Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-10-30
An Immigration Scheme.

The Americas Recorder secured one Of
the I'VE prizes Of 500 each. which were
offered by the proprietor Of the AoRNING
NKws. tor the best articles published IN
southern newspapers. on the resources
and material development Of the sections
in which the papers were located. This
fact appeared II our Louisville special
last week. and we refer 10 Il now simply
% caE attention 70 the purpose 70 which
the Americas Bec0rier proposes TO de-
vote it. 500. The Rec0risr is a progres-
sive and enteTpTising paper. It's columns
are devoted largely % matters which
tend 70 build up this state. and paTtleu-
lsrlv the section Of the state IN which II
Is published. One Of the conditions i'm
posed upon the contestan for the prize
was that q certain number Of the papers
containing the articles entered for the
prize should - sent 70 the Louis
Vile and Cincinnati Expositi0ns for dis
tribution. The purpose Of tie
proprietor q the MORNING NEws in Of
ferin- the prizes was 20 disseminate H.
formation respecting the section Of the
south included in The scheme. among
people who are thinking q seeking other
homes NJ who are booking for opportuni-
ties to invest capital. All q the papers
contesting complied with this condition.
and. a. far a. We are now informed. they
nav have furnished more papers than
was required u them The
Esearfe- took deep inter
est I'D the enterprise. and, besides
sending the stipulated number 10 Louis
vile. printed 4.e1o extra copies which II
scattered throughout the North and North
west. IL BOW proposes u devote lis prize
q 500 to the work Of influencing immi-
grants u come u Southwest Georgia In
It's issue of October 18th il SAYS. We
VIII contribute the 500 - received 10 an
association properly OF Eanized for the pur-
pose Of inducing immigration from the
Northern states TO Southwest Georgia. pro-
yided nine other persons in this section
viii contribute each S1Do. thus making a
fund Of Sl.0co. The association shall
have It's headquarters in Americas. and
the fund shall be expended IN printing
and distributing papers. circulars and
pamphlets descriptive Of Southwest Geor-
gia and in paving the expenses Of an
agent 70 visit the Northern states and
distribute printed matter and work up
excursions TO this section"
This scheme i a good one. There are
plenty Of men in Southwest Georgia who
ought 70 assist IN making it a success.
some q them own large tracts Of land
which WELD no revenue. and are almost
worthless. The land i good and would
increase in value rapidly il there was any
immigration worth speaking Of. Others
have farms which viii rise in value as
the country becomes settled. In fact. all
the people-lsnd owners. business men
and mechauics-sre interested IN this
scheme which the Recorder has sci on
foot. We hope il viii succeed. not only
because il has merits. but because we
feel that the MORNING NEWS Is entitled
70 d little Of the credit Tor the
spirit d enterprise and progress which Is
manifesting itself in this State and Flor
ida. The Offering Of prizes to secure the
advertisement Of the advantages Of the
different localities Of tins section Of the
south was IN harmony with the course
which the MORNING News has pursued
for years. OF course. the MORNING NEWs
expected no immediate benefit 10 accrue
T. itself. yet there may have been a grain
Of selfshness in the project. The selfish
ness consisted IN this, that the MORNING
News knew that the growth Of this sec
ton q the south would contribute 10 it,
prosperity.