used to cement their tribal houses with human blood. Canada's part in
the Great War may be the blood-sign above the lintel of her new
nationality.


[1] I have variously referred to Canada's population as five million,
seven million, and over seven million. Five million was Canada's
population before the great influx of colonists began. The census
figures of 1911 give Canada's population as 7,204,838. Add to this the
immigration for 1912, and you get the Department of Labor
figures--7,758,000. If you add the immigration for 1913 the total must
be close on 8,000,000.

[2] The figures are from the official _Trade and Commerce Report_, Part
I, 1914: They tabulate the trade of 1913 thus: Imports from United
Kingdom, $138,741,736; imports from United States, $435,770,081.
Average duty imports United Kingdom, 25.1. Average duty imports United
States, 24.1. Per cent. of goods from U. K., 20.1; per cent. of goods
from U. S., 65.1.

Exports to United Kingdom, $177,982,002; exports to United States,
$150,961,675. Percentage goods exported U. K., 47.1; percentage goods
exported U. S., 40.1.




CHAPTER VII

THE COMING OF THE FOREIGNER