The Archive · 1922

Big Fall in Immigration

TRADE POLICY

Correspondent, Jand and is rather selfish about. it. Some Canadians claim that the lifting of the embargo will mean cheaper meat for.the British people, but this is a point which the British Commission appointed -te inquire into the subject was very doubtful about. No great consideration seems to ye paid here to the effect. which the removal of the ban will have upon the farmers in Great Britain.

Then there is the question as to whether or not, if Canadian cattle are admitted to the Motherland, other countries will not claim the same right. Again the danger is mentioned of the chance of this influx affecting Great Britain as the home of the finest cattle, where men from all over the world go to buy, so as to improve their herds. Ji really is rather a serious question for Great Britain to consider, and this can be shown by the fact that. the Western farmers here, and many of those who appreciate what Northern Ontario can provide in the way of cattle ranges, declare that Canada can raise 75,000,000 cattle, whereas the present stock amounts to only 8,000,000.

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