The Russellville Democrat., 1875-06-24
Where Shall the Emigrant Go

| OJner ScctiOno WOoe VI Mountains. According to all ac. counts not less than twenty thous- and have passed throu Omaha since the 1st of Mare elusive of first and second class travel Meanwhile reports from Califor- nia .show- that these emigrants will be terribly disappointed in the state of affairs they will find there. In their estimate of that favored region, they have for gotten to take into consideration the large and fast increasing Chi nese population with whose la Dor they will have to compete 1 California IS still the sane mag nificent State it ever was, the same bland atmosphere inyelops it, there is plenty of rich produc- tive land to be had, it is said, and the soil still produces with al most boundless profusion. But this one thing, Chinese labor spells it all for the poor white man going there to better his con dition. Probably the most of those going there this year will return if they can.
 The sad visitations from grass hoppers in several sections this side of the Rocky Mountains within the past two years, will render emigrants doubtful about settling in that part of the west. Besides, those opportunities for a poor man to better his condi- tion, that existed when Greeley gave his famous advice, ''Go west, young man; go vest" exists no longer. If a man can better his condition by going he will, very likely, be able to live anywhere else just as we'll.
 Under this condition of things it cannot be long before the tide of emigration will turn south ward with as. great flow, perhaps, as it ever went westward. If the conditions have changed against immigration in great portion of the west, they also have changed in favor of it in the South. Twen ty years ago and over, when land was so cheap in the west, that men could find it without having to have guide and geographical chart, it was too dear in most parts of the south to encourage settlers. Neither were settlers then wanted in the south. But all over the south, within easy reach of good markets, farms are now offered at prices and on terms within the reach of all. The Sonth is favored by nature far be- yond any other portion of the United States. In some portions the productions of northern eli mate flourish on the same farm with those of the south. Here is what was said last week by the Gallatin, (Tenn.) Examiner; "The planters of the Yazao Val ley intend to convince the coun, try this season that wheat can be profita- ply grown in the heart of the cot ton belt" Mention is made one lot of two hundred and forty acres then already being harvested, the yield sof which was estimated at thirty bushel per acre. Several other planters in that vicinity al so cultivated wheat with such success that wheat growing in the Yazoo Valley seems to be regard ed as certain to be more profita- ble than cotton growing. There is, indeed, no doubt but that the South almost every where will sup port a greater variety of produc- tions than any other part ofthe United States, except perhaps, California, while the markets are generally as good as those in the North. Such splendid opportuni- ties cannot remain long without attracting attention; but it will not do for the people to wait, thinking to find them after the south has recovered from her present depressed condition. They need not expect always to go there and buy homes for $2,O00, which perhaps cost $s,- 900 or $l0,000 before the war, and others in proportion. Only those who go and help resuscitate