The Savannah morning news., 1904-06-29
PLAN TO BRING
IMMIGRANTS HERE
SOUTH NOT ADVERTISED
j. w. HAHN WOULD SEND AGENT TO
FOREIGN COUNTRIES.

Could BE Thus ObtaiEed-GeOrgia's
Farming Wealth Would BE In
creased Many FOId-Wide Travel
All Over Europe Gave MIR. Hahn
Knowledge of SituatiOn-Spend
Thousands and Get Back Millions.
Thoroughly imbued with the idea
that America is the greatest country on
the globe, and that the South is the
choicest section, Mr.. ]. w. Hahn, who
is native of Germany, believes that
active steps should be taken to encour-
age immigration to the South. and
Georgia in particular.
Besides being a native of Germany,
Mr.. Hahn spent more than fifteen years
in European countries as agent for a
wagon mandatory, and during that
time travelled extensively from ST.
IBERIA on the north, to Italy on the
south. He is therefore perfectly ia
miliar with the prevailing habits of
thought and life in a number of king
doms. He has been in business in Sa-
vannah for the last two years.
when 1 see how cheaply they can
come over, it's a wonder to me that the
Southern people have never made an
effort in this direction" said Mr.. Hahn
yesterday to a representative of the
Morning News. Though 1 have only
lived in the South less than two years,
1 believe exceptional opportunities are
offered right here in Georgia for immi-
grants.
south Is Not Advertised.
why, almost anywhere in Europe
you can see advertisements of the adj
vantages of Kansas, Iowa, Minnesota,
Nebraska, Illinois. Wisconsin, and
other Northern and Western states,
but never a word about the South.
my idea would be to send a man
who is thoroughly familiar with the
languages and habits of the leading
Kingdoms from which it would be
sought to draw immigration. Such an
agent should mingle with the peo-
pie and get right in with them. Get
the people interested and they will
ask questions. Don't try to force it on
them.
when l see so much unused land,
and know that large families in Eu-
rope live on from six to twenty acres,
/ say why can't we get them? Over
there they have meat once a week,
and here they could have that on the
bill of fare every day, and be indie
pendent besides. There is much land
lying idle in the state of Georgia that
would be a source of wealth if work.
ed by men from my own, and other
countries, who are eager for such OPP
portunities.
THE reason why practically all of
the immigrants go to the North and
Northwest is that their friends have
gone to that section, and in the letters
back home, of course, the South is
not mentioned, so the existence of such
country is not even known.
I'VE need to advertise the South to
get a most desirable class of imni
grants, both male and female.
Negroes as Nurses.
Zone thing that strikes me since I
have lived here is the general entrust-
ing of children to negro nurses. l have
seen these negro women strike the
children, and know that their talk to
the children is anything except what it
should be.
There are great numbers of strong.
clean girls who would be glad to come
over here and nurse the children, with
the difference that they would expect
10 De treated as Il6luDeTS Oh IIe ldIH-
lily. The mothers would notice a great
difference in the care taken of their
children and could know always that
they were well looked after.
by sending a man to countries from
which immigrants were desired prac-
tically as many as were wanted could
be obtained. Over there they are
used to cultivating every foot of the
ground, and with such close working
of Georgia soil, the farming wealth of
the state would be immeasureably in
creased.
Don't Know n Good Thing.
Some people don't realize what they
have until they go abroad and see how
the common people live. 1 knew two
such men in Pittsburg, who finally de-
cided to spend six months on q tour
of the old country. l saw them just
six weeks after they started, and they
were back. Six weeks was enough for
them. There's nothing like a little
travel by an observant man to APP
preciate what he has at home.
'It seems to me that the railroad
companies ought to help in such
scheme, both financially and with adj
vertising matter. / believe that good
man could be maintained at a cost of
not over $1,000 per year, and that he
would be worth to the state about five
millions.
There is a great field for the South
it seems to me, and it certainly has
never been worked. 1 hope to see the
day when Georgia undertakes that, or
a similar scheme, for am confident it
will prove a winner"