The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1883-07-12
IMMIGRANTS FOR THE STATE.
an interesting Talk With Commissioners
Butler.


Correspondent Ners and Courier.
COLUMBIA, June 3O.-Col. A. p. But.
Ter, state Commissioner of Agriculture
Is rather elusive in the matter of inter.
views, but managed TO corner him to.
day and PROFOUND some questions in
regard to his immigration policy with
the following result.
Now that the immigration bureau is
again placed directly in YOUR control
Colonel, can you tell the News and Con-.
r'er what your general plan of manage.
! THE COMMISSIONERS PLAN.
"The actual work of the Immigration
bureau" said the Commissioner. "has
not been interrupted since it was begun
IN 1881, but the demand for Iaborers has
decreased, owing to various causes, aud
the department has not been fully pre.
pared TO enlarge the work by endeavor.
ing 10 induce the immigration of diff.
iercnt class to our State We propose
now to advertise, in the most thorough
manner, the resources ofSouth Carolina.
with this object in view have recently
Deeh In correspondence with one OF the
largest steamship companies, which runs
line OF steamers between Philadelphia
and ports in Germany, in order to obtain
tHeir l1auence iCr South Carolina arG
tnelr assistance il! the distFibution cf Ie.
scrlptive pamphlets through their agents
at the homes of the people in the Ger.
man States. 1t is we'll known that the
best class of immigrants select their
places Of destination before embarking,
aud they usually decide where they will
90 from the information they obtain from
immigration agents and advertisements.
lhe German government imposes yery
severe restrictions on agents, and it ia
almost impossible on this account to
work up an interest for our State in this
way. We will therefore be compelled to
rely chiefly, for the present, on such
printed matter as we shall send abroad
tor advertising our advantages. But in
| addition to such efforts as the agents and
| correspondents of the steamship compa.
MES will make, we propose to have resi-.
| dent representatives at the most adyan-
tageous points, who will, for reasonable
compensation, aid us in turning the tide
OF immigration in this direction"
THE CLASS OF MEN WANTED.
What class of immigrants will you
seek to secure ?"
"Our attention will be given in this
direction largely to small farmers. be.
cause they are the more desirable class.
but our efforts will not be confined to
any particular class. Those who have
money to invest and those who prouose
to labor in our fields or workshops will
be alike welcomed. do not favor the
encouragement of Investment by foreign
capitalists in large tracts of land on the
contrary, think it should be discour.
aged. Such investments are made for
purely speculative purposes and do not
tend to advance the material interests of
the State, but rather to retard the pro.
gress, for they are made only because it
is we'll known that our lands are eyery
day approaching in value, and every
acre purchased by syndicates formed for
the purpose will be held until in a yery
short time it has reached a far greater
value, and the profits will be realized by
outsiders to the loss OF our OWN p.opie.
OPPOSED TO sYNDIcATEs.
Immense tracts are now being bought
In the Southwestern States and the pur-
chasers are, it is said, selling the timber
on them alone for more than the whole
property cost them. The timber re-
sources of the South will soon be called
on to supply foreign markets, as the for
ests of the great Northwest are being
rapidly destroyed Our people, then,
should hold this property and get the
benefit of the enhanced value that will
be given it by the demand for lumber
alone. Our splendid water powers offer
grand field for the investment of any
amount of capital, and the success which
hes attended manufacturing enterprises
of every kind here will be sufficient
inducement to encourage further invest.
ments Of the same kind. After the cot
ton mills will come the smaller enter
prises, woolen mills. bucket factories,
canning establishments, the manufacture
OF brooms, buggies, ard the many little
industries that make up the wealth Of
the New England States and. as it has
been there and elsewhere, these diversified
industries will add greatly to the value
of real estate, and capital, with the con-
tinuance of good government, will be
loaned on land, thus opening another
ield for its investment"
"wHAT ABOUT PUBLICATIONS?
"The Hand. Book Of the State has been
prepared in the most careful manner by
competent compiler and will show our
natural advantages fully, besides making
q Complete exhibit of the manufactur.
ing industries of South Carolina. This
book. containing 80 many hard facts,
placed in the hands of capitalists and
supplemented by the personal efforts of
representatives of the department, will
satisfy them of the safety Of such invest.
ments here, and will surely result in
bringing more money to the State for
like purposes. This is, of course, only
our general plan. There are many de.
tails necessary to put it into execution,
but they would not be of interest to the
public.
IMMIGRANTS ALREADY HERE.
"How are the immigrants already
brought here by the department doing ?"
Gas far as we can learn the laborers
brought here are doing we'll. The best
evidence of this is the fact that they are
in some instances sending money to their
relatives in foreign countries to bring
them to South Carolina. They are, as
far as I can ascertain, delighted with our
climate. Several families sent to MIR.
Townsend, on Edislo Island, have done
admirably and believe have not suffer
ed from fever or any of the diseases
which it was thought would prevent them
from going to our low country. OF
course there is no question about the
climate of the middle and upper portion
of the State"
"Have you knowledge of any large
u l.