The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1873-02-15
immigration.

We hear and read the opinions of many per-
sons, regarding the great need we have of immi-
grants, and the proper means of attracting them
to our State. We have an Immigrant Aid Society,
and while the gentlemen composing it are, no
doubt, working with heartfelt interest in the
cause, yet the general apathy of the public renders
their work of little avail. In our own county
we have gentlemen who are large landowners.
and who could, did they take the broad view of
this subject and invest their funds in a practical
experiment, add largely to the permanent advance
ment of their own, and the interest of the State.
Hon. H.. ). Sanford, in n letter from Florida to
the Savannah republican, gives his experience in
colOnizing. and we think that the like happy re-
suits would follow a trial here. His plan at first
was simply to cultivate oranges, but the intro
duction of the laborers opened new fields of labor.
In the lower part of the State we know from ex-
perience that the cultivation of the orange is a
profitable business. Mr.. Sanford says:
] commenced in 1870 laying out a grove of one
hundred acres, with six thousand six hundred
trees, and for clearing the land we had n large
force Of negroes brought from Middle Florida.
The prejudice Of my neighbOrs touching the in
PRODUCTION of that class of labor, and the diff
culties caused in consequence, constrained me to
turn to another quarter for laboring men, and |
sent over in January, 1871, an agent to Sweden,
where | was assured / would have no difficulty in
engaging peasants, who would give a years ser
vice for their expenses. This proved to be the
case, and in May my agent returned with forty
i've nNAA ~ IANA Aha III lulAlGAAdACll
set to work at Sanford. They proved to be, in
stead Of peasants, accustomed to field work, arti-
sans mainly, from the town of Upsula. They
were well housed and fed-better, i doubt not.
than in their own country, with their own women
10 wash, cook and sew for them; were generally
contented, labOrious and sober, and so well salts
fed was | that 1 sent for more, and in November
another detachment of thirty-fye arrived, and now
ut the request of their friends and relatives in nv
employ. | have Just sent for some twenty more
making in all near 100 of these excellent people
introduced by me here. As their contracts for a
years labor expired, | gave those who desired to
remain a gift of five acres of choice land to i'm
prove, with the option of purchasing FIVE acres
more. Quite n number of families have selected
their lots, and are-their time having expired
busy in improving them, erecting houses, etc. for
which I give them the lumber, to be paid fer IN
labor, later. Thus a colony has been established
which will become TO me and my neighbOrs per-
manent labor, and which will hereafter, need no
help from me in it's growth, for | look upon it as
the nucleus of a large settlement, sure to increase
as these colonists thrive and bring over their
friends, or attract Others to come to be neighbOrs.
.
All are now satisfied with the country, its eli
mate and it's advantages over their own, and are
sending for their friends and relatives to come and
join them. They are taking hold in earnest and
make themselves a home, and as most have trades
colony. One who is a millwright has discovered
that the water between two lakes where the water
is located has fall enough 10 turn n wheel, and he