White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1871-02-02
Rapid Growth Of Kau.as.

Oar pohulstion in 1860 was lU7 .2o9: in
1870 it was SIS. 9.497 Only two States
show larger per centage of increase than
K-s,-s. viz, EE-v-i. and Nsbraska.
These two. however. had very small
population in 1860. Nevada goes from
6.S57 to AZ $50. and Nsbrasks from 2S.-
S4l to 1l6 SsS The increase in the
population Of ksnsss is. therefore. much
greater than that Of either Of these States.
Kansas has added 272 29l people to her
population in tsn yesr-, while Nevsds
has sddsd but IS. 500 aud Nsbrasks but
ISS.O47. -e
1t shou'd be remembered. too. that
this large growth o! Kansss was sll with.
10 the pat Eve years. Oar State did
not grow any during the five years Of the
war. In fact. Ksnsas went back ward
rather than forward dnring thst period.
II was not until 1865 thst tbs rapid
development Of Kansas began. and this
increase of 235.99 per cent. or 272 .29l
in population. has been oil been within
the past Eve years.
Kansas had not q nils Of completed
Rsilrosd until 1866 Now there are over
fifteen hundred miles Of completed R,il-
roads within the boundaries Of the State
Of Kan a.. and we shall aid from five
hundred to thousand miles more to this
aggregate during the present year.
The growth OF Kansas has been won.
derfully rspid. and az healthfnl as il has
been astonishing. There has been moth
ing forced or unnatural about it. The
people who came here have not bsen
disappointed. We venture to assert that
Of the 272 29l immigrants who have
come to our Stale and settled during the
past five years there have been fewer dissp.
pointed people than ever came to any
portion Of the West before. They found
what they sought and expected. az rich .
soil as ever the plow turned up. as health.
fol climate as ever an invalid sighed
for. and ss en,erprising aud cordial pco-
pie as ever welcomed strangers to their
midst. These are all thst immigrants
can ask or expect. end these are what
immigrants to Kansas have fonnd.
Our young State is still growing with
marvellous rspidity. and will contiue to
grow during the decade even more rspi-
dly thsn during the pss, i've years. We
have millions Of broad acres waiting for
the husbsndman. They ere rich with the
fa,ness of bounteous harvest. Upon them
has bloomed and blossomed. for centu
ries past. . prolific bnt Improbable vegs-
tstiou. "wherewilb the reaper flleth not
HE hands, neither he that bindeth up the
shelves his bosom" LIT the plow but
tickle them. end they will lsngh with
generous harvest. They sre waiting for
the farmer. who shall occupy them.
Aud be is coming. All over The Esat
there is turning towards K snsss. ''love
liest sud best child Of the West" and
thousands ere coming to settle on our
besutiful prsiriss and in our sweet and
peaceful vsllsys. We shall soon begin
to see the advance wave Of the delugs thst
will sweep over us. The immigration
Of this yesr will far exceed that Of any
previous season. Every indication beto-
kens this. We should not be at oil sur.
o ised if we added fully two huudrei
thousand people to onr Numbers during
1871. Let our citiz'ns Prapars for .
large immigration. for it is certainly
coming.
And in this connection it Is not out oi
place to suggest that soms step, be taken
to direct il this way. M.i Downs hssevery
year heretofore done much TO turn immigrs-
tion to this section Of the country. We
do not know whether hs will continse hie
efforts in that way during the coming
season or not. But certainly soms stops
onghs to b taken to secure for this sec
tiou Q share Of the emigration that Il
sboot pousiss;ovsr Ksusas. and to direct
the tide in this dirsetios.-Atchisoa
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