The age-herald., 1897-09-28
For AIabama's Good,


 The following is an editorial from the Philadelphia Press:
 The letters of Mir. N. F. Thompson, formerly of Alalbama, now a reisidg nt and secretary of the Board of Trade of Johnstown, Pa, have attracted much attention, Their glbject has been to call attenlion to the south, and especially to Alabama, as @ desirable field for settle mSnt and Investment. We publish today another letter, in which he suggests col onization in the south from the north as practical means of quieting indus trial unrest and diSsa, iSIfalction in the north, and at the same time benafting those sections of the south which need new energy and capital flor their prompt and best development. MT ThomI son seeks only to promote ithe true interest of both sections by his advocacy of this eransferrence of some eff the northern surplus popufa ton southward. We com mend his suggestions to the thoughdful corsideration of the people of Penn sylvania and especially to those agri- culturalists who find fl; impossible to farm the high-priced Pennsylvania land at satisfactory profit.
 The people eff Alabama, and especially those of Birmingham, need mo hntroduc- tion to MT. Thompson. His name with the people of this state means much for Alabama's future. MT. Thompson lived for number of years in this city, and 1t is but justice to him 10 say that he did more when at the head of ftbs Commer- cial club to promote the interests of Ala- fhama and Birmingham than any per- son connected wdth that body.
 IMr. Thompson has undertaken task xxrhi iol1 .i.,7 ;,.tA dound to the benefit of the material wealth of Alabama far mors than can be calculated. He has already wrought up great interest in Pennsylvania, which state is now his home, and other parts of the north, calculated to attract the attention of thousands of bread winners in the thickly populated sections where tfJe battle of life is waged with greater inequality than prevails in this state.
 Mir Thompsons purposes are to in- terest people of all classes who will make good citizens to come to this sec ton. The manufacturer the skilled la- borer, the farmers and in falet persons representing the various avocations of life. He is doing herohc work and all he can do. What he nelsds most is the SUD- port of the people of the south. It re- quires money to carry ito successful com pletion the plans of Mr. Thompson, and the people of the state who are interest ed in it, and all should be, could not invest in an enterprise that would bring more and better returns.
 Industrial Alabama must be built up. Its resources are unlimited. There is room for millions of people within the borders of Alabama. It needs more citi- zens, and good ones, all of whom can find with comparative ease the pathway to comfortable accumulaltions within brlsf space of time.
 MT. Thompson has reached that point in his plans where but little more is needed to crown his efforts with triumphant success Now. let tlle people of the state do ttheir share of duty and it will not be long until there will come colony after colony from the Keystone state, finding hcmes and establishing themselves in business with the purpose elf becoming citizens and contributing their part to the general prosperity and upbuilding of the state.
 A letter from MT. Thompson to the Philadelphia Press is printed upon this page of today's Age-HeraId