Salt Lake Telegram | 1902-06-20 | Page 4 | Just What We Want

JUST WHAT T T. WE WB WANT In Iii these times of indiscriminate and undesirable ble immigration to the United States of f ignorant civilized ed and degraded masses of southern s 's surplus it is pleasing to contemplate contemplate con con- template the possibility of a happy accession of people to our country Mr IrY W. W D. D of Cape Colony who fought on the tile Boer side in the recent South Sonth African contest but has been leen for some sonic time in iti the interests of his countrymen in the in-the the United States tes is quoted The colonial Boers are to be punished I am a l colonial Boer hot born a British subject and I am liable to imprisonment for from f five Ye to ten I years ears I am acquainted with President Roosevelt elt and shall see if there is not a way lot for i s some m of our people to come to this country I think ih there lir re is a great reat opportunity for us here There are few here now now- but in Portugal al there are arc a a good many colonials and they probably will not wa to t-to to return to South Africa j ea now They are Ue men well born If Jf the United Slates States Government would would open I the way they would be glad to settle in some sonic State I like New Mexico Arizona Texas or Colora Colorado They would make good citizens no rib O one would need tobe to tobe tobe be ashamed of them l I shall use every effort to open the way to bring them here No doubt about it the it-the the Boers are a very desirable people for our Western States and Territories We TC hope to see ee them come in thousands A people of surpassing energy y courage and resolution they they hey would soon ROon transform our waste places int into thriving farms nn and 1 pastoral lands lauds They are ate educated and love lovee e education Mr l son has hag for instance just passed an examination for admission to Columbia Columbia Co Co- Co- Co lumbia a university They are industrious God God-f God fear earing ear ear- in ing brave and fearless We could not in one word have a better class of people cone come to us You are welcome brave South Africans to this land of liberty liberty lib lib lib- erty Come in your Jour thousands We Ve extend you rou the glad hand buIld expressive of a heart warm with affection affection affection tion admiration an and 1 sympathy