The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1896-02-10
AIDING TIE IME1GRANTS.

Some OF tho railway officials are taking
a deeper interest ia the tmm grafton move
mcnt 20 tho south than they have ever done
before. A recent article In The Consttu-
ton on the Georgia fever which is abroad
IN The states to the northwest. has attract
81 great deal VI attention and mas avian
erred a liVcler interest in the possibilities
Of .mmig than has heretofore eNisled.
While fl is true that the roads have Deen
spending a large sum of money IN the ag-
grcgate in various ways, and IN some very
excellent ways, the presidents and man
ayers themselves have net fully apprccial-
"a 70 what extent the desire to come south
rls taken hold Of the farmers and me
caanlcs Of the states above the ONO and
ncrtb and west of the Missouri
Each manager Of a railroad knows in a
general way of the movement into the ter
ritory along his line, but It is only by actual
contact with numbers and numbers OF pco-
pic from different sections Of the country
that this can be learned.
Old-timers remember the gold fever In
~. Since then there have been other te-
vers or lessos degree. but none more wide
spread than this one which extends from
the Canadian border 20 the Mexican bound
AIRY, and from the state of Ohio TO the Pa
cine coast This may sound cNtravaSant.
but within the last ninety DAYS settlers have
come INTO Georgia from New Mexico, the
ba6otts. the state of Washington and al
lice country lying between. a few weeks
ago the Constitution told OF family which
drove overland from washington across the
Rocky mountains. the vast prairies, the
A4asaari ard alHsisslppi rivers and tho
southern tier Of states 10 THIS state. Many
families OF settlers have driven on ana
are SUI moving across the hills and the
valleys when lie in between the Chatta-
hoochce and the Rockies. Every day the
pralrle scloouers are TO be seen vending
tnet~ laborlOus way 70 the fertile plans %
Georgia, whore the climate is ever Mli4
ANA tne farmer makes Two ana three crops
year.
1.le immigrants VINO come BY wagon and
by rail tell " the unrest IN the northwest.
1pe failure Of crops for two successive
years lu some secuons, the cheapntss 81
corn right now in tile great cereal be!t ana
tl- 3rtcnse cold everywhere, combine 70
crl.e thc residents away. The ola pioneers
ego Irt dread selling out, packing Lp ana
moving south IN search or a new nome.
Hundreds ot The immigrants Who are COM
irr TO Goorgia now are men who WCnt out
beyond the bounds Of civilization twenty
and ,A,rty years ago and made for them
SELVES nome m "a country where white
ue.ghhors were days travel away.
lu many "A western county there are
clubs. THE members Of which have ORGAN
Izcd 10 start scjtlemcntS IN the SCUM; ne
4'I,a-erald organization has these clubs IN
% dozen states and they represent a. pop
ulafIop winch now numbers more than Co.
COO men. women and children, including
those who have already come To Georgia.
1t Is now proposed 10 strike the IRON
managers have been discussing the best
plans for promoting the movement while
The fewer is on and before il subs DIES, as II
i ant rs do if ii is not fed judiciously.
Tic benefit 20 the state Of a large i'm
ni-tat.0u movement Of thrifty citizens IS
nos unaerestmaied by any Of the trans
p1riation managers The change in the
method ~ agr culture which has been going
ou in ,hc south Tor the last three years.
has cut INTO revenues of the railways. The
grain ard hay traffic for instance. is moth
ms like what II used 10 he ia volume. This
b, Upeausc the Georgia farmers are raising
tuesr own hay and corn and oats. M
t.a railroads are endeavoring 10 eucour-
are local traffic They are especially anX-
iaie 20 bring under cultivation tie thouS-
augs OF acres OF LnimproVcd lands back
from their lines Some OF the shreWdest
bushes mon in the country are studying the
situation, and some OF them declare that
the ucXt few years win soc a movement
Of settlers 90 the south which set westward
for twenty years.