Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1881-04-28
Immigration

~ ThStd6i Of. immig, alton to this country
tho present year has been greater than for the
Same period Of any past year. AS fast as
they arrive agents from different parts Of the
country employ them, most of them going
West. This results from the inducemor ts
offered by tho West to immigrants and tho
employment Of active agents to present tho
advantages Of that section, as we'll rs from
tho fact that they find there many of their
countrymen with whom they can associate.
In going 10 o new country among people
speaking an unknown language it is human
,pature to seek o settlement in the ncighbor.
hood Of previous settlers who speak their
native tongue and who have like habits, tustes
and religious wotship. In this respect ixcd
settlement of colony attracts others and tho
! nucleus thus formed grows and spreads con-
yostantly. Wo have mono of these advantages
$50 common'in the West. The fow foreigners
who have settled in our State are confined
chiefly to cities and towns or small colony
planted here and there, and with these cx-
ceptions it is rare to find churches in our
State Of tho religious denominations of Ger.
many and other old countries. Our chief
difficulty lies in getting tho lido of immigra-
ton started in earnest 10 do this will res
quire special inducements in wages, active
canvassipg agents and great caro- to make
new comers contented. Unless our people
are willing to do this our chances will be
email with competing States, which spare no
pains to secure immigrants. It is folly to sag
we do not want paupers and make no effort
TO get immigrants, for while We would prefer
famlies,possossed Of capital to settle here,
still wo must remember poverty is no orimo.
Every, honest, sober and industrious family
which settles among US, however poor in this
world's goods, brings o capital, in their will
and muscle, Of great value and becomes n
source OF future wealth and development.
. Wo need labor badly. We have a good soil
and mild climate Wo grow several of tho
staple products of tho world. We can afford
: to pay good wages, and in securing laborers
and profit in this way. VIC strengthen our po-
itical security, In oil parts Of our State
we hear of the scarcity Of labor. NJ effort
: should DO spared by the Bureau of Immi-
grafton to secure our State large increase
Of labor and population this fall. Tho
greater the number which comes the moro
apt will they bc to remain and become con.
tented and valuable citizens. We think n
good agent should be put in tho field and ho
should be foreigner who can talk with i'm.
migrants and who will deal by them fairly.
A foreigner knows better the avocations of
persons coming from, different sections of the
old country and knowing we noed farm lae
borers, would seek such as come from farming
diotrcts. Immigrants who have capital
read, think and act for themselves, being in
dependent. This class rarely seek informa..
tion from agents or bureaus, but travel and
look for themselves. Good laborers aro
needed and many of them, and if our people
can only start little settlements in noighbor-
hoods, they will attract others and onco
started immigration will flow naturally to
this mild, healthy and fertile section.
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