The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-21
TIDE OF LABORIS
TURNING SOUTH
Sccd-sowing Abroad Is Bringing
British and scandinavian
Farm Help.
IMMIGRANTS ARE ALL PLEASED
Those Who Emigrated to Vir-
GINA Are Best Advertisements
Of the State.

| Commissioner OF Agriculture G.. w. Koln-
ginia farmers who have secured imported
farm laborers through the medium Of the
department, and with one accord the
writer's express their pleasure and salts
faction with the results Of their expert
ment. He Is also being importuned to
foreign girls as maids and cooks for
household scrvice the experience OF those
VINO nave them being thoroughly salts
factory.
AZ a result OF the effort by Commits
sioner koincr and his department TO in
auce desirable farm lnborers to emgrate
from Great Britain. Denmark. Norway
una sweden to this country, the lmmi-
slan.s are already located In eighteen
haa.'e OF thls state, and In no case
ton. ''stae-
% RUE they are enthusiastic over
.'.elr acquisition. and they and their
'eishpors are camorous for more In
many cases the immigrants are them
serves writing enthusiastic Ietters home
10 their neghbors and friends. and
urging them to come to America. They
EXPRESS satisfaction with their location.
,,,i ,tios. Eases are proving thrifty
anu ''i'ussrious and contented people.
Both Well Pleased.
farmer in Prince Edward county.
VINO recently secured d scotchman TO
assist In working his farm. writes the
department that he Is entirely pleased
win the man In every way. and that
.'e iaDorer himself seems equally we'll
pleased and spcaits in high praise OF bls
employer and Tie cnt,ptr,,
He has not drawn dime of hi, nav
now In the three months he has been
working. and liz saving IT to buy n small
farm for himself. This man has written
very complimentary letters to friends in
MS Old home. praising the farmers ilfe
mere and the cheapness OF good land
Some OF the other Immigrants are send
ing money nome to enable their families
to join them hcrc.
One woman immigrant Dane "a In
Gated on farm in Powhatan county and
is greatly pleased with her work and
environments. She formerly had to milk
twenty-five cows a day In her native
land, and ands the vow, u this country
LIGHTER and plensanter than at home
The commissioner stated that n repre-
sentative OF the British government had
called on him and inquired az to the
welfare Of his fellow subjects He was
department. The Virginia official has
found that the greatest difficulties in en-
listing the Englishulen In the emigration
plan was in counteracting the influence OF
Canadian labor and immigration agents
in the West and Northwest. who were
alleged To be circulating reports in Eng
land that the climate WAC inhospitable and
that race conditions that WOULD be objec-
tionable existed in the South.
Virginia has a native Engiishman In
the field in HIS own country trying
to induce his countrymen to come to
Virginia and was doing great work at
last accounts In addition to tho Eng
llshmen several Canadian laborers are
going to locate in Virginia.
Number Now Doubling.
The work heretofore done by he com
missioner on HIS trip abroad was In
the nature OF preparing the ground and
seed sowing. and tho harvest is already
well begun. The best advertisements
for Virginia are the letters of immi-
grants TO their homes, and these ara
having a salutary effect in correcting
foreign Misrepresentation. and Inducing
others to come to America. The num-
Der OF immigrants is increasing almost
In geometrical progression. and IL con-
tinued for little while will result In
abundant desirable labor, the
commissioner believes.
Advance payments have been sent of
to defray the passage OF ten additional
or cooks: These women and
girls are industrious, clearly and reliable.
and where they have been placed they
are well satisfied, and their employers are
delighted.
During the last calendar year about
e.4oo farms were sold through efforts
Of the department and the farm land
agents to men from other States In this
country. Of this number about 600 are
in Norfolk and Alexandra counties.
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