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FROM HON. EDWARD

-iv'

BLAKE'S FAMOUS SPEECH

Delivered in the CaaadieA House of Commons,
April letli, ^380.

Canada v. Kansas

Extracts from the Remarkabie Speech delivered
in the Canadian House of Oommons, April
16th, by the HON EDWARD BLAKE, the
Leader of Her Majesty's Opposition.

Zir 1880 KANSAS IS THE FIEST WHEAT
A27D FOURTH COEN-GEOWIKQ STATE

IN THE UNION.

Ron. Mr. Blake says:— "The population of the State of Kansas in

1870 was ;360,()0(), and in 1879 SSO.QOOi making an incrkask
OF 490,000 IN THK NINE YEARS. In this was to he included a laige
natural increase, as well as an increase owing to large immigration
from the Eastern States. This was not an indication that the popula-
tion of the North West would in ten years reach 550,000. But the
state of things was not equal. What was the position of Kan.sas at the?
commencement of the epoch which the Hon. gentleman had taken as
his starting point ? Besides a population of 360,000, it had no less
than 1,500 miles of railway in operation, so that at the commencement
of the epoch of rapid increase there had been a considerable devel-
opement of railway facilities, and during that decade those facilities
had increased, so that there wkre 2,300 milks in operation in
1879. In 1866, Kansas ranked twenty-fourth among the States
of the United States as a corn-growing State, WHILE IN 1879 IT
HAD GONE UP SO THAT IT WAS THE FOURTH. In the
earlier period it was the twenty-fourth as a wheat grower, while by
1879 IT HAD RUN UP SO IT WAS ALMOST THE FIRST in that
respect, HAVING PRODUCED ^ THIRTY-TWO MILLIONS OF
BUSHELS. V^ith all these evidences of progress, and all these
ADVANTAGES, wlth a large natural increase from a population of
360,000, we find but 490,000 added to the population of that State
in nine years ; and yet we were told that over 550,000 irrespective of
the natural increase would altogether be added to the population of the
North West in ten or eleven yeai-s."

Canada a Native Recruiting Ground
for the United States.

Hon. Mr. Blake says : — " He would now ask them to compare out
own circumstances with those of the Western States in these particu-
lars. First of all let them look at the native recruiting ground of

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wliicli hv. had spoken, that constantly Increasing population from
which they chew so liberally to po(^ple the Western territory. How
<ii(l we stand in reference to that \ We had a population of i.OOO.OOO
as against their many millions [;,0,0()(),()(){)], AND THEY KNE\. rr To
UK A FA<T, THOUGH A DKFl'LY RK(iHlTTKI) FACT, WHICH THFKK WAS NO
USE IN CkNCKAMNO, THAT .MANY OF (»' U i'EUPLE DID On To TH K T'^^MTED

S'l'ATEs. Thcf/ I new that the i^ettlniti'^d of these WeMeni States and
territories had beeti largelu lielprd directly aiid hidirecth/ hi/ an
lni7)ii(jr(diov froTn our .^,Oii(>J)00 of people — directly because many
of our [teople had gone to these States, and indirectly because many
had gorie to the East to displace tIios(> who h.id wert thence to the Western
territories. It was (juite clear that a consideralile number of oui'
peoph,' would go to the manufacturing centres, and that others would go
to the AGIHCULTURAL REGIONS OF THE WESTERN STATES IN SPITE OF
THE INDUC' MENTS OFFERED TO THEM IN OUR OWN NuRTH-Wf.ST."

PROF. COLDWIN SMITH'S CONFIRMATION OF THE ABOVE.

Prof. Goldwin Smith, in The Bystander for May says: — "An
exodus to th( United States is going on from all the Provinces. As
many as tiOO persons went from St. John in one week, and 400 from
Montreal. An inquiry made by the London Ad ^ivtiser shows that
numbers are leaving Ontario, and most of them for the States." Also.

'• It is only to hv. hoped that the 1,000,000 OF NATIVE-BORN
CANADIANS now on the south of the line will not be compelled to
fight upon the Yankee side."

Canada's Debt versus The United

States' Debt.

Hon. Mr. Blake says: — "^ While Canada had been doubling its
national debt, the United States had taking care to present to the
people of Europe the uniqut example of an enormous reduction
in its national debt, and in the burdens of its people, and to that
circumstiance he attributed (»ne of our greatest difficulties in competing
with that country. There was no use of blinking the fact. He durst
say Hon. gentlemen would say it was unpatriotic to state it, but it was
true, and therefore it was proper to allude to it. The emigrant looked
to a country where ids burdens would be lighter, which pi'eserited a
brighter prospect than in his own country. He w^as told by the United
States that they had reduce \ their war debt over $100,000,000. that
they had reduced the load of interest, and that they were now on a
career of relative productiveness. That was the V)right statement they
presented, and he wanted to know whether it was not prudent for the
people of Canada, competing with the United States for the emigra-
tion of Europe, not to increase its public debt and public burdens, —
not to present a contrast too unfavorable to that which was presented
by the United States. . . . While our tax-paying power had not
increased since the period of the last census, our gross expenditure
had increased by 8,800,000, or nearly SIXTY-SIX per cent. (Hear,
hear.) ,

I iie iiicruasea in some particular eases were enoriiiouM. For instance,
I'ojit OlHce expenditures liad increased 200 per cent., and cliart^es on
the revenue t2 per cent. In 1871, the debt v\ah Jil;77,000,000, in 1S7<J
it was li!? 170,000,000, and was still rollin^r oji. The intere.■^t on th»^
public debt had not kept pace with the inereaso of capital for several
reasons."

THE FRUIT ZONE OF THE WORLD

IS ON TlIK

38th Parallel of Latitude,

WHJl'II HUNS THUOlKIH TUB

COTTONWOOD AND ARKANSAS VALLEYS

IN SOTJa?!!, OEITTiS-J^Xi, and

SOUTH-WEST KANSAS,

-WIIKKK TllK-

MisQQ, Topeb 1 Saata Fe Railroaii

OFFER FOR SALE

Choice Farminji;, Fruit Growing, and Gr9,zinj3r LANDS, at Low Prices,
on Long Time, and Low Interest. Large discounts for Cash.

These Lands are located in the very heart of the great Winter Wheat
Region of the State. The total winter wheat acreage in the State for
1880 is 1,80C,326 ; of this amount 601,477 acres, or one-third of the
entire acreage of Kansas, is in nine adjoining counties in the Cotton-
wood and Arkansas Valleys.

A rich soil, pure water, healthy climate, short winters, good roads,
c-Mcellent society, churches, and good schools, are characteristics of
South, Central, and South West Kansas.

For Maps and Circulars giving full information about this favorite
latitude, write to

BBLFORDS, CLARKE & CO.,

I Canadian Agents. TORONTO, ONT.,

A. S. JOHNSOlT, Land Com.,

A. T. ft. 8. F. R. R. Oo , TOFEKA, KANSAS.