The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-16

we're and rigorous climate and long win ters have proved a disappointment Cheap lands can alone be found in the south
 warn you now to be prepared for the great influx of immigration which the next few years will bring to Alabama There cannot be too much immigration of the right sort. and there should be none of the wrong sort We want that class of immigration that can asslmi
 late with our people, which will elevate rather than lower the standard of Amer lean citizenship. But the class of immi- grafton that will come to Alabama will be of the highest type It will largely be composed of our brethren from the west, attracted by our cheap lands, our eli mate and variety of production. To all such we extend the most cordial well come, but warn you now, those of you who have not purchased home or a farm, not to delay, for lands will never again be so cheap in Alabama. The high cost of living, the tremendous tribute which the great trusts now monopolizing all the articles of prime necessity, and even the food supply of the country are exacting from the consuming public. the increase of population will rapidly en- nance the price of our farming lands, till they approach the prices that now pre- vail in the west or east. There is no safer or better investment for our fami- lies or for posterity than an Alabama farm. I wish to see all our people land owners. If they wait till the great bodies of our saleable lands go into the hands of corporations or wealthy owners, they will permit the golden opportunity to pass. They who fail to acquire lands now or In the near future will have no alter native but to abandon the farms
 "The wonderful wealth and prosperity of the people of France has attracted the attention of every student of gov ernment It is conceded to be largely due to the fact that the great mass of her people are owners of land. That state alone can reach the highest de- velopment where the owners of the farms live on the farms. There Is no reason why man In Alabama should seek fortune in distant states or for eign lands; wealth and power are at our very door Our cheap agricultural lands invite every man seeking em- ployment to wealth and fortune. No occupation Is more profitable or of- fers such opportunities for success. when aided by intelligence. skill and industry, than cultivating the soil.
 "It was her rural population in ante bellum days that gave the old south her marvellous prosperity and power. The drift of our population away from the farm which followed the Civil war is about over, and 1t Is hopeful sign that our people recognize the import ance of encouraging the growth Of our rural population by making life on the farm more attractive. Better schools and school buildings, and bet ter systems of public roads Will large ly solve the problem.
 ott will he est effort to aid in the development of the resources of our state, in building up it's waste places, promoting its great interests, enforcing it's laws, se- curing economy in the administration of its affairs and in hastening the ad- vent of that prosperity that will bless all our people alike. But this pros perity alone can be secured by the en- actment of wise and conservative laws, and by the continued domination of the only party that has ever given us peace. security and good government in Alabama.
 "Fellow citizens the liquor question has been the subject of angry con- troyersy in Alabama for the last TOUT years. It has been discussed in all US phases and aspects in two politlcal campaigns For it's final settlement the democratic party is content to abide by such action as a democratic legislature, guided by democratic principles and platforms, may adopt, without asking the aid, advice or assistance of MT.
 Joseph O. Thompson or his coterie Of officeholders. His appeals to democrats to desert their standard will Tall on deaf ears. Whatever differences we may have we will settle within our own party, in our own councils, and those who attempt to create division ar dissa tisfaction on this or any other issue will deserve and receive the just rebuke of an overwhelming majority of our party. The liquor question IS not a paramount issue. We do not pro- nose to subordinate every other ques- tion to this one issue. We propose to wage this campaign on those great ouestions which affect the welfare or the state and nation, to proclaim anew the cardinal doctrines Of our party and to expose the record of party which. though entrusted with power in the government of the nation. has 1n- creased the burdens of the people, base ,v surrendered the taxing power of the government to the cupidity and avarice of its favored benef1ciaries, and which has SO betrayed it's trust as to arouse the opposition of those patriotic re- publicans who believe in the democratic doctrine of equal rights and who op- nose the robbery of the masses for the benefit of a few