The Daily News. THURSDAY, OCT. 12, 1905. THE PROGRESS OF CANADA.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7949, 12 October 1905, Page 2

The Daily News. THURSDAY, OCT. 12, 1905. THE PROGRESS OF CANADA.

The 1 eiuarkable progress and expansion of trade that has taken place in New Zealand during tlie last decade lias probably overshadowed the similar fldvnco whicrh lias taken place in oilier parts of tlie Hritish doiuinious. In the case nf Canada, however, there has ltten of 1 ito no possible chance of overlooking tlie nnw.ud march ot events, for that enterprising country lose no opportunity ot advertising itself ih the must vigorous mauier possi'ilc. Additional atto ,tion has re c iitly been directed to the progress of the Dominion by the ceremony of the inurguration of the new Canadian province of Albjria, which took place at. Edmonton last month with all due jioiiip and ceremony, the gieatest enthusiasm being iiianifested on the occasion. Tiie ne«' provinces of Alberta an I .Saskatchewan, e.cli larger than I'Y.mce, and comprising between tln-ui 50 ,:-Jl-j sipiaio uii'es, liave been con stitiited out. of the .North West Territories Tiie province of Alberta com pi iscs, in addition Lo the territory ol A.bcrta, half of Athabasca, and Saskatchewan luus been extended to include A:s;n;luia and the lciin.ining half of Athab sea, although it will probably , have to concede some of its old territory in order to enable Manitoba to make its boundary more regular. At the present time there is on an avr.igc only one pei'son to every sipiaie mile, the joint population being between live liu ilrel mil six bundled thous.uid. liiimlgration is going on, however, at the cite < f nearly two thuusan-l a neck. Irrigation lias recently convcrtul over twenty lnillion acres of what \ as consideied to be semi-arid land in the south oi Alberta into excellent soli t reeieil growing, and m ny agiiiiiit irists in tin; I'nited States aie soiling I t it'll - fill ins and crossing the l.vrder. I wli»ie they can get cheaper land an j have lighter taxation. The new pro- ' vines have been gradually piepareil t for ILc great change, but they undertake many licwir-ponsibililie:. 1/xml giveieiueiit was pievinimly carried on ini'ler ': provisional legislature, ami ii, a'l i:i|i>it:int matters was Mihjict to tie D.uiiinioii (i iveriiment,. I'roin now. however, they have hoinn rule K:ch pnivinee niil contiol Its own linaii r-. f.'W i s own liivrs, bo ilsown educational aulho. ity. and makeiisowi, laws, snlije.-t ooly to the disallowance rla.oo which give the Iluiiiii.i-.iu Par liamcii! the po.vci of vetoing any Ad which may lie inimical to tlie ii.ttsreobof ('..midairs a whole or undesirable tor Imperial coiirideiatiuns. It js sel ib'lii nccessiry lor the cential authoriiy lo exeivise this power. Oulvoiiec in recent years has .in Acr, of a province bin. ilwilhmed. Tne cii-e ill .piesfi n, was ■ law which would have had the cll'c.r of excluding .Japanese and (' lino.. The public h,n,!s of Albeitaan.l Saskatchewan will remain for ilio present in the control of the Dominion (ioveriuiieiit. To hand them over to t'ie new provinces ;\t. this juncture might, in the opinion of the central an thoiity, interfere with the national immigration scheme. it has been de •lid " ' '

ii. . However, flint flic authorities ol lip two provinces skill receive ,-oin'iiisitioi-. to tlic o-vtcnt of n.: t 0,000, id further payments will he mK (],. vllt'o till' population increases. 11l jlii■ition. a siihsidv of Unce shillings anil •>iii|.i:ii.-o per luad of the p.nidation nil I,•.; p.ihl cadi year .Ml oftill' JMi i ii.-ii cxcheipie.-. A'o educational lillicnlty is likely to arise, as eauli rate ..ner selects thr cl: lB , 0 f m -1io(j!s he deivs his assessment to m intain. It (ill he seen that in many respects thp .ana.lhms' methods are far difTeirnl rim fiose in vogue in Xc\v Zealand. >nt that they tend to the progir s >f le Pmiiuinn is most patent, to all oh-cr.-.i.-. The enormous area and posihiliiiesof Canada leave ample scope or tin- exercise of ailministrative t . x . .erimciifs, hiit wc can regald the pro ;i_c-r of that, and all other British doniiiions willi linifh satisfaction, i'eclir" L-BUi-fd that New Zealand is doin£ .■ijually well, if not better, «WM.ieiiiig her limited opportunities and resources.