Information for Immigrants: Relative to the Prices and Rentals of Land, the Staple Products, Facilities of Access to Market, Cost of Farm Stock, Kind of Labor in Demand in the Western and Southern States, Etc., Etc. ; to which are Appended Tables Showing the Average Weekly Wages Paid in the Several States and Sections for Factory, Mechanical, and Farm Labor; the Cost of Provisions, Groceries, Dry Goods, and House Rent in the Various Manufacturing Districts of the Country, in the Year 1869-'70Samuel D. Burlock, 1871 - 232 頁 |
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第 vii 頁 - Recurring to the money value of an immigrant, it may be stated that the sum of $1,000 has usually been regarded as the average worth of each permanent addition to our population, an amount somewhat too large, but yet an approximation to the true value. Mr.
第 102 頁 - offered" the party must file with the district land office his declaratory statement as to the fact of his settlement within thirty days from the date of said settlement, and within one year from that date...
第 142 頁 - CLIMATE. — The climate of Florida is not excelled by that of any of the United States, and it may be doubted whether it can be equaled elsewhere in the world. Located on the very borders of the torrid zone, and, therefore, so far as latitude alone is concerned, entitled to rank among the hottest portions of the western continent, still her situation between the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic is such that, owing to her peculiar...
第 viii 頁 - German must be measured by another standard than the Mexican or South American. Their mode of life, their economical habits and practical pursuits, have little in common ; and hence the benefit to the country of their adoption varies according to their respective previous relations. It is certain, however, that each emigrant brings, independently of his personal property, a certain increase of wealth to this country, which increase is paid by the country from which he comes, and accordingly must...
第 142 頁 - ... borders of the torrid zone, and, therefore, so far as latitude alone is concerned, entitled to rank among the hottest portions of the western continent, still her situation between the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic is such that, owing to her peculiar form, she is swept alternately by the winds of the eastern and western seas, and relieved from those burning heats with which she would otherwise be scorched ; and thus it happens that by the joint influences of latitude and peculiar location she...
第 189 頁 - Oregon, though of short duration, generally brings with it several inches of snow on the table lands and iu the valleys. The weather is usually dry, but quite cold. Snow remains from three to six weeks, in the months of December and January, some seasons ; in others only a few days. The spring begins in February and lasts to the end of May, with warm, pleasant weather, and rain sufficient for vegetation. The summers are hot and dry, but not sultry or oppressive.
第 199 頁 - To which are appended tables showing the average weekly wages paid in the several states and sections for factory, mechanical, and farm labor...
第 v 頁 - Colonies at the commencement of the revolutionary war has generally been estimated at 3,000,000, and it is probable that as many as one-third of these were born on the other side of the Atlantic, while the parents of a large portion of the remainder were among the early immigrants.
第 viii 頁 - Dr. Engel computes the cost of raising a manual laborer in Germany at 40 thalers a year for the first five years of his life; at 50 thalers for the next five years; and at 60 thalers from the eleventh to the fifteenth year, thus arriving at an average of 50 thalers per year, or 750 thalers in all. From my knowledge of German...
第 vii 頁 - Nearly 10 per cent, consist of merchants and traders, who doubtless bring with them considerable capital as well as mercantile experience, while the smaller number of professional men and artists, embracing architects, engineers, inventors, men of thorough training and a high order of. talent, contribute to our widely extended community not only material, but artistic, esthetic, intellectual, and moral wealth. With regard to the ages of these immigrants, only 25 per cent, are under 15 years of age,...