The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-01-23
MIGRATION SHOULD
SWING SOUTHWARK
New Orleans Man Predicts a
Large Movement.
SUCH AS MADE WEST RICH
Presses Takes Up Subject with View
to Describing Dixie's Advantages.
Would Divert immigration Into
Canada to Vacant Farm Lands
Down SOuth-Wfn Boom South.

New Orleans. Jan. 22-"The year Of
1910 should witness the beginning of
movement southwark. of the same char
acter which a few years ago built up
the great West 20 its present command
! ing position In agricultural and finan-
cial strength, and probably will result In
turning the tide of American emigration
to Canada toward our own country,
where the genuine American has every
thing in HIS favor"
In these words NJ. 3. Trezevant, man
ager Of the New Orleans Progressive
| Union, expressed his faith in the immedi-
ate upbuilding Of the South.
THE foreshadowing Of this impend-
ing movement has been shown, and Is
being shown in many different ways"
he continued. but ali leading TO one con-
clusion and one idea-that the eyes Of
the leaders Of thought and action in the
OveTcrowded East, and OF the sagacious
man. East. West. and North. are being
turned on the South. and It's possibilities.
The surface indications are significant.
and are demonstrated TO organizations
such as the Progressive Union, TO whom
Inquiries and propositions come from
other parts Of the country.
Press Now Active.
First come the newspaper and the
periodical. seeking articles about the
South, photographs. &c. Then comes the
personal representatives OF these publ
cations. Then the announcement that
such and such a paper viii issue a
| Southern number While this has been
done from time 10 time within the past
decade or so, to-day no less than five
of the most influential publications IN
America have announced their intention
10 devote themselves TO the exploitation
Of the South, due TO the fact that they
consider it the coming section OF the
United States.
These five are Hearsts New York
American. the New York Tribune Col
ler's Weekly, the Buffalo Express, and
the Chicago Record Herald. Each one
OF these great papers has been in COM
munication with the Progressive Union
obtaining data and photographs Of the
South, New Orleans Louisiana. and this
section Of the Mississippi Valley. Their
combined circulation and influence is
enormous. and the part Louisiana and
New Orleans viii play will not be
small.
VIII Boom the south.
IN the issue Of Golfers Weekly OF
December IS the following editorial
paragraph appeared:
"'Collier's for January q will be a
Southern number We take that means
to give emphatic setting and the wild
est possible dissemination 20 the idea
that the South is the next West. What
has gone on IN the West during the
past three decades will take place in
the South during the next three The
line OF migration within the United
States, which for a century has
flowed west and northwest. will turn
south and southeast. We wish our
Southern number not only 10 develop
this idea of material expansion but to
treat as adequately as possible the
!. Souths charm and interest from every
point Of view. To that end we shall
be indebted TO all who will submit
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tons They should reach Us not later
than January L.
Acting upon this at once for
warded an assortment Of Southern and
Louisiana and New orleans views, and
an article which trust will
strike new chord, and rid the
people OF other sections Of the
United States Of mistaken ideas,
which do US great injury. The article
deals with the health and climate OF
the South, even before the agricUl-
tural. commercial. industrial and social
phases are touched upon have quoted
from the address of DR.. Walter Wy
man. Surgeon General OF the United
States Public Health and Marine Hos
pital Service, delivered before the
Southern Commercial Congress, in
Washington. in which he gives the
South a splendid reputation, and espe-
cially dwells upon the fact that our
climate is beneficial not only 10 health,
but TO material prosperity as we'll No
man will risk HIS life. health. or his
property in a country which he be
lieves 10 be unhealthy.
| Therefore our first task is to put the
South in its true light, and show how
utterly unfounded is this belief. An IN
Outstanding OF health conditions is a
prerequisite to successful colonization In
the South. and should be recognized by
every commercial organization, railroad,
or colonization society or company inter
ested in the promotion of the South, the
Ihning Of its acres, the establishment Of
factories and business houses.
stop Exodus to Canada.
THAT the South will prove a most
potent agency in turning the tide Of
American emigration now going to
Canada, TO my mind. is Unquestionable,
and the right sort of work on modern
and intelligent lines will bring this about.
The United States has lost hundreds Of
thousands Of inhabitants and millions OF
dollars through the lure Of the Canadian
Northwest. These inhabitants came from
the Middle West and the East, not from
the South. 1t was brought about by
highly skilled work on the part Of the
Canadian railroads, In conjunction with
the Canadian government. and is still
going on,
How to stop this drain upon American
citizenship and resources is still a prob
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