The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-04-08
IMMIGRANTS TO THE SOUTH.
DR.. Louis BarEan Investigating With
a View to Bringing Them Here.

he Has Been Furnished by President
Duval With Facilities for Looking
Into the Country Along the Line of
the Florida Central and Peninsular
Road-He Says he Likes the Country
and Thinks He Can Bring Some Good
Immigrants Down This Way.
DR.. Louis Barkan, of New York, who is
on visit to South Carolina, Georgia and
Florida, for the purpose of investigating
their advantages and resources, with a
view Of inducing foreign immigration, is
In the city and is stopping at the De Soto.
DR.. Barkan comes with the indorse-
ment of President II. r. Duval, of the
Florida Central and Peninsular railroad.
He will remain in this city until Mon
day morning when he will start, in com
pany with some of the officials of the
Florida Central and PeninsuIar railroad,
on trip over the South Bound railroad
on crank car, He purposes to spend a
week In gathering facts as to the health,
productiveness and price of lands along the
line OF that railroad and will then con-
duct similar investigation along the
Florida Central and Peninsular railroad
IN Georgia south of Savannah and also in
Florida.
With the facilities offered him by Mr..
Duval, and his own practical plan of get
ting at real facts concerning this part of
the country, Dr. Barkan will doubtless
succeed in doing, if it can be done, what
has long been desired, and that is the
turning OF good class of foreign immi-
grants to the south.
Mr.. DUvAL's LETTER.
The following letter from the president
OF the Florida Central and Peninsular
railroad to an official of one Of the lines of
that system, explains well some of the
aims and purposes of DR.. Barkan
New York, March 80, 1seI-Dear Sir: This
letter will be presented to you by DR.. Louis
Barkan, who visits the south for the purpose
of investigating the advantages witch the
territory tributary to our line in South Caro-
INA, Georgia and Florida offers to immi-
grants and colonists
He has had great experience in dealing
with the immigrants representing the various
nationaitles coming to our shores, and he be-
heves our country offers inducements sumo
rior TO those which have attracted such large
and prosperous settlements into the north
ana west He will not only investigate with
regard to finding homes for persons who have
me means 10 purchase. build and provide for
themselves until their farming becomes prof
liable, but he will investigate also the de-
mand for labor with a view of supplying it,
II has occurred to me that we might settle
up many OF the waste places on our road if
We could employ white men, my belief being
NhHt II NC NOhAN htLs SsiN Il family containing
five laboring men to work on the track the
women and children could be cultivating gar
dens and small farms, whilst the men we're
earning the money necessary for present sup
port, and that these men would gradually be-
come farmers on their own behalf. IL seems
70 me that our line between Columbia and
Savannah, but particularly in the healthy re-
gions in south Carolina, and our line between
baldwin and Chattahoochee rivers offer many
opportunities Of this character, and that be
ing able to give immigrants present employ
ment, we might induce quite a valuable i'm
migration. believe that II this immi grafton
could be once started successfully, IL could
be increased 10 an unlimited extent, as it has
been IN the northwest. and 1 would be obliged
70 yeu If you would discuss the matter
thoroughly with Dr. Barkan
~ may occur TO you that a white man can
nov work In the sun, especially in Florida
put think Or. Barkan can convince you to
Ihe contrary have no desire whatever to
ycpiNe the negro Of labor or to make him
les valuable than he is; on the contrary, /
DeueYe that each year the negro will become
oeIer ana more useful citizen. but know
la an three Of our states do need large ac-
Se"4lons Of white population, and / believe