The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-11-05

done and $50 few nsrd=. comparatively. 90
ID T. BESIDES. the population ar those
people do not like 10 change EEeIr mode
or living even ON she promise that they
viii ana a better one somewhere else.
and they dr not wish o. 90 90 the trrlr.a
or settling e.-a,. here. simply because they
are CuuteLtad as they are
but I'D that territory north ~ the Ohio
as -N-uI't@lSa- probably better e+.-H..l-l
as the old Northwest the agent is usually
successful Iu curing settlers Tor inc new
Southwest iu tEar wide area the uupUla-
ton D. mobile Do is composed of men. 70
lS true who went there from the Eastern
cities, but they were the more atEt7rU--
'l7 ones. ready Jo pioneer The way de
Nlt"1~ of change and who wished aHN' -
all 10 improve their condition Then. ZOO.
they went there 40 times " depression in
The East. The people ~ the Atlantic
Es-uaD TO go 10 the NoTtuWeHJ- ID az
frcJs them as does water when poured
on duck back The lllul-auJ Of the
b-4 Northwest however. lS more east. y
persuaded. He has "a more vivid ina gina
ton Is more optimistic. and rs hen once
q suggestion is made that he can improve
about II. because lt Is Just this desire for
Improvement thac FIRST shook him from
ms Eastern muuIluES. Soon the idea has
fun possession of him. AID then his
turing bright future. Next YOU find him
I'm tine new Northwest
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less than -7..u. and POSSIBLY as many aS
4H.ff settlers have recently gone into the
new Northwest NaShiugrD-- U1 the Pa
C.Ge Coast, is the State mostly benefited
10y this movement. OF course. the C0uu-
Try tributary has also received am aldi-
tpu To- its population ! am not luc.ut-
Ing the $3.50 or 5000 people whom Ca
madam roads through the aid Of the
Government agents. have induced % set
Tie within certain designated area I'm rla
Canadian NurrnWeSr Territory
The means employed tr transplant
such large body or the population were
cheap rates OF 'Eeme=erker~. excursions.
as the railroads style them For twelve
weeks one excursion q week was run Dog
the roads. The work. however took
months OF preliminary booming cu the
part OF the emigration a-rUr-
But il is not alone the roads ~ the new
Northwest that are ellvaForll- On sttle
the country along their lines I'm Colo
RADIO. Wyoming. New Mexico. and other
middle Western and Southwestern States
unusual efforts are soon 90 bee put forth
bv tho railroads to increase the number
Of people iu those sections The very re-
cent suggestion Of George Gould that the
arid States Of the West should seriously
Of iTTigaUuU-he himself suggesting that
immense reservoirs for the storage OF
water should Ee bui.t-is along this line
The railroads realize. Of course. that tho
arid States must bee made capable Of SUD
plying the needs OF a large population be-
fore they can ever expect 10 get that
States are now and have been at various
times I'm recent years confronted with the
question Of labor supply. There are com
plants on an sides that men cannot DO
Secured for railroad work and nc places
where extensions and Improvements are
under way the progress OF -he work is
seriously retarded To meet this problem
au Important and tar-reaChtng enterprise
for the announcement of immigration is
now being organized
Every railroad tTaEeTSiuC the Western
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question. Each Of them has organized i'm
dustrial comm issious OF like bodies 20