Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1875-12-14
IMMIGRATION.

IMMIGRATION.
/. Ld;to,s Press an0 Ddh'otdid1a:--l !
Dakota should receive $4,000 i'm. +
migration for 1876. This may seem
large number to many, but il they
will consider the great Inducements
that Dakota holds out to persons inn
migrating that number will appear
small. Nebraskalcceived almost that
number during her grasshopper year.
Dakota offers far more inducements
to immigration than Nebraska aside
from the rich gold field she possesses.
To secure such large immigration
requires work. And much Of that
work is the advertising to the world
Of our splendid crops Of this year
An intelligent farmer from New
Hampshire who has Just visited Da-
kota remarked, chat it surprised him
that New Hampshire Was ever settled
when ,'::"ro was so much better land
unsettled N :bc vest" The same
/! ge,i...c,nan said !.e saw no wheat or
corn liz low. equal to that in Dakota.
Now Iowa has received very large
immigration during the last year on
account Of her large crops for-l ss4
Let our remarkable crop for 1873 be
lthoroughly advertised and Dakota
will get all the immigration she can
take care of. Again, we have the
advantages Of advertising the terri
tory in connection with the. Black
Hills. A gentleman writing from
Boston says, 81 have made up my
mind to make<my home in the far
west, and in consideration of the
Black Hills gold fever have deter.
mined upon Dakota Thousands of
others will come to Dakota for the
same reason. But we must keep our
advantages before the people. "A
Large immigration is .proportionately
much more cheaply: secured than .
smaller number, for the reason thai
emigrants are inclined to follow the
crowd. Once get the main stream
!, turned Dakotawards and it will tax.
care of itself. THIS has been illustrs
, ted in Kansas prior to 1875, and ii
-Elowa and Kansas last year. Now t
! get $4,000 immigration for 1876
, / every man in the territory shoul
make himself an emigrant agent
We do not mean by this that h
should start off east to hunt up EN-
grants, but he can at trifling COS
send back to his acquaintances som
!, paper or pamphlet containing SOM
$ thing about the crops or advantage
J Of the territory. You may thin
!. there is board Of immigration who's
C duty it is 10 attend to all this, b,
y that board Of immigration has M
is money enough to get up one goo
!. large colony, much less to send doc
:, :, mcnts all over the country; beside
N they do not know your acquaintance
r their knowledge Of names even
= very limited, unless they 60 to Il
directories, and they only give Il
names of persons living in the cite
The only way to reach the farme
:, the persons whom we want the mo
is through the farmers Of Dakota
en- They all know the names Of maj
We farmers in the states from when
be be they came, and if they will only ma
We q speciality Of sending back 10 tho
ny such information about our large GRO
MI MI for the next six months We will ha
nee plenty of the right kind Of mmig,
ton in 1876. The person to who
the you send the information may ne,
to come. to Dakota, but he may 81
ice, Ct your document to some person who
!. emigrsting, and il may be the. mca
.r1s ,ns Of bringing him to the territory,
gis- large immigration is very bene6c
the to all, and will pay hundred f
he ano = the cost of advertising. 1t will 4
tock nish the former home market at
J. nurnerative prices for his abund
d . To- surplus crops, and give stimu
COL. Ito all lialinds Of h.a;naes WA