti'eig.jt lor the more populous proviiicwi of (.iueil.ee and .Ontario would go through the Amc-. i-loon ports of Boston or I'oitland, Maine. The olivet of the oilier in regti.il i o steamers loading at the Canadian winter ports, howewr, Ims been eminently sraitiisl'aetwy to those cities, us jt bias ro.suli.id not only in employing many men wiho would otherwise'be idle or },e oi.iiged to go away lor work during the win--ler, but lias also stinml'ak-d the development of much additional export tiade through the efforts of the ;;luiinsivip agents in looking up mate) ial tor curjjn,es.