The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1872-11-30
THE PACIFIC
Commercial ao6ertiser.
SATURDAY. NOVEMBER 80.
immigration for Costa RIGA.

In a recent number Of the Panama Star and
Herald. we ind an interesting article under the
above heading, from which We clip the following
paragraphs:
Of all the Republics OF Central America. Costa
Rica Is the smallest, bat its people have large hearts,
and mean great things As a hitherto successful
supplier Of the wants Of the Old World 10 the article
coffee, that success fhr from feeling satisfied with the
productive and export triumphs IL has achieved, has
taken c~Ecsigi0T for it, agricultural motto and de-
termined 10 enlarge It's sphere Of production But
between the mental attitude and the realization VI
the resolution, the labor question stands ia the way.
The brain may conceive, but either hands or maehin-
cry must put the conception into practice We find
in the FsTr0caTTil, Of Costa RIca, Of the 18th inst,
an interesting manifestation on the subject Of imIni-
grafton. addreaCed 10 the Supreme Government.
After mentioning the strikes among the farm IA
borers Of England to better their condition, the
writer snys
Costa Rica perhaps before any other country
within the tropics might take a profitable advantage
Of this uprising % the English farm laborer. But
how few Of them, yearniBg for better things for them
selves and their family, know or even heard Of such
a place a. Costa Plea, or have an idea UhereabOut,
under the sun. lies Central America The gaining
only q a dollar a week leaves little time or iEclina-
ton 10 take up the study % geography IL We 90
over % the Continent and take republican SWitzer-
hnI. We find that even there the peas-htry can
count only upon Is. to Is "a. day. The rural
population II England Is also being drafted oil to
supply the demand in the large cities
There il no doubt that Costa Rica is fast taking a
mOIel place in the estimation Of foreign nations over
the greater part Of the Spanish republics Toobtain
and keep that superiority she must enlarge her pop
alation AMI not relax her industry. To this and not
10 any intellectual superiority or energy ia the Anglo
Saxon race does the writer attribute the wonderful
progress Of the United States Of America together
With the Constitution Of the United States which
secured a home and equal rights 10 all cOmers- The
fundaments Institutions Of the first Nortb-Amercan
Congress at once set up an emigration movement
from Europe westward. acTOss the Atlantic The
oil settlers in the Unitei States sold their farms 10
new corners and started further west % conquer new
soil. Agriculture thus extended and along with 1t
the industry and the arts
Their. il no doubt that Il IL the immigration Of
willing cmigrunts into a country that are sure 10
be most effective in benehting the country Of their
adoption. Much more 50 than any number Of col
Ouists imported a. a nucleus and experiment The
latter generally expect too much and become easily
dishearteurd 10y the obstacles and discomfort IN
separately from the ettiemen 81 a new country.
II the author Of the manifestation can show 10 the
Government VI Costa Rica how to place the adj
vtnt1ges and weIcOms offered by Costa RIGA so as
TO make the country an attraction To the stout and
industrious agricultural prasantIy Of Europe, who
long for n place where they aud their children can
become owners Of the soil as we'll as the filters OF
IL. he will have enabled Costa RIca To solve one OF
the most important and perplexing problems that
to-day occupy the attention Of the people and Gov
eminent Of Costa Rica. However experience and
publicity must GO hand in hand. and although we
nave NO doubt the present plan Of Introducing
coolies will considerably relieve the labor pressure,
sill the acquisition Of healthy and Industrious immi-
grants Of Caucasian race ought not ~ be lost
SIGHT of