The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1878-07-23

Official Press Of King County
Tuesday, July %, 1878.
LOOKING TO THE COUNTRY

The hundreds OF unemployed who
crowd our cities are now Of common &C
cord turning their eyes wistfully to-
ward the country. To them, city life
has been completely Invested of the at
fractions with which their fancy once
clothed it. Many of them during the
days Of flush speculative excitement
consequent upon the war left their
quiet country homes for the fancied
ease and wealth of metropolitan life,
and becoming utterly discouraged with
the present uninvitiDg prospect arc
thoroughly convince Of the superior
advantages of life upon the farm over
city existence. They have found to
their disappointment that it is not all
gold that gltters, and are willing at
least to turn attention to tilling the
soil for support Hundreds of this class
are now moving out of the over
crowded cities of the East. aud many
of them heading westward to make
homes in the fertile valleys and among
the verdant foot hills of the Pacific
slope We fluid among them intelligent
mechanics. broken down merchants, and
clerks and business men of all classes.
They arc . valuable acquisition to any
agricultural district. Their schooling
in accurate accounts and promptness,
their knowledge of trade. markets and
city customs, give them u great advan-
tsge in the management of the bust
ness Of the farm, and they are certain
10 be far more successful than their less
experienced neighbors, as it requires
brains, business tact and qualifications
to farm successfully as we'll as to con-
duct many other enterprises. Their in
fluence and example will DO most bene-
fetal and will be largely felt in the
districts where they settle. We
can count up many of them
among the late aceessions to our agri-
cultural population-men who by rea-
son of their systematic training, extern
sive schooling in business aud varied
experience. are qualified to ill almost
any position in city life. They are all
making mCst commendable progress in
their new vocation, and will soon be in
possession OF some of the very finest
farms in the Territory.
They recognize the fact that the only
solution of the present universal depres-
sion consists in inducing the hundreds
Of unemployed who crowd our cities to
strike out into the country, and they
are willing to lead the march in this
direction. as they prefer to cultivate a
few acres of land. evensin the far West;
to be producers aud the independent
possessors Of homes of their own. rather
than to remain and starvc in the
densely evercrowded camps of the con-
sumers. Here they are assured that
their own exertions will at least supply
them with the necessaries of life. They
have found city life to be uncertaiu,
crowded with perplexities and embar-
rassmentss; also artificial, strange and
unnatural. affording little or no comfort
to those Of moderate means. They have
come to sec that pleasant homes with
oil their attendant comforts best
Ct food, pure air. charming scenery, de-.
lightful flowers, trees and green fields
are within the reach of hundreds of per-
sons. who, by reason of business re-
verses or want of employment. are
scarcely able to command the means of
support in the city at present.