Show THE WEST FOR easterners the efforts of western men in the vast to call the attention of the people of eastern cities to the advantages of migration ni gration to wenters farming lands ik 16 attracting much favorable notice douce and nd comment and from present indi eat lations ions it would seem that there Is in probability of a heavy drift or of population to the wet west of the MINIM ippi within a few years yeara it is in not often that the opportunities of the west as aa a place of homes can be set forth clearly and forcibly before the iden of society and culture in eastern but it was done in boston teat amt week by william E formerly of this thia city chairman of the national irrigation committee of the irrigation congress Con greaB rhe meeting was presided over by everett hale and was waa under the sua Dices of the leading and humanitarians of the hub mr smythe ls address was waa to with leep deep interest as he be depicted the presented by irrigation larva farm iniz ine in the west to the mou men who were willing and able to work he pointed out we of the small email farm taking for a typical illustration of abat might be accomplished one of abe be farming towns of weber county utah mr smythe is going to visit NOW new york vork on the same errand that led to his bia presence in this thie fact IV 1 given prominence in too metropolitan tan journal journals jour nala and one of them the be abtil and Express expressive gives an I 1 interview on gothe thae great west with samuel E who la is executor of the estate of frederick billings and who has haa spout pent much time to in the western part of abe country mr kliner kilner says baya one of the great considerations in favor odthe of the west to a man of moderate means to is the difference in the cost outliving of ot living as compared with the east the old boom da days a of high prices in the west are over an and being right at the nations base of supplies the people there can live much cheaper than we can here to nn in support of this thili statement mr kilarr gives figures on the tee cost of rents and of meats vegetable flour etc I 1 in which the prines are strongly in favor of the west tor low prices of living of other necessaries be states that ittie open iniz up of the railroads and the competition of the now new york and chicago jobbing houses bouses for western trade have brought the price of cloth ing practically down to eastern figures house furniture is a little higher bleher than il is here but even in that emse the local factories and the competition ot of eastern jobbing houses have brought down the prices wonderfully the past three years mr kilver kil er concludes his bis remarks on the subject as follows ol lows am 40 t i As A ka to getting on in the west wei I 1 that depends entirely upon the man As AB a general thing I 1 think those small bilios are overcrowded especially with day laborers A good steady mechanic who understands his bin trade is rarely idle but bat it is the coun conn ry that really needs developing A man who has any practical adaptability for farming and who is willing to put in his work on a small tract of land large farms are out of date dale now locadd not 00 oo far from a railroad will have no trouble in making a comfor comfortable I 1 able living for his famil family from what its is id 16 is easy lu ee that ere long a great many from froin the crowde clowdel I 1 cities of the east will seek the west for relief from ills which they are suffering to in industrial affairs in fact they are looking this way already sad and under such word pictures as those loose referred it will not t cake ke a greit gre it while to evolve from the for relief a determination on the part of these theme people to become emigrants from the homes with which they now are discontented at the samo same time the prospect raises a serious question in the west while it is desirable from many points of view to have a large influx ot of population to develop the me coun country try there to is considerable danger of a drilling into the be already overcrowded cities ot of mechanics and laborers who will only increase the already large numbers of unemployed this is a situation for which westerners need to prepare themselves so that the newcomers may be given to understand that they will have their share of bard work to do and that it must be directed to making them produce from the soil the necessaries of life for their own sue one to torance ten anoe nance those of the east who are looking to the west tor for homes must needs look forward to plenty of work in establishing them they oan can be assured of another thing aso also and that is that honest well directed toil will be amply rewarded |