The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1875-10-07
DALLAS, TEXAS.
THURSDAY MORNING :::::: OCT I.
I'M MIGRATION.
ought the State to Establish IL bureau ?

The chief objection to Bureau OF
immigration, originating as usual
with extremists of the "retrenchment
and reform party" is the expense OF
its machinery to the State. The OBJ
jectors are none of them opposed in a
downright way to any scheme of set
Ting up the State with Industrious far
mers and mechanics, provided always
that ii can be done "without expense
to the taxpayers" The argument is,
ifpeople want to come to Texas let
them come; they know what Texas IL
already, are perfectly well posted and
will leone, in sufficient numbers without
any effort from US to teach them the
way, These gentlemen know Texas
and the advantages of the various To-
callties in the State SO well themselves,
that they think all the world is as well
informed as they are. They remind
one of the boy who was greatly aston
i0hed that everybody was not ac-
quainted with his father, for he knew
him 'J,tst as ea'yU The assumption
is that the people in the older States
need no information from this State
are In want Of no inducements what
ever, TO bring them here, and especial
ly do not require the Office of any
agents or Bureau of Immigration at
the States charge, to encourage them
to make their homes in Texas. This
is n false assumption, and is
only made use of to cover up
n niggardly economy-an economy
which, when analysed, will be any
thing but true economy. A large pro-
portion of the people in the older
States know very little of our State.
The fame of its magnificent territory,
its boundless praries and vast wood
lands, Its rich soil and genial climate,
and its great and varied advantages in
IA general way, has of course reached
the most of them. But that informn-
ton in detail which all emlgrants de-
mand to know on determining to
change their homes, and which can
only be impaired to them by SYSTEM
attic effort, is a sealed book to them,
ana 1t cannot be opened except through
organized agencies. The industrious
farmer or mechanic, having accumu-
lated just enough means to transport
himself and his family to new home
and to set himself up in the country of
his choice, has not had the time and
opportunity to post himself as to the
advantages of particular localities, and
needs the aid of an honest, accredited
agent of the State to give him prompt
and reliable information The rich
and the more generally intelligent
and well informed in many in
stances, need no appliances of the
kind. This class can always find
their way without special aid
from any source, and If such constitu-
ted the bulk of our emigration to all
new States, there would be no need OF
BureauX Gf immigration anywhere
But this class are so well fixed at home
that few of them are inclined to try
the experiment of n change of habita-
ton. IL is the poor who make up the
great moving tide; and by these we do
not mean penniless and idle indi-
gents who add nothing to the wreath OF
any nation. We refer of course to that
great mass of people-men of moderate
means, sober and Industrious, with
honest avocations and persistent pur-
pose In life-that class which has been
80 often styled "the bone and sinew of
the land" and who, in fact, are the
basis of the true wealth aud prosperity
of every State. These are the people
that Texvs needs it Is indeed the pav.
amount requirement of the State tc
people the land with race Just such
rs these. rue.statesmanship in Texas
demands friendly legislation on this
most important subject, at this partic.
ulor time, and our new Constitution
should provide for such legislation.
True, these emigrants are coming at
each returning year "three hundred
thousand strong,p but the tide should
be increased until our whole land shall
be filled with population of working
men, and the area of cultivation en-.
larged to the utmost boundaries
OF the State. 1t Is work
OF slow growth at the best.
in a State with u territory 80 vast ms
ours, and every reasonable appliances
should DO brought to bear to encourage
and hasten the work. 1t is a work Of
true economy. Three hundred thous.
and people annually added to our non.
ulation, II they bring but a surplus q,
ten dollars apiece, swells the green.
backs OF the State three millions q
year. Then with the labors of theii
strong arms, the annual production,
are SO much enlarged, so many new
homes are planted, 80 much new land
has yielded to the pressure OF the
pillow, 50 many new farmsare whit.ned
with cotton, and made yellow with
wheat, that the taxable values Of tn,
State are heavily increased aud thos,
OF us who have been here so long will
soon begin to feel that our burdens ar,
s'adually diminishing, the hold of tn,
D YAK collector upon us Is by degrees be
lnE lOoaenad. and u,i,ii.4 ~