The Topeka state journal., 1899-10-11
BOTH WANT 1T.
Er. Richards Paper on Immigration
to the South.

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Huntsville, Ala Oct 11-At the ses-
sion of the Southern Industrial conven-
tiOn today NJ. V Richards of Washing
ton. read a paper on Immigration"
He said in part
Immigration from the north to the
south is what the people of the north
want and is just what the people OF the
south want Then, let's have it
The tide of immigration from the or
ganizatfOn of the government has until
a recent period had a trend towards the
west and northwest The foreign born
population of the south is only 530,S46,
comprising about one-twentieth of the
people, or 5 per cent. while in other sec
tiOns it is s, 719, POI, or about 20 per cent.
All of this class has been assimilated,
and no evil results have thus far been
experienced The republic stands sub
stantialIy upon the same basis as when
founded by our fOrefathers, has not
Jagged in the race of prosperity, and
there seems no good reason why this
should not continue indefinitely When
I a people can obtain at least a rudimen-
tary education, as they can in our au-
mirable system of public schools. and
are left free to pursue Such aFOcaClonS
and employment as nature has fitted
them for, experience ought to teach
them that ~ can best maintain their
| own personal and individual freedom
| by being regardful OF the rights OF oth-
erS.
THE south up to a decade or two ago
| had never solicited immigration,at least
Z a systematic way. Every SILOIL was
I made to secure it by the west, ana
( great sums of money were expended 10
4 carry on the work. The result has been
I seen in the rapid and substantial de-
/ VelOpment of the west.
What were embryo settlements at
/ the best fifty years ago are now dis
/ tributing points for highly prosperous
/ sections OF country, rich IN farms, min
/ ing and manufacturing points, lumber
I ing industries, fisheries, etc, and city
and country were growing up side by
I side. If all this could be done in the
/ west with its great draw backs and dis
/ advantages as Tar as climate and IOca-
/ tiOn are concerned, what could nave
| been accomplished in the genial climate
/ of the sunny south The wave of i'm
| migration has crossed the continent
| and stopped only as it has reached the
| shore of the Pacific. Nearly all of the
| valuable lands open to homestead ana
/ pre-emptfon settlement have been Occu-
/ pied, and the chances for getting in on
I the ground floor so numerous in times
( past, no longer exist Business has been
| compelled to settle down IN the chan-
| neIs established in regions long settled
| and considerable capital is now required
| if one is to set up for himself
| 1T is not so in the south The fig
! ures show that only about forty per
| cent of the farming lands are under
I cultivation, and that 1853. .672 acres
| are waiting not only the man with the
/ hoe but the farmer with all the mod
| ern appliances for successful farming.
| Here the soil and climate are adapted
! to the raising of long and wide cata-
| lOgue of products, which embrace all
! the staple cereals, saying nothing of
cotton, sugar cane, hemp, the finest
/ grades of tobacco, etc, the south hav-
| ing almost a monopoly of the four last
| named products. But in addition, all
| varieties of fruits raised in the higher
| ATTITUDES, with many others which can
] be grown only in sub-trOpical regions.
| Unsurpassed stock ranges are found
| here, with a genial climate, abundant
| pastUrage and an ample supply of wa
| ter, where all descriptions of stock can
| be raised at a minimum cost, and which
| it is not too much to say. are a verit-
! able stOckman's paradise.
Pec9aT 5oRogFaPny, , ,f ft I9e IN foenJIy
| more highly favored by nature for these
| industries; and as dairying region it is
| the annual rainfall Is abundant not an
| acre requires irrigation as a condition
| precedent to prolific crop and the eli
mate is so genial in many localities that
out of door work may be done all the
year round. All those reasons go to show
| that this is an ideal section for the farm
err not only with capital. but for those
| whose principal capital is their industry
Immigration means an infusion of new
| blood; the introduction of new methods;
| ton of the vital forces and a general
| advance all along the line OF development
prosgreSs ana prosperity Under the new
regime, the old system of planting and
| been and IS being done even now Dy
| diversificatiOn of crops, whereby the far
I m6r ana planter Will De more independent
| by raising many of his supplies that he
! formerly purchased from abroad. IF he
| continues to raise cotton large scale
! he will see to it that much Of it finds a
| home market by having cotton mill
| near by the plantation which will add
| largely to his revenue and consequently
! to his enjoyment and pleasure.
! THE south needs more manufactures
| There is no section of our country thai
! surpasses or even equals the south in
| manufacturing centers, and there is nc
| branch of manufacturing industries that
| can not as successfully be carried IT
| that section as in any other It's two
! great needs are people and capital and
| these can be secured only by immigration
] During the last decade a good beginning
1 has been made, and the volume of Capi-
| tai and the tide of people have been roll
| ing in. but the movement IS yet in Its
| infancy.
There are many things we of the south
! can do and are doing in order to make
| our surroundings attractive to the north
| begin to beautify and make attractive
/ and so enact our laws general and muni-
| cfpal. as to show to ourselves and the
| world al large that We are on the car OF
! progression
! Now is the time for the whole people
| to equip themselves with the parapher-
| MALTA necessary for battle with active
/ progressive life The place for drones IS
| becoming most 5eautlIuIIy less every
| day. Life is activity. life is work and its
| results are restfuI. People nowadays are
| thinking They are restful and looking al
| things philosophically-
| THE south has unlimited opportunities
/ and may we all take advantage thereof .
|
Reynolds Bank Looted.
Reynolds. Ind, Oct 1.-THE Bank o
! Reynolds was looted by robbers earl!
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