The Irish standard., 1906-05-05
Most of the New Corners of the Next Few
Years Will Settle in States of the
South and Southwest.
In Order to Encourage People to Settle in the
South a Passenger Line to New
Orleans is Planned.


| army OF immigrants which will come to
America during the next tive years
VIII distribute itself over the agri-
cultural States of the South and South
west and there found Il new race of
sturdy, progressive Americans. is the
prediction made by Friedrich Won Pills,
II director of the North German I.loy,l
Steamship Company and one of the
worlds experts ON the subject OF i'm
migration, says the New York Herald
Throughout the continent of Europ"
the word has been spread. he asserts,
hat the cities of America particularly
New York and Chicago. are now filled
t" Overlooking with foreigners. and
with 1t has gone the tidings that the
great agricultural States like Texas,
Missouri Mississippi and Louisiana
hold out golden promises I" the rugged
alien whose life dream is Il home of
his own and enough acres to provide a
comfortable livelihood for his family.
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peasants of German blood from South
crn Russia, Bulgaria. Roumlnin and
Hungary will flock to America, ne de-
cl;trcs, with their haggHg" checked
straight through to distant points in
the South and Southwest. and they will
bring money enough to give them Il fair
start in the life they wish to lead. They
will not come with the intention uf re-
turning after they have accumulated
be considered snug fortunes. bu, will
leave HON" with the declared purpos"
of becoming American citizens and
adopting American ideas. America, Mr..
Won Pills says. should not regard
with alarm tn" incoming hordcs of
foreigners. but should welcome them,
and should give Il double wrlcom" to
the swnr,ns of agriculturists--wh
Will come here in the next half dozen
years. Any country in Europe. he says,
would be sorry to- lose them; every
country should be glad to receive them
as residents.
AS managing director of the stccr,gc
| department of his steamship line. Mr.
Won Pills for more than Il year has been
| conducting u campaign of education in
the European countries whicn con.
tribute to the immigrant horde. He has
| sent agents into the centres Of popu-
ation to tell the people that American
cities offer few advantages to the
foreigner. because they are already
filled to ovcrilowlng. and has rointci
out the opportunities in the great agri-
| cultural commonwcalths which. in
| many parts are still in Il state of undc-
| v:lopmcnt. American ConSuls, he says
| have aided in this work OF education,
| and hundreds of thousands Of letters
| from foreigners in America have opened
| the eyes of the restless Europeans
What should now be done, he says. to
| carry the plan to fulfllmcnt is for the
| several states which are anxious for
| rlnigrants to settle in them ana work
| their farms. to establish bureaus in
| New York. cnlightcn the newcomers
| and direct them.
Studying in the South.
TO prevent further congestion In the
cities of New York. Chicago, Philadel-
Dhia, Buffalo and Baltimore the North
German Lloyd Steamship Company is
planning to start q new passenger line
between Bremen ana New Orleans and
| will sell tickets direct from the point
Of cmbarkation to cities and villages in
the interior of the Southern States, just
/ as it now does over the line established
a year ago to Galveston.
Mr.. Won Pills is now in the South
making inquiries concerning til osc sec
! tons which are most advantageous tc
| the foreigners. He will return 20 New
York in Il week or ten days and will
then depart for Germany to put into
| full operation the scheme he is perfect
ing. Although young III years, being
but thirty-two, his long connection with
the great steamship company and his
previous service with the German gov
ernment as colonizcr for Eastern Prus-
| sia have made him one of the foremost
authorities on immigration.
Desiring to populate the thin!y set