Daily Republican., 1882-04-20
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Things in tho Wessern Metr0po.
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Special Oor. Of the REPUBLICAN.
CHICAGO, ILL. April 1S, 1882. Busi
ness prospects are good In all depart
msnts. The outlook In grain and pro
visions Ia tnat unusually high prices
will prevail until another crop II
secured and large preparations ar.
being made in the rural districts to
ensure tho largest possible returns, anG
hope to have o superabundance 10 shit
to Europe to counter balance oul
importation Of cabbage, potatoes and
beans the last year.
The department of emigration
shows unusual activity. It is thought
one hundred thousand will arrive IN
New York i'll the month of April. This
unusual influx from Europe IL due to
the extraordinary efforts of our land
granted railroads to get their land in
the possession of actual settlers before
the limit of the act of Congress expires.
An average Wi!mingtouian would be
surprised TO see the extensive arrange.
ments the railroad companies cen.
turing in Chicago, St. Louis and st.
taul have made for their hotel au,.
,lunching accommodates as well the trains
OF fifteen cars length starting out in
rapid succession tor Dacota, Montana
or Monitoba. One OF the most impur.
tant offices in these railroad companies
is known AS The Com mi ssioner OF En-.
igralion.
His official departments ara fitted
up in grand style, with desks and
clerks almost as numerous an the Sec
retary Of War AT the tap of his bell
he can summon man to speak in any
language or tongue of the seven dialects
now pouring in on our shores and tur.
niah them any information desired.
Furthermore he has his agents in the
caPitols of Europe Who reside there the
year round working out this scheme OF
emlgratlcn TO America and they have
ii down 80 fine that many are really To-
Gated before they come. escorted as
they are by travelling guide, with
tickets and meal checks for the route.
Two thousand a day pass through Chi
cago. Such an enterprise is commend.
able and its. far reaching lines unpar-
alleled in the settlement of country.
What wonder that our boasted do.
main is fast passing away, What won
der that we have polyglot northwest.
1t Is strain on our institutions TO con.
troll ana absorb such large mass of
people of foreign birth and prejudires
into our constituency and give them
the right to vote. 1t is mission field
at home of no small dimensions 10
work this problem to my mind there is
no more potent factor than the common
school and no greater wisdom than that
clause requiring that only English shall
be taught.
That wise provision harmonizes and
unities while young the rising genera.
alton. The associations in the coramou
school beget attachments that follow
MS through life, and in spite of our mix.
cd nationality ii can be said that we are
homogeneous people.
What a sourcs of prosperity at least
for thepresent, is this influx OF emigra-
tion bringing with them it is said from
four to eight hundred dollars on sn
average per adult male.
Put to this the average prosperity of
the West and no wonder they build
railroads, open mines, organize Terri
tories, create sovereign States and build
great cities. The energizing impulse is
felt throughout the whole land.
A vast demand is created on the man
utacturers of the East, for the comforts,
the ornaments, and the necessaries Of
life. A demand for graduates of east.
ern schools, and colleges for officers of
the Safe, for the pulpit, the counting
house, the forum, the public teacher,
and the average and under average pol
itician. In fact demand is created
for all the pursuits of life, and stir
ling worth to give better coloring to
society than we have had from somo
who have come up through the hood
lums and sand lot schools of the Pacific
slope.
There seems to be q manifest destiny
about the settlement and Development
Of the North American continent and
Canada is to be counted in.
RAMBLER.