Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-03-17
a month or two hence it will swell


to gigantic proportions.
This immigration of live, active, pro-
gressive farmers brings stimuli
ment of business people and capital.
Towns spring up, stores and dwellings
built, all branches Of mercantile business
established, mills, banks, hotels, school
houses, churches, and in incredible short
time full fedged village is seen.
The land which last year was occupied
year bring the holder from $1,000 to
$4,000 and the tardy one bemoans his
luck that he, too, did not start sooner.
The outlook for foreign immi-
grafton is very favorable. Pos
sibly the grand total may not reach
the extraordinary figures of last year, but
our section will secure its full share of sea-
board emigrants. Probably not less than
500 well-to-do people, of foreign birth,
from our state, went back to the old home
in Europe, last fall. Some of these have
already returned with more or less emil
grants, and the balance will be back before
June L, aud no doubt accompanied
by relatives and friends. The Atlantic
steamship lines, who all have local agencies
throughout this section, report nearly
equally as good business in the sale of pre-
paid passage tickets as the corresponding
season last year, although the business has
been later on account of the severe win
ter, but the leading local agents expect
an improvement in this business now
that spring is fairly opened.
It is estimated that in the territory trib-
utary to the Manitoba road in northwest
ern Minnesota and northern Dakota, the
number of prepaid passage tickets sold
this year will reach 1000 adult passengers
and propsbly 5000. To this number should
be added twice as many emigrants who
pay their own passage direct from Eu-
rope.
A considerable number of Eu-
ropean emigrants whose ultimate
destination is the great Northwest, but who
for want of funds must stop short of their
destination, reach our section later in the sea
son, or perhaps not before next spring. We
may safely say that fully nine months in
the year are busy months in emigration to
the Northwest, and, while the rush during
the spring months is of course the greatest,
the continuous uninterrupted steady move
ment of people to our state and adjoining
territory, is the creates proof of the healthy
character of the movement.
1t is noticeable that there is a marked
improvement in the people now coming
generally in the prime of life, always with
some means, frequently with a car load or
more of stock, household goods and agri-
cultural implements, and it is not
an uncommon sight to find the new-com-
mer with wife and children in the sleeping
car en- route to his future home.
The writer remembers about year ago
on his way from Chicago to st. Paul count
ing over twenty persons in the sleeper all
from Schoolcraft, Michigan, on their way
to north Dakota, and they were only the
advance of several others to follow latter.
This party had over TWEEN
ty car loads of live stock
and personal property. The sea board
emigrant, is, of course, the least favored
pecuniarily, but the average settler from
the older states has some ready means, and
what is equally valuable the necessary out
fit, including team, and this class of new
corners make quick and rapid improve
ments, not infrequently break 100 acres
the first season, and harvest 1000 bushels
No. l Hard wheat the next; mean
time making good improvements in
the way of building house, barn, stable,
machine sheds, dig wells and cut hay for
winter use. The wealthy farmer or mon
eyed man who goes into farming as regu-
lar business enterprise frequently spends
$4,000 to $4,000 before the first crop is
raised, and it is by no means rare to see
100000 expended on a single farm.
Then the regular merchants and business
people must have from $1,000 to $4,000,
and all the way up to $4,000 to carry on
their business. From this it is seen that
the average nominal value of each new
conner is very much higher than the ordi-
nary European emigrant, as these consti-
tute but small fraction of the aggre-
gate.
1t is needless to add before closing this
review of the outlook for the present sea-
sons emigration, that st. Paul and Min
neapolis are vitality interested in this most
important factor to their present and flu
ture growth and prosperity.
This mighty army, that to-day is steadi-
ly marching toward and into the fertile
fields of the Red river valley and north
Dakota, will quickly become producers,
the products of whose labor, brain and
capital will flow directly into the COM
merce of the twin cities, and the
increasing trade of this new empire
in the northwest, which is now in its in
fancy, will annually swell the business of
st. Paul and Minneapolis many millions.