The entire attention of the editor and contributors of this magazine
is devoted to the promotion of the South as a farming region, and to
the distribution of information which will at once attract immigrants,
show them where they may with the best advantage locate, and tell
them what to expect when they arrive. It is an undoubted fact that
many thousands of acres of land of remarkable productive capacity are
going begging for occupants in nearly all of the States south of Mason
and Dixon’s line at very low prices, and it seems to be the case that
the Northern or Eastern farmer of thrifty, economical and industrial
habits and with a practical knowledge of his business will not fail
to succeed in the South. “The South and Immigration” is the first
article in the present issue, and it consists of letters from prominent
railroad officials, showing the aids which are extended to immigrants
by these organizations. The next paper is made up of letters from
Southern banking institutions whose universal testimony it is that a
steadily increasing financial prosperity is in progress throughout
these States, and the “Letters from Northern and Western Farmers Giving
Their Experience in the South” tend to prove the same statement. This
magazine is serving as the medium for the carrying on of an enormous
and an invaluable work.--Boston Herald.
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It is a just and true mirror of the Southern country and an invaluable
aid in its upbuilding and advertisement. The ignorance of the world
concerning all things Southern is astonishing, and is fostered and
increased by immigration agents and land companies by wilful and absurd
misrepresentation concerning its people, its climate, its methods
and everything connected with it viewed as a home for prospective
settlers. Until recently the South has had no champion against this
maligning. To combat these errors and let the world know the truth is
the mission of the SOUTHERN STATES, and the steadily increasing influx
of immigrants to this portion of the Union is in a great measure due to
its intelligent and unceasing efforts.
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The SOUTHERN STATES is devoting itself to a remarkable degree
to illustrating the attractions of the South for farmers and
manufacturers, and to this end is printing in its monthly numbers
letters from farmers and railway managers throughout that section of
the country, who show what the possibilities are in dealing with the
soil and in gaining access to the markets of the nation. The forces
of immigration have been chiefly directed to the North and West until
a large portion of that country has been occupied; but the industrial
resources of the South have only just been touched, not developed, and
the railways are calling loudly for people who are ready to immigrate
to different parts of the South and purchase small farms. At the same
time a large number of the farmers give an account of their actual
experience in the different Southern States as agriculturists.--Boston
Herald.
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The SOUTHERN STATES should meet with substantial endorsement from every
Southerner interested in the upbuilding of his section.--Commercial,
Union City, Tenn.
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Mr. Wm. H. Edmonds has disposed of his interest in the Baltimore
Telegram, which was rapidly increasing in popularity as one of the
best literary weeklies in the country, and assumed the editorship and
management of the SOUTHERN STATES, the monthly magazine started a few
months since by the Baltimore Manufacturers’ Record. Mr. Edmonds is now
engaged in a work thoroughly congenial to him, the main object of the
SOUTHERN STATES magazine being identical with that he had mapped out
for the Telegram when he purchased the paper. The SOUTHERN STATES under
the new editor will, we are assured, rapidly increase in popularity,
especially in the South. Mr. Edmonds is thoroughly identified with
the progress of the South, material and industrial, and his exclusive
devotion to the magazine work guarantees a publication of the highest
literary character and extraordinary general interest. The Enquirer-Sun
extends its best wishes to the new management.--Enquirer-Sun, Columbus,
Ga.
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The SOUTHERN STATES, an illustrated monthly magazine published in
Baltimore, has begun a movement which is calculated to do more good
than anything heretofore projected to induce the sturdy farmers of
the Northwest to seek more congenial homes in the Southern States
where the rigors of climate are not present to obstruct and hinder the
husbandman.--The Landmark, Norfolk, Va.
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It is impossible to estimate the amount of good work that is being
done for the South by that splendid magazine, the SOUTHERN STATES. In
its January number “The South and Immigration” is discussed by the
leading railroad officers, representing nearly 30,000 miles of Southern
railroads, and this and the other subjects treated are handled in an
eminently practical way.--The Post, Houston, Texas.
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The SOUTHERN STATES, a magazine published by the Manufacturers’ Record
Publishing Co., Baltimore, is doing more for the South than perhaps any
one publication in this heaven-favored land.--The Times, Selma, Ala.
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The News notes with pleasure the efforts of the SOUTHERN STATES to
bring into favorable notice the great advantages the South possesses
in the agricultural field, and every Southerner who loves the Southland
should secure a copy of the SOUTHERN STATES for February, as it
contains the experience of men who have given different localities in
the South a fair trial in the agricultural line, and we are glad to
see from the actual experience of men who are capable of judging that
the South ranks second to no other section in farm production, and is
way above them all in the successful production of fruit.--Chattanooga
(Tenn.) News.
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This magazine is doing a splendid work for the development of the
South.--The Citizen, Jacksonville, Fla.
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Every issue of the SOUTHERN STATES marks a literary and artistic
improvement, which is most gratifying to the people of the South, in
whose interests the magazine is published.--The Post, Houston, Texas.
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One who has any thought of removing to the South will find this
magazine a most valuable guide.--Western Farmer, Lafayette, Ind.