The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1875-01-19
Emigration viewd from a Farm.
ers Standpoint.
HAY CREEK, Ian. Il, 1875.

To the Editor Of The Grange Adrance:
DEAR SIR wish through the
medium of your valuable paper, to
lay before its readers few remarks
-, the subject Of emigration, as
viewed from farmers standpoint {:
All the reading portion of the
community must be we'll aware that
our Legislature has, for number
of years been in the habit of do
mating thousands of dollars for the
purpose of aiding, assisting, and en-
ticing, both foreigners and natives
to come and settle in this State. It
is prevailing opinion that supply
and demand govern the price of
our wheat. If this be admitted, let
rs see, whether the wheat producer
or the wheat consumer reaps the
most advantage by increasing emil
grafton, on the hypothesis that sup
ply and demand govern the price.
When the demand is greater than
the supply, the consumer has to pay
more on that account. When sup
ply is in excess of the demand, the
producer never fails to receive less
than the cost Of production. Ac-
cordlng to the above, who recievs
the benefit Of overproduction? Most
certainly the consumer, therefore it
is evident that the producer is not
benefited by en'igrants, pouring in
and thereby increasing supply over
demand, which decreases the price
of our wheat. While the farmers are
the majority Of the tax payers in
the State, they must pay the major
portion of increased taxes made so
by all donations to aid emigrants,
which is nothing more nor less than
farmers paying higher tax for the
privilege Of having their wheat re-
duced in price. From the above
no one need infer that farmers are
opposed to emf grants coming to
this State Tor the country. But
rather the farmers are in favor when
they do come of having them treat
ed as free white men ought to be
treated, and not as slaves there are
enough of slaves here already.
Has not all the art and ingenuity
Of man been engaged to portray the
superior merits of our State; setting
forth its productive soil, it's genial
climate, its pleasant summers and
bracing winters, its life preserving
and invigorating qualities for man
and beast; holding it out as a pana.
cea for all the ills that human be.
ing are subject to, as the Goshen
of the United States, as a land
flowing with milk and honey. In
fact, all the inticing words of mans
wisdom has been made use of. Fol
what purpose? TO entice as it is
termed: the poor down-trodden o.
every nationality on the face of the
earth, to come to this free country
"The land of the free and the home
of the brave" Which is, in reality
the home Of the slave and the lane
of the knave~ 1t cannot be denied
but that every honest able bodied
man Though poor, with a medium
portion OF physical strength, anc
willing to use it, is benefit to thu
State at large, and all who come
and bring, in addition to the above
intelligence and capital are still NOR,
beneficial, there is no question
There is room for ALL Yet it i
we'll known that thousands upo1
thousands are enticcd to our shore
by pamphlets and emigrant agent
all using tlowery language to con
vince them that the country is tn
Eldorado of the world, in fact moth
ing short of Paradice itself.
The questions suggest themselves
When the ,aoor an,;nrants azz;,.a O