The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1872-01-04
TAKING rIxE BIZ rnI Fo.ELeCk.

TAKING fINR BIZ fnE FOREIDN.
ain time Of peace prepare for wal" i
an adage that the people Of this county
and of Western Kansas may profit by in
preparing for the immigration into Kan
-sas the coming season. "Taking time
By the forelock," they can accomplish
q great deal in adding to our population
1t may be confidently ANTICIPATED that the
emigation to the West this spring and
summer will be as large, or even larger
as it has been in any preceding year. II
is also to be expected, as has been the
case in the past FIVE years, that the bulk
of this immigration will come to Kansas.
To meet this people with facts and fig
urcs is our duty.
What is necessary is vigorous work.
Advertising is the recognized potent av-
enue through which business is propelled
and matt ,rs in general progress. A thor
ough and systematic course of advcrtis-
ing is needed. The resources and advan-
tages of this country have been very i'm
perfectly shown to the people ofthe older
States, east, north AMI south. There
has been cxccllcntlabor performed by the
several real estate and other publications
cmanating from this region, hut they
hare fallen short Of the desired end in
not having sufficient circulation. 1t
should be that when an emigrant leaves
his old home he should have his baggage
checked for Western Kansas, and not
simply TO Kansas, which is usually the
case. To-day, there is not NIP that
approximates portraiturc of what Wcs-
tern Kansas really is. The transitions
are 90 rapid that it is next to impossible
to correctly represent our country by
drawing and board. Since the publica-
ton of any map of Western Kansas, so
far as our knowledge extends, there have
been a number of important I'd rcspons-
ible railroads projected, several flourish
ing towns have sprung up and the coun-
try in general has greatly advanced. At
Salina and through Saline county there
have been voted, of recent date, aid to
the amount of five hundred thousand
dollars to three new railroads. A map
Of our county, giving the location of our
present and prospective railroads, of our
towns and of the streams, with statement
IF route, population and every thing of
ycAeral interest connected Herewith, as
slsc ysAd of grain, amount of stock
raising, &c, should be prepared for dis
.ribution for the spring immigration. To
IAN all up, it should be a copious immi-
grafton paper, with complete map a d
of a very comprehensive char
lcter. A paper of this description could
" gotup at small individual expense, 9y
,ersons subscribing for from five hun
lred to five thousand copies each. The
irst edition should be fifty thousand cop
es. This number, with others to follow
n close succession, would accomplish I
wonders for our county. For general
they could be printed on COM Z
non newspaper but for fastening up in
ailway trains, hotels and all public
'laccs fine card board should be used. {
something of this nature, to strike tn"
'esrts Is veil as the eyes Of every body
very where, should he employed. An D
Their mode for enhancing the cause Of
is for persons to write let
ers TO their old home papers, describing
he country. This would be an effective
neans of dispclling prejudice that exists
n the minds of many Eastern people to
Kansas.
The question Of immigration is para i,
nount to all other questions and should
ccSpy the immediate and earnest at d
sntion Of the people at this time. I'm
| this new country becomes self:sup-
ortisg We must depend in some meas |,
reupon immigration for sustcnance. The !
ooner we ill up our country with peo-
10 and capital and additional energy,
hen our country will become sclf-sup- !
orting. The people appreciate these :
vets and we respectfully submit them t
,r their act. And we feel assured that e
'hatever efforts arc made for bringing
immigration into our county will be sec :
aded by the people with their money +
"a voice. y
OUR CANDIDATE. u