The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1861-03-09
rHE COMING EMIGRATION.

From Tue Uosb LStaUAc sOusSos ot loIOrn.
alton, We hare reason to believe that the
emigration from the States to the gold
regions Of the West, will, during the present
Spring, exceed tia: Of any previous season.
The emigration last year, We thought vas
large, but if there is any foundation in truth
for the reports concerning the number, that
viii pass through, this Spring, the emigra-
ton Of last year will be small in COMPARE
son to the n ultisudes who will cross the
plains during the coming season. OF this
tide Of goid-seekers, every town on the
Missouri river above st. Joseph, viii fur
nish OUTFITS to portion. the great object
Of rivalry among the different towns being
to secure the lions share ct this out-hiiing
trade; to this end, vigorous efforts are
made BY each Of the several towns, to keep
continually before the public, the a.l-im-
portan. fact, .ha. theirs is The town, and
the route upon which they are located is
the route par ercsEenee. ! "Ths nearest
and bes. route to Pike's Peak!''- this is the
word-this is the advantage claimed by
everv town Of dozen houses, fo- the route
upon which they are located. And by a
liberal and extensive circulation OF news
papers, printed circulars, etc., setting forth
in glowing terms the amount Of money and
time to be saved By Quitting at their point
and travelling By their route, many hundreds
Of not we'll informed emigran.s, are induced
to make the journey across the plains BY
routes destitute of every convenience, and
Amos. impraeticable. True, no we'll In
formed person can in this way be deceived,
for every intelligent man will see by glance
q, the map, BY the Government surveys, or
by the history and experience of past emf
srations, that the most direct, the most
desirable, and the natural route, to the
Rocky Mountains, is up the valley of the
Platte but the fact must be borne in mind,
that all men who emigrate to the gold region
arc no. of this character, but large class
are of those who know little of the geo.
graphical character Of the country over
which they are to travel, and when they are
presented with circular, setting forth the
grea. advantages Of some particular route,
they take it rather as an act Of disinserested
kindness on the par. Of the benevolent indi-
yidual who has furnished them with this
valuable information, whereby they are
put upon their guard, and enabled to shun
the numberless perils which beset unfor-
Inmates on other routes.
Every town on the Missouri River between
St. Joseph and this City, has expended
moro or less money during the past winter,
in getting up circulars, and newspaper ac-
counts, setting forth the advantages Of their
particular route, over all others, and have
ndustriously circulated the same all over
the country. And while these smaller
towns have been using their money to in.
duce emigration to 'pass by that way"
the people of Council Bluffs have been
resting "secure in the BELIEF that the North
Platte route is the best, and that everybody !
knows i, and unless more active policy |
is speedily adopted, our people will soon
wake up to the fact that, notwithstanding |
the natural advantages possessed by Council
Bluffs as an out-Gtting mart, che has lost,
through sheer negligence, a large amount
of the trade which she nigh. have secured
with very little exertion.
We think it is time that our business m IN
should look to their interests in regard to
this matter, and no longer permit other
and inferior points to deprive them of the
trade which should rightfully come this
way. Though We may possess every nasu-
raj advantage over other points, yet, they
have been working and re have not-whils
we have been taking our ease, and waiting
patiently for the emigrant to come along
and buy his outfit, they have been using
every exertion to keep continually before
the minds Of those at a distance, the many
great and peculiar advantages to be gained
by out fitting at their point. However dis
to the emigrant, such schemes
may prove, the towns thus acting will find,
to their profit, that printers ink can and does
sometimes, supply the Deficiencies Of nature
to surprising extent.