Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1881-02-18
MISSOURI.


the union the outlook for which IS
brighter than that of Missouri. Cen
trally located as she is, and that in
the very heart Of the great valleys Of
the Mississippi and Missouri. with 4
climate suitable to the profitable cul-
ture of all the different fruits, cereals,
and other products common to this
latitude, with a soil unsurpassed for
fertility, with her immense areas Of
coal, iron, and lead. there is no estl-
mating her resources. her future
wealth, or the advantages she offers
to her own citizens, or to people OF
other states or countries who are look
ing for homes.
Ten years ago there was check
to the rapid influx of immigration
from other states, the reckless law
lessness which invariably follows a
protracted war. had not yet been COM
pletely toned down by the refining In
fuences ofpeace and prosperity, and
lawless characters like the James and
the Youngers' rode over portions OF
the state in defiance of law, while men
in positions which would have Justi-
fed the people in thinking better OF
them-winked at the depradations OF
these maurauders, and thus the good
name of the state was blackened, and
the declaration vent forth that in
Missouri laws were disregarded, and
that the people of the state were far
below those of her sister states in all
the elements which went to make
good citizens. While some Of the pa
pers whose pride 1t should have been
to build up the state, in their mistak-
en- party zeal, took every opportunity
to exaggerate the accounts of the ex-
isting evils, until the emigrant hunt
ing a home passed ov-r or around
Missouri and sought homes In Kan
sas, Nebraska, and other states furth-
er west. For years the maraudiug
depradations of the James and the
Youngers' have been a thing of the
past. and the reports show that the
people of Missouri are now as law
abiding as those Of any other state,
and there are no more crimes COM
mitted within her borders than in
those of her sister states. But her
good name once being tarnished, it
has taken the world a long time to
find out that the people Of Missouri
are as good as those of Illinois, Ohio
or Kansas. and that her natural ad-
vantages offer inducements to the en-
igrant superior to those states whose
citizens look askance at the mention
of the name of Missouri. The indl-
cations now are that the tide is chang
ing and that the immigration to this
state during the next year will be ve;y
large, that it will come not only from
the east, but from the north and
south. The shrewd man who looks
ahead cannot help seeing the advant-
ages which Missouri possesses. The
opening of the river transportation,
to an extent to insure the carrying of
the surplus products of this great val
ley to the guilt is thing which will be
accomplished in the near future and
will give this state market at home
for whatever it has for sale, and bills
Of flading will be made out from St.
Louis to the different ports Of Europe,
and the profits which we have been
paying to the railroad companies for
transportation to the Atlantic coast,
will be turned into the pockets Of the
producers in the Missouri and Miss
isslppi valleys. Let the people Of
other states now understand these
things, and chat the people here are
law abiding people, that they are en-
couraging education and everything
which tends to the material prosperity
of the state, and Missouri will soon be
known as one Of the most desirable
states to emigrate to, and her broad
and fertile prairies will no longer
stand idle for lack of the husband
man.
ANEEk OF STORM.