White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1872-02-22

A. One Of tho important bills on the calendar OF
tne Legislature this session 10 one introduced, we
oeheve, BY Mr.. Boynton, entitled ian act to Gre
-. cue omee OF commissioner Of immigration ior
.ne S..te OF Kansas" 1t purports to settle the
question Is how We should attract profitable
I9Ieigh Immigration to our State. Immigration,
athoug1 one offhe essential means for thedevelop-
ment u tne essential means for the deyelope-
ment OF the resources of young State. vbose
future wealth seems 90 largely Conditioned by
the effort of her agriculturists, has herrtofors
been dealt too lightly with. The general sensc
of our Legislators has been that Immigrants come
to Kansas fast enough without any spocial ef.
fort ON their part, "eyen faster" we heard II
said, than the State can provide for themy'
The assertion true as :. seems, "a l'nt an argu-
ment In favor 0f Mr.. B0ynt0n's bill. Immigrants
who are liable to become . burden to the State
will come without solicitation; but what We need
is the hardwOrking farmer, who comes not only
with the determination to create for his family Q
permanent home on our wide, unsettled plains
but who also brings with him means enough to
enable him to await the result of q seasons Ia
bor. This class of immigrants does not come fast
enough: they want some reliable assurance of
success before they exchange their present home
observation-disclosures Warrington new ones
thousands of miles away, and such assurance will
be doubly effectual, if it comes from the compe-
tent authority Of o responsible State govern
ment.
The act We refer to is calculated to render the
necessary aid to that class of foreigners. 1t pro-
vides that commissioner shall have his head
quarters near the port of New York, and whose
duty it shall be among others to furnish informa-
tion and advice to foreign immigrants, and espe-
cially in the interests Of Kansas by way Of cor
respOndence and advertising, a-d also to con-
tract with packet lines and railroad companies
for low transportation. All who are acquainted
with the manner in which the ignorant immi-
grant is landed at the various ports, and on his
way to the west, and especially those who have
been " through the mill themselves, with appre-
ciate this . most expedieBt and humane provi
sion. Older States have tried it and profted.
The small appropriation Of ten thousand dollars
asked for this Object, confident, will prove
the most reliable investment ever made by this
State.
There are at present thousands of well to do
families in the new german provinces Of Alsace
and Lorraine, and more or less everywhere in
Europe, who are dissatisfied with their social and
political condition. word of Kansas to them
would not be lost if it come from reliable author
ity. There are also in the mountain districts Of
central and southern Germany, countless num-
bers of small land holders and miners who can
make but . scanty living for their families, even
by the most desperate exertiOns. Both these
classes constitute an element that we can put to
good use, and their attention is directed to the
hospitable land of freedom in the west, where
many of their cOuntrymen have found the peace
and satisfaction they could not have in their own
war and tax ridden mother country.
We earnestly recommend house bill 1876 to the
careful consideration of the legislature.-Kansas
Tribune.