Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1897-01-21

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| tizans and we need more capital with
| which to open up our vast resources.
/ How are we to obtain the men ard money
necessary to the full development or our
| state unless we send out In search or
! them? This search must be made sysH
| tematically and intelligently, and the
| only known means of reaching the de-
| sired end Is by adopting the suggestions
| of the Governor, as contained IN ms m
| augural message, and more fully outlined
| in the bill prepared by Mr. Appling now
pending before the legislature. The peo-
| pie have not taken enough interest In the
ma tier and have each waited for another
to act, but the time for action is now, ana
the people must act at once II anything
is to be done this session. Let each man
see to 1t that the member for his district
receives an intimation that the country
needs the passage of this BILL Let every
part of the state join in the effort because
each part of the state will be benefited
by the result. Let no false ideas OF
economy prevent the passage of this bill.
Let it be well understood that very few
colonies or new industries would, by IN
creaSing the amount of taxable property,
pay the expenses of the bureau. There
fore, if little effort will pay expenses,
what cannot an intelligent and active
management secure to our state?
There are but twenty-five more work.
ing days for this session of the legisla-
ture, therefore let each man in the state
WIlO WISHES u STE PROSPERITY SOilC1 w
something towards bringing 1t. Pros
perity does not come unsought, or by
passively waiting for its appearance. We
have a grand old state, but she viii yield
us nothing unless we ourselves strive Tor
1t. But If we seek intelligently for the
capital to develop our industries and fer
farmers and workmen to develop our ag-
ricultural resources then will nature re-
spond to our efforts and open the door to
all her stores of treasure and Alabama
I'll .Jo<a IL. t11r farO-
most ranks of industry and progress.
A well regulated state bureau or inn
migration is the only means by which
we can make known to those outside OF
our state what are our resources ana
needs. Such a bureau Is also the only
means of regulating the class of people
that may come to us. We do not need
an Immigrant host, such as daily landed
at Castle Garden, who would push our
own people aside and be burden on the
state; but we do need honest. thrifty
farmers and workmen who will frater-
nize with US, and who coming amongst
us as strangers, will put their shoulders
to the wheel of progress and help to
make it turn. Men who will come among
us with the honest intention of each one
doing their part as law-abiding ana IN
dustrious citizens. We can only find the
right kind of people by going after them,
and we can only send after them an Off
Ger duly authorized by the state to bring
them here with the knowledge that the
state will protect them from fraud.
|, This work can only be accomplished
by creating such an immigration bu-
reau as Gov. Johnston suggests, ana
every man in the state should assist in
the passage of the Appling bill. Let there
be no further uncertainty. The passage
l-of the Appling bill for the creation of
state bureau of immigration will be of
more real benefit than all the other bills
put together that have come before the
house this season.
Morgan county has seen the good that
may be done by the passage of the bill,
and that it can only be secured by speedy
action The Commercial club of New
Deca tur met in special session last week
and the leading business men of that city
fully Endorsed the. Appling bill, and the
senator and two representatives from
that county have been instructed to use
every effort to forward the passage of
| this measure. This is a step in the right
| direction, and I call upon the business
men and Commercial clubs of every
| county in the state, irrespective of party,
to act speedily, that the Appling bill may
| be called for and discussed. and when its
/ great usefulness is clearly seen. it will be
| passed by unanimous vote.i
The morning is dawning for Alabama,
| and the cry goes up. Awake, We sleep
| ers, for the battle for prosperity is at
| hand" Our state needs all your awaken
| ing energies. Then reach out your hands,
| invite. and welcome to our beautiful
| southland that element which shall as
| sist us in our onward march. .tift
| The Governor has sounded the call to
| arms: heed it and answer - 81
| L. K RAY.
Moulton Heights, New Decatur, Ala,
! Jan. 20, 1897. ~ e .esar
University of Alabama, jan is, 1897.
Editor State Herald:
| In view of the interest now being man
! ifested in the Alabama gold fields, l
have thought that some notes on this re-
| gion by Mr. w M. Brewer, who has been
| engaged in that district for several years
! in the interest of the Alabama geolog-
| ical survey, might be welcome TO your
readers. These notes are taken from an
| article by Mr.. Brewer reviewing the
| mineral industries of the southern states
for 1896, published in the eighteenth an
| nual Of the -Tradesman, Chattanooga:
| Bulletin No 5 of the state geological
| survey recently published is also devoted
| to this section of the state, and contains
| full notes by Mr.. Brewer on all the oc-
| currences of gold ores in the upper part
! of the gold belt. This document will be
| sent to any one applying for 1t at this
| Office and enclosing 8 cents for the post
age. .4 s9e
an the Mispickel ore district, in Ran
dolph county, Alabama, good deal OF
work has been done during the spring
and summer of 1885 > A. capitalist from
Buffalo, New York state, started the ball
| by sinking an eightyfoct incline shaft
| and exploring an ore body thirteen feet
| thick at the thickest part and of an av-
| erage thickness Of some eight feet. This
| was drifted on fer upwards of 100 feet,
and twelve tons of the ore, representing,
| a thoroughly average sample Of the en-
tire body, were shipped to Charlotte. NJ
| c., and treated at the sampling works of
| The Mecklenburg Iron company The re-
| suit was not considered sufficiently salts
| factory to warrant other operations,
| therefore work was abandoned.
In the same district a syndicate from
| Indianapolis erected a Crawford mill
| plant on property considered quite
| promising, but after a test run, shut
1 down. The superintendent, though ex-
/ presses confidence in the mine. but at
i tributes the failure to the min, rather
/ than to any lack CT value in the ore.
| l know it is not considered exactly
h "up to date" to direct attention to fail
/ ures, but review CT any industry would
/ not be thorough or honest if rhe success
4 full side only was considered. therefore 1
II have referred to these failures, and be-
H leve that in doing so l am greater
III 4. 4 l.