The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-01-31

of emigration for the negroes is impracti- cable
 Practicality of Hunts Plan.
 To what extent MT. Hunts plan is prac- ticable remains to be seen, but his pro- posal ought not to be confused with the philanthropic dreams that have had for their purpose solving the race problem in the United States. His is a cold busi- ness proposition. The great difficulty he Will have to contend against is the nat ural preference of the negro to live among white people and work for them rather than go off and flock with his own kind and work for himself. MT. Hunt, however appreciates the lack of initiative and his plan contempIates assistance and supervision, but the utilization of the ne- | Sros knowledge of cotton culture and his good qualifications for work In the tropics.
 The newspaper publication concerning his plans have reached Mir. Hunt in the Sudan, and caused him to write a very interesting letter to his personal friend Mir. George E. Roberts. Director of tbe Mint, which is the first authoritative statement about his enterprise. Mir. Hun; and MT. Roberts are long time friends and the latter permits tho publication of the letter in refutation and explanation or the newspaper stories that have been current D's" Steamer Amka on the Blue Milo. off
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 November %, 1903. Honorable George Roberts, Director or
 the Mint, Washington, L. S. A.:
 My Dear George Roberts:
 received yours of October Sth, with newspaper clippings enclosed at Khar- loun and thank you for the same. Sure " you do not consider me so impractic- able as to believe the story that I am planning to carry off hundreds of thou- sands of negroes to Africa? l am here in the Sudan for selfish purposes. not as philanthropist. It is true that I am interested in the negro, but for busi- ness and not philanthropc reasons, req sons which must prove mutually bene- hcial, else impossible. The negro is not essential to the success of my proposed undertaking. so consider my interest in hlm Tor the time being as tentative. If ever our colored countrymen are en- couraGed to find and make homes for | themselves, it must be along sound bus | mess lines, as no charitable undertaking 1 gan afford them lasting benefits and no l promoters dreams of capitalization with stand the rude awakening of this pioneer ! life
 There are miIliona of idle acres of land l along the Nile in the Sudan. capab,e of being developed into as fertile fields as those lower down the Nile m Egypt. which are to-day the highest priced az ricuitural lands in the world. l may not be able to prove to your sa tisfaction the correctness of my estimate. Of these Su- dan lands, Yet the proof of the same can not long be deferred When the cond- tion which prevails here is generally un- derstood and the Suakin-Berber Rail- way completed. the Sudan will need no pushing. It will gather population and develop upon it's own merits. There win be no lack of men and means ready and anxious to proceed with the development Of these millions of acres which now lie practically vacant. Acres that will pro duce abundantly of wheat, corn, cotton, tobacco. sugar-Cane. millet coffee, fruit. vegetables, and in fact almost anything the human family needs. If you doubt my testimony, based not on guesses or hearsay, but what have actually seen, beg of you to study the reports of the