The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1886-01-21
BU REAC.
,,r n Is DOING. WHAT 1T III AS
uoNE AND WHAT 1T COSTS.

/ IMMIGRATION BUREAU.
,,T n Is DOING, WHAT 1T HAS I
un\E. lND WHAT IT COSTS.
u..,ue Of the work Of the Immigra-
!, -, DcuAriincnt--A List OF the Immi-
= ,.,nt- \, ho Have Settled in the state
nee, = CHRONICLE contained an ar
i Am. The Agricultural Department. Its
1, hand other reasons prevented an ac-
rrrc workings of the immigration
4 ..u of which MIR j. /. Patrick is ON
4 ,usr We promised to furnish the
rc.utt dis week. Mr. Patrick Il, dId
* rfapr officer connected with the w
! iG,a Depart aided us II oar
a.uatiyn and put u III possession Of
Documents and papers. 1t occurred to
ta,a, zine difficulty which attended -ho~
nJunt of work accomplish III
immigration could best i" pDsI-
v .lNiug to our readers a liat o. all
l,-rI. OF families, together with iiclr
s, former and present place Of res
.a.r and amount Of money invested =
t,ep Mr. Patrick claims TO have brought
re t... state This together with Il his
l,.- 3urcau, tine expense account,
r. l1Iag met hpGo. account oi the
ra fairs. and tine ~otR of northern
elIs the work Of lie Bureau.
History OF the Bureau.
J.,..p t~~3 ol. y. Pope, general MAJ
) h the associated railways, va, state
t.5.rint agent Mr. :. J. Fail, Wno
onducd ms work mostly to England, pre-
sa.6 COL Pope. In June, 1882, Mr. John
P.arrk was appointed agent and allow
& tov a gear and Il commission on sales
anl lic emily worked about Il year
nd,rths arrangement, when his entire
H. Yas secured, the Board paying him
16t,,t month with the understanding that
,. u rh AaS a success there would bp
i u.t.i~" ~ saiary. In January, lSS4
b. salary was increased to $40 per
aual MIR Patrick IS allowed nothing
b.. -sll.HseS when "u the road. lie has
aaE li- own hosrd railroad fare porter
}, rla every ojnor expense ont OF til"
H. per month pad MIN. lie iiaS 4 pass
/ sr al the roads iii the State. and the
teaia-hip lines To Baltimore. lie travel,
Dn,ldrfabv in PennSS SlVaula and when
here las to pay his own railroad fare the
tnnSylvania roads showing no courtesles
{ thry are interested IN carrying lminl-
rants West.
Expenses for 1885.
Ohm T. Patrick, salary 81, 300
t. New>ome, clerk. salary $50
ostagc, express, freight and tel
egramS and other miScellane
Gus expenses lho
80
Iorthcrn fairs (ten) 800
! O. box rent =
IdyertiSiun in Northern papers 600
:otal expenses for the year S3 0o6
Northern Agents at Work.
There are at work for this department
D Northern States upwards OF thirty
gent some Of them giving their entire
IN to it inducing people to move to the
d. North State.
These agents are not paid dollar by
a. board mot even postage or stationary
n receive nothing except printing mat
en- furnished for distribution. They re
eye pay for their work IN the way OF q
.ommisoion paid by land owners on actual
ale of land
Mr.. Tilman r. Gaines is the agent at
New York for the immigration Bureau OF
North Carolina He receives no salary
NJ his only pay is the commission he re-
,eiycs on the actual sale of lands. In adj
81
reccive 81. 90 from the Richmond & Dan
VI lr or Seaboard Il Roanoke railroads or
egerv settler who buys or rents lands IL
b. state.
From Mr.. T. K. Ga nes' report for 1873:
NJ sc that he sent 40 persons to Nortf
Caroiina. and in 1884 he sent 81. His re
b.; for 1885 has has not yet been received
Mr.. Patrick SAYS, comparing it with al
~ rl- thnra 81 a
81 ;,.yertising in Northern Papers.
81 i'm 1851 the Board allowed Mr. Patricl
81 ; 20 TO advertise in northern newspa
pers Instead Of making regular adVer
fising contracts, which would have cost tel
imes the amount expended, MIR. Patrlcl
Zoo. the twelve hundred dollars and witt
Il bought soc acres Of land in Moore coun
tn. oil which he had the town Nlneland o
Southern Pines surveyed and TAD OF /
town lots He then wrote to many north
erl editors proposing to give them dee
con i !ns fee simple III lot IN Vine
land ,yct nothing but woods and fire
transportation 70 come and 90 back-for
twcnty inch advertisement III their paper
on wear. one hundred and twenty-tiv
accepted the proposition, inserted the ac
Refreshments and now own the lots. Th
1eueral and Mr.. Patrick's town was nc
mcntioned. The papers which publishe
HI advertisement were in Penn. \. \
Ohio. Conn, n. }. Mass, \. IL, Vt
Maine. Ind. Mich, and Canada. II
land given these editors III return for he
ADVERTISEMENT is nothing but Il sand BAN
bn Dr. Kerr pronounced it the best pla
foi a Sanitarium in the South, and prctiic
cd that with a good hotel properly eng
neered immediate success could be o
Famed. After Mr.. Patrick had secure
thi, Immense amount of advertising for
Sfnall a sum the railroads furnished tran
port;ttion free to owners of lots he mac
ateuder of the embryonic city to the Boa
for the exact c1st of the same. They Ct
desire to hold it, but endorsed NJ
Patrick ; action and told him to hold t
land in his own name. Deductlng t
81 20O received from the State and 1868.
received from the sale of wood, the pla
has cost Mr. Patrick personally S629 :
s In sNJ the Board authorized Mr.. Patrl
10 exBend $500 in advertising in northe
newspapers. This he did and has vouC
en- for the same.
& The fact that Mr. Patrick owns Southe
Pine and gave these lots for advertise
looks on first blush as if he were using
soffce for his own private benefit. An |
dcrSfanding of all the facts III the ci
eou u.ed us that he had no such mot
bud that he could not be charged "
helping himself while in the service OF
2 Board This was evidenced when he nre
the Board to take the land at the first C
b him
1t is a question with two sides tf
whether it pays TO advertise the resour
$aDf a State and bid for immigrants in