The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1888-07-19
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AND IMMIGRANTS WILL BE VEL
COME.
THE S0UTH'S INVITATION TO ALL.
A Country Where Billiards. do Not Pre-.
vail and where Nature Offers
Every Inducement.

On April 25th, 1888, a conven-
ton for promoting immigration to
the Southern States was held at
Hot Springs, N. G. All the south
ern states except Florida, Texas and
Arkansas were represented with
full delegations and the following
was the unanimous sense of the
meeting:
In behalf of the people of the
eleven southern states here repre-
scented, and rejecting the spirit of
all southern states, wherever it has
found expression, this convention
has met for the purpose of inaugu-
rating systematic arrangement for
promoting immigration and the de-
velopment of the agricultural, min
eral and other resources of the
south. Within the past decade,
notable progress has been made in
this direction, as evidenced by the
increase of population, extension of
railroads, introduction of new indus
tries in managing and manufactur-
ing, increased facilities for educa-
ton and general advapcement in
prosperity of all classes but these
results have been effected more by
individual effort than by any great
system.
Recognizing the value of united
counsel and energies to direct the
accomplishment OF an object so
worthy, we have assembled for the
purpose of enlisting the co-opera-
ton of the people of every southern
state. To this end, in the broad
spirit of restored nationality, we
invite to residence within our bor-
ders, industrious and law abiding
citizens of all states in the union to
whom our great national advanta-
ges may present inducement for set
Element, and. to similar classes of
immigrants from Europe, irrespec-
tive of creeds or political opinion,
we extend a likewise invitation,
guaranteeing a cordial welcome
and the protection of law impartial
ly administered. Without detract-
ing from the merits or advantages
of states of higher latitude, we
would call attention to the great in
ducements which nature holds out
for immigration in our temperate
climate, the fertility of the soil, the
variety of the products, ranging
from semi-tropical fruits and cot
ton to cereals known to civilized
husbandry. To the topographic,
which embraces every altitude from
the sea level to moUrftain heights
than any east of the Mississippi is
added a geological structure of SINH
lar extent and variety. In the
great chain vast areas of coal ex-
ceeding in quantity and excelling in
quality any to be found in all Eu-
rope lie in close proximity to beds
of iron ore, demonstrating by actual
results the possibility of producing
iron and steel more cheaply than in
any other portion of the United
States. The abundance of fuel and
excellence of water power in the
midst Of the great cotton belt, which
lies wholly within the limit Of the
southern states, invites that capital
which in time will transfer the
manufacture of textile fabrics to
the south while the exhaustless
area of timber of all kinds already
sought for shipment to remote To-
calities, present the strongest argu-
ment in behalf of this region as the
seat for manufactures in wood, un-
rivalled in any country. With all
these material advantages, supple
mented by climate favorable to
labor at all seasons and adapted in
salubrity to the highest mental and
physical development of the human
race, is added a consideration which
should of itself commend the IA
volable attention of those contem-
plating a change Of residence. AL
though not densely populated and