Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1871-06-13
lCOMMUNICATED.

BOARD OF Through the
courtesy of Gen. Richardson: Commissioner of
Immigration, the foreign correspondence bear
inc on this important subiec! has been placed
at the service of all who feel an interest in IFS
examination. From this correspondence and
from the report Of Gen Richardson, it Is cyi-
dent that Great Britain Is making active CT
forts to colonizc her suparabundant rural popu
lation, and that capitalists in England begin
r. rccnrnize the fact that colonization and
emigration NAY BIZ made Scll:Supportlng and
even profitable to those investing capital there
in The chief cause heretofore Of the failure
Of those schemes which contemplated the IN
PRODUCTION of foreign labor into our State Is,
tL,t emirrants have come here unproyided
with means to obtain the necessary Agricultural
nouinmcnt. or even to dcfray the ordinary cx-
nenses of life until they can harvest their ilr5t,
IRONS Instead Of aiding the development Of
the material resources OF the country: they be-
come dead weight and expense. besides caNlS-
inc . re action against immigration to the South
ern States. SpalSely populated as our State Is:
with immense trarts Of land lying in waste not
ONLY unproftabc hut expensive to their own
ers. with our present inefficient system OF Ia
Dor. immigration i becoming each year matter
Of vital imnortalre to or people. 1t has been
50 frequently and lengthily discussed in the
| columns Of the press With no result OF practical
benefit, we fear it will lose that prominence It
has previously occupied in the pubhG mind.
Great Britain is f @','' h"r Shores ' to her own
,olor;as The superior advantages Afforded ny
! the /. s.. combined with the rcmotcncss OF
the British possessions, must cause emigration
to shane it, course in our direction. Canada.
it is true. is not farther distant than the |. >,
but Canada. for many reasons, Is untav0rable
20 the working classes, and satisfies show that Of
- .9O4 cmigrants. who arrived III Canada IN
| 1866. only i, 1903 remained: the rest leaving Tor
the L. S. Immigration to this particular State
is attracting attention in Scotland: The Eng
| lsh and Scotch peaSantry, speaking olW own
and 4 kindred language, will assimlat" more
| readily to our institutions and customs; Their
views will cpsly accord with ouW current "l
| thought which, united with their noted pcr>1-
vcrancc and energy. make them the most d'.
Sirable addition To our industrial populations
| Large bodies OF foreigners speaking :! language
uuintclliciLla 10 III are noi easily lcnalionaZcd.
and are apt to preserve the dIstinrtlvc features
If their organization long after they have LETT
! the home ui their BIRTH As corporations and
individual capitalists in Europe recognize the
Necessity ri making some provisions Ill order to
enable cmigraul to purchase amt cVh'r"t'
lands the point Tor our land owner; to cnnsi!-
or Is how to avail themselves at once Of tins
state Of the public mind. The Commissioner
of Immigration will take pleasure in giving any
nlorma;on and We would suggest that those
lmving !airt they are DESTROYS; Of selling unite.
have their lands surveyed have maps made.
and forward them with description: "i' the