New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-03-25

/ rural districts OF the South which was caused
by the Civil War land could be bought
IN those states for less than from 500 TO $500
an acre That was the price before the war.
The settler can now purchase choice lands at
$50 an acre-lands which Will produce q bale
OF cotton TO the acre each year. worth a-
least 500, price which Is more likely to go
higher than lower This viii pay in the first
year for the land the cost of tiIIage and give a
fair profit besides.
Settlers are growing wise. They are beginning
to learn the true conditions in the South. The
man who went there ten years ago and bought
land at 80 an acre has made known 10 his
friends and neighbOrs up North just how well he
has succeeded how the temper of the natives
mas changed IN snort period, and how the out
look for the Northern settler is improved by
every arrival OF the same sort OF persons. pro
Vided they are straightforward. fair minded and
placable citizens. The outsider who goes there
with chip on his shoulder, or who shows other
symptoms OF being a "sCrapper," viii soon find
himself fully occupied.
In Georgia there is large and successful
colony composed entirely OF veterans OF the
Union army and their families 1t was founded
some years after the close or the war. and has
been an important factor in the modern devel-
opment OF that great state-a state which has
almost as much territory as the whole OF New
England. and resources OF the most varied char
acter. While one OF the most prolific OF the
cotton producing states, GeOrgia's fruit crop
now brings in as much annual revenue as her
cotton crop. At one OF her leading manufact-
urlng points the people are putting up an aver
age of one cotton mill a year. and this has beeu
going on for several years. The state now has
over one hundred cotton mills. many OF them
among the finest in the world and a good pro-
portion or them run entirely by water power
Similar developments are going on In the Caro-
mas. winch are being rapidly filed up with
Northern settlers. Alabama. which has long
Deeh regarded as one of the most backward and
hHterate OF the Southern states has made Won
ueEtuI strldes forward In the last decade In
that state one entire county has been c0IOnizad
oy Germans, who have become in a few wears
the most thrifty and prosperous rural com
1luhlly IN the state Hundreds OF millions or
uoIars or Northern capital are being invested in
mining and manufacturing industries i'm ov5
hat ctr
SStnuLunlhE us suburbs. a population Of about
-OVOVn Thirty years ago 10 was a village oF
Two or three ShanJies. and its railroad station
VAS pOXcar- The Germans OF CuIlnlan County
LOI " miles north early what a market
Still4lllstlain was 70 be for all the products OF
IeyaEus strawberry patches and truck gar
uSns on a commercial scale. They er1DIoy. SDIy-
white labor and hardly a negro is 10 he fo,,rd
az mo county The land OF that county was re-
saIueu by the natives as about the poorest in the
'Ste' out the Germans have proved il to be OF
a superior quality. II was simply o,,asttCD ~
knowledge and work. The Germans 6ossess tbs
iO.lher: ana are not afraid OF the latter
AT ABOUT the same distance 10 the south ~
birmingham Is a thriving colony OF SU,s5ss 80
a III Meslans. who have built up a pretty town
~ suSCeeued' as a rule. beyond their dreams
me innux OF outsiders is now bec0r0ins an
rapid that the Ohio settler OF ten ,vaars - 49,
SuLIe al home The place which cost MIN S5OO
Ias oeen enlarged by two hundred acres y,,r.,
an ilis nome Is pleasant place provided with
80 'VueTh comforts and conveniences His chII-
Ileu nave been sent away To school when tbs,,
Immunity OF congenal people has grown nm
, Iout MN, and the taxable value of MS b.r,,s.
1-~sS ~ SoVOO which means that AZ would -
WIN IA the market at least &1n0OA