The Hazel Green herald. [volume] (Hazel Green, Wolfe County, Ky.) 1885-19??, 1894-10-04
VERY IMPORTANT
is THE CALL ISSUED BY THE LOUIS.
VILE BOARD or TRADE.
The Invitations Sent to All Parts of the
Country to Attend the Immigration
COnvention--It VIII BE Held
in Louisville on oct. ~.
KENTUCKY IN THE FRONT RANK.

Int bOdiO WI lluht VI AFfutNNlAAN nuN
issued its immigration cali for the con
veuton that is to be held there October
"a. The call has been sent to all parts
of the country and to all industrial asso
Citations inviting them to send delegates
to the convention, and it is expected
that large number of visitors will res
pond to the invitation. The following
is the call:
LOUISVILLE, KY, Sept. 90 lS94.-To
the people of Kentucky The Louisville
Board of Trade, after comforting with
representative citizens in nearly every
part of the State, hereby calls oonven
ton of the friends of immigration to meet
in the Exchange Hall of the Board of
Trade, in the city of Louisville, at -
o'clock, noon, Wednesday, October "a,
1894, to discuss, consider and inaugurate
plans for calling attention to the many
advantages Kentucky has to offer as a
place of residence for intelligent and in.
dustrious home.seekers, and taking prac-
teal steps to invite and induce such to
come among us and find homes.
Kentucky has natural advantages over
many other States and countries. She
lies in the latitude, and has the climate
best adapted to the health and physical
comfort of man; she does not suffer from
the extremes of heat and cold like the
States to the North or South of us ; she
is well watered throughout her entire
extent by unfailing springs creeks and
rivers. She has more lands bordering
on navigable rivers than any other State
in the Union, and greater variety Of
crops can be grown at profit than in
almost any other State. She has vast
quantities of fine lands for agricultural
purposes which may be had cheap; rich
but undeveloped mines, and extensive
forests of valuable timbers.
Every year thousands of intelligent
and industrious men with sufficient CAPT.
tai to make a start in life, and in many
cases with ample means for large invest.
ments, leave Europe, others the more
crowded localities of our Eastern States,
and the more severe climate of the
North and Canada, and seek new homes
and fields of operation better suited to
their conditions and desires.
They are passing Kentucky by, not be-
cause she is not well adapted to their
wants, but simply because she is doing
nothing to call attention to herself, and
holding out no friendly invitation.
The States to the West, the South and
Southeast of us are looking to their inter
ests, and are getting this valuable popu-
lation.
The people of Kentucky are gradually
realizing that while Others, and in many
respects less favored sections of the coun.
try have grown in power and riches, a
vast domain in their midst has been
almost entirely overlooked and neglected.
The facts are only too apparent that
we have been content to drift along with
the tide while our neighbors have put
forth their entire strength and best eff
forts to gain advantages which should
have claimed our attention long ago.
The United States census shows that
there were 10,9Sl AIS acres of unim-
proved farming lands in the State Of
Kentucky in 1850. In 1890 there were
still 9,593,S47 acres, reduction of only
l,38S,l3 acres in forty years.
Is it not time to consider plans to utl-
ize this immense territory aud secure for
Kentucky the increase in wealth and
population we are justly entitled toY
All around us the battle for supremacy
is going on, and Kentucky cannot afford
to be indifferent to her opportunities.
Nearly every Southern State has its
immigration agents in the field securing
the attention of settlers and dissemina-
ting reliable information regarding their
respective advantages, and by direct
agencies disposing Of surplus properties
and introducing new class Of good set
tiers.
While our hospitality should be bound !