A well known Montreal lawyer, Mr, R. L. Calder, made a speech in Vancouver a few days ago which caused a good deal of comment, because he predicted that, before long, Ontarfo would be a French province. His reasons for making such a statement were very good and since they bear directly on an ims portant aspect of. our national life they may well be repeated, as they contain much food for thought on the part of the English speaking part of the population. The French Canadian is a lover of the soil and hho "usually stays-on the- land' and becomes in time. the father of "a large family, often of 10: children, or more, The Anglo-Saxon is.more often.a city dweller and in the cities families..orq smaller. Even -when stays on the Iand the English Montreal has always been noted for ite beautiful women, and as the years pass their numbers do not Brow any less, but ever greater. Yet as one goes about the streets in the course of the performance of Jone's daily tasks, the more striking feature than the "beauty of the women is their expensive clothes, further evidence of the great pro-Isperity of the country. But along with the prosperity which appears to have come to the country accord ing to all the reports of banks and companies, there is always with us the curse of the poverty that is evident in, every big city, even in the.: prosperous "countries. The words of a popular song often.come to. mind when one. thinks.of the contrasts between rich and poor. The rich get richer and the.pgor get children.
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