New Orleans Republican., 1873-08-12

authors Of the idea have supposed There
is an immense extent ofinarable land in the
West, but the area fit for cultivation will
accommodate many mill: :ons more besides.
The density of population in the occu-
pied States and Territories is very Low.
and these communities will easily bear an
addition Of twenty millions before reach
ing the density Of an average European
state. That our readers may see the
temptation held out to the immigrant by
the land companies Of the Northwest, we
add an extract from the letter of Tribune
correspondent, written from the Red River
Of the North, and extollng the attractions
of that region:
The Red river valley is a rich, monoton-
GUS valley, in fertile prairie, with a small
belt of timber skirting he stream. 1t COM
prises an area Of 3S,0UC, 900 acres. File most
striking feature in il is its direction. A
large river running north Is new geo.
graphical phenomenon to US OF the States.
The statement has been often made, but it
never ceases to impress, that On the North
Pacific in one day you cross the waters
emprying into the Gulf of St. Lawrence,
the Gulf OF Mexico, and HudsoI's Bay.
The Importance OF this river is its connec-
ton with Manitoba and all the fertile un-
worked country on the Saskatchewan. In
fact, all the supplies for that portion
of British America and the Hudson
Bay stations, even TO Fort Edmonton
and the Rocky Mountain House, come by the
North Pacific and the Red river. The
duties alone on the freight for this region
amounted last year at Duluth to over five
hundred thousand dollars, and in six
months five million pounds Of freight were
carried. A gentleman from Fort Garry
told me that formerly he was three weeks
in reaching that place from the American
settlements, while now he was only three
days. He Gays nothing can surpass the fer
tility of the Red river valley near Fort
Garry; the crops Of wheat are enormous.
and the gardens equal to the best English
gardens. they are all hoping to have
connection of their own now direct with
Canada by . railroad from Fort Garry,
around Lake Winnepeg east to Lake Su-
the Canadian railroad system.
Your readers have already heard that
eighteen million dollars have been
pledged by the British government for
this, in part as Endorsement Of bonds
and as Compensation for claims for
Fenian raids. I find the Canadians have
great faith in the ultimate building of the
Canadian Pacific, but how that or even
this other road could be supported as yet is
difficult to see. as the whole population Of
this region does not exceed 10000. Rail
roads in new countries seem often like other
works Of ciyilization--O be made 10 enrich
posterity, while they impoverish their con-
structors. In this case, however, the Brit
ish government would probably aid the
construction for political reasons. And 10
doubt an empire is opening in the new
Northwest Of which most persons at dis
tance have little conception.
To those emigran1s who can cefy mos
Guitoes in summer andsevere cold in winter
this region offers great attractions. The
yield OF wheat will average twenty bushels
to the acre, and often reaches thirty-tve or
forty bushels. Good lands can be bought
in q ''cOlony" near the read for four to
seven dollars al acre. Similar wheat lands
in Illinois would be worth twenty-five dol
lars, and in Iowa fifteen dollars an acre; vet
these are nearer port of export lDuluthl
than the best lands OF Illinois Or Iowa are
to Chicago. 1t is a remarkable instance CT
the profits OF wheat raising in Minnesota
that scientific farmer, Mr.. Dalrymple,
near st. Paul, has mace during the past ten
years an average net profit Of ten dollars
per acre on two thousand acres. or twenty
thousand dollars per annum. OF course,
small wheat growers could not expect SO
large az average profit. Many advantages
are offered to the cololist here in the settle
lnents already begur. Glyndon. Tevoil,
Hawley. Morehead, and Fargo are villages
apparently well founded. 4 considerable
town must spring Up eventually on the Red
river.
From this it Will he seen that we shall
have to preach small farms, light taxes
and obedieoce to lawfo. some time longer.
What is our State immigration Bureau
doing on this subject: VIII any one aa-
swer?