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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 17.
Planning to settle Belgian
Farmers In the South
Baltimore, Md.—The Sputhern Set
tlement and Development Organiza
tion has been working for a number
of weflty upon a practical plan for
providing fur desirable agricultural
settlers from the Belgian refugees now
in Holland and England. The details
of the plan are practically complete
and this organization expects to send
to Europe within the next two weeks
a special representative, particularly
well qualified for the mission. it is
confidently believed that he can ac
complish the end desired with greater
ease and facility than anyone else who
might be employed for the purpose.
The Belgian farmers, market gard
eners, florists, dairymen, etc., as a
class, are world-famed for their re
markable skill and ability; under nor
mai conditions, although dwelling in a
land that was densely populated, they
were content, happy and prosperous.
Although their average acre holdings
were small as compared with Amer
ican farmers, the acres were inten
sively cultivated and enormously pro
ductive. Nearly all were specialists
in some particular line, such as the
growing of vegetables, horticulture,
dairying, etc. General farming, such
as is practiced in the United States,
was generally unknown in Belgium and
the use of farming machinery was
limited. To a very large extent the
Belgian argiculturists understand soil
conservation and upbuilding and soil
enrichment. It is obvious they are a
particularly desirable people to secure
for agricultural settlers.
It is the purpose of the plans of the
Southern Settlement and Development
Organization to bring a number of the
so-called "Belgian refugees” and some
of the vacant and unused agricultural
lands of the South together to their
mutual advantage and profit, and
therefore, for the general good and
advancement of the whole South.
There will be no difficulty in secur
ing a large number of selected set
tlers; the important factor in the prob
lem relates to the availability of suit
able locations into which to fit them
after they have been secured. There
Is the definite difficulty. Since the
proposed mission of this organization
has become a matter of public knowl
edge many tracts of land have been
submitted for consideration and, in
some cases, it has been found that for
qne or another reason the proffered
lands are not immediately available
In some cases they meet the require
ments.
While the spirit of a broad philan
trophy should energize all efforts to
ameliorate the deplorable conditions of
the Belgian refugees, this philantro
phy must be practical and based upon
the fundamental principle of perma
nent self support induced and fostered
by first aid. In short It must be of
the kind which advances assistance
under such favorable conditions that
the settler, inspired by new hope, will
put forth his best efforts, skill and
knowledge to establish imself as a
land owning, self supporting Amer
ican farmer, a valued member of his
community and able, in time, to repay
whatever has been advanced. There
fore ,it is perfectly obvious, that the
conditions of settlement must be such
as to minimize, as much as possible,
the chances of failure from an agri
cultural standpoint.
It is positively essential that lands
Offered for the use of the proposed
Settlers should be free from any liens,
such as timber or turpentine rights,
so that no difficulty about giving good
snd perfect title can arise. They
should not be worn out lands which
have lost their Inherent fertility, re
quiring a long and expensive course
of upbuilding to restore them to their
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original productive strength; but
should be as nearly immediately agri
culturally available as possible.. Their
soil, elevation and relation to trans
portation facilities should be such as
to meet the requirements of the spe
cial agricultural employrfient of the
settlers located thereon. The plans
of this organization contemplate the
very careful selection of families, with
reference to their adaptability to cer
tain pursuits, that is, families which
before the war engaged in market
gardening will be placed on land, in
such location, as is suitable for that
business, etc. It is purposed to group
these families in the South, thereby
creating "spheres of influence” which
will attract to them neighbors and
relatives after the war is ended, for
no matter how the war ends there
undoubtedly will be alarge immigra
tion from Belgium when the dlsturbtd
conditions in Europe shall cease.
The Southern Settlement and Devel
opment Organization Is a quasi-pub
lic service institution which w’as or
ganized for the specific purpose of
helping to settle and develop the
Southland. The mission of providing
for Belgian settlers at this* time is in
line with the purposes and objects of
the organization and is the nature of
an emergency.
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Most Drastic Order Issued
Against Subjects of Hostile
Countries at Frankfort.
London, 5:47 a. m.—The Amsterdam
correspondent of Reuter’s Telegram
Company sends the following de
spatch:
"The Berlin Vorwaerts announces
that the prefect of police at Frank
fort has Issued an order to the effect
that all subjects of hostile countries,
irrespective of age or sex, must leave
the town and district of Frankfort by
the evening of November 24. They are
free to go where they like, with cer
tain restrictions. For example, they
are not allowed to go to Berlin or cer
tain other towns.
The Only Exceptions.
"They must inform the police forth
with where they intend to go and if
they are found in Frankfort after the
24th they will be arrested and Interned
at a concentration camp. The only
exceptions which will b e made will be
in the cases of people who are seri
ously ill or those whose friendliness is
guaranteed by well known Germans.
All are permitted to return to their
own countries except Russian, espe
cially Russian agricultural laborers,
who will not be allowed to leave Ger
many for the present.
Intervention Urged.
The Vorwaerts expresses the hope
that this drastic measure will not be
Imitated and urges intervention by the
neutral ambassadors with a view of ar
riving at an agreement for the disposal
of all belligerent aliens.”
DENY REFUSAL OF
U.S. AID IN FOOD
Berlin (by wireless to Sayville).—
The German government has issued a
denial of the report that Germany had
refused American aid for the suffer
ing population of Belgium. On the
contrary, the government is highly
pleased with this American assistance
and instructions to this effect have
been sent to Count Von Bernstorff, the
German ambassador at Washington.
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FORD MOTOR COMPANY
TAKES 2,000 BALES.
The Ford Motor Company has not
only joined in the popular movement
in the North to relieve Southern in
dustrial and financial conditions by
buying Southern cotton, but it has giv
en that movement a tremendous im
petus in a very substantial way.
The Ford Motor Company has Just
subscribed for tIOO.OOO worth of cot
ton. This is the equivalent of more
than 2,000 bales and it makes the Ford
one of the three largest subscribers
to the fund.
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