The banner-enterprise., 1883-05-10
INUIGRINTS- WHY THEY DO
NOT REMAIN IN THE SOUTH.
Do You HEAR !?

The Portsmouth Times seems tC
apprehend failure on the part oi
the citizens of that and other sections
of Virginia, to make thei I spectlve
sections sufficiently C. ""ndable to
immigrants. 1t complai - Ia there
is to be seen almost daily a'rytnts OF
dissatisfied immigrants anl cir re .
moyal to other States. And it dis
claims bad treatment as being the
cause, and then asks the reasons why.
The reasons, it appears to us, "" M
merous, The South is no new tern
tory npon which immigrants may
squat at viii. 1t is an cid t"'1i ory
with a sufficient mnlb = OF ,!orers
to meet the demands os IT, capital
in circulation. But he Times sug-
gests that local immigration society
be organized foy the care and p"otec~
ton Of immigrants on their arrival
South, in order to make the tilst I'm
preston (Which is the most Iastlng)
good one. We must acknowledge
our surprise at this sngg stIon. 70
invite immigrants South wltilou cap
ital, is like asking man to farm
without the necessary implements.
Why not organize local capitalists or
foreign, if you please? Immigrants
and laborers will naturally grnvitate.
la winding up the arii'lF, the Times
says
"Then again, our farmers must not
allow themselves to forget thai there is
a vast diff renee between tn seuev la
borers and those that hve 50 long
filled their places almost exc usive'y in
the South. Th ir CHI IRA IT,. disnOsi-
ton, HABITS and cu tons AZ rs differ
ent from tn ,se former m3olers rs day
light from ilrkeune;S,
"The,e ierman lmmigren tn for
various reasons leave tn il nltivr
HON TO seek shelf on our hos
pitabIe Shtle', are in IN t eases In.
Gated man aud won en-, Il | howe yer
poor AMI hnnbe may b th4jr posi-
tion, they ne not prepared to came
here to live in low, >qua lid lag cabins
with few cluv nitnces and !es3 com
forts Than t lev ef yed at home. Our
farmers do ut p ear 10 be PREPARED
for this Lew labor, aud hey should be
before they seek any m r. Of it. TIL
old shAnties ihlt the finn r lab lrrre
wer, satisfied witt oil rs Ii induce
ments to this new cas- g" t,h ,r,rs
They are accu,tum ID to i rrr S,l
and no one re won
it they get liss t fled very SO II TIE
laws of com pulsory edu Nti Il i, titr-
many are strictly and rigidly =, force
and education and 'qu Hid surround
lngs never go hand in hand. Ii Gct-
man labor is to become a art OF our
system, then our farmers must furnish
better and more attractive ac omm
lations for this new class oi cope
As class, tie Germans Il e stout.
hardy en- trust worthy, and We bell
in the long run, it will pay our farn crs
10 huve such laborers. Bat il they
want to keep them they vi i W te
give these ma ter, We have rririre 10
more than pa sing notice,
just (so?) brother Tins But
,he most difficult task before YOU viii
De to convince the Southern planter
hat any laborer, of whatsoever cline,
an and WM fill the place of the
PRESENT laborer. At least one none
generation must pass away. This
State has spent hundreds of do'lais
If the peoples money i'll fu liz
fort to entice immigrants here, hot.
outstanding it is an established fact
hat the black man is hes. adapted to
he manners of our people and the
illing of the Southern soil. If in
he future, it shall be determined
'ther than Negro laborers will be
more profitable, and be aided by the
state, we shall feel it incumbent upon
is to advocate the migration Of the
Negro.