CANADIAN CONDITIONS. 44

more than that of Grand Forks; z.e, if the Great
Northern Company, which earned $12,808,608 net
income for the year ending last June, and distributed
$8,673,073 in dividends, be not soon moved to
imitate the liberality of the Canadian companies.
“ Anyone interested in the subject can easily figure
out the significance in land values of the following
facts: St. Vincent shippers, 363 miles from Duluth,
have to pay a wheat rate of 15 cents per 100lb. At
Emerson, a Canadian town just across the line from
St. Vincent, and 493 miles from Fort William by
Canadian Pacific Railroad rail, the rate is 12 cents.
The following table shows the respective rates at
American and Canadian points not far from the
boundary line, and nearly opposite one another.”

Canadian
Stations.

Emerson ...
Gretna ns
Morden ...
Manitou ...
Holmfield ...
Napinka ...
Pierson ve
Estevan ...

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4193 12
196 12
308 2
529 I:
382 Ia
548 15
634 16
717 7

U.S.
Stations.

St. Vincent ...
Neche .
Walhalla ...
Hannah ...
St. John ...
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Mohall —
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363
395
397
443
459
197
540
378

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15
15
15%
1
17%
18
19%
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3. Climate~—The nature of the climate is shown
from the following extracts :—
The wheat of Western Canada is known to be
extremely hard, the vield being 30 to 50 per cent.