Rensselaer Union, Volume 7, Number 5, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 October 1874 — A New Immigration. [ARTICLE]

A New Immigration.

A new emigration’to the United States is in a fair way 1 of being accomplished, ■which will tend to develop the resources of Alaska as well as furnish a considerable increase of hardy toilers to our national population. A committee of three persons, chosen by the people of Iceland, is now in this country looking for a habitation for the entire people of that ancient island. A war vessel has beenlpromised these nmut-coiireurn for the purpose of inspecting the coast of Alaska. They claim that by reason of climatic changes their native home is no longer suitable for a residence; that it lias become too barren to offer the usual opportunities of deriving a comfortable living,\ and that starvation is prevented only by securing from other lands the bare necessaries of life. Alaska, they feel insured, is sufficiently cool. It is preferred to Canada, where a strong influence is now' endeavoring to attract them. They promise to work the fisheries, supply the Pacific States with lumber, build ships as in former times at home, raise cattle and other commodities, and’, lastly, furnish through their children a body of sailors for the Pacific coast trade. They are poor but determined; and wish, if the Goyeriiment w ill grant them the necessary assistance, to inaugurate the emigration at once.— Every. Saturday.