Evening journal., 1903-09-26
THE SOUTHWARK WAVE
OF WHITE MIGRATION
5poolal 70 ne Evcnlng Journal.

Special to the Evening journal
Baltimore, Md, Sept. e6-"Those who
have Witnessed the settling up Of the west
the Northwest, the far North. and latter
ly Oklahoma ana Indian Territories. are
now directing their attention TO the ad-
vance guard of ihe greatest immigra-
tlon movement In years. This refers to
the influx OF Northern and Western pco-
pie into the South ana Southwest To the
close observer e would seem that the.
Northwest peopling those vast domains
with the best blood and Drawn Of the
ovcrcrowdcd East and central West, are
now uniting for a greater work in the
Southwest"
The claim that Il Is impossible 20 ate
tract white immigration 70 The South is
contradicted by the experience OF every
man who has kept In touch with Southern
development SIS rcfuted by every au,hori-
totive statement OF statistics. including
the findings Of the federal census. and so
obviously untcnable as q proposition that
q should excite amusement rather than
apprehension. ! was Identified with im-
migration work IN the West twenty years
ego. The foundation work was laid
twenty years ago. So il is IN the South.
We expect the next ten years win bring
us iue reward for our work.
These statements are made by men ac-
quaintod through personal experience
with successful immigration work IN m,
past FOR the West and who now are ap.
iplyinr weil-tesica. practical methods &c
The pcorlns OF the South with thrifty
farmers ara other settlers The nold OF
the one Is West OF the Mississippi; tn,
lncid Of the other Is east OF that river
l1-clr utrwnces reflect the spirit Of O
lsccrc of letters published in the October
number OF the Southern Fam Magazine
Of ihis city from officials Of Southern
and Southwestern railroads engaged n
the task lf nndng suitable homes ia tn,
South FOR thousands of mon from a.,
North and West and elsewhere who hay,
begun 20 realize The wonderful opportni
tiles for them In the south Nearly two
wears ago anaiyss OF rho population fg
urla Of tho census Shaved that there
was a greater movement or whites 70 thi
South than from e. and az enc same tim,
That the noero population WAC difiusinf
itself So rapidly ghar nearly 100000 OF m.
lNSio.o0 negroes In tho country then lived
outslis The South. Since the census wa,
taken this movement OF whites 90 IN,
South ANA negroes from u has been ac
federated. and the reasons for H. as fai
las the whites arc concorro5 appear ir
the letters from The ndnsirai and i'm.
lmlgratlon agents OF the Southern rail
roads
These are not theoretical. They slv,
iGcnnito facts. They ten of more THAR
7sc0o Northern aud Western farmer,
lgettled during the past ten years between
New orleans. In. and Corpus Christi
Texas; with 3ol0.co0 acres OF farm land
10000 OF them irrigated FOR rice. brought
lundcr up-to-datc agricultural methods: OF
li.20Q farmers from ostsde who. durlnr
iAc past year. purchased ana settled upor
Hands on the lines 81 one railroad sonth Of
The Potomac ANA cast OF the Mississippi
iof &, being possible 20 draw an approx.
lmately straight limo 100 miles lonr
through three Virginia counties IN tho so.
called black belt wiihop, probably cross.
Eng an acre of land owned by n negro. and
Of n largo percentage OF tho farms thus
crossed being found in tho hands of farm.
srs from thc North and West and OF an
old ncid In Georgia transi9yVed within
a tweiyemonth into 4 noy&t ps settle