Manitoba as I saw it, from 1869 to date : with flash-lights on the first Riel Rebellion . mmission of men taken from Prov-inces east of Lake Superior, headed by a Judge,none of whom can have practical knowledge ofthe country or what is required of them. It will,in order to secure the proper information, benecessary to appoint men in the West who knowthe country and its requirements, who know allparts that have settlers, their nationality,whether they are suited to the location, how theyare equipped for the work before them, schools,if any, the topography of the country, the flora,a synopsis of
Manitoba as I saw it, from 1869 to date : with flash-lights on the first Riel Rebellion . mmission of men taken from Prov-inces east of Lake Superior, headed by a Judge,none of whom can have practical knowledge ofthe country or what is required of them. It will,in order to secure the proper information, benecessary to appoint men in the West who knowthe country and its requirements, who know allparts that have settlers, their nationality,whether they are suited to the location, how theyare equipped for the work before them, schools,if any, the topography of the country, the flora,a synopsis of the surface geology, mineral de-posits, if any, and a brief sketch of the naturalhistory; the water supply and how obtained,and such information as may be deemed advis-able in such a report. THE DANGERS TO BE AVOIDED. There are many Americans now in the coun-try, good settlers, and some of them well in-formed ; in fact, in many instances, they have abetter knowledge of the capabilities of the Westand North, a more intimate knowledge of thereadjustment of the tariff to so order things. Appendix. 155 that their presence would be either to the ad-vantage of Canada or the United States. Thegreat majority of those American settlers aregood citizens, but they have great powers ofassimilation, and are, first, last and always,Americans. The removal of the duty on cer-tain Canadian productions, and they wouldreadily put certain of our products on the freelist, which would be disastrous for the Westernfarmer; for instance, if they put wheat on thefree list, our No. 1 Hard would be ground in theUnited States. A competent committee or commission tomake the necessary inquiries, and make a com-plete report, concise, put in book form, for theuse of Government Legislators, they would be ina position to deal with any matter that camebefore the House concerning the Northwestmore intelligently than they are at present. The people of the older Provinces have pro-vincial or sectional ideas; the pe
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