The Empire County argus., 1855-07-28
Coloma. Saturday Morning, July %, 1855.

IMMIGRANT ASSOCIATION. The people of San
Francisco are now in the midst of semi.annpal
epidemic which for the time swallows the overland
wagon road Pacific railroad and for aught we
know. will swallow their frauds in gold dust The
latest swindle, in which they are now engaged. is
the formation Of an Immigration Association. fer
mer one, with the distinguished l. c. Woods for its
president having winked out. One feature of the
project appears to be the circulation of facts about
the resources and capabilities of California If the
facts fairly stated none but fools and unmiga-
ted knaves will ever entertain the idea of coming
here one moment. A poor man could not find IL
foot of land to stand on without encountering a
score Of San Francisco land grabbers; aid if rich
he would be involved in at least dozen lawsuits
before he could plant the first crop To reside in
San Francisco would be impossible if engaged in
any honest calling. for taxation would eat up his
substance.
One paper says; "We know number of young
men who would mine, if they had the money to
re ,ch the mining districts and purchase claim"
Sure enough If they are such industrious young
gentlemen why don't they 60 to work and earn the
money to reach the mines7 We have an hundred
thousand claims unoccupied and unappropriated,
which if the young men work will pay them from
three to five dollars every day The truth is, those
young men are too lazy to work and are now sub
sisting on free lunches and if money was furnish
ed them they would forthwith spend it for whisky.
The Meas says: "A joint-stock company might
invest moderate sum profably to themselves. and
benefcally to the whole State. in pe-growing
and the manufacture of wine. This would afford
employment to many now idle for the want of
money" The Ne1rs has no fear Of the Main Liquor
Law. The idea of men being in idleness for want
of money" is simple. Idle men are out of employ
ment on account of superlative lazness and for no
other reason. The idea that oaftrs Of the bay city
would make excellent consumers Of wine we do not
doubt. Another ingenious device to induce immi-
grafton. is the cultivation of farm for growing
fax. This would be an excellent project, with
rope.walk added if the rope made could be en-
ployed in hanging the loafers already here.
Here is another brilliant idea: And claims
might be purchased and industrious poor men per-
mitted to work in them for proportonate share of
the fruits of their labor" So they might; but we
advise all poor men" to avoid the hyocks. Any
man at home had better stay there than to visit
California to work mining claims for capitalists on
shares No country in the world has n greater
number of idlers than California and yet there is
not single man idle who is willing to work La
illness is the mother and nurse of idleness. We
have thousands of mining claims waiting for occu-
pants. innumerabe hills to explore, and hundreds
of miles of canals to dig in short we have abund-
ant employment for every body in this State. We
would rejoice to see of free lunch boarders
work for living. The immigrant association will
do well to try the experiment of inducing them to
labor. Fifty of them would exhaust the Golfers of
the bank of England before obtaining money enough
to enable them to work an hour
If the Immigrant Association will engage active
ly in the export trade, and ship off to the Fegee
Islands few thousand thieves shoulder hitters.
forgers, and politicians, they vii! accomplish a
great amount of good for the State, improve its
credit, regenerate society, restore confidence. and
make it safe for an honest to live. AS for the
hurrah for more emigrants to develop our resour-
ces, they are not wanted by any body in the State
except few partially honest men who desire to
live by their wits instead of labor. We have gold
in the soil, and it will do the soil hurt TO stay
there: and if it remain until San Franciscans dig
it out future generations will find plenty left If
capitalists will reduce their rents. bankrupt mer-
chants bankers, quack doctors and quack lawyers
90 to work in earnest all live, and gold will he
dug fast enough without immigration Associations