The avant courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1871-1872, 1872-02-15
EMIGRATION.
For the Courier

y FOR the Courier. s7s8 sa
If it be true. as il Of course is. that the /,
. tire OF Montana must depend almost entirel
upon the solution OF the question 0f emigr;
ton. so also is it srue that the future Of til
present population is In great measure to b
decided in the SANS way.
Il Now. while it il nhaleniahle that even i
present the Territory is. comparatively speak
ing. prosperous. still, II cannot be denied ti,
iiunless IFS population shallincrease. and larg.
ly. ire prosperity must soon reach stand
point from which it cannot advance.
In the past. prosperity has accumulate,
rapidly. and because of the fact that trains
muscle and money came into a new conntr,
/ and made property but limit must Away
come to such accumulation, and that limi
i must soon be reached here ssifs
| True. rich mines exist their products havs
added TO fhe working capital Of the Territory
and have drawn their special poptiiation--bul
the farmer is substantially the backbone d
! the universe. as he is the backbone Of the
State. And. as he came into the country
with little means. aud has deposited thai
nieans in personalsupport, houses and mple-
nents. so far as 1t soouid go; and has appro-
priated the most of his earnings since to the
liquidation of debts Incurred in extension Of
his Improvements. he. as rule. finds him
selt to-day. not rich. but merely co,nfnrfa.
bic. Now. it may be said. that having t,Oae
so much from so little. he nav in future re-
duce expenditures. and begin nu,o tn grow
n y.Itia hx.i ic .,t;l ~
PAVING large interest on money borrow ed
high wage to scarce laher--higb prices for
expensiyely tnrued supplies. and. though
on lands costing alaost. mt tniuy. and nor
"ltiistanding large .rops ard good prices So
slowly accommodating mr;,,ls. in consequence
OF all these drawback rnat The aav of bis ac-
ttai advancement ishnt in the present, but is
a question OF the future
The mines, the military posts and home
have matte his IA rket-hayino
no railroads. he has exported not hing. antl.
As STA t-d, horh what he brought and has made
he has cons nmefi aud invested. but not with
out iuresenihg himself With debt.
Halfway are eomis,g--hut they have not
'o"'s military posts may be Increased, bnt
lo man has vet seen tile orders thereto
fiines NAV soon be peopled to replefion. but
the busy hum does not yet increase. and the
is forced upon one, thar mines and
railways and posts will best take care of tI,eill-
selves if the Territory viii but look to its in
crease Of populations.
With the coming Of emigration must come
IN increased demand. for the time feipg, lp4
'n the results of the energy ofpresent set
number of farmers Will reduce the value. as
must increase the amount. OF the products
VI the soil. it must be- horne III mind not only I
nr a time the new conner must subsist from I
he pioneers garner at the pioneers price i
,ni that the ii e will bring in. not aIore the
'roducer, but The oons,sner--tlte farmer. ii Il
rue. batTfie mechanic. the l:,borer, the ner.
hant as well--while lands mlIst go up. and
wages down-needs multiply in f.ver of de-
nand, and all things in time find what they
AVE not yet reached--ihe healthy level,
quality.
Again, emigration. as it pushes the new
onntry into the old. by peeplilg notonlr it
ut the newer regions beyond it. enriches
oubly State and population by the mere )
Dree and results of its progression.
Of}course. a great obstacle exists, and has
lways existed, in the expense incurred and
me consumed in getting here but a greater
4 the almost total absence OF statistics re-
arling the resources of the country and.
rear as is the need OF increased population.
lcre'lble as it may appear. twice Q anttld)
as the Legislature refused or omitte to
lnction the collation.. publication and istri- |
ntiop of the data absolutely demanded be- !
IRE ary menfioBahle increase OF eimi ration [
festern States are riyalilg each other in {
efforts 10 effect fef themselves the
,snlt soneeded by Montana. She lie beyond I
absorb the passing tde-she Z
Fine lands and many prom |
Is tempt the emigrant before they reach i
are. and not only State authorities, bnt States i
sociations and railways. are making the d
ost strenuous eXertions 70 secure tie crowds i
instantly tending Westward. The North e
nj Pacific. of course. will advertise Moii- $
na. but the Northern Pacific has other. aad {
tier knovn. territory besitle ii to- think of as ii
Bil, and this Territory's individual effort is /.
eessary. il it wishes. at any early period. Il
become II State. or possess census. Many, s
Is noticeable. seem u expect a tremendous t,
liux the moment train Of ears shall trav- r,
se this valley. hut ii is a mistake to sup Il
se the South Or the East so consumed with "
xlety to rtr~h here. THAT towns viii lie b
puiate SO soon as depots may be established d
Montana. The fact is. lew beyond these ii
riders know much more of it than that q Al
named Montana. and nearly ILL II
it mountains. is laid down upon the map. E;
Nv many can assert. that it cam feed q COW, N
produce potatae? Ii
Az an illustration tyx> the demand even now el
the suggested mean. of Information. but m
ely a gentleman here who desires to eli at
Iirage his cOnnfrymen. the i'ailes, to seitle st
Montana. las been obliged to appeal to the I'll
hlic prints far the necessary statistics that ii,
rsisteni effort. in all other direeti0ns has, in
far. failed to procure. Again, during the til
,rt residence here of the writer he has re- br
we'd a dozen inquiries from the East even LII
ID his past home, New York. us to the OPP bi
-tunities presenting themselves here 10 the / tle
mer. the merchant and the capitalist. He ail
replied as best he could, but not as heI Cl