Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-10-01
FORRIax EsMIGRxrr0N.

FOREIGN EMIGRATION.
The emigration statistics published by
the Castle Garden authorities at NewYork,
and the reports for Boston, Philadelphia,
Baltimore. Portland, and Quebec, show a |
falling off in European emigrants
during July, August, and Sop
TENDER, ard the decrease
is so marked, thstany possible increase for
the last quart erof the year cannot raise
the grand tot al TO the figures of 1881.
Atthis res lt'there need be no disappoint-
ment, or apprehension, though forsooth
a slight Gminution in emigration is
signs OF less prosperous times.
Tho English, Scotch, Welsh and Irish
emigrants who generally remain in the
eastern states, and who comprise
large percentage of the laborers in the
Coal and iron mines and the factories,may
not have any great incentive or induce
ment to bring relatives to America, by
sending them prepaid passage tickets, or
otherwise lend helping hand, and it is a
fact worthy of note that the great majority
ofahose emigrants who stay in tho East are
SO situated pecuniarily, as to necsssi-
tate their looking for immediate
lemployment, and this is clearly proved by
the thousands who are yearly furnished
work through tho Castle Garden employ
ment bureau. The Germans, Norwegians,
Swedes, Danes and other continental Eu-
ropeans, who by nature and experience are
more adapted to tho more peaceful pur-
suits of agriculture, and whose ultimate
purpose of emigration is to acquire
lands, and own their homes, usually book
through to predetermined destination in
the northwest, and thus it is that our own
state has been SO literally favored by this
very desirable class of settlers. While it
is true that number of the German and
Scandinavian emigrants must look for
temporary employment, the great majority
have relatives in the older
settled portions of the state, to which they
very naturally go first, but in short time
they become imbued with the idea to own
land themselves, and then the question
arises, as to where to look and locate. A
large number have obtained general in
formation about the northwest, partly,
through correspondence with relatives, and
again, by reading the publications
issued by the state board of
emigration, and finally the railroads
which have land grants or are pushing out
their trunk lines and feeders to and into
the free government lands of northwest
ern Minnesota and northern Dakota, are in
defatigable in furnishing prospective land
hunters, not only in America but in Eu-
rope with full and reliable infor-
nation about the respective
districts through which these new lines run.
These railroads, which some people would
have the public believe, are only enriched
monopolies, and have an eye only to the
increased dividends, are the actual, genuine
and practical pioneers. or rather emigrant
agents. They build the roads, with de-
pots and freight ware houses, lay out
towns at convenient intervals; in
short, do the preliminary work,
and they afford quick, comfortable, and
cheap transportation to the emigrant and
settler, who is thus invited to come and
possess the land. The brother emigrant
who stops at the very threshold of the con-
tinent and takes employment in the mines,
may never know, much less experience, the
peaceful home, rich soil, healthful climate
his companion emigrant enjoys in the
beautiful park region, among the thou
sands of lakes, streams and groves, or in
the world-renowned Red river valley. the
present center of domestic and FOREIGN
emigration.