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settlers could be obtained from the United States.
He stationed men at convenient centres of population
there, and was not discouraged because for the first
year or more there seemed to be no results. Some of
his agents became discouraged and sent in their resignations,
 but he induced them to take heart of grace
and keep pegging away. Tons of information about
Canada was distributed where it was hoped it would
have some effect, and at length the harvest began to
come in. In the first year of effort only 792 persons
from the United States were induced to adventure into
the Canadian west. Last year 49,000 settlers came
from there. Similar methods had been pursued in
Great Britain. A special office, distinctively Canadian
in every respect, had been established in the busiest
part of the world’s metropolis, From this as a centre
intelligence about the promised land radiated to the
four corners of Britain. No trust was put in the
mere scattering of literature promiscuously. The
addresses of virtually every farmer and farm labourer
throughout the three kingdoms were obtained, and a
newspaper setting forth the attractions of the Dominion
mailed to every address. The distribution of these
prints surpassed the million mark. A text-book on
Canada was introduced in the schools; 25,000 maps
of the Dominion were hung on the school walls.
Almost instantly, as a result of these and other similar
efforts, letters began to pour into the London office,
and care was taken that when once a man was heard
from he was kept in touch until his intentions were
ascertained. The result of this methodical system
was that 50,000 settlers came from Great Britain
alone last year, whereas four years ago the number
from all sources was 42,000. In 1903 the immigrants
from the various countries numbered 128,000.
“These operations had cost some money. Since
1897 the work in the United States had cost $701,000,
but as a result of it 123,000 settlers had come into
the country, who had brought in with them stock.