The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-08-10

All tiCW Ol tuC dppdf Cat SuSStsS sAtS Alabama Immigration Association is enjoying towards perfection of organi- Eation, Governor Jelks yesterday gave out an interview In which he stated more exactly his views on the subject of immigration than he has ever done before. It has been known all along that the Governor has favored the com ing of immigrants to Alabama but ne has always insisted that theyfbe of the Desirable class.
 Governor Jelks is of the opinion that before substantial success can be achieved in attracting desirable fnin1f- grants to Alabama soil there should be organization of land owners who wish to dispose of their acres.
 "The diff1culty in securing fmmigra- tion for agricultural lands in this State grows out of the fact that the State. or the agent of the State. has no par ticular or specified lands and terms under which he can offer them," Gov ernor Jelks recently wrote Secretary L. l.. Gilbert of the Montgomery Commer- cial and industrial Association.
 'I am of the opinion that a mere praise of the richness of the soil gen. orally. the salubriousness of the cli- mate and the character of the people would not be effective in securing what we want. If I had sufficient money
  ton bureau and I could secure the CO., operation of men who would form a land company. which land company could afford to underwrite, I think there would be no difficulty in secur- ing a decent lot of immigrants for the farms. Labor for the industries can be more easily secured. The furnace men and the mine men have a definite place and definite terms to offer to the h.. n- CTS of land have no such terms. and hence the difficulty"
 The Governor added that fin any statement made. or letter written, no evidence will be found that I intended to make a special effort to secure any special class of laborers. shutting out either furnace men, mill men or farm CTS and nowhere will there be found that I have offered to turn over the posal to any certain persons whatever" "
 The Governor said yesterday that he was still of these opinions about profit able immigration.
 "For several months." said the Gov ernor, q have been growing more and more interested in the object of immi- grafton and have felt more and more that now is the time when. perhaps. we could realize on q practical effort made 
 us.
 "I have been in communication with M V. Richards of the Southern Rail- way Immigration Bureau, and Ross c. Smith, Commissioner in charge of the railroad immigration movement in this State, with MT. Henderson of Mobile, Immigration Agent of, the Mobile and Ohio Railroad. and large number of other parties"
 Ialka Qiqn aRfA vaSfaTdaV that he wanted to correct an impress sion about his dealings with the Ala bama Immigration Association made in an interview with Major Frank Ander- son in a newspaper of Birmingham. The interview made 1t appear that the Governor had promised to give some $3,000 to the Association as soon as some practical plan was outlined and adopted by the Association" The promise is reported to have been made fin Blount Springs a few days ago to a committee of citizens of Birmingham. Other conditions. however, were inn posed on the officers of the Association to be complied with before the appro- priation at the disposal of the Governor will be made.
 T saw the interview" said the Gov ernor. with Major Anderson. and also read the resolution which was passed at the meeting of the Executive Com mittee of the Alabama Immigration As sociation. Major Anderson is made to say that a certain sum of money would be turned over to the Associa- ton by Governor Jelks as soon as some practical plan was outlined and adopted by the Association.
 The reporter evidently misunder- stood Major Anderson. l made 1t clear to the committee that I should spend all the money at my disposal in my own way, and through an agent of my own selection. agreeing with the committee that waited on me at Blount Springs, to hear their suggestions, and If they met with my views, to adopt them. There could have been no misunder- standing by any member of the com mittee and myself, and that Is why. l am sure, Major Anderson was misunder- stood by the reporter in Birmingham.
 As further evidence that the reporter must have misunderstood Major Ander- son, the resolutions adopted by the Executive Committee do not carry out the views said to have been entertained by Major Anderson"
 The Immigration Association was tentatively organized recently in Bir- mingham. It Is the purpose of the pro- jectors of the Association to get citi- zens all over the State interested in 1t.