The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1894-12-07
THOUSANDS WANT TO LEAVE
THE COUNTRY:


bn. OF the lst> inst, publishes letters
fom Kimball, Mitchell, Fulton and
krmour, in answer to inquiries concern
no the conditions of the country and
5eople. 1t seems these inquiries were
i1ade by reason of reports to the effect
thousands Of people We're wanting TO
Eet out Of the country and that money
Vas being raised around Sheldon, Iowa.
&or destitute settlers in South Dakota.
In answer to the question. do ,hous-
Ands want'to get out OF the counl,v::"
Messrs Savage & Savage. at Kimball.
Teply as follows:
'iThere is doubtless more reslive
spirit in the West than in the East, at
aeast we have found it so: and then a
great many that come West expect to
Net rich too fast. and if they do not
realize their expectations, they blame
Sthe country and want to get TO Il better
Bone This restless spirit is also fed in
The fall and winter season by railroads
Sthat run into the southern and south
&western states, and by resident agents
through different localities, who try to
fcreate dissatisfaction amoung all classes.
Aand vino desire them to go to IL new
locality. in hopes of getting II commits
sion for selling them out where they
are and also part OF a commission when
they buy in other localities. We know
P,,s of hn
a working Arkansas lands and who took
a colony of II from Hospers, Iowa, to
n Arkansas, expecting to sell them lands
a there and then sell their Iowa farms.
There is hardly town without an
agent working for some particular sec
tlon OF the South or Southwest. All
Il these agents claim great number OF
Il southern sales. but say nothing about
the people who locate where the others
j go away
The mayor Of Mitchell in answer TO
4 the same question says: 1--WE do not
a know that thousands want TO get out Of
a the country. We know of very few
who want to leave the country Where
would they go to better themselves? is
d the question asked by those who are
4 dissatisfied
John Mathews, of Armour, answering
II the same question. says: mo: thous.
d ands do not want to leave this part OF
the country. There may be some who
desire to move. They, however, do no,
y know where to 90 to better their con.
dition."
w. S. Isenhart. of Fulton, Hanson
county, says in answer to the same
question:
There are some people leaving
Dakota, but most OF them are renters
or what we call hoaters-people who g
from one country 10 another, looking
for a Garden OF Eden that they never
find Parties who own their own lanc
are we'll satisfied ard are buying al
they can get at bargains.
THE REPUBLICAN would add to tht
above, which we consider fair replies
to the inquiries, that the coming ant
going to and from South Dakota art
matters incident to the settlement o
all new states. The facts are slnpl.
these: Those who have been herr
long enough and have been provlden
enough to acquire some resources. nav
no special reason to leave the countr,
and as Il rule such people do not thlnl
of doing So Those who had yer.
scant means when they came and wer
not prepared to Withstand crop tallur
or who have been unfortunate In olhe
ways. in many cases go elsewhere
spend the winter, where they thln
immediate chances are better. me
there are people who leave the couhtr
in the same way that people ie;.vcot.e
states-slmply because they choose
do so. We know OF no reason WI
their going from this state should a
tract any more attention than would b
the case M other states Another fac
which the adverse critic would ove1
look, is the incomin. population which
the state at large for 1894, will a'mos
equal the number who have lett. Man
have realized that while conditions al
bad generally as we'll as locally. Is
good time to make investments an
reap advantages which would not
offered in better times The soutl
eastern and eastern counties OF tf
state are suffering less loss of popul
ton than those further to the nortN
west. because in what is known as II
corn belt, the hog raising and catt
feeding counties, the majority al
standing the depression and rartl
crop failure with as little inconven
ence as those of Iowa. Missouri ar
Illinois. AS rule those counties hay
good crops, the faiur OF the pa
season beiug looked upon rs only
temporary n isfortune