St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1896-01-30
harmonious plan, and the auxiliary or


ganization in the several counties of
agencies there, to disseminate informa-
ton as to the resources and opportu-
mites Of this country, are now begin
get in the returns The people whom
we want to reach are residents of other
states or of foreign countries, and they
have to be enlightened patiently and sys-
tematically before they are prepared to
contemplate the serious venture of
tearing UP their old lives by the roots,
and transplanting themselves to new
country there to attempt an untried
and, to them, uncertain fortune.
But the thing can be done. The re-
sources of this Northwest are so mag
nificent, nature offers here a return so
certain and so bountiful to human la
Dor, and the contrast between this lot
and that of the tiller of unfertile acres
at the East or South, or Of the peasant
population Of Europe, is so great that
the incentive to immigration is ire
sistible. The main thing is to get the
facts before the people whom we invite
to cast in their fortunes with ours.
The collection and distribution of these
facts where they will be most effective
is the work that is now being pushed
so successfully by the energetic men
who are in charge of the practical con-
duct Of the movement for immigration.
IF iS worth -1Ir0eSti7,o RI al these 0an-
tlemen, both in this state and else
where. that they should give particular
attention and make an especial appeal
to our consular representatives in other
countries, and to the consular repre-
sentatives of other countries at the diff,
ferent centers in the Northwest. A
mistake that has been made in the past
is to place too much reliance upon the
immigration agencies of railroad and
steamship lines. The men whom these
canvassing among an element of popu-
lation which is not exactly what we
are after. The steamship agents. for
example, search for a large Storage
traffic, which they obtain to a consid-
cradle extent from the floating or
stranded populations of large cities.
What the Northwest wants today is
more tillers of the soil. This immigra-
ton movement seeks to bring in not
the wrecks of humanity, not the people
who will stop at the first large city on
their way and attempt to make some
kind of livelihood, but it looks to-
ward the small farmer who is dissat-
isfied with ais hard lot, and whose
greatest ambition it is to obtain hold
ing Of land that will enable him to
support himself and rear his family in
independence. 1t is probably through
consular agencies, by the distribution
of documents to such addresses as can
be furnished by intelligent immigrants
already established in this country. and
intelligent representatives of the farm
ing community abroad, that the best
missionary work can be DONE 1t is
evident that the immigration move
ment is now being pushed successfully
along all the different lines, and that
we shall observe the effect of it here
in the Northwest within the next few
years in a new influx of honest and
industrious settlers upon our unoccu-
pied lands. Both country and city will
reap more benefit from this than from
any of the more ambitious and preten-
tious movements set on foot within re-
cent years for building us our indus
tries and increasing our wealth and
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