Mexico weekly ledger., 1879-07-17
MIGRATION,

SOIiS IN
hibit the appearance of w~retchedness.
1t is made up of emigrants from every
State and in it are representatives of
almost every nationality. AS a gen.
eral thing, they look detected. Much
CT this may be due to the tedium,
dust and dirt of railroad travel, but
it is obvious that the great bulk OF
these movers are concerned about
their future. Fix it as you may, for
the poor, no condition is free from
embarrassment. Certainly, emigra-
ton forms no exception to this rule.
Some are corpe He'd to ask assistance,
and even those that escape such deg
radiation encounter other ills. 10
squat on the public domain, to build
and fence, to dig and delve and grub
and pillow, often without the com
monest neccssar1es Of existance, is a
dear way Of obtaining a farm but
IIlttut IldNC III olhI u" oA BiO-
viding for themselves and children.
1t is hard that SO many are driven
from their inherited or acquired ma
tive homes. 1t is cruel that financial
folly and industrial mlsmanagement
have inflicted such incalculable evil.
The land being settled west of us is a
region of promise, and dispite all that
must he combatted and overcome in
the settlement and cultivation of it, is
destined eventually to be rich in all
that a make life desirable. Kansas
abounds in rich lands: Colorado
possesses untold mineral wealth, with
a pure atmosphere and most magnifi-
cent scenery, and even New Mexico
is not without attraction to the more
hardy and adventurous of our popu-
lations. The men that 60 to prepare
these wildernesses for civilized occu-
patton, are the real heroes of their
age. They not only make provision
for themselves, but impart relief to
overburdened districts and, free old
settlements from that excess of com,
petition which recent changes in IL
nance, in industry and in commerce
have inaugurated, and which are as
unfortunate Is they are damaging.
The names of many Of them will live
in history with those of LacIede,
Boone, Bates, Fremont, Galloway,
Clark and Carson, or descend perpet-
uated in the title of the towns and
counties they shall found.
out notwithstanding the success
fout ikeiy to follow persistent eff
iii The regions named. Missouri
orr greater facilities at Ear less cost
". HE and means than any Of the
p.ates mat have been cited. Thor. =
much beyond a-tsa aaa" tn1re Is
that civilized man musv na~S-@.aencaH
indispensable accessories may BE
enumerated railroads, court houses.
jails, school houses, churches, graded
highways and bridges. In new coun.
tries all these must be constructed,
and the taxes and contributions made
and paid for their attainment form 9
legitimate part Of the cost of real
estate. In a county like ours, and
In many others IN this State that
might be named, the amount expend.
ed in this way exceeds the price de.
manded for land, and farms in any o.
them are necessarily cheaper than
they can be in any State where such
facilities and indispensibles haze not
been provided, not excepting those
even in which title they may be ac-
qulred by settlement and occupation.
AT best, the first generation of set
tiers cannot make satisfactory r
vision for them. 1t may suit the
means Of some to make the contribu-
tons for their attainment gradually,
but that course never fails to enhance
their cost and retard their benefits.
1t is well known, also, that notwith-
standing their rapid advancement 4:
neither of these Commonwealth have
produced a commercial or industrial
mum In a quarter of a centu-
" teiessful and unprecedented
prosq AKansas has not been capa-
BILE of it, but to-day seeks to attain a
city which in every sense of the word
is the result of Missour's foresight .
Had Leavenworth known its oppor-
tunlty, Jim Lane would never have
brought the Kansas Pacific to the
Missouri by way of the Kaw bottom
to convert Wyandotte into a first
class city. Besides the town that
Kansas coyets' this State has devel-
oped st. Louis, whose increase in
population and property alone is CO.
extensive with that OF the whole State
of Kansas.