The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1877-03-26
fHE DAILY KTELL|CE\CER.
Monday. March 90, 1877.

WAR SHALL VIZ Do WITT Them
rhs indications are now that the irnmi-
.r..,on to this Territory during the
Gaming .eason will be far in excess Of
tia. IT all previous years in our histo-
% As the spring advances they come
aoekinc from every quarter. from the
r.nic. stricken States Of the East; from
he blighted grasshopper districts Of the
Vest aud the drouth- pinehef plains of
california, all, for the u.ost part poor.
l1. bale. able and willing 10 work.
The steamship Panama, which arrived
here On Saturday. brought crowd Of
"a Of this class of immigrants to our
r;.y. The Dakota. which arrived ten
dsy. previous. brought up from the
soest metropolis quite as large crowd,
and on the next steamer, possibly, q
larger number will arrive. Our streets
are now crowded with new corners, and
one encounters strange faces on every
hand A few are middle aged men,
uho come with their families; but
these are only small minority of the
Whole number. The majority are young
men who have not yet reached the mer-
dian OF life, aud they are. in the aggre-
esse, mostly strong, bale and hearty
mep, drilled to hard work. reared
10 industry. intelligent, frugal aud
in this respect most desirable class
But most Of them come like hundreds
who have come before them. simply III
cues. Of employment, aac like the
crowd who rush off to the gold fields,
bent upon making "a stake" only. They
hare, as a general thing, exhausted all
their means in the expenses Of the long
journey Of reaching here, and, so to
speak, are dead broke" and i'll urgent
need Of immediate and remunerstive
employment. But how is that t. be
hads This class Of immigration has
besn Sc Iarge-so much the rule rather
than the exception. as it should be.
for the interests of the country
that our labor market has
t,come over-s,ocked. There are
great numbers of mechanics and labor
ing men out Of employment here, and
the more common the labor, tho less
demand is there for their services But
when they once obtain employment
here. however. they receive good
wages. and at the worst. the same class
is much better off here than in Cali
fornia or at the East. Under the cir
our citizens should do all
they can TO assist them to employment,
and it is to be hoped that they
will in every way be given the
preference in all branches of la
Dor over the Chinese Many Of
them are young men who. when they
obtain employm mt. will work indus
triously for few years. save their
earnings, and then expend their time
and means in improving our wild
lands and making homes for them
selves. Though we wish this class of
immigrants success. aud extend 10 them
4 kindly welcome, yet We cannot hold
out to them any very flatteriug induce
ments. for the reason that, in proper
ton to our population. we have already
too large Number dependent solely
upon their daily earnings. We need u
different class of immigrants-men who
can bring With them u small amount OF
capital; men. who like the early set
tiers Of the West. are willing to strike
ont on our rich lands and hew them
selves out farm. In short. men who
csn come here aud 90 to work fer
themselves Immediately. There is no
portion of the Union that can offer
such inducements TO immigrants of this
class ss our Territory offers to-day
We have thousands of acres of the
richest bottom and prairie lands yet 10
be taken But the time 10 not far dis
tant hen this Land will all be in the
hands of actual settlers. aud the land
that is now going at the Government
price of 50 80. will then lac worth
f-om $50 to 800 per acre.