The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1875-04-14
THE WESTWARD sEdw OF mai
oRATION. FL

Judging from the experience OF the
laStfhree' or four weeks the emigration
TO the Pacific Coast this season will
be beyond oil precedent since
the days OF the California gold fever.
There are various causes which tend
TO produce this large influx of popula-
eon. The intense cold of the past
winter in the Eastern and Western
States. the stagnation in trade, Pro-
ducing / scsfcity Of employment, and
o reduction in the rates of wages;
these things would naturally induce
the laboring class to look to emigration
as means of lettering their condition
We ithink, however, the cause which
above all others is flooding the sister
State Of California with ernigrahts,
consists in the fact that number
of agents, in the employ of California
land owners and railroad companies,
are engaged In the east circulating by
means of pamphlets ands through the
columns Of eastern. journals, glowing
and 5verdrawn pictures of the adj
vantages offered BY California to the
working man.. That the adjoining
State is capable of accommodating and
supporting all who are now seeking
homes within her borders, no one will
attempt to deny. If there were among
the emigrants fair proportion Of capt.
talists, Who BY their enterprise would
create q demand for labor, no evil
would befaH sho laboffng class. tbs
fact, however, is beyond dispute. that
the emigrants consist almost exclusively
of poor people, dependent upon
manual labor for support, and by false
reports they have been enticed to the
Pacific slope. There are few States IN
the Union where the labor market is
more sglutted than California. On
reaching San F4ncisco, the bright sis
ions which have danced before the emf.
grant are rudely dissipdted, and want
stares him in the face. He sisg offered
board and lodging for his services,
with the alternative OF walking the
streets, destitute and frisndless. A few
Of these dupes attempt to tramp their
way back east, and they may be met
with almost sverye day Of the week
begging meal in the streets of Win
nemucca. We know of an instance re-
Gently IN which three applications for
a meal were made by these INDECENT
emigrants at private house in this
town in the course of one hour. Tbis
back-set of emigrations small tAouga
it be in comparison with the great
westward flow, is nevertheless signifi.
cant. It1elis OF supsfaBGndant labor
of disappointment and distress in the
Golden State. q We tcannDts Sid Ian
guage strong enough to express our
condensation of the action of those
moneyed corporations. who by fla
grant and willful misrepresentation
have decoyed, and are still decoying.
thousands OF victims from their homes
in the eastto California. there to find
by costly experience that the struggle
for existence y Issg ssernlI rpon, Hths
Pacific Coast as in the more populous
States. they have left behind. II il
time the truth was known. No real
good can result from. this excessive
emigration It has been gotten up by
interested parties, who, to crafty their
meroenA0 spirit. do NOT hesitate 10
entail suffering and want upon thous;
ands of their FELLOW men: The States
and Territories of the Pacific Coast are
capable II Iustainidg a steady influx of
population. but not such An imme nse
rush % that now. prevailing Should
the present ratio Of emigration be
maintained throughout the summer
aud there Ia every reason to bslisvs
that it, will-tAe MISERY and distress
in California next winter will be APP
paihng. soLSsl h Ce cor