Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1904-07-20
WEDNESDAY. JULY 90, 1904.
THE SOUTH's OPPORTUNITY.

Uuder the foregoing mead the
Washington Post has "a sensible edi-
torial advising the southern states
that so much need an influx OF inmi
grants among the restless, MIGRANT
class of Americans rather than
among less desirable foreigners. This
is in line with Governor Terrel's i'm
migration policy, and has so mucti to
commend it.
Citing the opening of the Rosebud
Indian gency in South Dakota to
white settlement, the Post points out
that the American hunger fcr land
and rural homes is unsuitable and not
to be even dulled by federal land lot
teries of the kind For dozen men
that cross half the continent and +
spend much time and money in the
effort to secure a quarter section OF
Uncle Sans real estate. eleven re-
turn to the east disappointed or re-
main to become a part OF the west
army Of homeless nomads. 1t was S"
i'll the case of every reservation
thrown open to homestead in Okla
homa. and the large odds in favor ot
failure are not lettering thousands
from going to South Dakota today.
The Post thinks the place for south
ern immigration hustlers to DO their
hus1ling is in the north and wc:-
A
That Americans are seeking to bet
ter their condition by emigration is
shown by the fact that nearly loO-
600 have gone from the states" 10
the Canadian northwest withia lie
past few years and the hegira is still
ON. .OHlcialS of the land Office.
says the Post, state that neye" since
the close of the civil war has there
been such a demand for homes. tor
farm lands of all kinds" The nome
stead lands that will grow crops NTH
cut irrigation were long ago tved
upon, and the Indian residue lands
lett after allotment among the tribal
members are practically all taken M
by white settlers. The new hope to
saled government lands promises liz
tie to the man of limited means, for
as our Washington contemporary eX.
plains. this property, reclaimed bv
government expenditures in irriga-
ton enterprises, will cost Y4orn 1har .
improved farms in the south. anG the /,
area of it will be very limited"
The Posi- Well concludes.
sfhe opportunity would seem % 10
''ne - The south /. IA Z, ad.autaya
OF this demand for farm lands and
the inability Of the north ard wesc 10
supply it. The great need Ut TIE
south is FOR generous inflow of the
white settlers Of the thrifty and enter
prlslns sort. The men Who are now
going into The west and 10 ,ha Cana.
o!ah northwest are the restless. push
ing, busy. enterprisinS class. lust the
klnd needed for the developrlcu1 q,
me rich, latent resources of mo
south There is no further ,,yf,,nisa
Tor the homcseekers in the west ann
northwest uEless they are willing :,
battle with the climatic condi,,c,,o
,daL make every penny socu.nd
uoupiy earned. The south otarc
biahy superior advantages to mo r,np |
VINO have their fortune to mako ,n. {
me VIII and grit to make them II
Aaoiohs ana the commercial bodie; !,
the south to organize svsta,n,
campaign for the purpose of secu,,,u
asslfaoIe immigration The ,,u
roads OF the west led in this n.on,.
years ago and carried their camnaj~n {
'nto europe, They displayed mans
OF the United States with tho antiro
sou'h printed in black ink and ,abaI.
Cd the black belt and accomnan;ea
ny warnings 10 prospective .immi-
aieiits 10 #eep away from that coun.
Try. The damage done by that kind
OF railroad rivalry can never be oa,-
cuiated' Inc south has suffered
from II Tor a generation by seeing
desirable Immigrants h,lrrying to the
cola and semi arid plains of the west
ana northwest and stunning the at {
Tfactlye south as though it were ;
plague-ln1ected district. 1t is high