The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1869-03-25
The south as a Acid dfor Im1nig igration from
Northern View.

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South as an inviting field for labor and
capital presents the following sensible
view Of the situation =;
"Thc leading Southern railroads, to the
numberof so1mo thirty or forty, have taken
important action with view to inducing
immigration to that section of fcountry. In
a recent convention atA!lanta the mana
gers of the various roads which form con,
nections with the North and West agreed
TO a reduction of their passenger tariff, by
which excursionists who have in view the
investment of capital, the purchase of
land, or settlement, may, until July l.,
make trip of observation through the
Southern States, from the Atlantic to the
Mississippi and the Ohio to the Gulf OF
Mexico, at the rate of two cents per mile.
Nest of the hotels along the route have
also agreed to give a large discount on
their charges 10 holders of excursion
tickets. while actualssettlers will be trans
ported to their destination for one cent
per mile. s
"This is the most practical movement
which, has been made toward turning the
tide of emigration into channel which
will aid to build up the South and insure
the svstematical development OF the coun-
try. The West now receives by far the
greater part of the foreign laboring pop
ulation which land at our Eastern ports.
A few stay with us; still less number
find their way South. Our, yeung men
and our capitalists also, find homes, and
business, and investments, always in the
West. Yet there is no more inviting field
for capital, enterprise and emigration than
the South. Within the boundaries OF the
Southern States there is diversity OF
surface, soiE and climate which can be
found in no other portion of the country.
Nature has blessed that region and en-
dowed it with. resources whose value can
not be estimated until they are brought
under systematic and thorough develop.
ment. The. more elevated and central
part is the best fruit garden in'the world.
All the cereals flourish, and in many To-
calities yield two crops each year. The
earth hides immense fields of cea, iron;
copper and marble; water power suffi-
cient to turn thousands of wheels goes
unemployed down the rivers to the sea,
and vast cotton fields lie in sight of the
grain and cotton region. Every advant-
age is here placed by nature at the hand
of the producer; who can find the power
for driving a mill directly in the heart of
the great cotton belt, or a ready market
for his stock and his grain at an easy dis
lance. This wealth is locked up from the
country, waiting for the hand of labor to
bring it FORTH. Properly titled the land
will produce generously, and sustain an
hundredfold more than its present pop.u,,
lalion. Properly worked, the mines would
yield an Invaluable store OF. mineral
treasures. With the aid of capital and
enterprise the undeveloped mechanical
advantages OF that region. can be made a
source Of national as well as local and in
dividual profit. Let the South be pcopled
with workers 10 ten times its present
nun ber and they will not only make for
tunes and homes for themselves, but will
create for the nation new riches and new
resources.
"There is Immediate as we'll as prospcc-
tive profit to the settler in the South, and
to the capitalist who invests money in
| that section. 1t must grow and increase
in wealth. It's natural advantages pro
hibit,its stagnation; and those who first
seize the opportunity which now offers
will be the first 10 profit by the great
commercial reconstruction which is even
now beginning. Attention is becoming
more generally directed to the opportuni-
ties for enterprise and capital in the
South. Some States have already estab-
llisbed Board of Immigration, and 9th
ers propose to do so. AT this time the
plan agreed upon at the Atlanta Conven-
ton will aid greatly in furthering the pur
pose Of those interested in the matter" :"
Under the heading, /" Southern Attrac-
tions,'' the Soldiers Friend, published in
New FORK, has the following:
We have received the following letter
from gentleman in Virginia, relative to
sur views on the question of Southern
interests We have long been assured
| (and years before the war advocated our
opipions in the South as we had opportu
nitr( that the true interests of the South,
in ali possible relations, required the ed.
dtion OF large, intelligent population,
practical in thevarious skilled industries
which would appropriate and develop the
GREAT resources of that section of the
Union, and bring oil the forces of an ad
vanced, industrial life to their AID. The
soil and climate, and the rich mineral
wealth of the Southern States. are wor,
tbv the attention of all, and offer attrac-
tions to capital ard labor OF the most in.
vitingc kind. While hundreds Of thou
sands of laborcrs are at the point of des-
titution in the North, the South opens its
broad area to give cheap, free, profitable
homes, whore wealth. and independence
may be secured on small capital.
The results of the war, in removing the
grand barrier to this addition, to the pop
ulation Of the South by substituting the