The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1889-07-11
: Encourage Immigration.

"Picaior," Young +. AlAsoa
who read a valuable paper at tht
lmeetins oftlle Kentucky Press As
sociasiop on the relation Of th'
press to business aiiairs, in Dis CUR
rent letter to his syndicate o. Hen
lucky newspapers, refers to the I'M
migration question az follows
Ono Of tine most important meas
uaes adopted b. the Kentucky
Press Association at Greensboro
was that which pledged tha news,
papers TO the encouragement ofim'
migration to the State, aud the
credit forit is due Mr.. William NJ.
Hull, the Kentucky news editor OF
the Courier-Journal and an editor
ial w.iteron that great paper. Since
Mr.. Hull began to deal with Ken
lucky affairs two years ago he has
taken deep interest in the deFel-
opment ofthe State and has brought
out nlony points of material value
to those who propose to invest in
Kentucky or who are interested in
in the progress oil the State. Of
late he has studied the question of
immigration as practices factor
to increase the value and tie i'm
portance of Kentucky and has en-
tered heartily into the matter.
As his brief address to the con-
yention indicated, he is earnestly
opposed, as every other intelligent
man can be, to encouraging pro-
miscuous immigration TO over
whelm us with paupers, but he rec
ognizes that none but people with
means CAP afford to settle Ia Ken
lucky. There are no,public lands
to be given to settlers or. sold at a
nominal price, and every stranger
who comes must be prepare9 to
buy mis- own home or to engage in
some mechanical employment that
will support him. OF these sort
ofimmigrants Kentucky cannot get
toomany. Every one ofthem adds
money to the aggregate value ofthe
State and helpsto make the land
owned by Kensuckians worth more
money than i. is to-day There are
in counties in Kentucky in which,
since 1881, foreign colonies have
been established.
The assessed value ofthose coun-
ties was $l5,O00,000 then, and it is
now S20,0O0,oOO. On9 ofthe poor
est counties in the list was Laurel,
with only s742 900 Of value in 1880.
1t has had more foreign. colonists
settle within its borders than any
other county, and its assessment in
1889 reached about $4,000.
The settlement OF about 1900
people in Laurel County has, in
eight years, boudleb itg value add
ing about $500 for each new set
tier. Laurel is an orderly, law
abiding county, the foreigners haye
caused no trouble, and the work
accomplished there is an Indication
OF what can be accomplished else
where in the State. The railroads
are very anxious to SEGA State beau
reau established which viii furnish
official information to Immigrants
purposing to come 10 Kentucky.
After all the railroads are tie
backbone Of immigration move
ments. They open up new terrific
~ which is valuable only as it is
settled, and they are always ready
to furnish money and information
to forward immigration. But they
can not obtain that information OF
exert the influence which the State
can officially control. If the press
d
will take an active interest in the
subject and show to the people the
reasons that exist for the encour-
agement Of immigration in each
county there viii be no trouble in
securing a law to establisha Bureau
of information aud Immigration
Kentucky il moving fast, end
during the past FIVE years there
has been a great change in the sen
timent Of the people Within the
next ten yearsit ought to becom'
one Of the greatest States in thu
Union.