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Rh and shiftless classes will be allowed in the first in- stallment. The success or failure of the movement de- pends upon the class of people who first go to the new country, and the leaders will see to it that a good report comes back to stimulate others. Each State Society a Stock Company It is proposed to make every State society a stock company and solicit from Afro-Americans sums of from $10 to $50, which will go into a common fund for advancing the movement. One of the plans on foot is to build several large vessels to ply between New Orleans and points on the eastern coast of South America to be paid for out of this fund. If a head of a family wishes to aid the enterprise and at some future time desires to cast his lot with his brethren in the new Eldorado, his subscription will be received, placed to his credit and when he is ready to go the amount will be applied on the passage of himself and family to his new home. These vessels. Col. Brown thinks, would be a profitable investment for the association, because they would bring in a good revenue for carry- ing to the United States on their return trips the products of South America, which this country must have. Thus, while the deportation of the negroes from the United States to the new Southern home was going on, the association would reap a rich harvest in bringing back to this market the products of South American countries. Col, Brown says negroes can be transported from points between New Orleans and St. Louis for about $15 a head. He believes that after the first settlement is made, and the plan is proven a success, as he con- fidently believes it will be, that the association will not be able to take all who will want to go. He says there is ten times more vacant land in Brazil alone than all the negroes in the United States could prop- erly cultivate. He has received letters from that gov- ernment recently, saying that all the negroes who will may come and be assured of protection, homes and a