, 1880-04-15
the Immigration AID SOCIETY.

minded, public spirited cit1|Sns, oY
its willul misrepresentation ol laCts
and ITS general course toward the
immigrant aid society organized here
last summer. The members OF the
society have been called "poor men
anxious to get their names III PRINT
.mere adventurers trying to EsIICE
people to our shores etc, etc,-be.
sides the whole thing being rldicuIed
in way calculated Gf the influence
of that paper amounted to anytn'ng)
to make the public distrust the mo-
tives of the society, and undcrvalue
the work being done. In fact, -four
contemporary is to be believed at all
the members of the society men
toned, most of whom are are lead
ing and representative men OF Port
Townsend, are scheming tncksters,
designing politicians aud poor ad
venturers who "never avaiIed them.
selves OF the advantages they hold
up to others"
In order that the public may fully
understand the case, we will give
the names Of the members Of the
society. They are: I. 4. Minor, W.
II. H. Learned, w. Ii. Roberts, Allen
Weir, D. w. Smith, Thos. Phillips,
d. G. II. Rothschild, S. Hadlock,
VIM. Dodd, F. A. Bartlett, o. II.
Ho!comb, G. NJ. Haller, n. d. Hill,
Wm. Anderson, l.. Smith, j. A.
Kuhn, Jas. G. Swan. The above
names are given just as they occur
on the society's records. So far
from being "poor adventurers,' over
half and nearly two thirds of these
members estimate their property by
thousands. The object of the society,
as plainly avowed over and over
again, is not to "entice POOR people
to come here" but to furnish inStruc.
ton and assistance to those who have
already decided to come. Thus the
society was called into being by the
ne necessities of the times to perform
an unsellish, magnanimous public
work. The manner in which that
work has been performed indicates
to all candid minds the utter absence
of all mercenary motives. Great
care has been exercised to have the
information now being made public
through the pamphlet being printed,
as nearly accrrte as possible
showing the disadvantages as well as
the advantages Of the country.
AS an indication of the kind Of
people who waut to come mere, we
quota from a few letters Of inquiry
sent to the society. One man writ
ing from Upper Lake, CAL, says ::
"rhere are number of families
here who wish to move to w. L. in
the Spring. One man has n
small capital of $1,000, and wishes
to engage in dry goods business"
&c. Another, writing from Fort
Brown, Texas, says: II intend to
make your Territory my home with
in few months. ! want reliable
information about it. ] have about
FIFTEEN HUNDRED DOLLARS; am
single, have been on the frontier
nearly all my life" SC. One writ.
ing from San Francisco says: "Your
country, owing to its latitude, eli
mate and typographical condition, is
especially adapted for immigrants
from the northern parts Of Germany,
Denmark, Sweden, Norway and the
German Baltic provinces politically
connected with Russia. From those
countries the very best class of i'm,
migrants may be obtained; families
brought up in the country, accus
toned to work in the fields and
trained in all those occupations per
tanning to country life, and, finally,
people who have a SMALL CAPITAL to
start with--such as arrived some
time ago in New York fro. the Bal.
tic provinces, party Of 600 men
and women, with 300 children and
$75,00J in m ,ney,' (sl25 each for the
adults.
The above extracts are from few
SAMPLE letters among dozens and
dozens now on file with the secre-
tary OF the society. They are all
anxiously SEEKING information about
this country, and again we affirm
that the society here never contem.
plated the "enticing" of any one to
come-it is sirply aiding those who
purpose coming, by placing at their
disposal such information as will en-,
able them to intelligently elect
choice Of locations. Do the letters
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