The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-04
FIRST IMMIGRANT ARRIVES IN COUNTY Brought Here By the Farm Movement Committee MIR. HECHINGER TALKS
  Secretary of Chamber of Commerce Committee Says Many White sSettlers May Be Brought
 With Proper Effort

The first settler brought here by the farm movement committee arrived last week. He is a German from Daven- port, Iowa, with family of four boys, who will grow up in Jefferson county and in a few years join the army Of white labor of which this district is so much in need.
 This German family" said s. Hech- inger, secretary of the farm movement department of the Chamber of Com merce. will be followed in the near fu- ture by many more, as the result of our work We are receiving a great many inquiries from all parts of the country, As an example of the kind of inquiries we receive. of the many letters of the kind we have on file, I quote from the following two.
 Randolph, N. Y., February 27, 1911. IS. Hechinger, Secretary:
 Tn reply to your advertisement in American Agriculturist of February 25 I am writing for descritive literature and information relating to lands and oppor tunities for farmers. I have been very successful here in farming, but the cli- iildtc IS very uuIeditlllul Iltlt. lo do rained or showed here almost every day since November 1 and will probably keep on in the same way until May 1. So you can see we are pretty nearly out of busi- ness six months of the year. I am 8 years old and have family of four chill dren. If I should conclude to come to your district we would have around $500 to invest. I should prefer stock raising and general farming. as that is what l have been engaged in here. Yours re- spectfully, -.
 "The other is from a German and reads as follows
 Cleveland, Ohio February IA. 1911
 My Dear MT. Secretary: I am yer" much interested in your advertisement in the Auzeger. want to go to a warmer climate than what we have here. The winters are awful long and cold Kindly write me under what conditions lands for $40 or $50 per acre can be purchased in your county. Yours respectfully,
 "One party from a county in Illinois sent the names of 27 farmers from his township who want to know about Jeffer- son county and the sunny south.
 'The scope and importance of the work of the farm movement department, and what 1t means to our city and county, is as yet not fully realized by the general public. Some peculiar ideas are heard now and then. Some one claims, for n- stance. that it is not necessary for us to make any efforts to get settlers, as the trend of homeseekers at present is nat urally toward the south. This argument is very forcefully answered by one of our correspondents from Pennsylvania, who writes as follows
 Dear sir: I have received the two booklets you mailed me and have passed them to others who, I think, that with the proper efforts put forth can be in- duced to come to your county. I know a lot of good farmers in Fayette. Wash ington and Greene counties, Pennsyl- vania who are ready to take up just such a proposition as you offer and who will be impressed with the description of your wonderful district. There is lot of literature distributed around here about Florida; also an agent has been here and a number of people went down there You have, I believe, a better coun- try, and all it takes is the proper ef- forts among the people here. When you lcome here I will do all l can to help you.
 "All of this speaks for itself and needs no further comments