The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-15
GOVERNOR TALKS
 ON IMMIGRATION Will Call Industrial Men and Railroad Men Together MOVEMENT FOR STATE FAIR Warren Reese, Jr., Goes to Washington to Get the Appointment of Par
 sons Held Up By the
 Senate.
MOVEMENT FOR STATE FAIR
BY HERvEY W. LAIRD.

Montgomery, December 14.-(Special)- Governor William D. Jelks was the lead ing speaker at the annual meeting of the Commercial and Industrial association this evening, and his talk was of the to secure for the state desirable immi- grants He related that at the conference just held in New York there was the livliest interest shown in the south, and even in the east there is a disposition to have other ports where the immigrant ships may deposit much of the overflow of Ellis Island
 The governor told of his plan to call the industrial men and railroad officers together in a few days and undertake to put on foot scheme to have an agent at Ellis Island and one or more abroad to look after the interests of the state in the securing of desirable immigrants. It is thought that the governor will have no trouble in getting his friends to enter into the project. There Is no fund of the state that can be used for this work. and the expenses will have to be paid by the business men and farmers, who will be most benefited.
 The governor. while in New York last week, saw a shipload r' ',,,nigrants from Hamburg and was very much impressed with them. He said he would have been very happy to have had every one of them come to Alabama. While he does not care to have every kind of people come to the state he is of the opinion that we have little to fear in that way until there is much more of labor than is now to be had.
 Reese to Fight.
 At an early hour this morning, Warren s. Reese, Jr., left for Washington to have the nomination of E. J. Parsons for the United States attorneyship of the middle district held up if possible He hoped to get the place again. having held it two terms. It was thought, too, that he was going to land, as he had good backing.
 It is not thought that the trip of MT. Reese will do any good. He Is going up against the Alabama referees and the third term hoo doo and the further fact that the recommendation is made and will be hard to recall. It is also a fact that Parsons, who Is a young fellow Is q good man and an able one, and there will be no good reason so far as the sight is now permitted to penetrate, for refusing to confirm him.
 It was thought here as late as yester- day morning that Reese would be re- appointed. In fact he had a telegram from Congressman Littlfeld yesterday that the President had decided to send his name to the Senate this week.
 Big Farming Interests.
 The movement begun last night for a state fair In Montgomery next fall is a logical following of the great advance in the farms that has been shown for the past three years The value of lands all over the state have gone up so rapidly that trading has largely been transferred from the cities to the agricultural dis tricts. Where ten years ago land was re- garded as worthless 1t now brings $25 an acre.
 Within the past few weeks there have been sales made in this county that run into value way to half a million dollars. Jesse Adams, who was at both the Bir- mingham and the Selma fairs this fall, says that he knows of six men with money and equipment for big farms who have settled in Dallas county as result of the Selma fair. He had no idea how many came who had not been reported. He thinks there will be no trouble to get as much money as is needed to make the Montgomery fair a great success.
 The men who have taken up the work of getting a great state fair here next year are men of wealth and influence. They own and control vast sums of money and will be able to see that there is no lack of funds to make 1t a go. There will be capital of $10O,O00 to begin with. and as much more as Is needed.