Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1884-01-10
The Next immigration.

Atchson Champion, Jan 8.
In an article on Foreign Immigra
tion," published in the The Champ
on the 3Oth ult., figures were giver
showing that the larger portion of tht
foreign Immigration coming to The
country in 1858, stopped in the sea,
board states, and that Of the more en-
terprising immigrants, who pushed
further into the interior of the coun.
try, the greater number went to the
northward, Wisconsin receiving ID. ISL,
Minnesota, 1857; Michigan, 1903,
against 3,5ll who came to Kansas.
1t was pointed out, also, that the
great immigration to Kansas comes
not, as a rulr, from foreign countries,
but from tho older states of the union.
There is to be, before long, a move.
ment toward Kansas from the north
ward, composed largely of foreign
born people; an immigration which
will be greatly to the advantage oi
| Kansas.
Tho poor immigrant landing at New
York, seeks, frGm necessity, the first
work at hand. II he is familiar with
some branch of manufacture Or simply
n laborcr, he finds work in the eastern
states; in Massachusetts,, Now York or
Pennsylvania. The great mass of the
Irish never get beyond these states
If the immigrant is farmer, possessed
of some means, and dcsirous of secur-
ing land for himself, ho goes to those
states whore his coun,rymen are most
numerous. Many years ago the Sean
N'dinavian immigration directed itself or
was directed to Wisconsin, and Mime
sofa. In tho latter state the first con-
FRESHMAN of Scandinavian origin has
just been elected. Of late years efforts
nave been employed to direct these
people to Dakota, and even to Mani.
toba. The drift of the immigration
from cxtrome northern Europe is still
to tho nOrthward.
The time has arrived, however, for
the "sober, second thought" of the
foreign born farmer who has effected
settlement in this country. Norwe-
gian and Swede arc beginning to dis.
cover that the climate of Manitoba,
Minnesota and Dakota is altogether too
much like that OF Norway and Sweden;
that the country reminds him OF home,
but fails 10 raise crops, and, as con.
sequence, he is going to move. To 20
TO the far south, the late confedcracy,
is out of the question, aud the first
country to the southwark which pre-.
sents inducements is Kansas. Men
hayo been moving from north to south
from the earliest ages, and the move
ment stops when temperate climate
is reached History will repeat itself.
The Mennonites, ominently sagaciOus
people, on coming to this country from
Russia, divided, some going as far
north as Manitoba, hut they are gradu-
ally colonizng in Kansas. Only the
other day large party arrived in Reno
county from Manitoba, where they
found their Kansas brethren rich and
prosperous.
The foreign born population of Kan
sas, though small in comparison with
that of other states, is sufficient to
lol III uuclCu'' lHo Btcul CchuulHd-
Wan counties are Saline and McPher-
son. There are BJhemans in Rawlins,
Republic and other counties; Huugari-
ans in Rawlins; hundreds of French
Canadians in Cloud; Catholic German
Russians iu Harvey, Butler, Reno and
McPherson and French in Franklin.
The first Italians arrived TO work in the
Usage county coal mines, few weeks
since. There are hourishing Irish colo.
nies in Marshall and Pottawatomie,
and there are Germans everywhere.
THESE will aid in directing tho new
immigration when it comes.
We have perfect confidence in the as.
Simllatve capacity of Kansas. There
is room for all, and all will soon be
Kansans.