The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-06
IMMIGRATION
 IN ALABAMA Many Inquiries as to the
 Conditions. FRUIT OF ADVERTISING SHOWN Numerous Replies to the Statistics Sent Out by Mr. Dave. Board Of Directors sf the Big Dougias County state Fair Association
 Of Illinois Very sauch
 Interested.

The keen interest of Western farm CTS in Alabama agricultural work Is more live than even those who were In correspondence with them thought The letters of Secretary Dave of the Commercial Club that were sent out e month ago and later to different farm CTS unions and institutes throughout the Northern and Middle West. have borne great crop of replies. From ten of these States MT. Dave has had many official and unofficiai communi- cations. There Is strong sentiment there favoring migration to the South.
 The Board of Directors of the big Douglas County State Fair Association In Illinois have written Mir. Dave re- questtng that an exhibit of Alabama farm produce be sent there for exhi- bitton purposes. Douglas County, H. linois. Is in the very heart of the corn section, and the information regarding corn culture in Alabama and other Southern States has created q demand there for more tangible facts regard ing the grain conditions than the state ments of the literature on the subject that has been sent West from Mont gomery.
 Mir. Dave will place the letter ask ing for the exhibit in the hands of State Commissioner of Agriculture Will kinson. as Mir. Wilkinson is the best post ed man on the subject in the State. But should 1t be decided by the Commits sioner not to send an exhibit, the mat ter will be again taken up by the Com mercial Club. This, however, is con- sidered by those interested as improb- able, for Mr. Wilkinson's modus oper- andi of the past has been aggressive and thorough and 1t Is not supposed he will pass up the chance for such an advertisement for the States agricul- tural resources
 Ohio Interested.
 An agricultural commission in Ohio has also written to Mir. Dave for ex! hibits and further information regard ing Alabama lands, but the majority of the letters have come from Mich- igan. Wisconsin, Indiana, Idaho and the other States chiefly engaged in the corn industry.
 Mir. Dave said yesterday that he was more than gratihed with the results that had been received from the let- ters he sent out. and will answer the questions put to him as rapidly as his steadily increasing mall receipts will | allow. The many communications the club is receiving has the clerical force | on the jump answering, and MT. Dave Is considering the advisability of "cor- railing all the questions that have
 
 printed replies.
 Besides the committee of Michigan men who were in the city this week on c tour of inspection through the State looking over the agricultural pur- suits and opportunities offered tmmi- grants. several other committees have been heard from who are planning to take the trip through Alabama and netghboring States. In preparation to receive them, the headquarters of the different branches of the Farmers Union in the State will be communicate ed with and asked to appoint delegates to explain conditions and other mat ters to the visitors when they get here.
 It Is the policy of those interests to do everything possible to give the agents of the prospective immigrants a thorough education and elucidation pertaining to the subject they are in- terested in, and to this end copies of the literature Mir. Dave will send out will also be furnished the local farm CTS to give them a line On the prob able questions that will be asked them.
 Statistics of the various crops raised in the State and the subject of stock raising will also be sent the local far- mers so they will be in a position to show the comparisons that are bound to come up in a discussion of the ad- vantages Alabama has to offer home seekers.
 May Secure Rates.
 To further promote the interests of the immigration to Alabama Q commit tee will be appointed shortly at the meeting of the Commercial Club to walt on the various railroad officials with an eye to rates to home seekers wish ing to come South. In the coast coun- ties of Alabama. Mississippi and West ern Florida the subject of the advent of the immigrants has already become live topic and inquiries have been sent to the Commercial Club asking for the addresses of the men who are dis cussing the advisability of coming to the South from the Western States. In these counties sheep raising is becom- ing a growing industry. especially at the coast where small islands are ad- mirably adapted to the business and where there is no necessity for expen- sive fences.
 Mir. Dave is bending every effort to have the immigration question in thor ough working order, within the next few weeks. Alabama, from the induce ments the State has to offer and from the Commercial Club having taken the initiative in the migration movement. has the first call on the prospective home seekers. and 1t Is the desire of all Rn hA ta nx. npnnnA Aanr