EMIGRATION TO AMERICA.

Southland Times, Issue 1223, 15 March 1870, Page 3

EMIGRATION TO AMERICA.

The Australian colonies bad need bestir tthemselves if ihey desire to compete with the United States forthe >BTirplus labour and capital of Europe. Besides the ■■■unnamed powers and agencies in the sitape «of consols and -shipping agents, the Americans are bringing otfto operafion all the inducements df cheap passages and, so •called, cheap land. For some time past advertisements "have%een -going themound of the papers, leaded "Emigration to| America," and intimating that a combina- ! ition of American railway companies k( ibeing formed to furnish cheap and direct from Europe to tbe railway lands of Kansas, and Minnesota, jsituated along the lines of the following railways:: — The Kamsa* Pacific railway, n,he Denver Pacific railway, and the Lake Superior and Mississippi Railway. These •companies -offer to European settlers and She public their own lands granted to them fby the Government, 'and in *the aggregate several millions of acres, at ithe market price at which they .are offered ito American settlers. The advertisement jgoes on to tpoint out all the advantages ;attenda3*t npon settlement in America, jand indicates the mode of procedure tbat «honld be adopted by emigrants. Another advertisement emanating from tbe"" Intermational Land and ILabour Agency," •established by the celebrated Elihu Burcet, nnforms the British public that there are over 1000 farms for sale in the United States, in various localities, stretching Ifrom Maine to California, at prices aranging from £100 to £10,000 each, and on easy terms. The Stsrise of Wirgiiria has Ibad its claims urged in most eloquent tfcerms by a «pecial correspondent of the ADaify News. This gentleman describes "Virginia as a very paradise for persons of flimated incomes and small - capitsfl. jyil tie refinements of a high civilisation and polished society are, according to the writer, within the reach of those possessing sufficient capital to purchase farms, -at prioes tbat would Ibe -deemed ridiculously high in Australia. -AU these advertisements and letters and tell with -wonderful effect upon 4 dassthat would be a very valuable one in Australia, amd "for tbe members of -which the 'latter would be ;a far better oountry than America. Unfortunately, with reference to the colonies, the people Siave to seek information; concerning -America, information, tnne .-and false, is thrust upon them from all points, .-and in almost every shape and form. Australia <could well afford to take a leaf out of .Amencafeibookin tins respect. — Exchange {paper. ______________