Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-07-17

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ST.. PAUL, Mimi, July, 10.-Population
for dozen towns or one city, respectable
in numbers at least, lands daily at Castle
Garden, New York "Fifteen hundred by
one ship" and 1900 by another" says
the daily paper, but there are highly i'm
portant additions to the population of
this country and to its wealth which en-
tirely escape the industrious reporter OF
the seabord cities, and for the reason that
the new corners of the class referred to
do not touch Castle Garden at all; they
come ostensibly to make the grand West
ern tour, which has become as fashion
able and as much the thing to do as
Switzerland and the Rhine were few
wears ago. 1t took long time for John
Bull to return the visits of the Ameri-
cans to Europe. But they are well start
ed, and with very great advantage to this
country, as will be seen.
The colonization scheme of Bishop Ire
land has been of great advantage to the
West. 1t may be stated, for a thorough
understanding of the subject, that the
Bishop never owned any land; he simply
took contract for certain lands at a given
price, for stated period, and from the
price at which the lands were sold per-
centage was allowed, enabling him to is
sue pamphlets and circulars, which were
distributed in Europe. The Bishop con-
fines his operations to land within the
diocese of st. Paul, being lands of the
Chicago 6 Northwestern, the st, Paul
g. Sioux City, and the Winona & St. Peter
railroads. The early settlers were persons
of limited means, but who had the nee
essary pluck to tussle with the close-knit
prairie sod To that class of persons the
commentator of Bishop Ireland, and
the promise to have church in the vi
cinity, were tempting circumstances, the
scheme, as will be seen.
HAS BEEN EMINENTLY SUCCESSFUL.
The bishop started Independent colo
MES, locating them here and there as cir
cumstances favored. The colonies of "De
Graft and s'Clontarp' were established
in 1876. Many of the settlers got home
stead lands, while others bought railroad
bonds at very low figure, which were
good for par in the purchase of lands.
There are no bonds of any of the roads in
the market at low figure now, and there
is scarcely any of the public domain left
in Minnesota which is desirable. These
two colonies have about 700 families.
The "Adrian" colony was established
in 1877. The "National Catholic Associ-
alton of Illinois" sent fifty families to the
COLONY, which has now about 400 families
The land when the colony was organized
was worth about 81 per acre, and it is now
worth about 81.
The colony of "Avoca" was established
in 1878, and it is probably as prosperous
and promising of good as any of its pred
ecessors. When it was established there
was not a railroad within twenty miles of
it. Now there is branch of the St. Paul
& Sioux City to Avoca, another road to
Fuldah, and still another-the Chicago &
Northwestern-to Tracey, which latter,
while it does not touch the colony proper,
is near enough to be utilized.
The settlers have in the main got
along very we'll; here and there one may
fall out Of the ranks discouraged, but if
only 5 per cent. of the mercantile COM
munity escape disaster sooner or later it
will be found that farming in Minnesota
is safer than selling dry goods or boots
and shoes. There are fewer failures in
the business.
Bishop Ireland has encouraged the set
tiers to secure 100 acres each, but i'm
pressed upon them to cultivate but half
that amount He argues that with the
betterment of their condition they would
naturally add to their live stock, and
that bit of pasture land would be valu-
able Then again, he argued, at the
death of the head of the family, there
would be land enough to cut up into a
couple of little farms for the sons. He
has in his pamphlets held out no induce
ments to those who were already making
good living in the Eastern cities. He
told the people that attacking the praire
and isolating ones self in climate that
was severe, with long winters, was no
holiday work. But for the class in
Europe, who, generation after generation,
work hard and get but little pay, and
see no improvement in the future, there
could be no question about making the
attempt, because for them any change
would be for the better.
Bishop Ireland's lands, so-called, have
been availed of by persons in the Eastern
States, in Great Britain, in California,
and he has in Avoca Mr.. John F. Pope,
who was born at Cawnpore, India. His
agents year after year have had lands
pIowed and seeded for persons who had
never, some of them, been in America
that is to say, some one in Ireland pur-
chases half section or section, RENTS
the amount of the purchase money, or an
installment on it, and then sends money
to turn up the sod, the buyer hoping him
self to be out in year or two. There are
crops growing this year in Avoca for
owners in California and in Ireland who
have never seen the land
But as to the immigrants who were not
registered at Castle Garden.
MIR. JOHN swEETMAN,
of a family of brewers in Dublin, who
have, sire and son, carried On the business
for a hundred and fifty years, came to
America last summer-frst, however, ex-
aiming Canada, with a view of pur-
chasing lands there; then he went to
Winnipeg, and finally investigated Min
nesota, being doubtless attracted thither
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