White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1871-03-16

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The late Legislature repealed the law
allowing bounty on hedge fence.-or
rather. smended the Law. leaving the ones
iiou TO vote Of he people Of each Couu-
~. which virtually does swsy with It in
m.jority Of the Counties. This act i.
denoonced BY certain papers. as false econ.
cwy. ehesp Ietrenchmeni. and . severe
blow TO emigration. They say that the
hedge law wss one OF the greatest induce
nentsto emigration. and ,ha, BY it. K.n.
So. .was, more widely and favorsbly krow
thsn BY anything else.
II the only inviting feature K.ns,. pos
sessed. was ssmall bounty on hedge fences.
II is high time the bubble were exploded:
snd il must have been . remarkably cheap
class Of emigration that was drawn here
BY such. psltry inducement. The fac. is.
portion Of Esnsss is wild on the sub
jeet Of emigration; and a few sbarpers.
taking advantage Of this weakness. annu-
ally euchre the State out Of q snug little
sum. under one pretense or another. The
fact il. Kansas has been sufficiently sd-
vestised. end the emigration will pour in
rapidly enough, without farther special
efforts to that end.
At the recent session Of the Legislature.
man came up there with prospectus Of
. book that be is going to publish about
Kansas. asking the Legislature TO nppro
priste money to 10 enable him to publish
it. in consideration Of his contributing q
certain number OF copies Of the work. as
au emigration document. The work may
be very good one. or may not be worth
anything; still. the purchase Of the book.
at tbs expense Of the people. was on i'm
position upon them. and precedent for
the Legislature to appropriate money for
evefy adventure Of the kind that presents
itself. The sum Of s2500 was given for
this book. A company Of shrcwd gentle
men about Lesvenwortb. incorporated
under some captivating title, also asked
for. and received. s2500 for collecting and
publishing facts about Kansas. for emf
grafton purposes. They will probably
get together . few little dabs of statistic.
and facts. snd set them forth 10 circu.
lar. or. more likely. in the columns of
the Kansss Farmer, and on the strength
OF this. will pocket the appropriation.
1t is by Just such impositions IS these.
lobbied through the Legislature. that the
people Of Ksnsas are annually Heeced out
Of thousands Of dollars.
Another result is frequently observed.
arising f:om this emigration mania.
Two years ago. and again this Winter.
the Legislature was asked to appropriate.
and did appropriate. money to bny seed
wheat and corn for the destitute settlers
on the western and northwestern frontier
of the State. Emigrants are rushed in
by tens OF thousands. the stream con,inu-
ibg until the very closing in OF Winter.
all rushing to what they are made to be-
lisve is almost tropical climate. where
men receive bounty for consenting to
live. They arrive here in the Winter.
destitute; or. IL they have spent season
here. perhaps drouth has burned up the
little crop they were enabled 10 put in:
and the result is. the Legislature is asked
to buy them seed for their next seasons
planting.
we believe that K Ksusas holds ont ad
vantsges and inducements to all honest.
industrious men. who come here, not with
wild ideas of ease and comfort, bot with
. proper understanding Of what they will
find and what they will be required to
do. But there is no justice in taxing the
whole people 10 Pay a man for growing
. hedge fence or planting trees on his own
land. for the enhancement of its value and
for his own comfort. There would be
just as much propriety and right in pay
ing man out Of the public treasury for
building house or digging well on his
fsrm. A farmer who is Of any value to
. State. will improve and embellish his
place for his own advantage and comfort.
without expecting pay from tie public
treasury for so doing.
AZ We view it. the emigrants who
come here now. should make their way
IS those before them have done. The
pioneers saw the beauties Of Kansas. and
have built themselves comfortable homes.
without being bribed 10 DO so. The
State' needs emigrsnts, and We hope to
see them come; but it is unfair to ask the
men who have built up the State thus
lar. TO furnish money to pay the fare Of
III who come now. buy them seed to put
10 crops. and then pay them premium
Iot improving their farms. And we do
contend that. with all the blow about
liberaiity and inducements offered to en-
isrsuts. the very poorest emigration doc
uments that can be circulated. are the an
nual appeals to Government for troops
to protect the lives and property Of set