The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1894-03-20
Immigration to the South.


Taking up the ideas advanced by The
Constitution with respect to recent efforts
of southern railroads to encourage immigra-
ton to this section The Norfolk Vrginian
has the following to say:
There is a strong movement on foot to
turn the current of population towards the
South-an immigration OF thrifty and repu-
table people whlthersoeve. they may come.
AT the very threshold of this great move
ment obstacles are being presented that
must be overcome. The tide of population
was first directed towards the northwest by
Nberat gifts OF lands and money to adVer-
tse the fictitious attractions of that sec
tor. II has been held in that direction
largely by reckless Misrepresentation of
the real merits of the south. so that today
efforts to induce immigration southwark
are met by objections born of cultivated
prejudice or enforced ignorance. The north
western capitalists and railroad officials
have covered the eastern states and all
promised land, while the people of these
sections are still waiting to know where is
the land that holds out substantial promise
to all who seek homes-the land of
bOundleSS resources and SalubriouS climate
i'll the south.
1T is only by great effort and proper
organization that these obstacles to a thrift
ty and intelligent immigration to the south
must be overcome. The merits of the south
ern states must be spread before the world
broadcast. The immigrant must be i'm
pressed with the fact that the south is a
land of promise, where he may cultivate
his grounds nearly every month in the
year, and where life is not a struggle for
mere existence. From the unfruitful
farms and crowded workshops of New
England. from the disappointed commune
ties of immigrants in the northwest, from
the idle mines of the silver states even
from the heretofore prosperous plains of
Kansas. and the thrifty villages of Penn
sylvania, there come demands for relief,
and the people ready to migrate in the
direction of more fertile fields and SUMMER
climate. They await leadership and nfor-
nation they will respond to reasonable in
ducements; they are reputable citizens, and
VIII help TO puild up induStrlai towns where
ever they settle These people can be led
southwark if the proper effort is made.
The occasion is ripe for such a move
ment. The south can multiply it's popula-
tion and its wealth of productions Indefinite
ly. 1t can easily take the lead in the growth
of the American states and hole it against
all time Its resources are ineXhauStible;
its climate is charmingly varied and health
full; its industries are capable of greater
development than this continent has ever
kno%r.>s%-a, s. - ,.,i Ind IA the for
premacy simply because its people have
been content to rest in the assurance of
its great advantages, without effort to pu: a
them. and, as a consequence, far less at
tractive sections have seized the prize of
immigration which naturally belongs to
the south
"A campaign of education should be in
augurated for the benefit of the waiting
northern colonists as wen as those from
abroad. Let the south demonstrate it's
superior advantages for homes; and with
active, earnest, substantial co-ooera tion
the seed will be soWn from which shall grow
harvest, which in the end will make the
southland the richest, most prosperous sec
ton of the American continent"
Every Man Should Read This.
If any young, old or middle-aged man
suffering from nervous debility, weakness,
lack of vigor from errors or excuses will
enclose sts up to me | will send him the
prescription of a genuine certain cure free
of cost No humbug, 10 deception. Address
Mr.. Thomas Barnes. Marshall. Mich
OUR GREAT EXPOSITION,