The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1867-06-06
Communicated !
KANSAS CITY, Mo. }
May 30th 1867. !

May 30th 1867.
MR.. EDITOR Although time is
precious and duties manifold and ur-
gent, matters that interest a great
mass of our people must not be neg
lected.
So it is with q view of preventing
disappointment, and removing the
veil from stern facts, obtained by
experience and expense, thatI now
ask the favor of appearing publicly
in the columns of your worthy jour
nal.
We are all well aware that ma
MIA, if I may be allowed the ex-
preston, often seizes and preys
upon many, of our Eastern and
South eastern people, relative to the
glowing prospects and inducements
set forth concerning the western
country.
ALI classes of ourpeople are more
Or less influenced and effected by the
immense tide Of emigration, which is
vending it's way to this far west, in
hopes Of bettering the condition and
improving the circumstances of the
emigrator.
The laborer, though in comforta-
BILE circumstances, and in possession
of a competency, is shaken by the
news that hundreds and thousands
Of his class, are needed in the west,
the tradesman becomes dissatisfied
with his location and employment
when he eimaginatively sees looming
in the distance, an anxious desire
for his services; and the profession
al looking. around him, seeing the
chips numerous at home, seeks new
scenes, strange faces, and distant
fields Of operation. Before consid-
ering and laying before the readers
of your journal let me say that a res
idence in this Western Country has
proven to me that while many of
the hopes and prospects entertained
about this country are founded on
facts, many are built upon sandy
foundations, and must vanish be-
fore short experience, if not at
sight.
That the universal wealth of the
country is great, and that the soil is
fertile, no one will deny, but it must
have time and Capital to. become
serviceable. But more Of this here
after.
The laborer sees advertisements
fiourished that hundreds and thou
sands are needed, and impulsively
comes to the conclusion that labor
controls capital here, rendering it
laborer's paradise but the facts are
that, the supply of labor to-day is
many thousands in excess Of the de-
mand in those parts of the western
country in which it has been my lot
to tarry, and crowds of them are
seen lounging around the streets, as
laborers ofthe lower class generally
do, looking for a .job
This is applicable to the cities, but
here and there, and now and again
in the country will be seen an unfor-
tunate undeceived, who has spent OF
squandered his all in gratifying vain
and unfortunate anticipations, slow
ly but surely, with his packs upon
his back, vending his way back to
the land Of his nativity, trusting in
Providence and charity, to keep soul
and body together during the hard
ships of the long and tedious jour
ney. Labor here is apicture for you
to chance and experience upon
should you venture west without 8
.suficiencyof Greem6ocks to cary you
home.
Mechanics and tradesmen, who
are doing well in your own eastern
localities, stick to your knitting, un-
less you have sure thing, for there
are but few of your trades, but what
are well represented. Should yor
turn your faces westward, make all
your calculations upon getting youl
gold by digging.
Professional men, word to you
and a word ought to be sufficient
If many more of you should flee
thither-some must dig gravel, OF