The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1870-11-16
,ry,, Wants Them ?

Tha Boston Day 4adc7tfSe'' ."~ ~ =
-, Tho manufacturers, notices, WIN e'"''n'
nnrn the proposed convention OF north
.,.aa,or,, Governors TO consider the means
.rf,.;,i,a:inp immigration into this country,
-, rather into their section oil II. INC
.srer,,srr wonders what they want with
1890 EARN, labor out there, where the pro-
duct of labor is not ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS u
;s doub,ed whether one-third OF the "hc"'
nr,n exnorted last year paid the cost %
-.,s,,o, q OF course the Advertiser thihkS
:, madness to increase production "AeFe
labor is not paid. r,-,
WIT 10 the Advertisers remedy? why
,,,onn featuring. That is what inc eastern
manufacturers would like TO sec a ia:S'
,ort If the western labor employed H. )"
that tho West would he converted 10 inc
policy Of protective tariff. No o'her
n,o,,vc could induce them TO desire 20 see
,.o,,,ro,it;on in their line IN the West. For
,,o.e same Eastern manufacturers Will lei!
YOU that manufacturing Is already overcome
in the East.
Their. who wants immigrants, or rather,
what arc they wanted for: The logic "'
those who oppose the sending oil more
foreigners into the plains leads to the con-
clnsion that immigration is already over
done.
Now, we have been somewhat singular
in our views upon the subject. We have
been against the forcing systcni-a-a'nsl' Hai
business Of importing men. when Is n",e''
solely Oh sordid purposes, and WHICH h">
al times brought TO our shore some .! me
worst population o! Eurorc-pa'p'TS ana
ket-of.leaye.men-anyo body, out OF Who>e
,,nnortat;ou money could be radc cilhcr
from those imported or from persons "h"
could make any Use Of them here, WI"
would paw their fare ana take them a. teii-
nor,rv slaves 20 work out their passage
money.
Another motive Of the rapid Importation
If men is in order to enhance the Waite o.!
lands and enable spectators to make 4
great deal OF money now instead OF lcA''h@
the process of enhancement TO Wolk N>ei'
ont naturally and regularly. ihlS Use Oh
immigration is seen in The monopoly 81 '"'
whole business by the Illinois Central ana
,,her western lines which have large landed
possessions, obtained by cunning and IN
trigue from the Federal Government.
II is this sort of forced immigration th3'
makes the population in some sections ~
crease more rapidly than Tie demand '"F
production in the great markets, ana mus
brings down the rewards to the ililer OF me
soil.
Still the concern Of the iurtTttStf tnf nc
fate of these western farmers is misplaced.
There can be no great suffering III Il r'':H-
try oyerstockcd with food. There Wli! "'
plenty in such country, and where tHn l.
there will be contcntmcni. The c'ihin"-
nifty will be happy. market or no h'a'Nc''
',he wise economists have much 10 learn Oh
this suhiect. Markets are good tEln%>, h"t
men NAV live withou; them. Indeed, they
may live too well without them. Ban ti";l
we never heard OF :. man out OF drDi VI"
had barn and -moke.hou-e i9!i "h'
committed suicide Because ne c0u!sn
lind n. market. The man who sheds
4 tear of pity for tie farmer -
circumStanccd wastes his sympathy. Ire
close calculations OF the GradgrInd> oil the
manufacturing regions DO not disturb The
simple tilers OF the fertile lands ot ilte West
and Northwest. The! arc very corltort"-
ble, and will in due time have their mar
ketS, without rushing into the contIncr
mills and sacrificing tiicir freedom oi life
and health by sort OF suicide, because
they have more of the hecess1Iie- oil lie
than they can eat or sell. Where there Is
such excess. mouths will soon come.
We repeat, we would rather see imm-
grafton introduced more naturally and more
honestly. and we want no immigration hut
that Of the superior type OF inank1nd-ihe
Caucasian. Yet we 10 not see thai tie
anN ETY. OF the Bottom manufacturer is jus
tilted hy any distress in the Northwest, ahd
we have no iden that the farmers out there,
50 long as their lands are rich and cheap,
will 20 to manufacturing or turn protcc-
tionists.