The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1877-09-01
GARRETT Co., Md, Aug. q, 1871.

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ed discomfort existing between great
and their employees, is
the fact of important changes in the
distribution of population which is
now herded to the detriment Of many
sections. 1t is but common sense
that rejecting men should concur in
the opinion that during the last ten
or more years the influx of labOrers
has been 50 great through certain
portions of the country as not only to
produce grave reductions in the rates
Of wages, but reduce the demand for
work to an appeal for bread and life.
The scope and life Of enormous traf-
tics, corporations and industrial
marts have languishcd under a strain
and contraction uncXampled in our
history, till the eastern cities are
sWarming with thousands, ready and
willing to labor but for whom no en-
plOymcnt may be found. The press
vi lllC ICllN lttlll NdllS Win oldNC'
mentS to sub5tantiate this truth, and
in many of the city journals we begin
to see the remedy the natural emer-
gencies of the difficulties are forcing
before the puDlic-migratiOn to dis
triCta less densely populated. At
New York, Baltimore and other
great cities these movements are in
actual progress. The city Of Pitts
burgh, Pa, is to lose ten thousand i'll
a single migration to the far-aWay
lands Of the West.
1t is clear, Mr.. Editor, that the
hour is at hand, in which all who
hold the material interest and future
prosperity of our scantily populated
county at heart, should, for the ben
eft Of all classes, explain to the pub
lie how these people seeking distant
and unfriendly parts as last resort,
may obtain homes in a climate and
among people more cOngenial to
themselves. Is it consistent with rea-
son and the known prOCliyitieS of
the inhabitants of the eastern states
that they should be borne in the
sweep of the western tide to the un-
certaintieS of the frontier and the
hunting ground Ofthe red man, while
lands so vast and fertile as are now
within the limits Of Garrett county,
are for sale and inviting the indus
tries of tho pioneer to them? How
many thousand acres Of valuable
unsettled land has Garrett county in
the market to-day" An honest an
swer would sorely impinge the pride
of every granger Of which this new
county can boast. But a few days
since we saw most desirable tract of
about five or six hundred acres, ex-
cellently located about four miles
from the Baltimore and Ohio railroad
each acre worth richly eight dol
lars to the farmCr-gO down under
the crier'5 hammer for three dOii0rS
per acre Sales of 4 like nature are
of frequent occurrence, and our cOun-
ty papers are full Of advertisements
of improved as well as unimprOved
land. One Of these tracts advertised
for Rale constitutes oyer forty th0us-
and acres-alm2st county in itself.
1t lies on each side Of the railroad, is
well timbered, Watercd and suited to
farming purposes, and is being sold
and surveyed in farms Of size as pur-
chasers desire, for cash or on contracts
under the most accommodating
terms. Another tract, superior i'll
extent to an English dukedom,
known as the "McCullOch lands" is
for sale. with coal and other minerals
of untold value. At various points
the coal crops out of the mountains.
Numerous farms of different sizes
have been sold from these large tracts
and purchasers are successfully meet
ing their annual payments by pro.
auctions from the purchased grounds.
The soil of the county responds read
lily to the culture of corn, w heat, rye,
oats, potatoes, buckWheat &C., and is
peculiarly ada pied to the growth OF
grass. AS a locality for health we
may challenge comparison wi tn any
part of the globe. Let the imcredu-
lOus meet one of our resident ,DhySi-
clans, look the doctor attenti vely in
the face, and enquire as to the gen.
eral health Of our people, and in the
despair of that face we will have a
pleasing commentary upon the eX-
ccllenciCs of the climate. In truth,
the large and tlourishing summer re-
sorts situated in the county, though
of but recent erection, are attract ing
the patronage Of most Of the sta ties
Of the Union.
These are a few Of the many in
ducements this neglected section
holds out to settlers, and it appears
Sclf.evident that publication of the
unvarnished facts among the multi
tudes contemplating removal to dis