St. Tammany farmer., 1906-05-26
IMMIGRATION LEAGUE
Plans For Making Same
Effective.
OFFICE OF G. E. MILLAR. :
secretary of St. Tammany Immigra-

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Abita Springs, La, April 30. 1906. ]
EDITOR st Tammany FARMER:
i Dear Slr-The following extract, re-
celVed by me from Mr.. Albert Estopinal
Ghalrmano OF the Exec utive C Committee O.
'hr '.".ieiana Immigration League, viii
'.c doubt interest all who are doing lheiI
snare TO build up the parish. 1t ma,
also be The means OF getting some valu
able suggestions is to the best means
OF advertising and raising subscriptions
etc. The "nlj way suggested 90 tar il
passing round the hat, y method to be
USED as last resource, In my opinion.
Some will give chseriully; others will
think you are holding them up; and in
many cases those who will derive mos,
Deneht will give little or nothing. That
1t Will pay well for the Investment goes
without saying. Each and everyone
will reap some benefit, directly or indi-
rectly. The merchants, property hole
ers, real estate men, builders ard
farmers, banded together in one BODY.
paying small subscription as an en-.
trance fee, and 50 much a month after.
will not feel 1t. and the sum will pay
Tor printing, stamps, stationery, and
general expenses to be- incurred. SO stir
up your grey matter, fellow citizens,
ana let US have your cooperation AID
opinions:
''Advertising-The report made to
Commissioners Lee demonstrates con-
cluslvely that advertising by means of
booklets, brochures, etc. sent to names
generally throughout those sections OF
the country from which We may reasOna-
bly, expect immigration, is u very ex-
pensive way Of ADVERTISING. Men do
not care to receive and read booklets
on subject in which they have not be-
come interested. and the mails have
been so loaded down with this class of
literature that the average business
man throws it In the Waste-paper bas.
kct, and the intelligent farmer relies
more on what he finds printed in the
public press than what comes unso-
licited through the malls.
"All the great railroads have aban-
doned the sending out of this kind of
matter, except in response to request.
1t is pretty generally thought bv rail-
roads that nine out Of ten people are
satisfied where they are; consequently,
booklets sent to them ure waste, aud as
these booklets cost probably cents
each to produce and mail, it costs
about 80 cents to reach the tenth man.
"We hope TO raise y fund of 800, 900
from the varied interests and industries
OF this State, to be spent in advertising
In widely circulated newspapers and
periodicals. the advertising 10 be made
in The name Of the Commissioner OF
Agriculture and lmmlgration. BY pur-
suing this plan, LOUISIANA will become
the best advertised State in the Union,
and her geographical position, climate
(condnciye to market gardening, poul-
Try raising and dairying) and natural
attractions will do the rest,
II would advise that your Parish Po-
lice Jury make your appropriation Gas
other Police Jnries have made lt) in
favor of the Louisiana Immigration
League, to srend in general advertising
and efforts along the lines mapped out,
Your parish should slso use its influ- |
ence to have the Legislature appropriate !
&25, 900 for the Board Of Agriculture and |
to be spent purely in I'm
migration work.
'sIf we had to choose between a |
system OF widespread publication,
judiciouslv applied, or by sending ont,
local information of each
parish, it would be immeasurably better |
to choose the former; tor if the people |
became interested in Louisiana through |
reading instructive advertisements In
widely circulated papers, and were con-
vinced that this State offers superior
for homeseekers, invest
ment, ETC., they can easily place them
selves in touch with individual real es-
tate men, through commercial agencies,
etc.
"What will be expected of each par
ish is the printing of small booklet,
briefing the forms No. /, 2 and 8; that
Is, showing every tract of land for sale
Or lease iii the parish, its labor needs
and industrial opportunities. Also,
nicely illustrated booklet descriptive of
The attractions of the parish. These
two publications should be brought
out and paid for by the parish league.
"The lnrge amount of State advertis-
ing which will be done in the name of
he Commissioner of Agriculture and
and arranged for by our
State League, will cause great de-
nand for information, and to fill this
demand it is necessary 20 have these
little booklets printed. The booklet
irst mentioned, containing list Of all
the properties, ETC., in the parish, will |
oe distribut. d largely to the Northern
zeal estate dealers, who have been so
active in determining the drift OF immi-
grafton to the Southwest. We need
heir assistance, and it is on y through
hem that We can really secure slc-
:essful movement OF capital and imm'-
on-domestic immigration, Il
mean. ALBERT ESTOPINAL,
Chairman Executive Con- mittee."
G. Z. MILLAR,
Sec'y st. Tam. 1mm. League.
See Henry Thibsut about fans