The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1877-10-28
OUTLETS FOE LABoR and CAPITAL.
New York Sun. Oct. ls.

There bave recently been a number of
departures from this port of mechanics and
artisans for England and Scotland. On
Wednesday, October 10, one hundred stone
cuttors left for Eagiard by the steamer
Elysia They are engaged tn work on the
new Law Court buildings in London. An
other hundred viii leave this week.
WhI,c . here in America are once more
started on the road to more prosperous
times, in EDglaud the most intense business
depression etii( prevails. If we may believe
the London Times, the nation, 'es q whole
like many individuals, has not, CONNER
ciaiiy speaking, yet eeen the worst. The
temporary Influences which carry a few
artisans from America to England will soon
cease to be operative. If, under the indus
trial discouragements of the last four or
five years, European immigra ion has
greatly fallen off-and had it continued as
of old it would have been to our laboring
classes an unmitigated evil-no apprehen-
sion need be entertained that it will reach a
POINT of depression which will stimulate
emigration from these United States to Eu-
rope. It is impossible that the interna-
tionRl flow of population should take this
turn. We believe, outside of a few
great cities. no part of our country can at
present afford to dispense with labor of
any kind.
The labor that should be tillng the earth
and opening up the waste places among US,
has been diverted into overcrowded and
unsuited channels. There are millions OF
acres of land all over the South and West
that with moderate cultivation will alwaye
yield q comfortable living to the iaboring
man, and more frequently a profitable re.
muneration besides. The workingmen OF
our overcrowded cities are realizing that
agriculture ia the best remedy for hard
times. as is evidenced by the fact that i'm
migration societies are forming, and lands
are being purchased and settled in the
South and West. A notable instance O
what we advance may be found in the
Kansas Colony" an organization of Bal
timore workingmen who have formed
colonization society for emigration to Kan
sas. The success of an enterprise of thi
description depends entirely upon th
character, energy, and industry of thOs
engaged in 1t. Kansas is a great field 70
ind dastFi0us, frugal people who are willing
to put up with little hard work at first
The Swiss colony which settled on Cum
beriand mountain, Tennessee, in 1873, ha
been very successful. 1t consists of II
families, making a company of about ~
people. They purchased 10000 acres c
mountain land at 81 per acre, and now
though only four years have elapsed, eac
head of family has comfortable home
| There 10 a large store managed by til
colony, members of which get good
| from 1t at wholesale cost. The colo
nists already have dairics and cheea
| factories in succeseful operation, aud a
| their products lind ready sale aud comman
| high prices. They have splendid herds {
| cattle, and their barns are built as CAREFUL
| as their houses, Thero is also colony
Swiss near Greenville, S. c., about as larg
az the Tennessee colony, and 1T is repCrte
to be proeperiug finely. Ii such result
can be achieved by the Swiss In the shol