Wichita eagle., 1890-02-23
IMMIGRATION INFORMATION.
EXECUTIVE OFFICE.
KANSAS IMMIGRATION BUREAU,
WICHITA, Kan. Feb. 90, 1890,

KANSAS IMMIGRATION BUREAU,
| WICHITA, Kan, Feb. 90, 1890.
| To the Editor OF the Eagle.
| The official report of the Trans-1Iis
| souri, Passenger association was received
at this office this morning, giving ths
| Bureau round trip for one fare fol
eastern homeseekers, and free distribu
ton OF any advertising matter in the
east the Bureau may furnish for any
| county advertised as a part of the Bu
reau. A full report of connecting east
ern lines will be made in few days
| Hence, the few counties who are waiting
! for the others to do the work and spend
| the money and then will come in and
pick up the persimmons, better look out
To the working bee belongs the honey,
and the railroads appreciate this. They
will make rates to the points that will
be controlled by the Kansas Immigration
Bureau. This organization will govern
the hoNeseekers' excursions. If your
county is not properly organized in this
work, see to it at once, and in doing SO
observe the following things and condi-
tions:
This Office is being flooded with letters,
lists of names, inquiries, and demands
for information about Kansas, as follows:
'Send us some reliable information
about Kansas ''Send us a book de-
scriptive of Kansas" ''Send the Kan
sas book" ''Send US that pamphlet of
the Kansas Immigration bureau" 1--WE
are expecting to make a prospecting tour
out west. Can you send us history of
Kansas, SO we can read up and be able
to make up our minds about coming
there" I'VE understand there is q
great immigration movement and rates
have been negotiated for. Send US a
good work on Kansas, and county papers
if you have them" Here is a copy of
one Of the letters:
FRANKFORT, KY, Feb. Is. 1890.
Hale Cowley. Secy Kansas Immigration Bureau.
Dear Sir:-As you are doubtless aware,
farm lands command very high prices in
this state, and are out of reach of most
young men who are just making their
start in life. The following named
young men of this place and myself con-
template making a trip of observation to
your state at an early day with a view Of
locating, providing the outlook is in
viting. ! will thank you to send ZACH of
them full information in such printed
matter as you may have for free distri-
button TO home seekers Then list of
names and signed by
WILLIS L. RINGO.
AS said aboye this Office is flooded
with this matter and we should not
loose moments time in getting out the
book. Twenty counties are in with their
matter and money, and enough others
have written to assure the publication of
at least seyenty-tive counties. Every
county that furnishes $50 words in print
ed form, accompanied with the money
for publication and its ratio of the state
expense for the maintenance Of the state
bureau, will be entitled to one page in
this state book for said county.
The expense is one dollar a thousand
population for the expense Of the state
bureau for the first assessment, which
will not be levied again until the amount
raised by this assessment is used up and
then another call will be made, probably
in six months, CT when needed. Every
dollar used will go through the exc
cutive boards hands and accounted for
by ten of the best men in the state. The
next item is for this state book, which
will be four dollars to every one thousand
population III your county. You know
the amount of your population accord
ing to the sixth biennial report. All
estimates are made from that You will
receive one book for every ten popula- |
ton in your county, which will cost you
four cents per copy; thus a county of ten
thousand will get one thousand books, |
costing them $40, which must be paid |
when you send your matter for this |
book.
| write thus fully so that those who |
10 not understand it may not misunder- |
stand it longer. lam getting letters every !
lay from people who seem not to I'M
lerstand the matter. All matter should |
De sent at the earliest possible moment. |
The book will contain the matter of no |
county which does not furnish the same |
md remit the money as above stated. !
We have assurance Of money enough to |
ret out the first one hundred thousand |
BOOKS, and if you want your county in |
he book you must act promptly. A |
number of counties have already raised |
arge amounts Of funds for this work of |
bringing wealth and people into our
state this year. One county reported |
that its commissioners had |
appropriated So, 500, and this city as
much more. Another county, fifteen
The series of excursions will |
commence as soon as we can get ready |
or them.
A joint meeting Of the four following
counties will be held at Emporia the
,oming week, to organize a series of inn
migration or home-seekers' excursions,
auxiliary to the work of the state bu-
eau, for Neosho valley: Gearv, Morris,
Iyon and Coffey counties, and perhaps
me or two more may be embraced by
he time the scheme is consummated.
The following named gentlemen are the
delegates from Coffee county: J. II.
4ane, John Throckmorton, Sam j. Car
er. J. E. Woodford, B. L. Kingsbury,
:. O. Brown, John L. Watrous, G. o.
smith, DR.. \. j. Eastman, W. Il. Ru-
.olph, John 4. Kennedy, L. L. FolIens-
zee. This is a grand plan for the work
nd will win. 1t is worthy of emula-
ion.
One of the leading editors and one of
he highest state officials write me that
here will be demand from the east for
wo millions OF these books in less than
iinety days. and from the inquiries
oming to this office, / believe it viii be
oubie this. HALE CowLEY,
Secy Kansas immigration Bureau.
The Southwest in Line.
o the Editor OF the Eagle.
Stanton county is very much inter