The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1918-03-14
Looking for Work
and Also For Land
Dayton, O., March 8, 1918.

Dayton, O., March 8, 1918.
1. J. doe, Malley City. N. D.
Dear Mayor: Kindly accept by best
thanks for your favor of the 18th
inst, and allow me to lay the matter
in your hands.
Last year, mayor, was instrument
tai in sending a large number Of
Hungarian buyers to West Virginia,
and about 1870 farmhands and their
families to Western Colorado. These
settlements are successful, in fact in
both cases my settlers actually bought
the land they are working on.
These settlers are naturally carry
ing on a cores pondence with their
old friends in the Eastern and Central
states and many Of my readers are
urging me to find ways and means
of settling them either as farmers or
in agricultural occupation.
l need not dwell upon the desira-
bility Of such colonization as you are
fully aware fthe thrift, soberiety,
and great innate experience in farm
ing of the Austro-Hungarian races.
As to their patriotism you will recall
that President Wilson himself deciar-
ed that they should not be considered
alien enemies, but friendly aliens.
Regarding their financial standing
need not dwell upon details, but l
must mention that they are fully able
to buy and develop medium size farms,
since they have been working at fair i
wages and continuously in the mines |
and factories the last few years, and |
being very thrifty, thousands and |,
thousands of them are fully able now |
to satisfy their longing to buy farm
of their own. /
The only question is how to reach |
them and get them sufficiently inter- |
ested. 1t will be evident to you that !
this can only be done in their own ma
tive language; through pamphlets !
gotten up in their idiom; through ef-
fective advertisements published in
their own periodicals.; through cor
respondence in their own language;
through personal contact and expla- !
nation ntheir own dialect. Not that /.
you will get group of settlers abso-
lutely innocent of our language, but
to induce them to invest you have to
talk them in the terms they thor
oughly understand.
must mention, further that there
are such -Hungarians who are
willing to buy land, but their desire
is coupled with natural cautioness
not to buy the unknown. I.would pre-
fer to place these men first as farm
hands, because my best experience
teaches me that these men like to
work short time as farmhands and
If everything, is satisfactory to them,
they soon buy the land, but hesitate
to invest, before they practically tried
the LAND they are going to buy.
Kindly don't misunderstood this
point. | am willing to send even Aus
tro-Hungarian farm laborers, but l !
never placed man with the inten-
ton that he should be a common hir-
ed farmland. l placed upon farms
and ranches but such Ausro- Hungar-
1ans that very definitely stated their !!
intention to buy land and to start !
farming for themselves. Before send
ing hem away l convinced myself that !
they have at least 81 500 or $4,000 to
invest. -.....- =. 49,. -
a have to mention, however, that
last year my Hungarian settlers in
Colorado and some difficulties with the !
landowners who did not live up ex-
actly to their obligations, but all these
difficulties were peacefully overcome
and my settlers stick to the settle
ment although conditions are not
ideal Us miles from Paradox to the
nearest railroad station.) It was in
deed serious error on my part to
have omitted previous thorough ex-
animation of the land, title, farming
conditions, marketing facilities, finan-
c1al standing of the landowners, etc.
Such mistake has to be avoided this
tlme because the settlers place their
truse and confidence in me and l owe
them square deal. / must make now
personal previous investigation, and
we WILL agree on final terms after
convince myself that the colonization
10 good Tor the landowners and the
settlers alike. AS to theexpenses Of
my inspector-trip, l naturally look to
the landowners to cover the same
& l would like to avoid the unneces-
sary competition among the landown-
ers mentioned in your kind letter.
There are plenty of Austro- Hungar-
ian settlers anxious to buy farms, and
1t is an equal chance for each land
owner. It they are willing to asso-
p. ciate they can get great advantages
out of the association. They can COL
iectlvely carry the expenses Of my in
spection-rip, and as soon as l re-
SeiVe al M4tdtlON, snail START Tor
my trip that will cover all those
places that are participating in this
action.
:. Dear Mayor: Encouraged by your
kind letter l take the liberty to re-
specially request you to take this
matter up personally, and to talk over
the question with those interested in
this line. .lI
Nv nronoe;t;on 10 MT o,,,1,,,,
rea! estate deal, but very important
action which serves the interests of
your community, serves the national
economical and food interests, and
helps to solve definitely the immigrant
question.
Allow me simply to express my per-
sonal thanks in advance for your kind
cooperation, beg to remain
RoS1aoakfl,llsx axoaass.