The Brunswick daily news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1903-1906, 1906-08-28
10 Bring Many Immigrants
TO The Southern
States
HONESEEKERS' EXCURSION
Officers of the Road Have Been on aa
Inspection Trip to Principal Cit
~ els of South in the Interest
OF immigration.

Washington, August 27.-With =
view to putting into effect the proyis.
IONS OF a recent circular by the South
ern railway regarding Industrial de.
Velopment throughout its territory. H.
IL Waernicke, of the land and indus-
trlal department, has been making
IA tour of southern trade ccnters In
the course of his journey he visited
Atlanta, Mobile and othor places.
who're he conferred with local agents
.ol me company and representatives
.of various municipal bodies and cor
porauons. He was accompanied by
Charles S. Chase, western agent at
st. Louis, and w. l.. Henderson. agent
OF the Southern at Atlanta. During
their tour they were engaged in look
ing over lands studying them close
ly with view to presenting their
advantages TO intending settlers.
Discussing this trip Mr. Waeynicke
said; Throughout the south there
can be found the lowest priced ana
most profitable farming lands in the
United States. We are anxious and
willing to cooperate in any work
which may have a tondency to settle
these lands with a good class of farm,
ers and will cheerfully welcome the co
operation of all interests IN the ter
ritory traversed hy the Southern and
Mobile and Ohio railroads. This Is
a work that demands constant super,
vision and ne earnest cooperation
OF all VINO are Interested in the do
velopment of this section OF the
country, Under our new scheme of
reorganization of forces there, will
be fewer Offices and more agents ON
The line being brought face to face
and in personal contact with those
Who have land to Offer prospective
purchasers. This course will be pur
sued vigorously instead of writing
numerous letters, which may or NAV
not be productive OF results. the idea
being to foster project whereby ON
agents will have their offices in their
hats. They will be instructed to go
out and solicit business, looking to
the establishment of immigrants in
communities where their services are
required. Every effort will be made
to induce capable and efficient immi
grants TO become eitizens of this sec
ton and active and energetic aid
will Zoe solicited from boards OF
trade and other organized lneye-
ments
one Of our plans which is appar-
entity working satisfactorily is thai
of giving excursions from The north
west into southern territory the first
and third Thursdays of each month.
One oK The latest of these excursions
comprised over 200 h0mo-seekers. who
scattered around over different parts
of the south and returned to their
homos rs good advertising agents as
we could possibly desire. TEey dis
cussed the advantages Of the couu-
try through which they lsd Travelled,
and II 10 per cent. decide to return to
the sunny southland we win feel that
our lak2rs have not been In vain.
In this connection | recall a con.
versation that ! he'd with the immi.
grafton agent of the state Of Georgia
who recently went to Europe with a
view to promoting direct immigration
Of some OF his countrymen to points
Ia the south He was very enthusias-
tic on the subject and declared his
intention Of bringing back with him
from a hundred to hundred and
I iifty families of immigrants. He was
told that If he succeeded In getting
lone-tenth that number TO come out to
America and settle In the south he
would be sowing good seed and need
not be disheartened or discouraged II
he did not at first succeed in induc-
ing hundreds OS families to come with
Ihm - tAe promised land. This il in
keeping with our proposition to gei
small numbers Of im,msgrants into
certain localities, for we are conviGc
led that ~ fostering such o movement
they will make tho most energetic
solicitors .0g inducing their friena'
and nelghbors to join with them il
the task Of coloniziug and deyelopin:
The industries of the south.
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