The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1877-08-23
"H0MEs FOR THE UNHMpL0YEDn

"HOAEs FOR THE UNEMPLOYED" !
Under the above heading, we find
letter in the Chicago Tribune, of Aug.
18th, written by F. q. Taylor, who is
still working to send settlers to our
beautiful prairie lands. We wish to
say, for Mr.. Taylor's encouragement,
~ that we have this year splendid
crop which has been harvested in good
condition; ~ that the grasshoppers
have done little or no damage here
and are not depositing eggs this year.
The great enemy, which has checked
our development for four years, is at
last conquered BY a thousand and one
natural enemies, and, according to all
past experience, We may count upon ex-
emption from the locust for series of
years to come. The following is Mr..
Taylor's letter:
To the Editor of theTribune:-
In the editorial under the a.
bove heading in your issue of yesterday
appears what is in my opinion the only
feasible plan or proper way to help the
WOrklngmen who are disposed to help
themselves, viz: ''Colonization.'
have been indirectly pecuniarily in
terested in colonization for several
years, and my observations, with facts
and figures I have collected in this
country and Europe, show that the on
~ permanent or substantial assistance
that has ever been rendered to any
large number of workingmen at any
one time or occasion, in this country
or Europe, has been by or through COL
Onizati0n with the combination Of cap
ital and labor.
Furnishing labor for few weeks
or months to workingmen does but lit
tie good; it Is but q temporary affair.
and at the end of such period they
are as badly off as ever.
There are thousands Of farmers in all
of our Western States who will bear
testimony to the fact that their pros
perity is due to colonization.
1t is probable that but few of the
readers of your paper are familiar with
the details Of colonization, or know
how the rich as we'll as the poor can be
benefited thereby.
Twill not presume to encroach upon
your valuable columns enough to ex-
plain the same without your request or
permission, but will say that if there
are any ''philanthropists or capital
ists' who are disguised to invest money
in farming lands and improvements,
there are thousands of men in this CITY
who will pay them to per cent. per
annum OH the capital so invested and
start Immediately. The capitalist
would of course hold the title to the
lands and improvements until the far
mer pays in full for the same,
1t is not necessary to go far from the
Missouri River, or south of Chicago.
ormore than ten or Is miles from rail-
road towns where there are churches.
schools, stores, warehouses. etc., etc.
The section OF country refer to is
Northern Iowa, Southern Minnesota,
Northeastern Nebraska, and South
western Dakota. There is not better
wheat or stock country in the United
States, and, rs the grlsshoppers have
been there for the past four years, they
will probably not visit that section Of
country again during the next twenty
or thirty years, Which is proven by the
history Of the grassl,opper for the past
fifty years.
Choice prairie lands located as above
can De OOughC at w to SIS per acre.
What is safer as an investment. and if
alternate sections are settled upon and
improved by q colony limits become
more valuable every year.
l shall he glad to furnish you or any
of your readers with the details REFER
red to.
The workingmen are to my knowledge
ready to go, the railroad compa3 MES are
willing to furnish them TRANSPORTATION
at minimum rate; all that is needed is
for the ''philanthropists and capital
lists" to vindicate their Willingness to
do something in such an enterprise.
Very respectfully, F. G. TAYLOR.
ST. p. SIS c. AND s G. &sT p RAIL,