. Missions in new Ontario. 1 ?•*•: _L____ STEAMER ENTERING THE LOCK, SAULT STE. MARIE, ONTARIO. The Water-way to the West. the United States of to-day, but with the United Statesof one hundred years ago, and by their comparativeprogress from that point you may judge of what Can-ada will be one hundred years from to-day. Let us then 15 go back to that period in United States history in thelast century which corresponds to Canadian history to-day. The sixty-five thousand French who were inthis country at the time of the conquest, together withthe United Empire Loyalists who came to Canadaafter t
. Missions in new Ontario. 1 ?•*•: _L____ STEAMER ENTERING THE LOCK, SAULT STE. MARIE, ONTARIO. The Water-way to the West. the United States of to-day, but with the United Statesof one hundred years ago, and by their comparativeprogress from that point you may judge of what Can-ada will be one hundred years from to-day. Let us then 15 go back to that period in United States history in thelast century which corresponds to Canadian history to-day. The sixty-five thousand French who were inthis country at the time of the conquest, together withthe United Empire Loyalists who came to Canadaafter the Revolutionary War, had increased to two hun-dred and thirty thousand at the commencement of the19th century. The people of the United States thennumbered about five and a quarter millions. After thelapse of one hundred years, we have five and one-halfmillions, while our neighbors number seventy-five mil-lions, that is to say, while the people of the UnitedStates have increased 14J/2 times, we have increased221^ ti
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