The National Land Settlem The British and Canadian Governments have joined with the Canada Colonization Association and the Canadian Railways in a co-ordinated land settlement plan covering all the Provinces. An i i; THE PROBLEM AND THE SOLUTION. f efficient colonization operate forthwith. Colonization in Canada ¥ THE "DAILY BRITISH WHIG. a ee hine is being set up and ill begin to as been at a comparative standstill ever sinee 1913. Yet nothing is clearer than that effective land settlement on a compre- hensive scale is the only available solution of the country's pressing economic and financial problems. By meysasing the farming population and agricultural produc- 0 tion throughout Canada, we shall btirden of the national débt to every indi Pr and go far to eliminate the sérious annual deflicit on the and Municipal taxation, National Railways. The Western Canada Col- EUROPEAN onization Association has SETTLERS. made a thorough study of the situation and is, therefore, in a position to speak with authority. According to first-hand information gathered by representatives of the Western Canada Col- onization Association, who have just returned from the British Isles, it will be possible to draw from England, Scotland and Ireland a steady flow of the splendid British stock, which has been the back-bene of Canadian develop- ment in the past, and which is essential to fut- ure Canadian development on the soundest lines. BRITISH AND A considerable number of hardy settlers is also : available in approved Northern European coun- tries. Thousands of people in Switzerland, Denmark, Norway, Iceland and other countries, who are forced by economic conditions to seek new homes, and carve out new careers in dis- tant lands, can be induced to migrate to Canada. AMERICAN Large numbers of American SETTLERS. farmers who purchased or . rented land at high prices dur- ing the boom period of the past five years, find themselves embarrassed by the recent declines in the quotations on farm products. Many of them who are unable to carry on in their pres- ent field still possess their f equipment and sufficient money to assist them in starting: afresh in a new country. The existence of sii conditions over large areas in the United States has presented this country with a remarkable Spportusity to obtain a considerable body of Bigh-class settlers accustomed to agricultural e. DIRECTION FOR The situation demands a NEW-COMERS. rous, sustained and in- telligently directed effort to revive the stream of immigration, and to foster and nurse the new arrivals until they take root under changed conditions. Under the plan now announced, the Canada Colonization Association hereinfter defined, will také over these newcom- ers on arrival, assist them in the selection of land, and look after them during the initial per- iod of their pioneer venture. e Asfociation will be in a tion, im lly, to advise set- tlers as to land and the locality for which their previous training, and th wer Height rates, stimulate business, lighten the ual family, lessen Federal, Provincial, There is, therefore, no doubt about numbers of SETTLERS , 'th AND LAND the availability in 'large right ki of . The land is available. ousands of ab- BOTH AVAILABLE. long the rail 06 re tived of Fig pies ands a railways are eavy taxes an Tied izes ov Bese proascehy hol Sdingn, pod ould by roperty a and on terms tactlitate rchase y experi wi incoming settlers. This. sertion - om Sunguitation wih enced 'land agents and with an owners who their readiness to list their properties ent piss embodiéd in this Na- heme. e thousands of te individuals who own the unoceupied lands along Ea ine are ized, and therefore helpless to dispose of their holdings. The community is equally helpless in face of an unsolved problem. nation suffers because many millions of acres of the most fer- tile and best-situated land in the country remains out of production. The immedifite task is'to bring these idle areas under the plough--to bring d owners and settlers ér by means of a workable plan which will operate to their mutual advantage, and to the advantage of the whole Dominion. JOINT Prairie homesteads accessible to ACTION transportation facilities are no longer NECESSARY. available as an inducement to settlers owned lands, and as a to buy adjscent privately- Magnft to Ww experienced farmers from ather parts the world. Large blocks of land were once by private » lators, who bent every endéavour to bring abotit their settlement. These extensive holdings have disappeared, together with the d companies which were largely responsible for estern Canadian sattlement in thé past. blic spirit must now take the place of fits. The incentive in these 8 must be furnisl Y a vigorous organiza- tion; wi because of its soundness and public service, n Soinand the support of the community and Governmen NEW MAGNET There must be, in addition, 8 new ED magnet to inaugurate a fresh flow of erg from every available source, DS. Such a lure will be rer by our offer of fertile lands close to railways, and other facilities gly H schools, churches, w, d ® him the option of taking or it, if he so desires. In the Western Provinces alone upwards of million scres of first-class agricultural land a pr able within ten miles of tr rtation. Tn the Eastern Provinces-- in Ontario, Quebec, New Bruns-: wick and Nova is alko to be ound an extensive acreage of unbroken land. In the older Aven of oll the Bo nees hats in still ample room for closer settlement an , certain number of improved farms are to be had on A eir Sanding, best fit them, and to guide those en- 4 Teagonable terms in old-established communities. "unfamiliar with Canadian methods of 5 : th ning. The Association in fact, bridge a -- of - between cdl 1ld-be settlers, and a would-be vendors, utilizing the local land ible, b t coordinating th ving a multiplicity efforts purposes. One of the most ott as far as agents po working at cross Canadas Colonisation ATIONAL LA ENCY. des Ou down, leaving thirty-two yeags to pay - payable the first $ Ey Tf poze i £7 E ed 1 on The Prot to break to piy FIVE YEAR _ Under this Land 1 Settlement LISTING. Plan own vacant land will list their property for a five year sale B fixed by owners, will be two years ut have the option of adding tazes and intetest at siz parton Ah 0%) 4adh yous titre hat e rem nsold. The owner ma; of in nt sale to an sctual settler and withdraw his lis once the settler is in property. . fo SF 48 ATR Fn te Tk rch roger miles y railway lin suc Hire two Year Arment plan, al able Ee a fot Sut of 13a Propel (3k the o rs years, or ¢ ¥, order to provide them with this | feet the Canada ize Association will endeavour to a: for the issue owing under the con- on ization Association Hay rtake bentures on m securi » so that the Vendor may be paid off a of the years. 3 oun Cas F REVENUE listed by the Ven hall Sie hae nada Colonization Association the land to the settler at the n on account of inspection, sale, supervisi and such other services as may be rendered. ony sides of International as to Hie services ent Plan and interest ' eo 8 rates for settlers' ects a sation ts; and (8) Pl Tepro- sentatives on the Board of the Association THE INION The Dominion Government is vit- GOV, IL ally Atsvested. in the deve opment a loniza 2 Several months ago, the n W a. oe gbpeinted Hon. Chatles of the Hon. W, L. Senator Da Immigra nig fin TL Siew study to the subject and with their Depart- mental experts and the officials of the Canada Coloniza- oNdinatag 1nd sotiiersens pony wid alsting a eo- nd s acant land a 'and rt 38 of the w posed to insugurate. RAIS oman men SEE He E "oF ' tion of | ¢ Tnleniona! pow: Sn ihaones, sthools, churches, <aring for British Canada Colonization Association in settiors become established as