St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-02-23
A Notable Event.

From The Louisiana Planter of Feb. 10, 1907.
The arrival at New Orleans on
tuesday last of some six or eight
families of Spanish working people
from the sugar growing districts
of Southern Spain, all of whom Sc.
Cured employment immediately
after arrival OH some of the sugar.
plantations in this State, was an
event of great importance, entirely
apart from any consideration OF
the number of persons IN the ship
ment or their quality.
These people were brought here
by the Louisiana State Department
of Agriculture and Immigration,
under the provisions of the United
States Immigration Laws, which
permits a State or Territory,
through its proper officers, to I'M
port, and, il necessary, 10 prepay
the passage of immigrants. rhis
has been done within the past few
months by the State of South Caro-
lima and the Territory of Hawaii,
and the State Immigration Bureau
of Louisina has exhibited com
mendable celerlty IN so quickly
embracing the opportunity thus
presented for relieving the acute
labor conditions prevalent on the
farms and plantations of Louisi-
ana.
The immigrants arriving last
Tuesday were secured in Spain by
representative of our State Gov
ernment; they were met on ar
rival by second representative of
the State, and after they had been
allowed to land employment was
found for them and rendered TO
them hy a third representative of
the State immigration Bureau,
having the title of State immigrant
Distributing Agent, and whose
duties consist solely of finding
employment for the persons
brought here by the other officials
of the department TO which he be
longs.
A special board OF inquiry was
convened, when the vessel arrived,
consisting Of several of the officers
of the q. s. immigration Service,
and after an exhaustive and care
full consideration of the case the
people were admitted as. being. in
full compliance with the law, and
a precedent thus established which
will be OF inesllmable value 10 our
fan mers and planters; or to be more
accurate, the precedent already es
tabllshed IN the cases of South
Carolina and Hawaii was con-
firmed locally.
For some two years a perslstant,
untiring effort has been made to
get immigrants here. Those hav
ing the matter iu hand have worked
iDdetatigably, and 1t would now
appear that the way has been
opened tor an entirely successful
prosecution of the work, as Col
Charles SchuIer. our State Com
of immigration, appears
to be disposed to place all the
financial resources and official ma
chinery of his department 10 work
for the speedy aIleylatlon OF our
necessities. Mr.. Reginald Dykes,
Secretary and Treasurer of the
Louisiana immigration League,
with headquarters III New Orleans,
Is the man selected by Col. Schuler
for appointment as State hmm
grant Distributing Agent, and he
has already been appointed TO that
position, with the approval of the
Governor. No one in the State
knows more completely what our
are IN the way of i'm.
but IN order that he may
have IN bis possession the most
complete. data possible, everyone
who now wishes to place on his
plantation any of the immigrants
to be brought here by the State
immigration authorities should ad
dress him at once and indicate
clearly what his necessities and re-
Qulrements are. The final solution
of /. vexing, perplexing aud ex-
lremely serious problem seems at
hand. Let us all be prepared TO
take full advantage Of 1t.
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