The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-10-19
IMMIGRATION
What the Missouri State Immigration
Society Is Doing
st. Louis Republican

uoh Was hoiu I'LL Oh Iious last Aplli, law
under the direction OF Mr.. Thomas w
Fitch, president, assisted by Hon. K. G.
Cabell, secretary, and NJ. R,ushaw assistant
secretary, issued second publication giving
information about the convention.
The first publication was a iify-psge
pamphlet, containing the official proceedings
of the convention, and was issued about two
months ago for local information in the
state.
Yesterday the advance copies of the second
publication were received at the office of the
society, room SO, Insurance building, corner
on the convention is pamphlet of 270 pages,
and is entitled "The Handbook of Missouri"
and its contents embrace exhibits of the agri-
cultural, con meicial, industrial, mineral,
financial, educational, religious and social
interests of tho state, together with Mssouri's
Typographical features, transportation fsoili-
ties, health, climate, etc, and also complete
description of the size, location and soil of
each county, inclusive Of the productive
capacity of the counties. These exhibits
we're compiled in condensed form from the
papers read and presented before the immi-
grafton convention.
A large, new and improved map of the
state accompanies the Handbook.
The object of issuing the publication 10 To
give to immigrants and people outside Of
Missouri information of the most extended
character as 10 the natural resources of the
state.
The society Intended to distribute the
pamphlet, or special parts of it, as may be
required, in the immigration centres OF the
world, and intended to employ resident
agent at Liverpool to canvass England, Ire
land, Scotland and the Continent 10 the in
tersst OF Missouri.
The expense of the publication is met by
the money contributions Of number Of cit
liens of tne state, and of st. Louis especially.
The pamphlet is free frcm any local or special
advertisements, and every page has been
electrotyped in such way that either the
entire pamphlet, or particular sections Of it
can be printed and furnished for circulation
by the society. The plan of distribution
agreed upon by the Missouri immigration
society is as follows:
First-Copies will be sent to St. Louisans
or Missourians in Europe for distribution
among emigrants leaving Europe for their
perusal during the voyage across the
ocean.
Second--A largo number will be sent to
the special Missouri agent al Liverpool.
Third-One of the delegates from each
county to the ton will be appointed
special agent IN each county in Missouri to
receive from residents of the respective coun-
ties The address of persons living in other
states, or in Europe or Canada, WHO would
gladly receive the information contained in
the pamphlet. The county agent will be
instructed 10 forward the addresses 10 the
society Office in st. Louis, and to state who
furnished them. The pamphlet will then be
mailed to the parti and the name of the
person suggesting the address will be in.
dorsed on the pamphlet for the information
Of the receiver.
. Fourth-Each county immigration associs-
ton will DO asked to have that part of the
Handbook" specially descriptive of its
county printed from the elec,rotyped pages
in special pamphlet, to be given by the local
msy inquire for informstio about some
special feature or county in the state. The
county descriptions include everyone OF the
ia counties in Missouri compIehensvely
classified and displayed to l'rser extent
than in any previous publications.
The printed matter relating 10 each county
varies in quantity from 0ne-half to three
fourths of a column Of the Republicans
measure. The topics treated in each county
are AS follows: Geography, ares, location,
character Of soil, timber, minerals, fruit cul-
ture, staple productions, stock-rsisiCg, eli
mate, health, price Of land, character of pop
ulstioR, railroads, financial condition, politics,
inducements to immigrants, exports, mining
industries, educational, religious and social
advantages public Improvements, taxation.
manufacturing industries and facilities, and
prospective possible developments.
The Handbook contains beside county do.
scriptions, general articles on Missouri in
terests, as presented before the immigration
convention last spring under the following
heads:
Resolutions expressive of the senti-
ment of the people of the state and
welcoming the immigrant. world TO Missouri
catalogue of the thirtysix papers presented
to the convention on general topics concern
ing Missouri location and srea of Nilsson
ri; the valley OF the Mississipp; physical
features of northern and southern Missouri ;
the lowlsnds of southeast Missouri; the eli.
mate, health and soils of the state; sgricul.
tural capabilities, horticulture, fruit culture,
and vineyards and wines; grasses, pssturage,
stock raising dsiryine and wool growing
minerals and mining; manufacturers, -four,
wool, cotton aud paper manufacture; labor
and wages, railway and transportation, and
postal facilities the cotton trade with the
southwest and Mexico, financial condition
Of the state and counties; homestead. exemp-
ton, dover and taxation laws; universities
colleges and academies of Missouri; free
schools Of the state and the common school.
ofSt. Louis; religious statistics and society
in Missouri; game and fish in the state
why the tmigrsnt should come to Missouri
the three great cities of Missouri-St. Louis,
Kansas City and St. Joseph.
The Missouri immigration society expect
to have about $4,000 copies of the Hand
4 book ready for free distribution to partei
outside OF the state in few weeks.
M The soclety's secretary and assistant sec
rotary are preparing to have the third pub
IS LEGATION issued. This will be a full and dc
tailed report of the Immigration convention,
Including all the county reports, special pa
8pors, several maps, and census reports o
1880, Ill carefully colsted and arranged
The volume will have about 500 pages, anC
is intended for the use Of agents, govern
ment representatives aud shipping agent
abroad, and for library reference in all coun
fries and cities.