The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-05-25

the company is enabled to sell to the immigrants some of the richest and not some of the poorest lands of the State.
 A. A. Ericsson is the manager of the company. He Is a young man of Swed- ish birth and thorough Swedish edu- cation, broadened by a vide experience in American affairs. He has had much experience H Hs securing and S locating ,m- tablished in Limestone County, to bringing many thrifty and industrious
 MT. Ericson came to Selma last sep- tember Jn the winter the land and immigration company was formed
 'The individuals who. comprise our from 10000 to 5o.00O acres of land, and 1t Is some of the best land of the State. It Is mainly in what Is known as the Black Belt and 1t is located in parts from Selma to Sumter County.
 We began business in the winter time, an inauspicious time of the wear for securing immigrants. Eotwith- a number of immigrants who ere ap-' parently satisfied. I find that 1t is much easier to show the merits of these rich black lands than of the lands of any other portion of the. State I was in North Alabama a whole year before we made a single sale.
 ''rhe greatest trouble find in en- % ssfss shss Eo n aaes ss tion. The immigrants from Northern Europe do not like the negro and they do not like the idea of competing with him on the same soil.
 We do not keep salaried agent is Chicago as some of the other tmmigr;l- ton companies of Alabama do, us this plan of work is of very doubtful value intelligent man. We have a number of gentlemen in the North acting with us and for us. In. addition to this we do great deal of advertising. Our cor now in communication with q large number of settlers who are talking of selling out where they are in the fall
 Hest Farm Lands.
 we endeavor to locate all the immi- grants who come here on the best Black Belt lands. If the immigrant wants to raise fruit and vegetables we try to suit him. If he desires to go into gen. eral farming we make the effort to get him the land that is adapted to gen.
 we are watching out for Northern and Western people especially. We be- lieve that the Northern and the Wes- tern States offer us the best field for immigrants from Northern Europe to come directly to the South than it is for us to get direct results from our work within the United states. The Western States are more familiar with American customs and are more likely to succeed in forming new country.
 "In addition to the advertisements published in newspapers and magazines we get out publications setting forth the benefits and the advantages of the fine land which we have for sale. Our Northern agents have. too, system of advertising. This company is receiv- ing valuable assistance from Messrs. Richards and Park, the immigration agents of the Southern and the Louis vilie and Nashville Railroads They have been energetic in co-operating with us in everything we do and they have rendered especially valuable ser vice in the distribution of our iitera- ture where it would do the most good"
 In discussing Immigration Mir. Eric son spoke with favor of the immigrants who come to America from Northern Europe as being the staunchest and the best qualified for building up a. coun- try. He drew attention, too, to the fact that the governments of the coun- tries of Northern Europe from which immigrants were accustomed to come. valued their people so highly that they had passed stringent laws forbiddfng immigration agents from plying their vacations in those countries.
 The officers of the Selma Land and Immigration Company are prominent and substantial business men of Selma. They are: W. R. Peacock. President: N. Waller, Secretary; J. F. Hooper. Vice-Prestdent; E. c. Melvin, Treas urer. and A. A. Ericson. Manager.