The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1895-03-20
SENATORIAL IMMIGRATION AGENTS.

of the SD congress-or at least a portion
of the membership eff this perhaps we'll
meaning but mis- directcdd assent bly,.
1t has just issued Southern edition
In which the Representatives and Sen
ators from the Southern states write at
great length of the advantages and re-
sources-the possibilities and the virtues
of their respective states and sections.
The Independent doub tless thinks in
reference to mankind, what the old
darby did about dogs. The darby Of
fered for sale to an unsophisticated
Yank the most wonderful coon dog that
had ever freed "varmnit" THE finest
coon! dog in the country. The mere
nominal price at which it was offered
made the Yank somewhat suspicious
and he inquired into the dogs abilities,
and asked the owner how often he had
hunted coons with him. "Well," re-
piled Sambo, Il ney er did hunt coons
with Tige, but have hunted everything
else and tried him at every thing could
think of, and as he was no count at any
thing | tried | reckoned of course he
would be good coon dog, cause they
say every dog is good for Something"
lators the Independent doubtless thinks
they would make good immigration
agents, and as the South is badly in
need of immigration agents and i'm
migrants it gives them a chance.
Besides the members of congress con-
tributlng to the edition there are many
other prominent Southern men among
the writer's making the edition both an
interesting one, and one of great value
to the Southern states.
Our Florida Senators both have ar
ticles in the edition. Mr.. Call writes on
Labor in the South" or at least that is
the caption of the article published. but
Mr. Call, as usual devotes most of his
time to discussing corporations and be-
wailing the ''obsorption of the public
domain by railroads during COMPARE
tive short period" However he up
holds the peaceful character and hos
pitality of our people. We quote from
Mr.. Calls on the subject of I'm migration:
The kind OF immigration that would help the
South at the present time is the kind that will
help almost any country; that is, the bright
smart skilled lsborer who turn his hand to
any ordinary kind of work The country is fill
ing up rapidly, and many OF the vacant places in
the differentllnes of industry occupied by the
younger generation as it comes on the scene.
The South, in most parts, is not an unOccupied
country; and when you consider the geographical
increase in population, in every other part of
the country success must be measured by the
standard of living under their public economies.
The earnings of the people should be sufficient
to send their children to school, to have churches
and all kinds of institutions by which men are
intellectually and morally improved. 1t means
some leisure and the means of travelling from
one place to another. and that the railroad cor
porations should not take all mans substance
for carrying him and the product of his labor to
market.
Mr.. Pasco's short article of less than a
column is a gem of conciseness and a
veritable encyclopedia of our resources.
He covers the entire ground and omits
nothing. His statements are conser-
vative and educational. Summing up
he says: