New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-01-25
LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE
"GO WEST, YOUNG MAN, GO wEsrr,

THE NEW STORY or BROWN, JONES AND kontxsov
NOTHING SUCCEEDS LIKg sCCcEss-1Hg pps,
WAY TO PROMOTE EMIGRATION is TO ryucn,rv
TO the Ed,tOr OF The 7rfbunc
SIR: There are all sorts Of schemes IA nra-
mote emigration. to form assoc ations to send o.,
South, West. 10 Virginia yon can ,or, a."
ciations and elect officers and sui,serihe rpurs, =.
employ agents land have some Of them defiant, !, 80.
like). II Is only part OF the national love ~ 80.
cbinery and while you waiting whole cene,,,o,,
il passing away and you yonrsef. perhaps yet Won,
summons, and leave added burden on ,,,os.
who come after.
This is the way did II, Jones and T.. Nv nsnst
Brown. There man whom knew who hat H.
usual pcment OF chiidrcn-I counted then,
and had work for him. He was worthy and ind.
trious enough, his wife, hut they Just lived an,
indeed, In Of sickness. and then needed ,,,
help And said 10 him. Robinson, why don't yon -,
the couutry % "Bess you sir I'd be glad 10 I'm h,
how am to do iti | can't stop work long enough ,
don't know OF any place shouldn't be sure OF ans
till had seen It, and where's the money TO come rop -
We talked IL over and Jones and concluded we woul,
try help him. We first found out by correspondence
a place where a OF his trade could live and
got him the rsomise Of work. Then We
found the and cheapest to go, and then came
the money! It was wonderful how much IL took "a
support them while they getting ready. 10 buy
few decent clothes to pack aud ship their small belong
ngs, pay their and get them Of Then they ar
rived and their furniture delayed (of c0urse ana
they had board pay. and then take or little
and up their household goods trent paid in A.
vauce) and then the beginning work and waiting TO get
first pay or the advance was all 10 he re-
paid hut seemed endless time before you could IN
conscience, take it from them.
We will pass over that Time In the end they were es
tablished and dl well, and the children grew gOOi
honest empoymcns, and went 10 school some aud be-
came self-rrspectl9g and go"d citl1rny. Ana 20 all
turned out well. and Jones ard congratulated ourselves
that there were just so many more out OF the city and
q better place.
Aud We said hundred doing we have done
could send away hundred families. II eacn undertook
one II was good deal o. Trouble, hut 1t paid
tried IL again. This time The man was more eDer.
geiic and intelligent and knew where he wanted 20 go,
but he could Lot move without the helping hand |
wasn't very flush myself, aud mad 10 drop ole
two local subscriptions for that wear bur the c,e
seemed so promising that | thong II tue best Use
could make OF the money Jones mad some other plan
hands, so gave advice and oounte nauce 10 young
White and sent him on his way lie wanted his BOYS 70
want them " hanging on the Outskris OF commerce."
which is said 10 be very precarous business.
White made slcccss ul venture they worked bard
and had hardships, sometimes poor crops ana some
times sickness. but they always maintained Iha hey
were better of than in their old home, and the end
proved II. go
We kept up Communication with them. knew about
their church and Sund y-schOO their books ana pa
pe~s aud they didn't Murphy 10 teach them tenn
ueIancc. III q man drinks, may well put
money into bag with holes, as tine Bible saws.
have thus given the experience AT perhaps wear.
length because IL seems 10 me one nf he pfacca
bic things to he done. Every iitte helps" IL Is
homey proverb, bat true and always presents Itself
when tb"se grand schemes aitated for Wholesale
emigration. Men appear to lose their ndlYldualy,
their Jude pendence Ii is much as IL used 20 ne IN the
army; when inca were enlisted liey SEE medic lose ali
personality. ate and drank and lived ike cldTcn
Tor t0o> To be taken Of so, pernnps else
viii say Go " ST, vcong man. go West: ami will
stand 10y ynu ii you can nolp yourself Yours itnV.
Netc- IOyk, Jan. 10, 1879. Brown.