The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-14
TO ENCOURAGE
 IMMIGRATION Commercial Club Is Deep
 ly Interested. TO DISCUSS PLANS TUESDAY Small German Capitalist is Most
 Desirable. s. Hechinger Will Address Montgom- erians on Subject Along Lines
 of State Development at . an Early Date.
TO DISCUSS PLANS TUESDAY

Along the line of increasing Ala bama's white population the Conner cial Club Is as much interested in for eign immigration, say the membe bers, as in bringing farmers and, other good people here from other parts of the United States. The club Is deeply in- terested in letter received Saturday from State Commissioner of Agricul- ture J. A. Wilkinson, which recom- mends to the club the services and proposition of S. Hechinger of Birm- ingham. who is working to bring to Alabama farmers from Germany. MT. Hechingep has written the fol- lowing letter to- the Commercial Club:
 "Gentlemen-I send you by mail printed matter pertaining to immigra- ton to your State, and beg you to give the same your careful attention. I trust that you will deem this matter of sufficient importance to your city and section to bring the same to the at- tention of your club at its next meet ing.
 T will come to your city within a short time. and would be greatly oplig- ed to you for information in regard to the date of your next club meeting, as I intend to leave Birmingham next week for trip through the State.
 "Yours very truly.
 "S. Hechinger."
 III ltuB thy brings to the attention of the Commer- cial Club the scarcity of labor before the recent financial panic and cites the fact that as soon as things get back to normal throughout the industrial world the same condition will obtaln again.
 He mentions the fact of the flourish ing condition of German Americans who have come to Alabama and have taken up farming and other work. With a class of immigrants like this in view, he wishes to get Germans here first hand.
 MT. Hechinger, like others familiar with the work does not put much faith in States handling this work. but pre- fers the immigration being handled by smaller institutions and persons more nearly interested in securing immi- grants than State. which has to ham, dle the matter in a too general way.
 He suggests a systematic mode of ad- vertising, using well prepared litera- ture, illustrated, to be distributed in the sections of Germany and other countries from which immigrants are desired, to awaken interest in the mi grafton to this country, advocating af- terward the sending of an agent abroad to clinch the work done by the pamph- lets.
 This literature, printed in the for eign languages, Is to be mailed direct to the prospective immigrant, MT. Hechinger having secured names and addresses, and in this thorough way getting the smaller farmers and trades people, who have already capital, to come here to enjoy American prosper ity.
 This matter will be one>of the prin- cipal topics of discussion at the Tues day night Real Estate Meeting" to be held in the rooms of the club. whep the matter of inducing owners of large tracts of farm land to rent or sell 70 farmers of smaller means will be talk ed over.
 Along this same line. the Agriculture and Cotton Trade Committee Of the Club will meet in special session In the Club rooms Monday at noon, and will be addressed by Commissioner Wilker- son.
 Immigration and other lines of State development are the absorbing topics of club members these days, even the increase of membership taking second place while the great work of up-build- ing the State holds the interest of the Club members.