The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-20
Topeka Commercial Club Start
ed Important Work.
So Writes Prominent Rock
Island Official From London.
CREAM OF EUROPE AVAILABLE
Desirable Persons Can Be In
duced to Settle Near Topeka.
Kansas Products Are Being
Shipped to London.

Alexander Jackson, general Euro
pean agent for the Rock Island Tor
Europe with headquarters in London,
has written to r. d. Blaine, chairman
CT the immigration committee of the
Commercial club that the Commercial
club is on the right track in making
an effort to induce desirable persons
from Europe to move to Kansas, eSpe-
cially Shawnee county. Jackson Will
give the club every possible assistance
He is former American, has been
in Kansas, and is a personal friend o. 81
James a. Stewart, general manager OIL
the Rock Island. Jackson recently
wrote an article on Kansas for lead
ing London paper
81 am glad to note that the Iopekd
Commercial club is fully awake TO inc
Importance of endeavoring to secure
for Kansas a good percentage OF t!1S
best of the several peoples VINO VIII
undoubtedly seek new homes curing
the war and after the close or same =,
he said in his letter to MI BiaIne-
hope the state of Kansas VIII OF al
ready has arranged to let the Worlo
know something about her many ao-
vantages and possibilities, ana the
very desirable state it is especially LOT
those skilled in or anxious to engage
in agricultural pursuits
It's a Good Sign.
mo doubt the. Kansas farmers are
making every effort to double last
years crop acreage as the demand Tor
wheat and other foodstuffs is bound to
continue for an indefinite period Be
lieve me, it is very gratifying TO see
from our freight reports the vast
amount of wheat, flour, meat, etc., at
present being received on this side
from our Kansas territory prominent
notice of same is given to all parties
interested including agents IN the
farming and other districts VINO are
called on for advice as to new loca-
lions by persons worth while and am
bilious to better their condition and
escape from countries of decreased
production and increased taxation,
which is bound to be the rule for
many years in all the countries over
here
Kansas Should Act.
'sYou understand that the Atlantic
coast southeastern states are already
making a campaign over here to Sc
cure a great movement of Belgians
and other agriculturists to locate on
their old farms with a view, you might
saw of resurrecting same, and Kansas
should bestir herself with view of
getting the cream of this business and
putting these people on new lands.
where a good years crop should about
pay for same. -s'
IAN you need is from 25 to rs good
families as a starter and they win do
good missionary work provided they.
are treated all right.
There is no use of my telling you
of the great personal interest taken
by our home people in getting new
producers, nor that the prosperity of
the commonwealth and the railways
go hand in hand together. There is no
use of my telling, you of the personal
interest taken by Mr.. L. NJ. Allen, our
passenger traffic manager and your
good and wide-awake townsman, Mr..
Jim Stewart Gin fact by all the Rock
Island officials and employees). AS
you know the people 1 have sent to
Kansas from time to time have made
good and you are also aware that any
little thing that we can do on this side
to help along a good cause, will be a
real pleasure"
Opportunity for Trade.
In a letter written few days later
February 27-Mr. jackson speaks
of the wonderful opportunity that
America has for building trade.
This war; he said, lis going to
show us more than anything else has
done before that we can produce and
turn out to advantage and profit a
very large number of manufact ured
products we had heretofore considered
as belonging exclusively to some
foreign nation. We want to disabuse
ourselves of the feeling that that any
outside nation has a monopoly on any
manufactured product. The patroniz-
ing of local home industries means
spending and putting into circulation
at home many millions of dollars we
have heretofore been spending in
foreign countries and which all good
Americans hope will be kept at
home"