Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-10-15
HOW TO PROCURE IMMIGRATION
TO WEST VIRGINIA.

The -. Louis RPEi..raa offers some
advice upon this subject n citizens OF
Missouri, which IS applicable To our
own State:
CAS- Missouri is anxious To obtain a
share Of the immigration which is aow
pouring into the surrounding States, Il
is proper to cali attention 90 gratu-
itous advertisement Of the superior I'M
ducements which she is able to offer im-
migrants which is about 20 be- issued by
the National Government. The CenSu-
Bureau at Washington i>now actiyylyeu-
gaged in putting in order the machinery
for taking the mex, census; and * the
census reports praseutto the world iu
an official form the resources and pro-
ductiyr capacity o.the state, IL is highly
important at the prssen, juncture that
aU the necessary STA. sites be collected
bv the Bureau The last census OF Mis-
souri, was notoriousy defective, and, as
consequence, tle State has during the
present decade wl<yd lower than Ij
ought in the. industrial scale.
"The traditional i.nOramus who treats
the cenSus-,aker as an impairment m
quisit0r into the Affairs Oi strangers, and
imparts mo- Information except what Is
extracted hv Skliu,,v OvCrrcachIug
him, is sometimes a humorous ch9rIr-
ter, but his dog,gi retiCeuce We - a
great injury On the community I'm which
he live, 10 is the people, and not the
cersus-takcr, who are Interested on the
information which the latter seeks. To
is of SINAI, consequence to him whether
a county Cuitivafas 10000 or 1n,uu
acres, or whether 70 produces ten or
twenty bushels Ot wheat 90 the acre. lie
does not care particularly whether
a man owns 30 or 100 cattle, or
whether De d, the proprietor OF a U1CN 3
Of shetpor no'. Bu.it is Of great Im- T.
Portaucr tJ the people of the county /
that they should appear IN the census ,
tables as thrifty inhabitants OF i,ril.r /
and well-stOckri territory, for sterile |
land and >hji,.rSy population do not al !
tract Immigrants. The intelligent ciii- .
zeus of the state owe 10 % themselves, /
therefore, tu prepare their less ;aEor'd .
brethren for the advent of tine census /
takyr. They shou.duiOrm the more ~ |
n0rInt Of tine design ami usefulness oi /
the approaching enumeration, AMI lm- .
press them with tho .mpOrtauC II max I
ing good showing for themselves /
They should Vrepan every one 10 wei /
come the CuUmeutUr~ coming, auu Ip /
interest themselves ID seeing that ne Sri~
everything within the scope oi hisdutle>-
Ey the lSt 0i June next every man /
SHOULD he prepared o. consider himself
q committee 60. oue 60. ,re that the CEN
sus-taker Omit- uu.uls. By the active
corporation only o, ,ar people them
selves can a perfect census be Obaneu-
The next census a.'l not be- taken I
through the agency u.-lc United states
Mar-ha.>, as u8> hitherto been the case.
BY an act ui Cuugrrs, PASSED last VIII
ter, the Secretary of .ar Interior Is au-
thOrizvd tu appoint bv the lst oil March
next, 100 Supervisors Ui the census,
who shall Dee RESIDENT. of the districts .
for which they shall hrIppOnted. The
SUPERVISE, VIII rerummcnd Tor APP
pOlutmcut 'vuumerJ'lrs about one
10 every 1900 of estimated population
Who shall also ry r,.,. ,.uts Of their ~
spcr'lyc suNr!.-.uo., The Bureau IS
now ra>.E- about. r proper persons %
serve as Supervisors. All unless thrpeu-
pie mtcrc>, tueu-r.g., .u the matter, % Is
10y up urUys CERTAIN That proper per
~uu- Wall Hr appointed. Here lu -.
LOUIS DO Is specially important that tnr
supervisor should bee . man thoroughly
familiar Nl.u tur tu,.uess Of the cltN,
accustomed OBJ laUI..~.atis,ics, aware 90
their value and l,anCc, and VII"
viii earnestly 9ut faithfully cudeavui iu
secure 90 complete record OF the cIty.- rr-
sources Wui business .-ivity. our cltl-
Gems should -rv tu TO hat the names oi
able -tar.~f'r.lus appear ON the list from
which Tire bureau makes lbs selection,
and the citizen, ot other districts
should take Imwr..1'. steps to secure
thr appointment of the men among !
them best qualified iur Supervisors.
I pom these appointments depends. nm a
great measure, the manner I'm which the
whole work oi the rru-us will be- per-
lDrmed. The ~upcry ~u-s appointed, 10 |
Wall then Dee I'm Dr.er q. secure the APP |
pOiutmcnt OF cUmpc'ol, enumerators.
This wall be a matter 90 no difficulty II
.hr Supervisors themselves are the right
kind oil men; but it they are not, the
may be selected without |
much regard 10 qualifications. With
Supervisors anil enumera-
.ors, and the people on the P'i rio, on
.hr LIST Of june next, the next census
sill Dee what il will Purport 70 be, and
not a iarcical compilation like the last.
But If the people quietly ~ still and let
.he census take care Of itseli, the census
reports may prove publication which
hey would gladly have suppressed. BY
intelligent action they may secure good
advertisement; BY neglect they viii be
to receive bad ole. Il is time
la make their choice.