Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1883-02-15
REPORT OF THE COMMISSION
Err OF IMMIGRATION FOR THE
STATE OF MICHIGAN FOR THE
YEARS lSSI-'S2

Il
. YEARS 1SS1-'82.
3 To the Hon. Darfd H. Jerome. Gorern
or of Michigan.
y MISCELLANEOUS USES.
The State Land Office, the United
, States Land Offices, and the comniss
{ ioner OF the various railroad coinpan.
les having lands to sell, have aided ir
: the effective circulation of the issue,
: or this Office. In all cases where cop
les of the pamphlets have been furnish
ed for distribution to the represents
tives of corporate or individual enter
prises desirous of bringing people to
Michigan, it has been expressly stipu.
lated that the character of book as q
State publication, having no connect.
ion with private or local business in.
terests, should be scrupulously prsser-
we'd, and that no announcements OF
any description should be added to ITS
pages or covers, or folded within
them.
1t is not without interest to add
that in several of the schools of the
State the pamphlet on Michigan and
it's Resources" is used for educational
purposes. 1t has also furnished ma
terial for many letters and editorial
articles contributed by numerous
writer's to newspapers and periodicals
through which the advantages and at
fractions of the State have been wide
ly advertised in the most effective
manner and without cost.
A PAMPHLET IN GERMAN.
Soon after the publication of the
English book All epitome Of il, con
tents, containing such general infor-
nation as would be especially useful
In foreign country, was prepared for
translo tion into German, and i'm March
1t had been printed in that languagr,
and was ready for distribution, en-
bodied in pamphlet OF As pages,
which accompanied by a map Of Mich
gan. To obtain an effective circula-
tiion for this pamphlet, and at the
same time to secure the cooperation
OF German citizens already established
here, their assistance was invoked IN
advertisements printed in all the Ger
man newspapers of the State, contain
ing request that they would forward
the names of persons in Europe to
uhoine they desired it to lie sent, or
apply for copies TO be used for that
purpose. Pamphlets sent abroad un-
der such conditions were almost sure
to be accompanied or..tollowed by per
sonal letters from those who had been
the means of sending them, and it il
known that many instances ensued of
- correspondence leading TO increased
German immigration. A few hun
dreds OF the pamphlet have also been
placed in the hands of agents interes-
ted in German steamship lines, on both
| sides of the Atlantic. Of an edition of
5000 printed nine months ago. about
1900 have been distributed under cir
cumstances insuring almost certain i'm
rnunity against waste, and new sup
ply, needing TO be revised by later sta
tistics. will soon become necessary.
ALSO IN THE HOLLAND LANGUAGE
A similar epitome for use among
Hollnnders was prepared early in the
fall, and printed in the Dutch Ian
guage in pamphlet also containing
4S pages and the map. The same
means that were resorted to in the
case of the Greman pamphlet have
been employed TO give it effective cir
culation, and with much success. The
Holland newspapers OF the State have
contributed largely to this result, and
citzens.of that nationality are cordially
aiding in sending it abroad. The earn
estness with which they have greeted
its appearance ensures their hearty
cooperation in its purposes. Ofan ed
ition OF 5000, the first copies of which
came from the binders hands in Nov
ember, there are only about 300 left.
TOTAL NUMBER OF PAMPHLETS
PRINTED.
The aggregate number printed un-
der the supervision of this Office to the
present date, of pamphlets describing
the resources of Michigan, is so, 900,
and of these IS, 900 have been put in
circulation.
ACCUMULATISa INFORMATION.
One Of the earliest needs developed
in the experience of this Office was
that of more minute and comprehen-
sive information concerning the vari-
Gus counties. This want was realized
in greatly multiplied form after the
publication of the pamphlets. There
was nothing in print to supply the de-
ficiency, and no records i'm existence
anywhere To which recourse might be-
had. The only means of meeting the
case was through active correspon-
dence with all parts Of the State. IL
was by no means an easy matter to
find intelligent and impartial men in
every locality whose pursuits left them
time to undertake the task they were