The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1869-10-28
IMMIGRATION.

our columns and cordially endorse the seht'-
ments Of the writer, believing that Inc supJeo.
Is one in which we are all Interested anu 'na'
it cannot be agitated too much:
IDAHO CITY, Oct. Is, 1869.
EDITOR WoRLp:-Your able and very IN
tarpst;no article, in the last issue Ut the WORLD
,,pon the subject of immigration, ana the ihi-
nnrrnnce of the formation Of Ierrlt0riai liii-
migration Society for Idaho, tor the purpose oI
collecting. preparing and diffuslng authentic
and full information, Typographical, statisticai,
Climatic. and other. of this kIerrltory' ABROAD
everywhere. and of calling the attention OF
the multitude annually emigrating from Euro,
pean shores to the superior advantages anu
UNSURPASSED inducements offered ny TINS couh-
trv To those DESTROYS of establishing new MONIES
in the older States and coming from European
countries; repeat, your opportune calling U!
the public attention to this important SUBJECT
will, it is confidently hoped result IN speedy
definite and salutary action. 1t your c"teti-
pornries of the press in Idaho will cooperate
in the recommendation for convention 10 oe
held ut an early day, as you suggest, III BOISE
CITY. it can scarcely be doubted that such a
call would be promptly responded to by the
people of the several counties OF Southern
Idaho ut least; and delegates sent from each
organized county, who would take prlde ih
representing to their best ability and endeay"rs
the present and future interests oi ldah" III
this particular. Every tellow-citlzrn. every
resident of the country having really ahd lrni!
the best interests of Idaho ut heart, cannot Dnl
be willing to extend Il helping hand III aid "i
such an enterprise, tor 1t Is vi direct personai
prcuniary Importance to every ldahoan. 10
~. s.If
with every official in the land, irrespective OF
party predictions. does this project commend
itself. The highest fame always springs from
the exertion of salutary influence upon the
popular mind. These, then, elnulous oi pres
ent and future renowm in the annals "i Idaho,
have here nm arena offered tor the full and Tree
scope of their intellect and thrir patriotic SER
vices, unhanpcred by political ties, aud unre-
strictcd by personal prcJudices, dislikes or
irulotgies in Il cummun effort Tor comtnuh
object upon an equal footing. Population c"n-
stltutcs the pride, and glory, and bulwark oi
every State, and Territory, aud country. SIM
liar movements have been successful. inaneu-
rated IN the States of Minnesota, Alabama,
Kansas, Georgia, Virginia. Louisiana, Iehnes-
sec. Missouri. New York. California, aud re-
ccGty in Oregon; aud III Washington ahu
other Territories, iniiiatory steps have brch
akru 10 the same end. The number at Euro
mean eniigrauts coming Ia American shores Tor
the wear lS6y is estimated al 6uU QUO. During
one quarter. ut three tuurths al the year, the
xumbrr arriving al New York city alone was
III 600. In 1884 the number arriving IN The
United States WAS AZ 200. From lco2 the
number annually arriving has been gradual!
increasing. or these people, The lrutohic ana
Scandinavian elements average over on"-hal',
aud the Celtic element considerable! over one
third. II this lorri2l population We're rqnalI,
and prupurtonatry distributed throughout tie
United States upon reaching America. Idaho
would come IN for 4 very considerable pro rata
dis,rlbuiiyr share. is the case stands. how.
ever. cuuparaiivcl, little is known al this rich,
fertile. prosperous, extensive. growing aud
Ipron,siug Young Trrrinr, IN Cur own country
even. east al the Rocky Mountains, aud by the
rmlsrants absolutely nuihIng. Active c"mpc-
titinn exists among the people oi many States.
| and III other Territories Ia attract thIthrrwnrd
| this great annual tide al immigration. lhct
accurdin.ly succeed IN securing rapid increase
al pupulltlon, and III laying broad and deep
| the foundations at rapid and permanent pros
prrity. while Idaho is a land unknown Ia. aud
unhrard of BY, the auxl"usly rnqulrlng foreign
.r DESTROYS ut selecting the most favorable To-
cali.y in free America i"r new and periha-
uent home This is an injustice /" ourselves
an injustice To the euigrant population. aud a
gross injustice Ia the Territory IN which "e
live, aud its present and future Interests.
Since the completion OF the great iraus-c"n-
tneutal railroad the facilities afforded Tor
transit from ocean to ocean are such that lun-
migration into Idaho. from any Atlantic sra
port town, il cheaper aud quicker than twcni,
years ago. existed between New York city and
the interior ot Illinois.
| The first Immigration oi Importance into the
then Dutch Colony of New Netherlands, now
the State of New York. in 1926. was occasioncd
by the information opportnnr!y published by
| Jean de Laet. n member of the Amsterdam
Chamber of Commerce. concerning the sur
face, soil and climate at the then primitive
wilderness adjacent to the Hudson river. Dur.
ing the last year an agent at the Minnesota
Immigration Association secured in Sweden
10000 Swedish immigrants 10 that State in
one body, and Kansas during the same period,
obtained single English colony OF 1000 Tar
mers in one body These are but three of many
similar instances which, did space permit,
might be cited of the same results following
similar causes. Every intelligent observer
resident in Idaho will readily admit that the
one great present want OF the country is pop
ulation. Hundreds of thousands of people are
yearly seeking new homes in the United States,
soictuus to settle il the most desirable loca-
tions. None of these know anything of the
superior advantages offered by this country.
Some, if they did know OF the inducements