It May Be That He Does Not Desire Crowded Cities, With
Dirty, Independent Artisans; That To View Small Farmers, Living
Sparingly, But With Content, On The Sweat Of Their Brows, Are Surer
Signs Of A Country's Prosperity Than Hives Of Men And Smoking
Chimneys.
He has probably all the upper classes of England with
him in so thinking, and as far as I know the upper classes of all
Europe.
But the crowds themselves, the thick masses of which are
composed those populations which we count by millions, are against
him. Up in those regions which are watered by the great lakes -
Lake Michigan, Lake Huron, Lake Erie, Lake Ontario - and by the St.
Lawrence, the country is divided between Canada and the States.
The cities in Canada were settled long before those in the States.
Quebec and Montreal were important cities before any of the towns
belonging to the States had been founded. But taking the
population of three of each, including the three largest Canadian
towns, we find they are as follows: In Canada, Quebec has 60,000;
Montreal, 85,000; Toronto, 55,000. In the States, Chicago has
120,000; Detroit, 70,000; and Buffalo, 80,000. If the population
had been equal, it would have shown a great superiority in the
progress of those belonging to the States, because the towns of
Canada had so great a start. But the numbers are by no means
equal, showing instead a vast preponderance in favor of the States.
There can be no stronger proof that the States are advancing faster
than Canada, and in fact doing better than Canada.
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