The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1882-05-13

49,. Vir~inia. some Of tie best families
ticre intslliecnt and Of excellent char
scter eeuesaily. In conversation Win
ors az 'hem told him that I had been
reoentlv looking about his native State,
ma M Il seemed to me that oil ener.
aetic Young Virxinians were needed at
horme. ma that there was abundant OPP
cnrfmnifv and reward for labor there;
and I asked II he liked the life In Texa:
hetfer thsn work I'm Virginia. He said
he did not. but that It was not yet the
fashion Tor Young Virginians Of GOOD
family to engage In hard, rough work
near their homes on the Old Dominion.
1T Y ould not do for me to work by the
month q. ere for such wages as are l.aid
here. It would he to much Of an an1tc-
ton for my family, and should lose
caste with my lady friends. liza man
has no money he cannot begin In VIZ
vinia. because he would he classed with
the poor whites and negroes, with whom
his work and circumstances would bring
him into competition. But he can como
out here and rough it, and If he has
no mo1ey he can work by the month at
herviing ~ driving teams till lie gets 2
start" suppose this Is true, tor
heard the same thing often In various
places in Texas, and in Virginia and
Tennessee the parents Of many Of these
Young men gave the same reason for the
emigratiOn of their sons tn Texas. Per
hans these reasons would Ike equally
potent with everybody, but at any rate
/ could see that many young men IN the
southwest work harder and live In TAR
rouxher and more uncomfortable ways
then would be necessary In the older
states, and that they do not make
10 much money Us they might there.
There IL, apparently ~ much
emigration from Texas, too, ~
from any other southern State. The
talk In everywhere Of ''better country
than this" In Mexico and New Mexico,
and one soon receives the impression
that nobody Ia entitled or is at all Ger
tain at remaining very long even In
Texas. / found in every part Of the
South decided and extensive move
m mt Of agricultural class, both
white and cOl0red, towards the south
west and West. In many cases the
principal reason for this movement, so
lar rs / could discover, is the improve
ment which is taking place in the older
regions of the south. When 1.-THE new
OTUCr OI tuJuSS Ue'BSlIS ~ IHNuucSI "
self in Southern community there are
many persons Of the poorer classes who
feel repealed rather than attracted 10y
the indications Of approaching change,
and in their restlessiiess and discomfort
they leave their old homes, hoping to
lind more congenial conditionsim newer
and more sparsely-populated regions.
Many Of these persons depend only in
part upon agriculture for their subsist-
ence. They obtain some portion of
their living by hunting aud fishing, and
these occupations are much more t"
their taste than steady work OF any
kind. These em;grants often say: "itS
agOin' to cost too much to live hyur:'
and they are, undoubtedly correct III
this conclusion. 1t will certainly re-
quire more money and more laiWr Il"
live under the improved condition in
1.-THE new South" than have been hith-
ertO necessary under the old order OF
things, and many Southern men Of the
classes referred to re,,s' IL rightly enough
that for them the improvement and p,o-
gress promised by the signs O: the times
are not likely tn bring all increase Of
IlHuntic for MAJ.