Rensselaer Democrat, Volume 1, Number 1, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 April 1898 — HE LIKES WESTERN CANADA. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

HE LIKES WESTERN CANADA.

Su a Splendid Form, Lota of Stock «ad Faya Scarcely Any Taxes. Bomluian City. Man., Jan. 17, 1898. At the request of the Immigration Department of the Canadian Government I give the following information:

1 immigrated to M a nitoba In October, 1892, from L u v e rne, Rock County, Minn.,

—— ——‘and took land tnDomtnioniClty, Manitoba, where I now reside. I have been very successful in Manitoba, and have more than doubled my capital since I went to Canada. 1 took about $2i560 worth of rheat, £OO bushels of liax and 000 bushels of oats. I do mixed farming. I milk as much as teu cows. Dairying and stock raising has paid me well. 1 have on the farm now 44 head of cattle and 18 bead of horses, and sold during the past year, 1897, $425 worth of fat •cattle. 1 have good buildings and a comfortable house and good stable. My •children have had better school advantages in Manitoba than they had In Minnesota. The district schools are very thorough anil good. My son, now 1G years of age, Is teaching the; public school in our district and receives a salary of $420 pe,; year. All my children have done welt at school. I have $1,700 insurance on my buildings on the farm. I also own my personal warehouse and skip all my grain through it to the railway station at Dominion City. It Is fhee of debt. 1 have no prejudice against the State •of Minnesota, as I made a living and a little more while dn the State, but would uot take a farm as a gift in Minnesota and leave Manitoba. The taxation in Minnesota was too great. I paid taxes •on my stock and chattels; no such taxes have -ever been exacted in Manitoba from me and my land taxes are about one-half or less than it was In Minnesota. I aui delighted with my new ltonte and expect in a few years to be in circumstances that will enable me to take life easy. Yours very truly, S- G. MAYSES. I*. K—Any person that may take exception to tlie foregoing letter will kindly investigate, for I can back up every word it contains. lam not an immigration agent, nor the agent of any oorIKiratioti, but simply a farmer. ». G. MAYXES. The above letter was written at th« request/of C, AY, Speers in tlte State of Minnesota, where I am at present with ray wife, visiting uiy ft-iends in my old lionie. It is my intention to do what l can to have them remove to Canada, where 1 have done so well. Having called upon Mr. Davies of St. Paul. Minn., I was received p ith every courtesy and got some valuable informal ion as well as literature pertainiug to Western Canada.

SAMUEL G. MAYNES.