Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1891-02-19
The-sIaryIand Im Migration conSen-
ton

The State Immigration ConventIoA met
yesterday in Baltimore. in pursuann 10
a call issued By Governor jackson 10 con-
slider the question 81 foreign immigration
to Maryland. and discuss methods Of at
tracing to the State desirable class Of
immigrants. The direct result of the
meeting was the formation Of perma-
nent organization. which IL E.eet an
nualiy in Baltimore. and use all legiti.
mate means 10 develop the resources of
the State.
Governor Jackson opened the meeting
with brief address. thanking those pres
ent for the interest they had taken in the
movement. Mr.. James Z. Dennis, of
Somerset county. was elected chairman,
with State Senator Edward Stake, of
Washington county, secretary. The bas-
is of operation was the report of the Ma
ryland delegates TO the Southern Inter
state immigration Convention, which
was held last December in Asheville, N
@. This report, was read by Major Hen
ry Z. Alyord, president of the Maryland
Agricultural College, and chrirman of
the Maryland delegation. Itreyiewed in
a conscise manner the work and practi-
cal results of the Asheville convention,
with the lessons to be drawn therefrom,
and was received with applause.
The delegates from Anne Arundel were:
DIR. II. b. CAN'T, Rev. J. W. Steele. r.
Nick. Davis, William T. Owens, W. D.
X. Lee, Joseph A. Fowler, Daniel Du-
vail. r. Baldwin. p II. Da nall. JEFF. d.
Loker, Timothy l.. Kern, William s.
Ridgley and James s. Robinson.
The Rev. Francis J. Clay Moran, arch.
deacon of Annapolis, who has been en-
gagged for some time in a mission work
of the Protestant EpiscopalChurch, which
takes him in all parts of the State, and
gives him an opportunity to become ac-
quainted with Maryland, its needs and
its resources voiced the sentiment of the
convention in his remarks. 1--WE do not
need, he said, "a mere hoard of labor
ers such as are coming to America now
by the shipload. There is labor in album.
dance in Marylance more than you
are able to pay for. You want
men who are able to buy that part of
your land that is now suffering for want
of cultivation. The ordinary methods OF
attracting immigrants to America do not
touch this class in England. They are
not caught by the flaming placards of
the railway and steamship companies of
fering cheap transportation or of the of
fers of free land in the far West. In the
east of England, generally, and in Suf-
folk county, where agriculture is on the
decline, there are numbers Of young men
and women who have little money. and
can afford 10 wait for awhile for the re-
turns of their investments. These are
the people we can reach and should try
to bring here. As they are people of
reason, deal with them reaonably. Let
them know the nature of our soil, what
it will produce, what our climate is. Let
them know that Maryland is not a viii.
derness, but garden spot; that here
they viii meet people as broad minded
and as cultured as sny in the world, and
people who win sympathize with and
help them. Do this and desirable class
of settlers will be brought here, people
of our own race, speaking our own
tongue. If you attract only horde of
penniless laborers you will not help your
self or Maryland"