The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1878-01-19
Official Press OF King County.
Saturday, Jan. 10. 1873.
THE IMMIGRATION CUES
TON.

Believing that Washington Territory
only requires population to enable 1t
to become, ultimately, the richest of
the Pacific States, we are prone to dis
cuss all questions vergins upon immi-
grafton and the development of the
land we call our home. We find the
following in the San Francisco Bulletin
which explains the reason why Utah
grew and gained populs.ion, notwish-
standing she had No outlet on the high
seas and no way Of selling her produce
save to the Oregon and California trav-
elers Who passed through her confines:
1T has always been known that poor
immigrants were aided by fund. But
its extent. or the principle on which it
is administered, was not 80 generally
known. The Herald says that the
names and suretics of 1900 persons
appear OH the books as delinquent to
this fund. in an aggregate Of more than
a million dollars 1t appears that the
principal fund is loaned to aid persons
in coming TO the country, but the re-
payment is pledged both by the Dor.
rover and surety. The capital is
thus turned over continually. The ex-
tent Of the immigrant fund is indicated
by the amount which is delinquent
The larger number Of immigrants have
paid up 1t is claimed that many. even
among the delinquents, have become
wealthy. When it is noted that the
Mormons always have Q number Of
preachers In the fieln. especially in Eu-
rope. who are gathering companies Of
immigrants, and that there is q perpet-
ual fundsto aid them in coming to Utah
the perfection of the organization is ap-
parent. Its operations never cease, and
its fund, though delinquent in q mil.
lion dollars, never gives out. The
money is always going out and coming
in. The 10000 delinquents will disap.
pear from the books, and 9th er debtors
recorded"
The wealth of our Territory in agri-
cultural and mineral products was new.
er SO palpab!e as to-day. yet we are
doing nothing to attract people to US.
When they come we bid them welcome.
and that is the end of it; but what are
we doing toward attracting them hith-
err Nothing all. We need organi-
cation, and without it no permanent
benefit can be derived by our Territory.
Once get an association thoroughly or
ganized aud its benefits will be appar-
rent to all classes in the community,
The work can DO simplified very easily
by dividing the Territory into two dis
tricts with their head offices Ut Waiis
Walla and Seattle. The class of people
most desirable for the Puget Sound
country would be men from the ATTAIN
tic sea -board, familiar with the inter.
ests of those states; while the men who
would immigrate from the broad prai-
ries OF the Mississippi valley. would
find the plains of the Columbia basin
moro eongeniai to them as homes.
Puget Sound wants fisherman from
Connecticut, Rhode Island and New
Jersey; and although large portion of
her iumberman are from Maine and
Minnesota, yet there is plenty of room
Tor more. She wants dairymen from
Massachusetts. Vermont and Western
New York; and IL few iron-mongers
from the land OF the redoutable Kelly.
whose pig iron arguments resisted even
the hot shot and shell of tho pugnacious
little Sammy Cox. We cannot yet
that class Of labor here merely by writ
ing newspaper articles aud melting the
papers marked with red crayon. We
have already had seine experience in
that line. We must organise society,
appoint agents in the greater Eastern
cities, and when we ascertain through
such agents that Jonn Doe or Richard
Roe is an industrious man and good
citizen, whose presence here would bs
advantageous to us. send him the suouey
to come here. and take his note. pay
able in one year with interest st 6 per
cent. This is something after the
Utaa plan.
There Is very easy way to reach
this matter. Form an Association q
an annual membership Of tsn dollars
per year. payable whenever the follow
ing number Of members were reached
in the counties hereafter named:
King. 100
Pierce sn
Auutstou. ......-.. ........ so
ANassap Oh
Snohomish 40
y oatcom. ........ ........... 20
AsAauu. go. 20
Jefferson 20
csto Sutu. 20
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