The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-02-24
Seeking Homes in Georgia.

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Gates avenue, Brooklyn, n Y, writes to
the MORNING NEWS for information about
! farming lands in thi, state. He says: Il
and othersan Brooklyn wish to settle in
/ Georgia. We desirs to buy a little good
| farming land. We cannot afford to pay a
high price for it, and therefore we are
| Wiling 70 settle In some county away from
the railroads where the land has not been
'boomedn or meddled with by dealers. To
whom must l apply for informatlonl Is
there land or homestead association in
Gorgia! We are working men,
and prefer to settle upon the
land we buy and make homes for our
selves and families. We do not want a
great deal OF land, because we propose to
do the most Of the work on our farms cur
selves. A farm of forty acres would be
large enough for any one Of U.S. We are
not anxious 10 be close to town because
we cannot afford to pay a high price for
land. If you cannot give me the informa-
ton desire, will you give me the name Of
country newspaper in one Of the most
desirable counties of the slater Perhaps
may be able to get what want through
such a newspaper"
Doubtless other Georgia newspapers are
getting letters Of this klad. Tie MORNING
NEWS has suggested several times the adj
visibility Of forming q land association,
with Headquarters in this city, as an aid to
immigration. Such an association could be
made not only beneficial to the state, but
! profitable to the members Of it. 1t could
m Ia Ian IN,
II parts OF the state for the sale OF their
lands, charging a small commission for sell
ing them. IL would be the means Of bring
| ing seller and buyer Into communication
with each other, and OF flu nj hing a vast
amount Of information to those who are
thinking of settling in this state II there
we're dozen such associations in different
parts of Georgia, they would soon be doing
a good business, and would bring hundreds
of tue best Kind Of immigrants to the state
every year.
The Brooklyn man. from whose letter the
foregoing quotation is made, is doubtless an
honest seeker after information. He, and
the others in whose interest he writes, want
to get homes in the country. They are
workingmen aud are willing to work II
eachof them were settled on forty acres of
good land in this state they would so IN
have comfortable homes. Their farms
would support them, and in time they
| would erect comfortable houses and good
out buildings. Their success would en-
courage others to follow their example, and
gradually Georgia would be dotted all over
with productive little farms owned by
! thrifty farmers. Tho taxable wealth of the
state would DO greatly increased and the
state would be benefited in other WAYS.
Immigration conventions and even immi-
grafton bureaus, serve a cs tain purpose,
but they are not sufficient to influence
Immigration in this direction. Something
more is needed When pc pie visit this
state, seeking lands upon which TO settle,
| they want information of a special kind.
They want to know what lands
are for sale in the different counties and
the character of their soil. They also
want to know something Of the productive
ness Of the lands and the prices at which
they can be bought. Only land associa-
Ii n can furnish information of this kind
because, having the lands for sale, its agent
makes it his business to know all about
such matters.
TIE land agents are powe full factors in
the building up of thu new states of the
west. They not only make known the nd
vantages Of their respective states, but they
secure settlers by furnishing them with
just the kind OF information they want
Georgia needs a few land associations and
some energetic land age nts,