Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1893-04-13
immigration.

Inc SUBJECT OF inducing Industrious,
ambitious men and women to locate in
the South is now being agitated with
fervor never before equaled. The
theme is discussed and the best plan
that could be tried will no doubt even
tually be inaugurated. Among the
best inducements is the creation of en-
terprises that will demand the employ
ment of skilled men and women To
the sparsely settled country each new
intellectual arrival is a iorcs for good
that brings with it benefits that accu-
mulate more rapidly and to greater
advantage than any other known.
In the first years succeeding the
war. the immigration westward took
its fight That vast section is now
populated. Its lands have been OPEN
ed to settlement, It's vast resources as
producer of cereals have met every
demand. Now a new outlet for the
constantly flowing tide is demanded
What is more natural, the South hav-
ing ample means to crafty every de-
sire OF the home seeker, than that
their steps should be turned this way
II proper inducements are offered and
the advantages of this section brought
prominently to their notice.
Western spectators secured many
OF their settlers by the payment of
small amounts to agents for each able
bodied man or woman shipped to
them. That this course brought big
dividends has been shown Those
who followed friends or relatives from
Europe wanted to settle among those
they had known beyond the ocean.
and that vast tide continued to be
yearly augmented by the force that
tended to concentrate it in one section.
A few settlers from Europe of diff
ferent natienalities once located here,
and given employment by which they
could make money, would instime be
an inducement to bring many more.
There is no dearth of material to en-
ploy the systematic farmer except the
want of market for his produce at a
reasonable distance from home. The
spirit of progress that is now manifest
can not be stayed, and while it has
none OF that mushroom growth pecu-
liar to what is called booms in this
section, it is still making strides that
Indicate the certain and speedy fulfill
ment of every need for an intelligent,
progressive and prosperous people.
A safe increase is always the result
OF slow and methodical preparations.
The sturdy, aggressive workman To-
Gated now and then tells In time. He
makes his mark as he goes, and it
shows in neat home. a thrifty FAM
lily. a demand for good schools and
teachers. which ambition, never graf
flied. because it grows more exacting
with each added particle of knowledge
determines shall be more proficient to
keep up with the minds they educate.
All these things and more will result
from the careful selection OF those
who are to settle among us.
But while every one recognizes the
value of the laborer, the question OF
inducing his location here puzzles the
men who want him. If systematic
correspondence were maintained by
those whose financial benefits from
settlers would be the greatest we
have no doubt many families would be
added to this section within the next
few years. With the steadily increas-
ing variety OF enterprise which now
grows prominent diversity would be
assured; one need gratihed. another
would loom into prominence, and no
cessation of the demand for workmen
would ever be known. -Ex.