The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-22
ALABAMA IMMIGRATION
THE ASSOCIATION IS PERFECTED AT BIRMINGHAM.
SOuthern Railway Yard Foreman Meets Terrible Death Under Car. William Early Shoots
 Wife by Mistake.

Y Birmingham. July 2l.--tspeciall- movement of immigration to Alabama was perfected here today by a commit. tee appointed at recent meeting of rom club, was displayed at the meeting here and the belief is expressed that in a short while some good results will be felt F. H. Motion, President of the Bir- mingham Comercial Club, presided al the meeting here and the members of the committe on hand were F. Y. An derson; Birmingham; F. H. Lathrop Riverside; Ben P. Hunt. Huntsville; J II. Cranford, Jasper: Samuel Friedman Tuscaloosa; A. A. Erickson, Selma; J adsdsn A; Edwards Taliadegs Ms,iss; T; S. Kyie W. T. Brown, Ragland.
 Among others here were w. l.. .en- derson of the land and immigration de- partment, Southern Railway. headqlar- of the Sloss- Sheffield Steel and ron Company, Birmngham; Frank Nelson Birmingham; Alfred Schartum-Swelson of Christiana, Norway.
 Almost all the members of the con- mittee had some remarks to make on the subject. It was the unanimous opinion of the committee that good i'm migrants were desired in Alabama and that it was wise to put into effect a plan looking to the Securing of share of the great movement now on.
 sThe following ins,od resolutions were re-
 First-An address should be issued by this committee and each member should see that it be published in all dress should explain the purpose for which this committee was organized It should invite all persons or corpora tions who need labor of any kind to on all farmers or owners of lands to furnish the committee with the num- bers,, description and price of any lands they may have for sale. stating committee could furnish immigrants a full description of the land and loca- ton, price, etc.
 Second-Options should be procured, in favor of the committee, on all large tracts of land, and, If necessary, these tracts should be surveyed and cut up into 100-acre lots and sold to the bet ter class of immigrants at actual cost and expense, as the association is not dealing in lands for profit, who wish to locate and farm thereon. for req sonably small cash payment and the baance on long time.
 Third-This committee should. em- ploy an agent to go to New York and other seaports. but New York especial ferent classes of immigrants. as demand requires. shipped to points to be named in this State. where another agent of this committee should meet and distrib
  dition to this arrangements can be per- fected in New York and in Chicago with parties inthe business at those points whereby any number of select the payment of a fee, this fee being $2 head, if I remember correctly.
 Fourth-A special letter should be sent by this committee to every impor- tant corporation in the State, to the effect that if they make a reasona ble contribution towards carrying on the mittee vii enieavor to supply them in return for said contribution any class of labor they may require. less the fixed charges which this committee
 Fifth-One of the great drawbacks to immigration to the South Is the in equality of rates, of railroads in trans the South being, about three times more than charged to tn eWest, taking eight hundred miles as a standard. To overcome this inequality this commit tee shoul dsend an address to the rail roads. calling their attention to the difference in rates and asking them to correct the same so as to extend the are now extended to the West or household goods and fare for immi- grants.
 should be appointed by the chairman so as to avoid the inconveniences which the frequency of calling this committee together would occasion. 1t might be well to put on this committee the members of the industrial plants and industrial agents of the Birming- ham railroad companies.
 Seventh-If the work of this com mittee Is going to be carried on as above outlined, paid secretary will be necessary and one should be selected
 F. Y. Anderson,
 Chairman.
 R. A. Mitchell,