San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-04-26
g'hr daily Eight.
FRIDAY, APRIL 90, 1898
CONTRIBUTED SCRAPS.

Written for the LIGHT.
Georgia is as full OF vim and en-
terprize as an egg is OF meat, or as
a Yankee OF inventive genius and
perseverance.
She has just hit on a bonanza,
in the way Of immigration from
the homeseekers Of the northwest
who are the right sort Of immi-
grants, to improve country. They
are Injured to manual toll, they
are full Of thrift and perseverance !;
they are familiar with the use and
the advantages OF labor saving
farming implements, and they
come to till the soil.
They will fertilize the lands they
cultivate, to the utmost extent pos
sibIe and quadruple the crops
grown on them. That is the only
sensible and profitable system Of
farming. There is no doubt on
this point.
EX-GOv. Northern, Of the Immi-
grafton Bureau of Georgia, has
lust consummated a sale of 100000
acres of land in Georgia, to Mr..
Fitzgerald, OF Indianapolis, Ind,
who is the president Of a company
of homeseekers. He will carry to
Georgia, this fall, 1000 homeseek-
ers, and settle them on the 100000
acres, which he has just purchased.
These will be followed by other
detaChments OF men from the
Mort Invest, who are anxious to
find a more genial climate and
cheaper land. Each one OF this in
stallment of 700 settlers in Geor-
gia, will be a magnet to attract
others, and to swell the tide Of i'm
migration now settling into the
South.
Ere long, this tide will swell in
to a flood tide and result in the
enrichment OF the South and the
utilization Of all her vacant land.
The large tracts Of land will be
subdivided into small tracts, and
improved methods of tillage will
become the order OF the day.
Why cannot Texas catch her
share Of this most desirable immi.
grafton? Her lands are fresh,
while the land in Georgia is al
most worn out by years of cultiva-
ton Of the old fashioned exhaus-
tive kind.
Texas must "get move on her
self, and use the means necessary
to draw immigrants from the
Northwest. This is an age of vim
and push, activity and en- terprize,
and Texas must put aside the no.
tions and customs of Sleepy IIol-
low and Of Rip Van Winkleism,
and roll up her sleeves and 60 to
work with vim and spirit.
our large land owners should or.
game joint stoCkcOmpany sub
SCribing specified number of
acres, and placing a reasonable
price on every acre of the land
owned by the company. Get the
land as much together as practic-
able.
Then let the company have maps
Of the land male out, and employ
gu agent at fair salary, to 60 to
the Northwest and endeavOr to
sell them to a large number OF
colonists. In this way such a sale
as the one Just made in Georgia to
a body OF 1000 immigrants, could
be effected in Texas, and the tide
OF immigration be turned towards
our imperial state. Every immi-
grant into Texas, would serve to
draw Others from among his
friends, relatives and old neigh
bors; multiply school houses, farm
houses and churches, and add to
the assessable value Of property.
One half Of the large land holders
in Texas are absolutely land-poor
they have an elephant OF the Jum-
DO sort on their hands, and they
cannot get rid of him.
The plan herein mapped out
would remove the stone from the
mouth OF the sepulchre and give
them a chance Of resurrection.
1t is the best plan for immi,
grants to come in large bodies, as
they can be mutually helpful and
can constitute a society among
themselves.
our large land owners should
muster up pluck enough to organ.
lze the scheme herein pointed out
and to spare no pains to crown
with abundant success.
Cant Maclyav has SuaI tho city