The Cairo evening bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1868-1870, 1868-12-23
THE EMIGRANT AID SOCIETY.
Acro,a pro,.., Promising Grand Results.

Reference has been made in these columns
TO the organization of southern Illinois Emit
grant Aid Society.
At a meeting of citizens, held last high''
the plans and purposes of the orsan'Aa''oh
were elaborated; and no one failed 10 see "
in the light of a potent agent whereby 'a'
broad acres of spare hand In Egypt might DC
pcopled bv intelligent and thrifty emigrhh''
IRON, Germany and other parts of Europe.
1t will be- the aim of the society 10 prinS'
in the most forcblc yet reliable shape, TO 'he
attention of the agricultural classes OF EUROPE
the extent, the fertility, capacity ana price
of our unoccupcd lands Maps are to he
rroyidod. accurately describing all the pur'
cbosahlc lands. of which no doubt there are
two or three millions OF acres showing 'he''
relations TO the rivers, railroads, wagon-roads'
markets. etc; and these are to be accom-
panied by An accurate presentation 'i 'hcr
ADAPTATION for the culture ot frulI gram Tue
grape, etc. and all other facts which II might
be interesting for the inquirer to know
chief office or headquarters, will be cstab-
lished Mt Cairo, because of its general Access
.ibility. and the facility with which documents
may bc distributed to the different parts OF the
world. Branch offices will be provided IN
the principal towns or Mt the county seats OF
ali the counties embraced within the scope OF
the Society. For these an attentive, obligihg
and well-posted agent will be designated, VINO
will have supervision of matters pertaining
10 hi, county-.uch Us showing to inquirers
the land, in market, answering correspond
,,o, o,o - y
The services Of competent attorney Will
be secured by the society, who will pass upon
the title papers to all the lands placed at its
disposal. in order that the most distant APP
proach TO fraud or deception may be guarded
against
A charter comforting ample powers for the
Of these and such other lcglt-
innate ends n. the society may aim at wIli Ice
asked of the next Legislature 1t Will no
doubt be readily granted.
The citizens, not only of Southern Illinois,
but of the entire state, should interest them
selves in thi, movement. Treading upon the
very heels of Ohio, no man Is wanting IN that
tate pride that would fix the prairie State
in advance of the buckeye State in all
those thing. that tend to make people great
and powerful Beyond this, and Of infinitely
greater importance the successful opera
ton Of ,hi. society would bring from the
vine growing regions Of Germany and
France. and, in short, from all the agricultu-
al district. of the ''old country thousands
md tens of thousand, Of hardy, thrifty and
ucce..ful farmers and pomologist'. and in
cw wears convert our almost limitlcss forests
10 waving fields of grain, every hillside to
bearing orchards or vineyards, every valley
10 farm, meadow or garden, and write u
most gratifying and profitable change upon
every feature and aspect of our country.
Less than two-ffth. Of the tillablc lands Of
Illinois are under any kind Of cul-
iiyation. Sections, almost townships Of the
most fertile land in the world lie almost in IL
state of unmarried nature. On every hand,
in every county, in every precinct, there Is IA
field for agricultural skill and labor that will
Weld amos; fabulous recompense. The
Of all thin To the uses for which
the Almighty most evidently intended il,
would make us one Of the wcalihiest and most
prosperous people in the entire northwest.
Where We have thousands now, We would have
million. then, correspondingly increasing the
sum we would pay into the public Golfers in
the way Of state taxes. should therefore,
the society apply for state aid 10 give It, la
bors effectiveness, to send one or more active
and intelligent agents to Europe 10 operate
personally in the work of directing cmigra-
ton hithor, We can think of no appropriation
that would be marked with more wisdom, or
that would return quicker or more ample
compensation. Beyond such an agency and
the actual cost of printing, the society pro-
poses 90 incur no expense. The services Of
It's officers and local agents must be rendered
gratuitoUsly, or for their share in the general
prosperity that cannot fail TO attend the labors
If the association.
Should the state, through the prudent ox-
erci'e Of the wisdom Of the Legislature, aid
the society, Mr. Fredolne Bross should be
dispatched to Germany without delay. We
know Of no man more Jealous or thorough
going o. more deeply interested in the mission
Of the organization. He would perform Il
noble work among the hard-f,tcd agricultur-
lists of his old home, and make representa-
tive, generally, that would do credit to the
society
We shah, as occasion demands, pursue this
subject further.
The German Lutheran Society of this city
al 'brtE La, IL.