New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-11-13
THROUGH THE WEST.

PROGRESS or MIssoURI-NEw- ENGLAND LIFE
NOT ADAPTED TO THE wEsT-EFFECT OF
THE GERMAN ELEMENT-ACTIvITY OF ROMAN
CATHOLIC CLRRGY-KANsAs AS FIELD FOX
MISUNDERSTANDING GROWING
HOW TO SETTLE IN THE WEST WITHOUT
CAPITAL-A COW, A BULL, AND A MOVING
MACHINE THE ONLY OUTFIT REQUIRED
FRUIT CULTURE-CHEAP STONE HOUSES.
MANHATTAN, Kansas, Oct. 11.-Important
changes have taken place In Missouri since the close OF
the war; and nothing is mOre evident than that the 1888
Of value In slave property has been than made good
by the advance in the price Of land and by the wealth
brought into the State by Eastern Immigrants Inc
shabby little stations the oenters and nuclei OF Wheh
were stores containing few goods and plenty OF WHISKY
have given place to neat villages Of the New-Enganu
pattern Still everything is new and changing Frult
and shade trees young many OF the houses are SMALL
and evidently most Of the new corners had little measi
but industry and correct ideas are manifest ana IN 10"
years these places will have aspect common 10 those
parts OF the East whore culture and refinement prevail
But no suppose that NewEngland or Eastern DO
lions arc to be reproduced except In part AL 81 LOUIS
attended meeting where speaker from Boston dellv'
ered An address, but the audience far from being In
teresed this the speaker had the wit to perceive and
only part OF the address read friend from New
York snR near me remarked that to attemptto engra
Boston notions upon the Western mind could but emo IN
failure When speaker from Chicago arose. not deneent
in culture ready with words that exactly expressed
denco was aroused and although the subject was by no
means popular profound attention and even applause
were gained would say then, that valued and dear as
gland life be, and great as the influence OF
its theology and politics have been upon the country at
large II s nevertheless, deeply interviewer with Ire
less theories as TO be incapable Of living again In the
west or Of giving any important direction to the deyel
opment OF Western society The reason for this lies I'D
the fact that of the Eastern men came West because
they were poor and wished to better their condition. and
they found necessary adopt habits, and indeed
new methods of thinking, In order to succeed man
coming with money was no exception and am sorry 10
say that money gave little advantage majority Ost
their capital and had to commence anew; but generally
they took hold with energy and succeeded In gaining
moro than they lost These men are the sharpest
and best men In the country and there are none VINO
have greater contempt than they for Boston esthecs
and ranscendenta This is most notably the case
in those parts OF Kansas wholly settled by New England
THE GERMANS IN THE WEST
1t is important TO that the progress OF towns set
tied by Germans been exceedingly slow, and that
large admixture OF is far from being favorable
to rapid development 1t Is true that they build up
village or town after their fashion, and that they slowly
make money but they do not branch out into business
aud manufactures 1t seems to me that by their beer.
drinking and convivial habits they made untitled
for engaging eaterprisng industries and incapable OF
understanding what American progress means How
| ever, when they mix much with Western men, ana are
dsassocIated to great extent from their own people.
they often quickly imblbe the spirit OF the times, and
| little besides the "sweet German accent" remains
| The Southern people. and all who sympatlzed
with the Rebellion equally incapable Of resisting the
changes now taking place but gracefully conforming
TO them and far their natures will permit are be-
coming absorbed No people change 80 little as tho
Irish they arc the from Massachusetts, to OHIO,
| 70 ILLINOIS and to Kansas. working for day wages.
| hn.ra IN il
condition. He gets land. goes into business. and
| sometimes becomes a leader both Of his own and OF
| our people. Whether the Roman Catholic Church has
influence ia keeping the great mass In state OF serid0m
is perhaps uncertain but find the clergy every where
they are railroads and steamboats, and wherever
town OF any promise springs up there Catholic church
is built though there not more than half dozen
10 attend service stu the Church complains bitterly
that large percentage OF the children fall away and are
lost; that u.s. they TO speak the language and TO
have the habits of the people OF the countryn short
they are absorbed. The Swedes, who are coming into
| Kansas in large numbers are much liked they learn
English quickly. their children GO TO school aud they
| too. soon lost.
This mighty power OF absorption is the mOst;astonsh
ing element OF modern times, and. in connection with IT,
the inherent force OF the Angosaxon language IN with
standing mistaken and unscathed the assaults OF allen
tongues constantly surgng against IT, Is equally remark
able The many millions OF foreigners poured into the
West have not added a single word or form OF eN
preston TO tongue and all European languages with
their usages authorities ana grammatical constructions
the growth ages and considered worthy Of the study
OF the greatest phologlsts here wholly melt away aud
! forever disappear.
In most OF the States East OF the Mississippi is be-
coming common for farmers 10 sell their land and buy
houses and lots in practice deplored by agrcu
tura writers-but Kansas the people Of the towns sell
their property buy farms Accordingly Eastern men
ind difficulty In buying city property; and In add
ton they buy few mile or 80 from town at from
$50 TO 800 an acre In the town grows SO
much that these outlying parcels in demand for town
! lots and. almost insensibly the owner becomes rich
Those who leave the towns do to 20 into the stock
| business
| MASHATrAS-ITs SITUATION AND SURROUNDINGS.
Manhattan Is at the junction OF the Big Blue-a stream
fully az large the Genesee-and the Kansas. IL
tains 500 Inhabitants and il the Kansas Pacific Rail
road lS miles from Kansas CITY, the State line. The
valleys OF the two rivers spread many miles, with
| row forests their banks, while the prairie IL all
| around. Swes and ridges giving magnificent and en-
larged views also extend every side. Blue Mound
about half mile above the mouth Of the Blue at
least loo feet high with peculiar but not unfamiliar
looking apex aud most noticeable feature in the land
scape On this mound and on all the ridges magnetism
limestone, suitable for building fencing either crops
to the surface obtained about two feet below any
desired quantity, and at most trhing cost This stone
s found in every part OF Kansas have visited and
great majority OF quarter sections that is OF 100 acres
enough be obtained for building hOusos barns aud
fences and yet it is little IN the way that there is
scarcely any waste land. Some OF this rock makes
cellent lime.
Only small portion Of the country is ncosed; hence
abundance OF feed Is TO be had without cost aud
told that the who supplies the with milk for
which he gets eight cents quart pastures his
the open land, while he buys hay delivered at tun.
noticed yard attached 10 town dwelling, in which 20
80 head OF round, fat cattle were kept during the
nInh mini mt .rnnL Intn