The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-02-07

Bearing IL miiid the Condition. d
The Flemish farmer caused by thu
kaf, It Is eyidei1t the foiI6wini
are basic prop siti6ns ID any move
gnfnts tosbEihg them TO the United
States a 4 < m.
First Some lawful means mus
pc. prov led i6I IA ine tfanspcrtatio don
'includiag steafnShi - flli,A The United
States Siinmisr ton law Is specific IN
;prgHib itipfs any corporation, assuciG-
ton society, munic Rality yer foreign
government. dIreciiyi or indirectly
from paying an iiihHt grant s steamshiy
passage. An Individual can do IL, and
apparently, IA state, but In either. casf
die Immigrant IS classeti by the in1ini.
,gfaticn s0iiipe as an assisted aiieyl,'
and the burden OF proof Is laid upon
him to show. beyond any lfiotbt, thai
Ehp does ppts belelg to any of HE ex.
cipded classes. y \. II
Second Land, lincliidlhg house
,ofs some cha racter. with some acres
clearedsand ready 10 be fairned; nee
CESAR 3 tools q cow, a couple OF pigs
some chickens. etc, mist be ofIered
without any cash first payment and
on long fine, The cost OF the Improve
pientk and other necessities being .ih-
cluded in the price OF the land and
subject to the same, terms ofspaynent
Third: Food. SEED, ertihzers, etc
must he. guaranteed each family dur
ing the nonspTotu esperiodi Of farm
des eloEfnent perta APPS Tor ssixsto twelve
mouths. < Il. II n ~ s lg-,
. Foiirth: The COLONY must be- com
pact the farms small. SO that the set
Hers mag have something of the com
Ilunity life to which they have been
accustomed and which Is essential Il
their, sappiness and therefore t6 stheii
efficiency. 4:
Fifth Because the Fqeniish are
specialists in agriculture they should
be located on land which is suitable
for the particular Agricultural en-;
pioynlent which they practiced In Bel.
GUM; some specialize in truck FAR.
dening. others In dairying, others in
fruit culture, others IN poultry, etc.
Sixth: The colony should have the
services of proficient agrical TURKS
who could teach them American meth.
DDS OF farming, growing vegetables
marketing, ETC.
Law Is Observed.
In the establishment OF the first col:
|ony the exact letter. and spirit Of The
immigration laws, and all the rules
land regulations OF the Immigration
office we're rdgidly adhered to. There
has been nothing spectacular or sem
sational in this movement; in fact
had these iFlemfsh farmers entered the
United States and gone on their Ten
iiessee farms before the European
war, they would have attracted little
or no attention. af;s
Some months before the great EURO
peau war began the Southern Settle
ment and Development Organization
took up. the problem OF settling In the
South, as partially assisted colon
lists Americans OF native and foreign
birth. who had had farming experience
but, for one reason or another. had
been drawn into the Industrial and
commercial life Of the larger cities IL
the north. eliminafy investigation
indicated there We're a large number
OF such men and It was ascertained
that many would glad 70 back 10
the sail Il they were fshelped 10 helm
themselves. It was planned to gfouu
these people in colonies, sell them
partly ready farms ON long dine and
generous terms and thus locate GEM
tiers OF colonization influences at stra-
tegic points IN the South. This mat
ter was taken up with d number OF
large land companies, boards OF
trade. and agricultural Organizations
with but Indifferent success.
1t appears, however, that the ear
der efforts had not been altogether
futile, for immed iately after the or
ganization's Belgian refugee move
ment became a matter of public
knowledge, there came, from a, nuns
Der OF points In the South, strong in
hmations that negotiations looking
toward the colonization OF American
ICED foreigners and native Americans
of agricultural ahtecedents somewhat
along the lines Of the Belgian coloni-
cation plans, were re-opening Of
themselves. The organization at once
took up the matter and ALREADY two
large colonies OF Holland Americans
are going through the process Of ies-
tablishment in tow OF the southern
states. The Indications are that in a
few weeks several colonies Of, native
and foreign born ex-far1neps Will be
taken out Of industrialism and placed
on southern soil The solution Of this
problem is much more simple than
that involved In the settlement Of the
Flemish, for the factors are entirely
domestic and those relating to ocean
Transportation and family maintenance
during the non-productive period 81
farm Development are eliminated,
Briefly. the lender Of land for these
American refugees of the war Of cir
cumstapces includes at least ten year
payment, several acres ready to plant,
the erection Of a house and clubhouse,
some live stock, tools, ETC., and helm
from an agricultural adviser. The
class OF settlers who. viii be placed
jnthese colonies, If the campaign is
successful, include foreign born farm
ers, or farm laborers, who have been
In this country long enough to become
Amerfcanized, and Americans who
once were farmers. or farm laborers.
but who diiftedt into The large cities