Southern good roads . ed at Richmond. 12 SOUTHERN GOOD ROADS June, 1911 Effects of Good Roads on Immigration By COL. M. V. RICHARDS, Land and Industrial Agent, Southern Railway It is eustoinary. as we all know, t(i preface a pulilirtalk 01- speech Avith some perfunctory remarks; butmine will lie limilcd, at least, in expressing mj sincerepleasure that I am permitted to be witli you, to par-ticipate in your deliberations, and to make my contribu-tion to the suliject in the interests of which this con-gress is assembled. The topic assigned me, Effects of Good Roads onImmigration. while bearing d
Southern good roads . ed at Richmond. 12 SOUTHERN GOOD ROADS June, 1911 Effects of Good Roads on Immigration By COL. M. V. RICHARDS, Land and Industrial Agent, Southern Railway It is eustoinary. as we all know, t(i preface a pulilirtalk 01- speech Avith some perfunctory remarks; butmine will lie limilcd, at least, in expressing mj sincerepleasure that I am permitted to be witli you, to par-ticipate in your deliberations, and to make my contribu-tion to the suliject in the interests of which this con-gress is assembled. The topic assigned me, Effects of Good Roads onImmigration. while bearing directly upon the mainproposition that good roads are followed by certain re-sults, lias its limitations. Substantially, it implies asingle, plain proposition—Is immigration into a givensection influenced by the presence of good roads, andif so. how? The answer can be given instantly, inone Avord—Yes. The tialance of the proposition canbe treated concisely, and needs no long-extendedspeech, no discuisive Macadam Road, Hamlin County, Tennessee. Any opinions I may advance in dealing with thisciuestiou are based, not at all upon alistract theories,liut upon observations extending through a long periodof years devoted to the studj- of material conditions inthe south mainly, and incidentally in nearly every por-tion of the United States. One of the most importantdaties of the Land and Industrial Department of theSouthern Railway is to watch local conditions and studylocal features in every part of its territory. If a dis-trict or town is not progressing we seek the cause, andundertake a remedy. If a section is poor in pulilic im-Ijrovements, it is at a disadvantage, since it fails to at-tract strangers. Now, apply the rule to an agricultural section. say that the department I represent has induced acitizen of a northern state accustomed to the use andpresence of good roads to visit the south in search of ahome for his family. He is seeking better conditionsan
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