The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1874-04-01
Immigration.

immigration.
We have received a lotter from
Mr.. Melchers, on Immigration which
We lay before our readers. Mr..
Melchers gives the requisites for
success. Ten thousand dollars and
'hfty thousand acres Of lani will
briug ten thousand ,fm;l,&s here next
winter. These too will not be the
offscouring Of all countries, but a
picked, harly Immigration. Tie
quota for Fairfield is al ont four hun.
drcd dollars and fifteen hundred
acres Of land. There arc, in Fair.
field, 100000 acres Of cleared lands
and 100000, unc!sared, in all about
$4,000 acres. TO Immigration
bureau requests & donation uf one
acre in every iiree haudrc1. This
is very small donation comparative.
~. ~ good PORTION Of this real
estate is cut up ito s,hG,l farms.
But there arc vast tracts which
might be cut up to aavantng". One
of our farming friends has made a
proposition which we think tho best
yet offered. lc propo. cs to l,y
Oft several portions of fifty or sixty
acres each. Ga each, he will settle
family, giving away ten acres, ,n
condition that the Immigrant lives
upon II 1--WE 5e:rs, n-d selling the
Ga:9hct on a credit Of five wears. In
th!s, way he will insure u peru.aacut
settlement; and at the sa'f,e line
had purchaser for his s,irp1us Land.
And this is'<;;Hst what Fairfield wants.
How many pieces arc there in this
co"nty for sale, without, rnrc'ahcrs ?
How manyacrcs are sAcr hcc,I monthly
at SEcri:f'b Sale for want Of BUYERS :?
let every c;t.:: IF Tai.h Id be
prtsout Ii N'iuusLo:o Oh Sa.c.dav
in April, and let every one previous
ly determine how much land he Can
give, and how much money. lm~
migration is to save the State. 1t
is worth all outlay Of time and mon.
ey.
CnAhLEsToN, S. g., March, 1874.
DEAR SIR: l beg leave to call
your attention to the following reso.
lutlons passed at the Tax Payer,'
Convention, with the hope that the
matter will DO speedily ta.cn in
hand by the people, and pushed cue
cc>sfully.
| have been assured by compctcnt
authority, that with Ten Thousand
Dollars, and Fifty Thousand Acres
of Land donated, some Ten Thou.
sahd Families may be brought 10
the State by next winter. Without
inducements to offer to immigrants.
name will come, as the West, and
other Southern States, are in the
field to get all the iminigrants that
come. Tennessee, for instance, has
offered hundred thousand acres cf
land gratis, to bo divided in alter
nate sections to Immigrant families
and Virginia has appropriated SIS.
600 for the same purpose.
am h,ppy to say, that in some
Districts Of the State, the people
have offered lands at very low pricc<,
and given some gratis, but the move
ment should be general, and every
District should do all in its power
10 induce immigrants to settle in
our State. Respectfully,
i. M]3LClIERS,
Commissioner OF Immigration.
Reso|vea, That it Lhall be the duty
of the said County mmis3iuncrs of
Immigration to ascertain from the
land owners Of the County I9hat lands
are to bo sold or gi7ei away, as the
case iIity be, aud If for sale, OF what
terms and to take down aud pro
cure for reference a brief descrip.
slon and location thereof, and report.
the "a dle, from time to time, to the
Commissioners for the sta.o Of large
80 that when immigrants arrive in
the County they may ut once be
provided for. 1t shall also be his
duty to collect such contributions in
money from tho citizens for tho pro.
motion Of the cause Of mnIgratIon,
as they may ho willing to contribute,
and forthwith turn the same over to
the Commissioner for the State at
largo taking his receipt fot the same.
PolitltSyS Industry.
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