The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1879-10-22
How 10 Procure Immigration 70
VVest VirgilSSfl.

some ADVICE upon Ibis Suulect ~. cit-
liens Of Missouri, which is applica-
Bile to our own State:
eAs Missouri is anxious to obtain
a share Of the immigration which
is now pouring into the sur.
rounding States, il is proper to call
attention to gratuitous advertise
ment Of the superior Inducements
which she is able to offer immigrants,
which is about to- .be issued blythe
National Government. The Census
Bureau at Washington is now active
ly engaged in putting in order the
machinery for taking the next cen-
sus; and as the census reports present
to the whole ldinan official form
the resources and productive capaci-
ty Of the State, it is highly inpor-
tant at the present junctnre that all
the necessary statistics. be collected.
by the Bureau. The last census Of
Missouri was notoriously defective,
and, as consequence, the State has
during the present decade ranked
lowerth than it ought in the industri-
al scales.
The! traditional ignoramus who
treats the censustaker as AN imper-
tipent inquisitor into the affairs Of
strangers, and imparts no iftfornlasl
ton except what, is extracted by
skillfully overreaching him, is some
times humorous character, but his
logged reticence works great inju-
~ to the community in which be
lives. 1t is the people, and not the
census-taker, who are interested in
the information which the latter
seeks. 1t is of small consequence to
him whether county cultivates TO-
005 or $4,000 acres, or whether it
produces ten or twenty bushels Of
wheat to the acre. He does not care
particularly whether a man owns so
or 100 cattle, or whether he is the
proprietor of u flock of sheep or not.
But it is Of great importance to the
people Of the county that they should
appear in the census tables as thrifty
inhabitants of u fertile and we'll.
stocked territory, for sterile land and
shiftlcss population do not attract
immigrants.
The intelligent citizens of the State
owe it to themselves, therefore, to
prepare their less favored brethren
for the advent Of the census taker.-
They should inform the more ignor-
ant Of the design and usefulness Of
the approaching enumeration, and
impress them with the Importance Of
making good showing for them
selves. They should prepare every
one to welcomethe enumerator'sco
ing, and to interest themselves in
seeing that he gets everything with,
in the scope Of his duties. By the
LIST Of June next, every man should
be prepared to consider himself
committee Of one to see that the cen.
sns-'aker omits nothing. By the
active cooperation only Of the peo-
ME .tnrf0EHI VpS Dnrflnt nnn etts
he obtained p'' S''
mo naxt co,s,s will no. 10 to,,on
tbronob .tbe nasncr af ,ba ~ 1Tm;tod
Statss M,rshoIs as Ios b;thorto hoon
the cosa Rv an oc, nf r" ~ punn
nossed last w;n,er sbo saor ot" 'e of
tba Tntarior l. antbo 9 $780,, ~ 10Y; y
hvs,ba Frst of Waroi1 ' nort " TX po &C.,
nsrv;sorsn of tha G"rsvS m no sh"1l.
be rss;dootoiof ,bo ,I;str;ots % Cow III NV
Nov sba,l h. = nmo o.1 vt III tD' snner
y;So,s viii re'a,, nnnJ fnr on ,u?O
nnnt ..onrn,ern, oi ~, " ~ snr
nycrv 400 nf ,,oJ 01 nnn' Onv ti ~
vi, SH.,l, alsn No ra.;Ja,llt o, of ,ba;r
r.snnc,;n" sn, d;st,io. siUG TSo p p,, v
;s INV cast; in" ahnnt for nr nv nor
sons 70 serve - S1ner wi p,op and m.
less the G people interest themselves e
| in the matter 4 il bv no means Ger.
tain That nroner persons will be an.
rminted Here in St. Louis it is es.
esneciallv imnortant that the super.
visors should be- n man Thoroughly
familiar with the business Of The
civ accustomed to handle statistics
.,wnrco If ,hc;rvnl,la md significance
.Ii -. .i9 . .Iir