Middletown transcript., 1871-08-12
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lays siuas. AMI | eMAfaes In #sfiaa up.
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fha snl5jest f3fsisu immigration i -
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STATE
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Prise hai is 9iiein in Ills tia3 laa4
county, ami q, tie time oi il uaaeara-
ton. lophel onl5 10 thn supplying II this
particular locality with reliable atm labor
and domestic sarinnis llay.ng bon for.
tnnate iii securing the services of i suita.
Bic agent twha operated ihioleh thn me.
linm Of api49ftEy correspondence. we
succeed IN obtaining oar fr.f install
mont Of swe,ips, ahich nag .allnsol III
the spring BY a second insiallment Ihssr
have all nhianal remInfrating employ.
ment an=l the relation Leiscea employer
and employed aoems IL IL entirely salts.
factory They have proved themselves to
be mn honest aud Industrious cass uf In.
borers lgec from all vieians hnbi,s-ca.
-ils satisfied and NJ, in learning our sys.
tom of agriculture Their thrift, eeana.
ny and do9a;an 10 thr employers inter
est Is Ia marked contrast with ihe eye.ser.
vco, sastefnlness mi mprovionce of the
negro. In Il word .ihrY atn thr very class
Of laborers that is needed II restore our
country to its former prosperity.
Encouraged b. the success attending
our o;laris. the counties If Lon and Jef.
terson sought cooperation with Us. aud
the result was the organization. about the
first Of last March. Of \ District Assnria.
tim. designed 10 embrace al the counties
of the middle district of Florida 0nr Or
ganiza,inn WIS defective IN nat pr9yiling
for n 'tiennral Superintendent" IA rontrel
its working operations but this has been
recently renedied and | am now charged
with the duties Of that office liy n conn
bination Of our iste, 1sis. We have been
enabled to employ foreign agent, who
took his departure on the 10th Of Inst
mcrous orders inr these counties, and hay-
ing secured the services Of another agent.
am now receiving addit onnl orders 10
he executed Is him. He will leavc here
for Sweden about the Isl Of September
aud return about the las, Of December.
For the present we are neces.ita,ei 10
bring our immigrants by way of New
York. but hape in the course Of another
year, So 10 arrange as 10 havc them brought
dirtet to a Southern port, say Charleston
or Savannah, or Fernanaina. BY such
an arrangement we not only cheaper the
cost of transportation, but avoid the risk
of abduction by the numerous agents in
New York, who make business of cniic-
ing them to the West This can be nc
complished only by such n combination Of
interests rs shall furnish sufficient pat
roaa3e to induce the establishment Of III
rect linc Prom the little experience that
have acquired in my limited operations.
and from the thought that | have given to
the subject, | an fully convinced that the
larger the field Of operation aud ths great.
er tho combination Of interests, the surer
becomes the promise of success. can
conceive of no reason why the Southern
Atlantic and Gulf States might not inaug-
uratc great Southern Immigration Asso-
citation. to be under the control Of IN,
head. Such an organization, | am CON