The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-07-29
Counties in Securing
Labor and Capital.
IT is TO ADVERTISE
Cumberland Board of County Commits
toner's Assumes the Lead in a
Manner that is Commend
ed by the Govern

The Board of County Commissioners
resolutions relative to adopting ways
and means to secure more and better
laborers and induce capital to that
county, and the board suggest that
all the counties in their COMPRESSION
al district meet together and consid-
err what is the best mode or plan of
encouraging immigration to their sec
ton of the State.
The board requested Governor
Glenn to assist them in this work, ana
invited advice and suggestions that he
might think would be beneficial IN
securing the best method of adVer-
Using their section, and getting capt.
tai and labor.
In reply to their request Governor
Glenn wrote the following letter to
Mr. A. S. Hall a prominent lawyer
and county attorney for Cumberland:
Mr.. A. S. Hall, Fayetteville, n. c.
my Dear Sir: Your Letter, inclos-
ing me a copy of resolutions passed
by your Board of County Commission
ers, has been received
you will remember that / did all
i'm my power to get the last Legisla-
ture to establish for North Carolina
an immigration agent, whose duty
would be, not to bring the riff-raff OF
society here, for such people are not
wanted by any of us, but to induce
investors and home seekers and a
good class of laborers to come and
unite their destiny with ours and
help build up North Carolina. The
Legislature, however, could not see
things as / did. and refused to create
this office, leaving such matters 10
the Commissioner of Agriculture and
Immigration, but giving that office no
extra money to enable them to en-
ploy an agent. That department.
therefore, has been unable to do all
it wanted 70 do, but has accomplished
a great deal, and is perfectly willing
to cooperate with your county to get
capital and labor into their midst.
Your resolution requesting all the
counties to send representatives to
some suitable meeting point and there
discuss the means of getting first
class immigrants in your section is
both plausible and commendable. |
would recommend that each county
have it's Register of Deeds, or some
other suitable person, get from the
citizens of each county a list of what
lands they have to sell. or water pow
class of laborers are needed in the
various sections of the county and
then advertise this in some paper <~Hb
lished in the county or elsewhere, to
the end that persons seeking invest
ments, or wanting homes, or place to
work, could correspond with the
county representative looking to their
becoming citizens of said county.
Then furnish the list of those per-
sons to the Commissioner of Agricul-
ture and immigration here in Raleigh
and they, acting with my approval
and help, can greatly aid you in these
different ways.
81 am perfectly willing to almost
turn my office into an immigration
agency to help the people in my State,
so thoroughly am | convinced that
what we need is to have more people
and more capital, for the harvest is
plentiful, but unfortunately, good la
borerS are few.
with kind regards, / am,
yours very truly,
''R. B. GLENN, Governor