The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-04-21
.aares. of the southern Immigra-

Address Of the Southern lmmlgra-
tion Association of America.
n +t,a citizens Of Alabama, Arkansas, Geor-
! cIa Florida, Louisiana, California Ken
ti4clzv. Mississippi, North Carolina, South
Carolina. Missouri, Texas, Tennessee, Nir-
ainia and West Virginia.
1913 GRAvIER STREET,
NEW ORLEANS, La, April 4, 1885. {
The Southern Immigration Association
If America having determined to inau-
rate its active work, by the establishment
of southern Castle Garden" at New
Orleans, and by energeticaliy pushing
the purposes for which it was formed,
presents its objects and plans to the
states, counties, cities, towns, railroad,
steamship, steamboat, commercial and
| agricultural organizations, and to the
citizens generally of tbs fifteen states,
y for whose benefit the Association pro-
/ poses to work, asking their active sup
4 port and financial assistance.
The association was incorporated under
fhe laws Of Tennessee, in March, 1884,
/ S1By representatives from Louisiana, Ar
i kansas. Florida, Tennessee, Georgia,
Mississippi, Alabama and Missouri.
j The capital stock was fixed at $4,000,
with power to increase to $500, 900 divid-
ed into shares Of $5 each.
It's officers consist Of q president, a
vice-president from each of the states
represented, secretary and a treasurer.
Tho board of directors consists of
q twenby-seven members Of which there
- IS one from each Of the fifteen states;
seven from among the stockholders at
Iatce: one the President Of the New
Orleans Cotton Exchange: one the Presi-
dent Of the New Orleans Produce EX-
!. change; one the President Of the New
Orleans Chamber Of Commerce; one the
President Of the New Orleans Maritime
Association; one the President Of the
New Orleans Sugar Exchange.
The purposes and objects of the As
sociation are in the highest degree har
4 monous with the grand purpose of the
Worlds Exposition viz: the develop
ment of the great resources of the south,
by securing settlers from the east, the
Alorth, the west and from Europe, who
win bring their health, strength, intelli-
gence. industry, and frugality mot pau
pers or men unable to secure a living at
Ahome,) but men who can pay their way.
& and come because they are ambitious to
Bimprove their condition. This is the
class of immigrants that the south wants
and which the association proposes to Sc
! cure for it.
The plans of the association will in
clude the following bureaus or depart
ments Castle Garden, Labor, Land,
Transportation. Foreign Agencies, Infor-
nation and Statistics, and County Or
ganization In the matter Of county
organization, the association proposes tc
secure complete and effective work by
the establishment of County Bureau
in each county Of the fifteen states, to be
composed of citizens of the respective
counties. TO these will be delegated
the local work of immigra
ton. thus securing the broadest possible
basis of operations.
1t is intended to operate the associa-
ton on a business basis. 1t will derive
its revenues from fees on sales Of lane
and on labor orders 1t viii contrao
with statcs, railroads and others, to ad
vertise abroad any special advantage
they may desire to disseminate While
no inducements are held ou that th'
association viii become dividend-paying
in the immediate future, it is expected
that sufficient income will be derived t,
pay all expenses and keep the capita
stock unimpaired In appealing to th
public for support by subscriptions t,
stock. IL is enough to say that the none.
will be applied to secure an ndsupport
ed by every noted writer and journa
as the crying want Of the time and sec
tion: that every pubIc-spirit6d man sub
scribe. if only to the extent Of singi
e. share. with the assurance that it wi
speedily return to him with interes
compounded
A. J. NcWHIRTER, President,
Commissioner Agriculture, immigration
Mines and Statistics, Nashville, Teur
w. P. Ross, Fioe-President am
Acting President.
y nj. B. HuLYARD, Secretary,
Persons desiring stock viii please ad
dress Adam Thomson, Treasurer, DO
0o1. New Orleans, La.
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