, 1873-03-20
Our Nexv Population

It Is agreed on all hands that largo additions
layo boon mado to our population sincs tho tigo
The questions where have the people come from
aud what aro they doing aro both interesting and
important. Mechanics engaged in every depart
ment Of building have mado much tho larger ad-
ditions to our city CENSUS. Attracted by tho
largo demand for labor, with good wages, thoy
layo focRod hero from all parts OF tho country,
aud many lavo como from Europe, Judging tlat
it would bo good timo for them to cast in their
lot among .,s. OF course, n corresponding num-
bor OF laboror8 have also come to the city,
aud have found ready naa profitable
employment. Whom the Immediate pressure for
building is over, as 1t must bo in q year Or two
moro, and tho city returns to its normal growth,
few Of thoso laborora and mechanics will loavo
us. Tho surplus will find employment III our
manufacturing Embellishments, will establish
themselves in sonle kind Of trade, and in yaTi-
oua ways manage to 1.-Two in md onioy the newly
built city, which their induntry aud skill hayo
contributed to ro-crcato,
It may DO doubted whethor we layo NOR
chants, manufacturers, mud professional men
enough to fill all tho buildings that lavo
beou put up In tho burnt district ainco
tho fire. Many Of our proporty-owners
are anxiously canyassing this subject If they
1t will bo no permanent dotri.nont to the city.
Tint would cauao cheap ronts and encourage
businass mon from othor cities to locate bore.
Where they aro likely to como from, tho OK
porence of tho past will sufficiently Indicate
AL Our older citizons, going back to tho ycara
from 1869 to 1860, will remember 1t ns period
OF remarkable increase to tile buBness ropu1a-
ton Of tho city. Chicago WaH thou compara-
lively small, and low coraers woro tho moro
readily noticed. While Romo came from tic
| Eastorn States and cities, much tho greater
number camo from surrounding towns
mud cites. Niles. Kalamazoo, aud other
towns in Michigan; Michigan City, La-
| porto, sud other p1aces in Indiana; Galena,
Ottawa, Peoria, aud gcoroa of other towns in our
own State; Boloit, Janesville, KonoBha, and
! noghboring townn in Wisconsin Burlington,
al othcr citios in Iowa, all contributed Aborally
Of toir most entorprlslng citizens to give num-
bers aud onorgy, woalth anu progross to ChtoRgo.
Thoy llayo uoen doing 30 over since. Business
and professional mon, in all the surrounding
country, having acquired some wealth and &
general acquaintance with merchants and donl-
ors near thcm 1nako up their minds correctly that
ii they come to this city they can hold tho trade
| they already haye, and, from this con-
tral distributing point, thoy can OK.
teud 1t widely in oil directions, And bosidoa
thoy have families growing up, and thoy wish
thona to have the advantages Of tho highest cul-
turo and enjoyment. Tho money, therefore. ill.
vested In al opora-llouse and other places oi
amusement, and, il honestly and judtciousl,
o1re,dea, In our parks and bouleyards, vii!
yield worry large roturn in the wealth, popula
ton, aud progress Of tho city
Tho additions to our oity from foreign coun
tries arc largo and steady, aud. as rulo, they
arc not at once noticed In tho larger
aud moro conspicuous departments oi
businoss. They find positions at hra
mainly In housoa already established. IT
u worry fow yoars they hnye acquired ou1
language, and knowledge OF our oustolnt
and business, and tako loading Positions In At
particular department Of manufacturing or bual