New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-11-30
( SYSTEM OF LOCAL ENIGRATfOM

Of emigration on sound and self sustaining bssn, is
q matter of the utmost importance ID al new coan-
tiles. England has long admitted THE in regSd TO
her numerou. dependencies, but hes somsanes chosen
curio,s means TO effect it. GoveruHsIt su0erin ent
enee and private enterprise have ALIKE tried their
hand 8, il; and the principles OF combustion and
eenpettios have each had Their day II is not cur
purpo.e however to enter itto statistical or eItsn
sye history of the subject we ssh mere 70 call st.
tsrtion 70 what might snd ought to os done At our
own doors to forward the further settlement of the
western frontier and of the State ~e live in.
During the financial crisis of last Winter, many
able and wiling mechanics and lsboeers suffered for
want of bread; in his croweed city, then s,asnsnt
with distress, they applied in vain for occupations
sirorg srms and a. we have said, willing hesre,
p.io the penalty of an inflated ard r,tten system nS
OF their own creation fhe ques ion TO the proos
biIity of recurrence of crisis has received
considerable tentop; bu: wouc it not be sell to
make "assurance doubly sure by pe fscting sys-
tenn Of local emigration which should insure employ
nent 10 great class o; our population, even if such
a disastrous period should retain upon US We
merely put forth sugge ton; II /, for Others to ca
IsIes it's scope snd m axe more perfect its dessils
From The latest reports made by the Commissioners
Of Emigration 1t is evident thst nearly one-asf Of
the whole European iumigrat TO NewYork ,enters
in the city, and that thse Immigrants, who mast
need the advice or sid of an agent on their arrival
may be divided into two cl. tbs first, such
want employment either mechanics arm lsborers,
or dome sites; and second, those who want to par
chase lard Lee US look foe moment what f,ciliiies
there are present for either Of these classes meeting
the objects OF their wishes on their arrival here T.ks
40 of ,ba or dor,as
the most likely Of any to end immediate employ meat
and how are they situated Why, from The constant
ipfiu1 at one point, Of what shoud supply the grow
ing wants of the entire West there is continual
plus Of these classes at the port Of arrival while the
interior of this and other S.ses is ssdl wsut But
rot knowi, Ok where the openings are the brakeman
or donestic newly arrived, often searches vaiuty for
remunerative work, and finally may sink by degrees
Into that great undercurrent Of sqaaOr and vice
which is ever surging upon the social life OF this me.
tropolis.
With the farm laborer it is still worse. He does
not expect to find the employment be seeks except in
the cultivated districts of the country and few of
these are the place Of their debark stion and
mote the chances OF to.ir finding the spot where
their labor is most wanted. Numbers Of frat clsss
farm. laborers could have been It n and about New
York last Fall, who had come out the previous Sum-
mel il the sxpe tation of being empO, ed in this way
and hal found nothing better Than to hang around
tie city in state Of semistarystion taking JOB
from day 10 day. whea they could get it, in the hope
Of ethrg better turning up 1t all very well to
tell US of the population of the States being station
ary Of the scarcity Of la ,orers and the abundance
of rcuhvated lands in tie remote parts Of the State
things of which do not 10 the least dOubt-bat
We equally speak OF the want Of ready and per-
msuest eDgagen ents for mechanics lsoorers and
wants in the city; and the trouble seems to b., here
as elsewhere, to get the right put in the right
place. Most of those who arrive here fit for going
into the country ss fsrm-servsnts have wives and
families and few Of them can DO more than bring
Themselves decenty across. They are there fore In
general neither able TO take their families with tnem
at into the interior to seek after work. which is
at pre- the only way to find it, they able 70
maintain them hsre while they themselves 90 in rch
of If. The consequence is that with the exception of
those who have friends 10 the country before them TO
whom they can go few of the class ever settle be-
yoDd The precincts of the city, but 20 to well the
mass of toll aid poverty that congregates in Water
Mulberry and Cross streets, and suchliks filthy and
unhealthy localities.
Thoss who come in search of land are generally OF
the class Of small enaL t-fsrmsrs at hOme-men whose
position precuces the cea of their ever scqu ing in
dependence there, Whole families have cutgro "a
then ability to keep them tOgeher, and who, by the
dispoeal Of their so and effects have raised lew
score Ct pouncs or guiIders 10 gin thence in ney
country. These, uDless they ha o some one in the
country before them to give them dsntsre ted sd-
vice, frequently in wore position than the
others The really prUftsbs course for such men to
pursue, lie to purchase rent farms that have been
more less eearec, us by doing they are enabled
to Introduce improved modes of t,ge and scientific
appliances brought from home Nth them thst would
be- useless lost int of In the scram f clearing
snd breaking up land. But what chaoca Is
there for them their arrival in this city, OF meeting
with such settlements Though many farms are al
ways to sell or to be ct in all parts OF the INFERIOR
what means has the newly arrived immigrant of dad
ing them cut, weighing their compa 'ative merits and
dssdv sntsges and see citing diog 10 his taste,
bis pred,lectioD bis ouse without sach sacrifice
OF time, travel and money hunting here aud there,
and maintaining himself and family in the mean
time, as is next to ruinous
Looking then these difficulties 10 the face, and, as
means of alternating them, would suggest q
plan which has already been tried 10 some extent in
ether States, although for some time past entirely
Deglec ed. II is-To keep q. the office Of the Con
misioners Ct Emigration registry the farms that
are to sell or rent throughout the State with their
siuston, of access extent quality and price,
and whatever ad itiona inf rma ion Concerning them
might be found useful 10 e0abog newly arrived farm
err to make udicious selection st Of suit sole
locality and thus in great measure save thei' time
morey and travel, when OF most value and most
likely to be thrown away. Nor would this advantage