The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1906-07-10
Will be Promoted If the Plan
Carries Out.
Commercial Club VIII Invite Other
Counties to Cooperate In
the Movement.
SECRETARY oooSs' IDEAS.

Plans for organizing West Ken
lucky Immigration bureau are being
secured BY Secretary ID. w. Coons
and members OF the Commercial
club, who will invite every county in
Southwestern Kentucky to partlcl-
pate in the movement.
In speaking of the enterprise Sec
rotary Coons said:
IL believe with the surrounding
counties Interested we can accom-
plish more good and receive benefi-
cial results more quickly than by
simply prosecuting the movement for
McCracken county alone. The general
movement. of course. is southern. but
we wish to concentrate our efforts on
this section and get the first good out
Of the influx of foreign farmers.
by SO large a territory inviting
immigration we can offer greater in
ducements. The cost will not be any
greater than for this county to work
alone and by dividing the expense
among so many. it will not be felt
by anyone. or course, 1t is unnecessa-
ry to say that whatever prospers
any part of western Kentucky Is
bound to have Its effect on every 9TH
err part, so there really Is no selfish
reason, why we should attempt TO
limit the scope Of our work to Me-
Cracker county. You can readily see
how much easier It will be to induce
immigration. II wide territory like
the west end OF the state should ex-
tend the invitation instead of just
one county.
"The advantages of desirable inn
migration are plain. The more dense
ly the country is populated, natural
ly the more valuable the land be-
comes. That Is one advantage. An
other is that new blood infuses new
methods and stimulates industry.
The prime reason is. that we have
acres of practically uncultivated land
going to waste. that requires only
the concentrated efforts OF skilled
husbandmen to make 1t productive
and yield rich harvests.
"All over the south the benefits of
immigration are being realized. Just
as 1t was in the northwest years ago.
The people up there invited the
tfffx narraap and tho ha r,Iy Ccan-
danavian to settle in that country
and they have made it to blossom.
THE commissioner of immigration
has assured us that practically every
desirable immigrant that comes to
America has a definite destination in
view when he lands For this reason
1t will be necessary to solicit immi-
grants in Europe, and the bureau Of
immigration established by the state
will be OF great benefit in guarantee
Ing our reliability. That is the pur-
pose of the state department. to
give official recognition to reliable
movements.
Steamship companies and agents
OF railroads will aid us. but we
must prepare data on the subject for
distribution and possibly send rep
resentative across the water II we
can enlist the cooperation OF other
counties in the movement. the cost
will be nominal on all.
Think of the result of an increase
of 500 families of working people in
this section. Everyone of the desira-
BILE immigrants are wealth produce
ers, and we want no other kind. So
much derogatory of immigrants has
been said that the people generally
have become unthinkingly prejudic-
ed against foreigners. We must recol-
lect that our ancestors were foreign
ers. The majority OF those. who can
trace their ancestry back for tho
length OF days that place them among
the first families will find they
sprang from Immigrant stock" II is
the "padrone imported" foreigners
who flock to the cities. settle In colo
MES and live and think as they did at
home. that constitute the menace to
this country. The thrifty foreigner.
who settles in the country and
adopts agricultural pursuits. becomes
good American. is wealth-produc-
er and raises an Industrious, healthy
family.
"I am enthusiastic in this workfor
the more study the subject,the more
possibilities | see In IT," y.