The Elbert County tribune., 1907-09-26


ficient in itself. but by adopting them
all and weaving them into one general
scheme. believe a comprehensive and
successful plan can be formulated
which will go far towards solving the
problem.
First-European consuls in this
country should be asked to make re-
ports to their home governments de-
falling the opportunities of the West
to intending emigrants, In order that
they may be fully and carefully and
Systematically, and, above all, truth
fully advised.
Second-Syndicates of Holland
American and German-American, and
Swedish-American, and other foreign
and American capitalists should be or
| ganized to purchase large tracts of re-
claimed lands and settle them with
immigrants from the respective coun-
tries forming the syndicate.
Third-A systematic plan should be
put in force for furnishing prospective
immigrants, from Germany, for exam
Pile, with descriptive literature setting
forth the advantages of our irrigated
lands. l know this will meet with OPP
| position from some because emigrant
| methods are restricted in all the Eu-
ropean countries except England. They
| are not, however, prohibited, as some
would have us believe, and there is a
| method which can be employed and
which will not be obnoxious to any
European country. That is to say, for
mer residents of Germany, for instance,
now residing in this country, can
write to their friends and relatives in
| Germany setting forth the advantages
of this country as place OF domicile,
n o utfal Vnrlr ztfn IA N
interest that they will eventually em-
bark for America and the West Print
ed matter should be placed in the
| hands of every German resident in the
| West for transmission to their friends
across the water. setting forth the ad-
| vantages of this country, without draw
Ing invidious comparisons with respect
TO the lower wages earned In Germany
than in America or the lesser capacity
of production i'll Germany than in
America. Agents should be employed
10 travel through the thinly populated
settlements in our own country and
induce them to write to their friends
in the "Old Country" setting forth the
advantages of this new world. Names
and addresses in Europe should be OBJ
tanned from those already here and to
them mail literature of a mild nature,
could not take exception to. What is
true of Germany is also true of the
scandinavian peninsula and other
parts of Europe.
Would Send Out Lecturers.
Fourth: Paid lecturers should be
sent to England, for there we are per-
| fectly free to distribute any literature
and go among the peasants and try TO
get them to emigrate. This is the
system pursued by the Canadian gov
| ernment in Great Britain. Paid iectur-
ers travel over the country during the
winter season and give stereopticon
views with practical Illustrations or
the results of farming. etc Exhibits
of products of our lands should be al
ways on hand for the purpose of ad-
vertising our production. In fact a
most thorough plan should be carried
out in order to induce the English
farmer to emigrate to America.
| Fifth: / would now direct your at
tention to what in my judgment would
| be the most effective and wholesome
| method of carrying on this great and
highly important work.
II is well known that the Mormon
Church in selecting its recruits, send
| their missionaries to northern and
western Europe; that is to say, to
England, Germany, the Scandinavian
Peninsula, etc, and In this wise selec-
ton of their field OF operations they
have been enabled to people their ag-
ricultural sections with an exception
ally Industrious and law abiding class
of citizens. In this respect permit me
to quote an extract from an address
which | had the honor of delivering
hnf he nap -
merce in March, 1906:
Same System as Mormons Use.
MANY of us know Of the method
employed by the Mormon church in re-
| cruiting its ranks from foreign coun-
| tries. Its missionaries work mostly
| among the peasant class and from that
class II draws in large numbers, so
| that the thrift and forehandedness OF
the Mormon people has become almost
proverbial. Their agricultural popu.
lation is composed mainly of the in
| dustrious. Woodworking economical
and thrifty immigrants from the agri-
cultural sections of the old world, and
1t is this element of strength which
is making of Utah and adjoining sec
ions of neighboring states the bulwark
of their rural greatness, and while it
may De true tnat we can not SuDScrlDe
to their religious tenets, we must ad-
mire their system of securing settlers
for their agricultural sections.
'In October, 1906, seventeen Nor
mon elders left Salt Lake for Europe in
the interest of their missionary duties
and they are bringing their recruits
into this country very rapidly, select
ing them, as have said, from the peas
ant or agricultural class of northern
Europe. One of our great railroad sys-
TENS has recognized the Importance
and value of this plan and has recently
established Offices in Europe for the
purpose of interesting prospective emf