The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-08
PULLMAN UNIQUE AS
 A TOWN OF ALABAMA

The disposal of this immigration question demands intelligence and ex- perience. do not think that Ger man emigrants would do well in the distinctly cotton section of the State. I rather think that a movement to put Germans in the cotton fields of Ala bama would result in failure. The German emigants could not agree and harmonize with the negroes of that section. They have never taken kind ly to cotton growing on a large scale. And moreover, the Germans have a strong preference for the highlands. They would never like lowlands or lands of malarial climate.
 Two and Three Crops c Year.
 The German farmer in his intensive methods wants his lands to produce two and three crops a year. He would not be content with one cotton crop year. On these lands he frequently makes as high as three crops year. vet they are not near so fertile as some of the lands further South in Alabama.
 Therefore the endeavors of the State and of the railroads should be bent to- wards bringing emigrants to North Ala bama. For the raising of fruits. for the growing of vegetables there are no lands better adapted than those of North Alabama given these lands. the industry, thrift and intelligence of the German emigrant would make this section of the State a garden spot. think that study of the conditions ex- isting here, an understanding of the the successful growing of cotton de- mands will convince thoughtful man that when German emigrants are brought to Alabama they should be brought to North Alabama"
 The thrift and frugality of the Ger | man emigrants are not to be doubted. The growth, the prosperity of Cullman are too eloquent proof of these quali- | ties. Cullman and Cullman Countys advance Is a splendid tribute to the | German character. 4siF The city and county had a modest be- ginning in 1873 and In 1876 the total | tax valuations of the county was only S200,000, Tax valuations have now swelled until they reach well above $a.000.0o There are three banks called country banks, deposits that are made up of the savings of an economi- cal and thrifty people. The county of Cullman does not owe dollar in the world yet 1t Is caled the best bridsed county in the State. The town proper county 22.ooo. The town is one of the most prosperous and thriving to be found in the South.
 John c. Cullman, one time a citizen
 of Cincinnati. was the founder of Gull land where the town now stands from the Louisville and Nashville Railroad about the time of the completion of that road through this section. He work of inducing some of the thrifty
 Germans of Cincinnati to locate ip
 The First Settlers.
 In April of 1873 he induced Ave fam tlies to come to Alabama with him. They were the families of Dietrich
 Leshman. John wanke. Ferdinand
 Krelhaus, Nicholas Fielder and Johr Frombold. That's a fine array of Ger
 man names and by the way 1t might
 be said that names like them predom. mate in Cuuman. Many of the com. mercial houses have signs painted both
 the inhabitants of Cuiiman were born in Germany and they speak the Eng fish laguage now with didiculty. Or
 the other hand those who' came t
 here. speak with hardly a trace of ac' | cent.
 It Is conservatively estimated tha
 man are either of German birth or oi ! German descent. A majority of the | farmers living within a radius of five
 miles of town are of German extrac- | tion.
 Either the original settlers or theii
 descendants are still living in Cullman
 Their life in the early days of ths
 town was the life of the pioneers
 lands even for the sites of thei,
 houses. John Frombold, who was Jar Frombold back in Germany, immedi,
 ateiy built 2 hotel. It was not ar
 sisted of two big log rooms with .
 wide hall running between. The site
 of the hotel IS only few yards from
 the present depot of Cnllman.
 | of the town the number of families
 had increased to 123. Since the very inception of the town the German efni. | grants have continued to come in. 4 | number came fin last year. number | came in this year and O. numbers oi I others will come In next year.
 | :, At the time the town was founded
 Go,,un fhs site Of CSilman SIS an. was in Blount
 man was formed from portions ot l Blount, Winston and Morgan counties Both the town and the County was
 named for Its founder, John c. Gull ! man.
 | At every turn new phases of indus
 trial, political or sociological conditions
 are revealed to the investigator who Is
 accustomed to the conservative South | ern town. The way the fruit and veg
 etable farmers have of disposing of l their products is in itself of interest
 The German farmers have found a way | to circumvent the dishonest commission
 merchants who has taken the produce of the Southern truck farmer or fruit grower on commission has been the | subject of more widespread abuse and l condemnation than any other business man. The Floridian who said that the chief occupation of his people was Eighth gallinippers and cusshp' com mission men," was not far wide of the l mark But Cullman County has solved that question as they have solved other questions.
 German Farmers' Association. They have organized what is known as the German Farmers Association, l which sells the products of it's mem bers. There are ninety-eight members of the Association, and they number the best and most energetic farmers of the county. This Association sells the products of the farms. Its agents sell directly to the merchants and con- sumers There is no swindling, no hocus pocus work that in the past dls- 
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