The farmer and mechanic., 1914-03-03

be utilized to carry on q countrywide
campaign Of education and publicity
in a way and at time when il will
be very effective.
In brief. our plans contemplate the
installation of at least six travelling
Southern expositions In which will
be arranged. by skilled men. such ex-
hibits made at the Panama Exposition
by the States. railroads, land compa-
nies. cities counties. and associations
OF the South as will meet the require
nents for & thoroughly representative
DISPLAY of the agricultural. industrial
and civic South. Each train will car
ry a staff OF lecturers and demonstra-
tors who. with the aid OF literature.
stereopticon slides and motion picture
films. will give illustrated talks on the
South. its climate. soils, cities, rail-
roads. waters. mountains, history, in
dustries, and all its possibilities and
opportunities
Advance agents agents will hire
the halls and theaters or arrange
other places in which the lectures
may be given and the exposition trains
will be brought as nearly to the cen
Ter Of the cities and towns as terminal
facilities will permit. 1t is fortunate
that these moving exposluOnS Will be
on the road during the winter months
when the Northern and Western farm
hands. Climate is the unique asset
Of the South and no better season
than winter could be selected to bring
into sharp contrast the winters of the
South and the North and to demon
strate the fact that in the South a
farmer can make his farm work all
| Of, OF almost all OF the twelve months
| in each year for him.
."rhen there is another motive back
| of this contemplated enterprise. mo-
| tive in which patriotism Is the es-
sence and that is tC check the lm'nl-
| grafton Of the American farmer into
| Canada Canadian officials are boast
ing :hat during the last decade nearly
E million Western and Northern farm
| ers, with an average Of $1,000 in
| cash and goods, have crossed the
| boundary line to become Canadian
| citizens. 1t is distinctly "up to the
South" to enter the field as the lead
ing competitor Of Canada in the ef-
fort to secure the American farmer.
who for one reason or another. is de-
sirous Of making a change. The Or
ganization with which l am connected
will not be a party to deliberately
| making a man dissatisfied with his
present home or environment and
that is what the agents, in this
country, of Canadian railroads are
trying to do; but there are tens OF
thousands of good skilled farmers
who Of their own initiative, are con-
sidering the advisability- Of making a
change and they are just the kind OF
men the South wants.
mo other section Of the United
States can offer inducements which
the South can to overcome the induce
ments set forth by the Canadians
such as low priced virgin SOIL long
time payments and ready made
, farms. Canada may offer oppOrtuni-
ties but she capnot offer climate: the
: South has opportunities plus climate
Already the Canadian brand of eli.
! mate has made many American-Cana
I lianS unhappy and in year or two
, they will want to return to this coun
/ try, and the South can get most O.
them if it can show what it has Il
t offer in a convincing form.
zone feature OF our plans contem
< plates the cooperation OF CONNER
r cial and industrial organizations il
e | the Southern cities which will b,
! urged to make arrangements with tn
z newspapers Of their cities to publisl
Q special editions to be shipped to tn
o exposition trains and there distribut
@ ed as educational and publicity Iitera
], | ture- Such special editions, of course
!. would emphasize the advantages O
q the cities in which the papers are is
p sued and the surrounding country
2 thus adding local color to the genera
e picture of the South presented by tn
e moving expositions. AS yet our plan
J. nave not reached the degree Of de
:; tails which will be worked out a
n rapidly as possible
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