Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 52, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 March 1913 — MORE ATLANTIC LINERS REQUIRED [ARTICLE]

MORE ATLANTIC LINERS REQUIRED

CONGESTION STEAMSHIPS ON ACCOUNT OF CANADIAN Immigration. It is reported that eight new TransAtlantic liners are under construction for the exclusive use of the Canadian Trade. These are being built by the White Star, 'Canadian Pacific and Cunard Companies. The liners to be built for the White Star are to be of the same type as the Laurentic and Majestic, and will replace the Canada and Teutonic. The Cunard Line's new steamer, Ascania, has already completed successfully her maiden voyage from England to Montreal, and her sister ship will be launched early next year. It is predicted that the Canadian Northern will not be slow in following the example of the other big concerns as it is a matter of common belief that Canada, more than any other in the world, will be the country of the future, and the best field for investment by shipping interests. An official of one of the companies already building steamers for this trade told the American yesterday that the ideal steamer for this service is the two-cabin boat, having accommodationfor second-class and steerage passengers only.

“We do not expect that the $5,000 cabin de luxe class will travel between Canada and England very extensively,” he said, "but the business that is to bp obtained there will be immensely lucrative, and for the next ten years the eyes of the shipping world will be riveted on Canada. The Panama Canal, undoubtedly will receive a lot of attention, but the business in that route will be nothing compared with the Canadian trade for the immediate future. Panama will develop and become bigger in the years to come, but at the present we are most concerned with the tremendous tide of immigration that is being diverted from the United States to the Dominion.

“The farm land of the vast North West is the attraction, and while this flood of immigration is at its height, the Canadian Government exercises a strict censorship over the class of immigrants admitted. In this way they are drawing their future citizens from the Northern countries and have shown an unwelcome face to the people of Southern Europe.”—Advertisement. _ ; ' _