The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-09-29

r,anv men of foreign descent or of foreign h,rth are to he found around PetersburB and Farmyille and in the Norfoik truck. ing section. The application or wheat harvesting machinery to the rice meios' which have revolutionized mefnoos .nere' has been very potent not only Tn ausc
 ing immigrants upon that parscuiar psn.' hut a,so in helping to demolish the the orv long held. especially as to cotton, or inc essential importance of the negro m Southern agriculture. Thousanos ot whites unaccustomed previously to soutn- ern conditions are actually reinIorcins other thousands of Southern whites ln demonstrating the falseness or the tneory' These incoming whites are not connnina their Iabors to such Southern staples aa cotton, tobacco, sugar and rice put aie extending the area of trucking, nul.- raising and dairying. A most sisnh. cant fact following their arrival is that ona railroad station which did a business of but sS75 for the whole year Of lsSS, did a business of $9s7 in shipping milk aions in the one month Of June.
 These results are those of q class or set- tiers who have been attracted to the South through letters written by pioneer friends. Such letters are part or the VIZ orous campaign for immigration upon which the leading railroads of the soutn have entered. For example, one road mas arranged for cooperation of It's Southern agents with about a thousand agents in Illinois. Indiana. Iowa, Michigan, Minne- sota. Nebraska, North Kakota, Ohio' South Dakota and Wisconsin for the
 handling of intending settlers. This Is part of the general scheme Of giving wide- spread circulation to the simple facts re- garding Southern conditions, or adverus- ing extensively special low round-ufp o% {n1 | sions two or three times month. lmme- diate effects of these plans appear in the crowds passing through such gateways as | Memphis, Kansas City and St. Louis, one party of 5000 persons having left the iass named city on six trains within two hours one night last month. Again. the rice harvest in Louisiana attracted 1000 home seekers and investors. while there are l colonies or individuals in the desire to er- joy the full advantages of participation | in the development of the uoSths farm ing. mineral. manufacturing and commer- ciai resources. Not the least significant phases of all this are the organization of bureaus of immigration, the growing inclination of Southern boards of trade and other business bodies toward liber- ality of their immediate neighborhoods and the movement to the South of real estate men who have prospered in the l West.
 Advancing values of farm lands in tho cold and uncertain climate Of the North and West and better understanding on the part of farmers there as to opportu- mites in the South are bringing thous-
 ands of experienced tillers of the soil.
 men who are able to purchase when their
 wants are suited, and who, recosni8in&
 the vastly greater chances in the South to men of energy and thrift. are not slow in taking advantage of the low prices of
 land to become desirable and useiul citf
 gems. and are being welcomed by the peo- pie of the South, who realize that an ad- dition to the white population there means the betterment in every respect.