Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1907-03-08
Immigration. Colonization and Develop
Ing in Berkeley County w. Va.


in time of peace, is to help in develop
ing the country. Developing the coun-
ttv does not mean to utilize its metal,
coal and timber resources; it means to
utilize the soil for agricultural pur-
poses. Mines &c, are very good things
TO have, but who has the benefit? A
few men only, and usually capitalists
IN far away cities. The population, the
community has little profit, and after
such resources are exhausted nothing
else but graveyard is left.
The first European settlers found
such an immense amount of wealth,
that all they had to do was 10 take
things, but taking without giving is a
bad policy. The time would come when
there is nothing left to take, therefore
the newcomers had to give, and they
gave their best to the new country,
brains, muscle, life. The result is, this
wonderful country still open TO many
millions of people who are willing 10
accept the American doctrine and gov
eminent.
There is only one healthy way to de-
velop the country, that is farming in
I connection with manufacturing where
in the farm products deliver the raw
materials. To accomplish that. people
are needed, people anxious to secure a
home, peoplelhaving ambition and in
dustrious ability. A Thousand families
settled in a section means nothing less
than a thousand needs for a hundred
Of things. Those families need dresses,
shoes, groceries, hardware, newspaper,
medicinal attention and everything
imaginable. They have to pay for
1t, and they are paying for it with pro-
fits earned out of land which has been
before un-prsductive. Un-productive
land cannot pay taxes; improved land
pays taxes to the state, to the county,
to the community. There has to follow
progress in every line of busi-
ness, not in bulk, but distributed
and distributed wealth is the
only healthy and productive wealth.
1t is an accepted fact in polit-
zeal economy all over the globe that
ten families with thousand dollars
each income are more valuable than
one family with ten thousand dollars
+, income. Those ten families will have
TO spend much more for their living
exrsnscs than the one wealthy family.
/ The wealth of the country does not
depend so much on the money it repre-
SCENTS, il depends more on the number
of productive hands.
The American man in average can
not be induced TO develop the country
by farming. He finds too many oppor-
tunities in the city. We have TO depend
on immigration, and five have realized
that immigration is the right thing for
developing country, we have TO en-
courage ii or we are not interested in
our own welfare. And when we open
the door for Immigrants, willing TO be-
come settlers we have TO Snow them
something behind the door. We can
not expect that a welcome, and our
sympathy alone will bring the wanted
success. We have TO offer an spportu-
nifty which also can bring us returns
for our work and invested capital. Red
warm blood in human veins is more
valuable than gold dollars, but the
best results are TO be obtained only by
making the right kind ofmixtare with
blood and dollars. The dollars have TO
give the opportunity. the blood works
and SHAPES the given opportunity, and
the result is prosperity, wealth, name
ly distributed wealth.
In the rush to The Missis ippi ooun-
tries and the far West Millions of I'm
migrants have passed through ". Va.
They Weve hosoe-seekers, and theird es-
tnation WAS land WITHOUT lmproNe-
meats aud home markets, In spite OF
such disadvantages the newcomers
succeeded in lighting Iheirway through
aud have developed prosperous COM
munities. When emigrants are able 20
ecomplish such results, how much
quicker and much more profitable
would be the results in a section with
Improvements and hcme-marSeIs.
There are many colonization COM
panies in the West and South having
their agents all over Europe; they are
selling The land TO the would-be emf
grants ia. Europe snd do not care how
the settlers progress after hsvingtaken
possession OF their purchases. There
are many colonization companies rep
reSe0ting real estate schemes and moth
ing else. Those eompSnies are doing a
prosperous business. but how about
I the settlers If they d not bring along
= large surplus Of spanS, notion and
/ iadUss rious aailIty, they would not De
sols 70 overcome the hsrdships 10