Life in Canada.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7982, 20 November 1905, Page 2

Life in Canada .

"'"■ ll|,;ll 's a g i deal „t criticism '•' ""' l-:«iiil-i--li colunis, i„ Canada. He is supposed, as a rule. to |„. helpless, unable to devise makeshifts I" meet new conditions, unwilling i" do without his little luxuries and, worst of all, a grum,<i,ler. .Then 's a certain amount 01' trull, in l-.cse crilieisins. especially as regards ,!,.■ last deled., where the Knglishui.iu comes in conlaci with Hie Canadian's lenderest peim. Tile fa. "ad,an is so full „f what lie is .•„- "'K '" make out of his farm or hi. li»«n lll'..|t h'e »-i>(sUi|l.)l|y \.it-m„-1)7,-s; 'he mi iiiv in 1 hi- prcsenl. All i s |.msw..„s, e0n,,,,,,,!,!,., perfect, |<. <nuse he is B „ing to make it ,s„. Ihe englishman only nes the prr sent nakulness of the land, mid coin""'Ills freely „„ I )„. absence of (he Imle eomforis which have conmitut,'<l lji '<' '<> him al home. Hut, ,ipar| O'oi'i l he unpopularity which this burnt incurs, it is not m .itself vm s|, '-'ous. It at any rate, betokens 'he recognition of a certain staiul■>nl "I comfort, which, with 11 little shaking ,„,. will turn in,,, an elTort 1 mg that standard nhoul. and "'"in Hie point ~f view of Cauadiar citizenship, is a better attitude (ha/, the contented acquiescence of Ihe <Lilirr.ni. As for the r.ther defects. ilie.\ are not \,ry lasting. The Knglishman may Igke a little longer To accommodatd himself, bill in the ■ml he accommodates himself iusl as thoroughly, and does as well as anv other colonist, and better. On the other hand, there is a 110lion prevalent in Fngland that Canada is a dillicult countrv for a settler lo n f .t ,„, j Mj , 1|1( | ~,,.„ . II|OV| , all, I'arm.iiig there reipiires a special 'xperience Very dillicult to acquire, •ven for an Knglish fanner, and almost impossible for one who has never farmed before. As regards the Knglish farmer, it is true that 'lie will liml a good deal to unlearn belore he can really succeed. But there

is nci reason whatever to suppose lhai farming in Canada requires a s|ieciiil I raining-. It requires nothing '.I llie sort. Manv of the best farmers in Ihe N'onh-Wesi an- men who. when they h-fi |.| h .j,. S | l( ,,, s ,„. f (U .. lories in London ,„• Liverpool three or four v.-ars ago. lia,l srarceh ever seen a Meld, or had a notion what wheal looked like before it was converted into I,read. The only I requisites for siieeess as a farmer in ihe Noiih-Wesl arc niiivap', energy and perseverance. Uit h a "good s( ock "f . those qualities the newcomer is hound lo prosper : without them he lie holds diplomas VomV dozen agricultural cc lieges, or has lived (in n farm all his life. Xur is capita', ■■early as necessary here as in mam "iher new countries. The Coverii•uelil provide 1 1',0 acres l',,r nothing, labour is in request all over til- ' ry. and wages are good. The poor settler, ihetvfoiv. geilerallv spends his i'h.m uv„ „,. thne u>nrs lie. Ween electing some sort of a house or shanty on his homestead, leaking up a lew acres of his land anil working away from his land al my trade he is a master of. or. il not. as a navvy or a hotel waiter, 'ill 'lie ran amass t|,e .means to bin ' •"'- mid famine implements. Among ihe workm™ engaged in con■d meting- ihe permanent wav along the route we irn\,.||,,| where hun-'h'.-ds of -h, sleadcis." all earning Ihe capital requisule for working 'heir land in Ihe coming year. In ■nam eases on,' member of the family Slavs lie hind all Ihe -time. mil the others go mil wane earning •.Hid return periodically . bringing! Ihe iruil of their labours in tlicshai f a team of horses or a pair uf good milch-cows. In no other comiliV in the world are the opportunities so ■treat as the.\ : ,,hv are in Xoi-i.h-Wcs-I rn Canada for llie man with nothing in the world but a stout heart and willing hands.