The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-06-16

DEng COLONY SCHEME.

II II announced that Dcbs contempiases
colony for the unemployed and that,
OH the suggestion IL Gov. Rogers. this
experiment. Immigrants are much de-
sired IN Washington, as In all new
states. but 1t has no desire TO figure as
the nursery ground Of unpracticabie
schemes. Tho tenor Of the dispatch IL
ever calculated 20 cause alarm. IL was
stated in Boosting way that pebs could
naubilixe an army la Chicago of 10000
unemployed men and that the first con-
tingent would be dispatched without de-
lAy.
the people OF the state. We trust no senti-
mental encouragement will be afforded TO
the plan to land here an -smy of unem-
ployed men gathensd. IS such force
must be. without regard to their fitness
for agricultural pursuits and without the
means to provide for themselves until
they could learn. II would mean the
seizure OF an opportunity ~ hundreds TO
make n trip BY rail with no particular
object In view except to set transporta-
tion and take chances.
Che fate OF The Port Angeles colony. OF
Topoiobamro. In Lower California. and OF
Thomas Hughes Tennessee colony should
serve as a warning against permitting this
state to be made resort for visionafl.s
without the means Of support. In those
to have some means, ana at least an at
tempt was made TO prepare the way for
them. Dehs plan. 40 far as known. has
not even theae advantages. 1t would he
the height OF cruelty TO brlng these men
to raw railroad lands and dump them
down tn task for which there is no pre-
tense of insurtng theisftness. itwauld take
. large sum ~ money TO maintain them
In the necessaries of life until the ground
was productive. Unused TO the. labor. prob
ably ctaiinE under the inevitable hard.
ships. they would wander 10 the cities and
become a menace TO those now so recent
u employed.
The fact that this state In moment OF
temporary alteration has gone popullst
r. the cause of its being associated with
enterprises such as this. The ohiec, Is a
good enc. and under better auspices and
with more mature preparation, might
achieve measure OF success. hut AZ a,
present outlined. II would prove the most
Ah5es't failure. and be the most ca,amlto,.s
visitation the state could suffer.
The state Of Washington is not a shit
able resort for the unemployed. II has
no large cities with diversified occupations.
II Is difficult for men who ara not skilled
In any trade To make a living even now
and there Is not such a marke, Dor farm
produce IS would hold ont Inducements
to large number who weald be flung
helpless upon the rural districts Nnns,
should moro stvcnuously antagenixn sneh
. scheme than iaherIng men. They bava
Jus; gone through a protraetsti siege -,
saseness, and before they are fairly on, Of
debt they are threatened with the adven,
81 several hundred men. many Of whe,n
viii ente. into eompatstien with them yay
the little work there is. Those nov he,s
have need az every deliar. for the wlrtar
scaaon viii soon te on aria work win he
slack in the mines in ire logging eAunS
and on the farms.
II nehs' army. Modified. as he calls =,
should lie brought into the state unass
such nrecarleus conditions as Re seen.
% contemplate. 81 would pat sh.s stats
back many years, X would ret onsy
threaten eus isteFing saen. hus nasrht e,,
come a draia upen car people who pew.
erlcss 10 help them permanently. would =.
compelled 10 contribute 10 fhelr ssfnnarar,
support. The idea. toe, thar this state Was
che resort fos cranky schemes would or,
crate In keep cut tnsaiisrsGts who are Prs
parcd by training 20 develop SIS rvxastrex.
ana be from the start Incorporating cl;s
sens. Ii would also fsighten or tee rapi
tsl 40 much needed 10 hesAa up ente.g,risrI
which viii in due time and uades ths rcx
u,s,scns OF demand and supply afford sab
ssaat.a, encoarsg~meo, 70 those ng,c4 fol
the work.