The South western news., 1889-03-06
Seeking Homes in Georgia.

IMAM II. Dute, Who resides at
l,l67 Gates avenue, Brooklyn, N
T., writes to the Morning News for
information about farming lands in
this state. He says!
u and others in Brooklyn wish
to settle in Georgia. We desire TO
buy little good farming land.
We cannot afford to pay a high
price for it, and therefore we are
willing to tile in some country
away from the railroads where the
land hasnot been doomed" or med
died with by dealers. To whom
must apply for information2 Is
there land or homestead associa-
ton in Georgia ? We are working
men, and prefer to settle upon the
lands we buy and makes homes for
ourselves and families. We do not
want a great deal of land, because
we propose to do the most of the
work on our farms ourselves. A
farm of forty acres would be large
enough for any one Of us. We are
not anxious to be close 10 q toxin
because we canaot afford to pay q
high price for land, If you cannot
give me the information, / desire,
will you give me the name of a
country newspaper in one of the
most desirable counties of the state I?
Perhaps 1 may be able to get what
want through such newspar
per-"
Doubtless other Georgia news
papers are getting letters of this
kind. The Morning News has
suggested several times the advisa~
bility of forming a 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 profta-
BILE to the members of it. 1t could
make arrangements With land own.
! ers in all parts of the state for the
site of their lands, charsinga small
commission for selling them. 1t
! would be the means Of bringing
sr'ler and buyer irt0 communica
i ton with each othr r, and o.. fur
nishihg a vast amount .: infurmas
zion to those who IRE blinking o!
settling i'll this state. Ifthpre were
Il dozen such associations II differ,
ent parts Of Georgia, they would
soon be dong a got d business, acd
would bring hundreds Of the best
kind Of immigrants 10 the state ey>
cry 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 wills
ing to work. Ii each Of them we're
settled on forty acres of good land
in this state they would soon have
comfortable homes. Their farms
would support them, and in time
they would erect comfortable bous-
es and good out buildings. Their
success would encourage others to
follow their example, and gradu-
ally Georgia would be dotted all
over with productive little farms
owned by thrifty farmers. The
taxable wealth of the state woull
be greatly increased and the
State would benefited in other
ways.
immigration conventions and
even immigration bureaus, serve a
certain purpose, but they are not
sufficient to influence immigration
in this direction. Something more
is needed. When people visit this
state, seeking lands upon which to
sottle, they want information of a
special kind. They want to know
Whist lands are for sale in the differ
| ent counties and the character of
their soil. They also want to know
something of the pToductiveness of
the lands and the prices at which
they can be bought Only a land
association can furnish information
of this kind, becaHss, nayieg the
lands for sale. its agent makes it his
business to know all about such
matters.
The land agents are powerful
factors in the baildihg up of the
ny, stata~ ~ the Most, 'Fbev NOT