The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-12-28

nay, they will rush hither in broader, more
impetuous currents, despite all emonstrsncs
and entreaty. Nothing can be done with the
thriftless-they will not be- ooaxed nor driven
from the pavements; and they would be worth
little on the frontier of civilization If they
could be. The slmshouse aud potter's field
have mortgage on them, which must bs
foreolosed in due season. Give them the price
of loaf of bread when any of them badly need
and you can spare it, but leave them to 90
their way to the inevitable end.
But there is very large class in this and
every other great city who might Improve
their prospects by migration, and who ought
to make the attempt. We allude to the great
body Of our mechanics, retail traders, clerks,
book-keepers, ETC., who have some means
ahead, but who find IL difficult to add thereto
by strict economy, because their families have
grown so large that rent, food, and clothing
absorb all they can earn. There are tens OF
thousands of these, heads of families, who
could leave the city next spring with $1,000 to
$4,000 each, yet who cling to the pavements
because they can see no way to do better. To
this large and worthy class, we say emphati-
cally, you can do better Let us briefly show
how
One hundred such might combine their
means and send one or more of their number
to select and buy land, whether in the West
or the South-we will suppose the latter. Ten
thousand acres of land lying in body, aud
consisting of one to five or six old slave plan
tations, may be bought for $50, 600 to $100, 600
the dearest probably, but not necessarily,
the cheapest. Be sure that the tract is healthy,
well timbered, and we'll watered-that it in
cludes at least one good water-power, and ad-
joins a railroad or navigabls stream. Take
along the cash to pay for it all down. and be
very certain that the title is unquestiona able.
Survey the entire purchase into lots, after
selecting the best site for village, and fix
! -. Il.
the highest cash bidder, no matter whether a
member of the company or not. Allow each
member who shall have contributed to the
purchase money ten per cent. premium for
his advance, and let certificates for the money
thus advanced be received as cash in payment
for any lots purchased, whether by members
or others. Reserve such tracts IS may be
needed for public usss, and sell all the rest
for cash only, taking care that timber and
tillage are so divided that whoever will may
buy either or both.
We are confident that such company, buy
ing and dividing tract on this plan, and
making one contrao. for the passage of their
families and the conveyance of their goods,
might be located next March or April on
homesteads that would BE- worth at least
double their cost, with 8 fair prospect of a
steady increase in value. Every member who
is a carpenter, mason, cabinet maker, painter,
ETC., would find ample employment at his
trade, IN building and furnishing the houses
that would be needed; while hundreds of
choppers, sawyers, diggers, ploughmen, gar
deners, etc. etc, would be wanted, with
grOcers, general merchants, lawyer, doctor,
teachers, and hundreds more of workers in
various capacities. He must bs a poor stick
who could not find some paying employment
in such colony; and, while wages would be
| lower than here rent, food, and fuel would
not cost half so much. There would of course
be some drones, grumblers, and good for
nothings; but these would soon drift away,
leaving the settlement the better for their
| absence.
There are fifty thousand places in the
South-to say nothing here of the West
where such settlements might be made to ad-
vantage ard there are at least one hundred
thousand families within twenty miles of Us
who might improve their circumstances by
helping to make them. And any company
might agree on treasurer in whose hands
their money would be perfectly safe until re-
quired to pay for their purchases.
| Mr., FiSksS Suif for | IihpI A0aInSf Mr. ROyyInS