Oregon Republican. [volume] (Dallas, Or.) 1870-1872, 1870-07-09

4 Aa
iish Parliament, presenting from an
English standpoint the condition of the
industrial classes of this country, and
fully explaining the inducements that
are held out to foreign laborers to i'm
migrate to the United States.
From that report it is evident that
America is regarded as the paradise of
laborers, and justly, too. An examin-
alton into the growth and prosperity of
the United States is never more inter
esting than when it is directed to the
details of the vast industrial machin-
cry by which this growth has been eff
fected. The wealth of the United
States is of comparatively recent &c,
QUESTION. It can be traced back by no
long lines ofAlsO tailment, descending
from father to son, as in England, nor
is it possessed, in the main, by those
who have not accumulated it by per-
sonal industry, skill, or supervision.
There is no country in the world where
wealth and easy competency are the re-
sulp Of honest industry, nor where so
large an aggregate Of it remains in the
possession Of those who do the burdens
of labor. It is true that there is too
large a number who live by preYing
upon the producers of wealth but
when these are considered in compari>
son with the farmers, the artisans, the
laborers of all classes, their numbers
will be found to be insignificant, and
their wealth feeting-uncertain-a
not nearly as great as might be sup
posed by the contemplation of some
master-stroke by which fortunes are
suddenly acquired, but not earned.
The immense tide of immigration
that has been flowing into this country
| for many years past, affords au evidence
of the superior attractions of the Uri
| ted States for the industrial clusscs
which has been corroborated by the
| English report referred to. This re-
Port dwells upon the educational adyan.
tages afforded by our system of COM
mon schools - showing how, in the
language of the report, "thc lowly citi-
gen of to-day may aspire to Pfcsiden-
tial honors to morrow"
The following sentence contains in a
nutshell, the whole secret of our M.
tional and individual prosperity:
The labcrins classes may be said tc
embrace the entire American nation.
Every man works for a living, follows
profession, or is engaged either in
mercantile or industrial pursuits.
| This can be said If no other country
in the world, and especially where he
reditary nobility constitutes a large
class, since they are drones of society
eonscming Enormously the fruits o
productive labor 1t cannot do other
wise than to diminish the income o
| the laboring man, and to interfere, ii
other respects, with his national inter
ests. What wonder, then, that h
turns his weary steps to some othe
land, where he may be relieved of hi:
burdens, and where the doors of ad
vancement are open to him, and bic
him to enter? In this country there
is no titled nobility to frown upon hin
I If he attempt to rise to what he consid
ers higher class of society. He fnd
lands in abundance, SO cheap that th'
actual cost in fee per acre, il
less than the rent he paid for his little
"patch" in the old country.
He finds himself within a stone'
throw of an excellent school, where
his children can acquire an education
in most cases, free of cost. In tn,
meantime he can pursue his trade o.
calling, support his family handsomely
have meat every day in the week, ant
deposit sum of money in the saving
bank every Saturday night. He soor
: buys a lot in the outskirts and build
little house upon it, and moves from
the tenement" building forever
| Henceforth he is a man of property
independent, we may say rich, wher
compared with his condition in the ole
country. His change officially is M
less wonderful. In due course of time
he becomes voter--a w>maker, ant
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