The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1894-02-10
WHAf fHR vALLEI NEEDS.

The territory surrounding Memphis,
the rich fields OF Tennessee, Arkansss
and Mississippi. are the richest and
most beautiful on earth. The climate
10 perfect. the soil is capable OF all
kinda of cultivation and fruitful ofthe
most varied products in the world.
The greatest intrinsic wealth OF all
the earth IL in the Mississippi valley,
the finest homesites, and . climate
whose winters are never severe. whose
springtime 10 like April In France,
and whose summers are 20 temperate
that heat never becomes an obstacle
to labor. All that these great wastes
Of forest and farm lands need 70 make
them give forth treasure 10 arms to
how and delve They would yield an
hundred fold of planting, and th.
lands about us would blossom like the
rose, to the advantage OF the settler
and to the advantage Of those already
here. The South Is land poor and the
North is man poor. Why cannot the
two 90 interdependent elements Of
prosperity he brought together In
this section a. is being done elscw here
Why cannot Memphis organize an I'M
migration society. There Il wealth In
the project. There Is the rescue Oft
wasted fields and woods about US.
There is the guarantee of rural pop
ulstiou whose existence would guaran-
tee the greatness OF Memphis. II could
be 80 easily done that 1t is actually
surprising that II has not been done
long ago.-Memphis Commercial.
Tho above Is full Of truth and con :
tslus a suggestion which If carried
out would work prosperity with mag
icsl rapidity. The people Of tho Delta
should take hold Of this thing, however,
promptly and decisivcIy. Aud we arc
glad 10 say that they are initiating the
movement withoua waiting for any i'm.
migration bureau, or rather with bu-
reau composed Of the planters and the
press. On the 25th ult. fifteen Italian
families were received aud assigned to
work on Major Helms Bee Bayou
plantation. Their transportation from
Niles, Ohio, was paid aud tho immi'
grants received and their immediate
wants cared for by Major Helm In per-
son. II ho and they are satisfied, hs
proposes to embark much moro exten'
sivcly into the project In the autumn
Fifteen more families of the Same clasl
have been assigned to Col. Grecr
Clay, OF Bolivar county, and to Mr.
Chas. Sessions, on the plantation o
Mrs. Richardson. They are expec
ted to arrive In = few days. 1t Il
getting = little late In the sessor
and most planters have made their ar
rsngesnsnts, but If the trial Of these
immigrants is satisfactory, a large in
fiux may be looked for In the autumn
On the success Of these frat comor'
depends in great measure the sue
cess of the plan. Having gotten then
here, they should not be left entirel,
TO themselves, or permitted to feel tina
they are aliens In whose welfare th'
people Of the country feel no interes
or sympathy. 1t would be woll 70
the planters themselves to go anon
them frequently, to inquire int
their needs and methods, and, as fa
~ possible, to make their first yea
smooth. The gentlemen named abov'
being thoroughly interested, will doub
less see that this is done on thoir plan
tstions. It IL not a matter Of sentl
mont at all; but ofprscticsl importsnce
A successful year will mean that the.
will be followed by others Of thei
countrymen, who, II favorable report
are made to them, viii not walt L