Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1891-10-01
A REAL new SOUTH.
Edi or cOheu's Views as 90
Wha! /! Should Be.
TaE GREAT RACE PROBLEM
7. minent Factor In the Deyel
Opment OF The South.

RALEIGH, Oct. In an address AZ the
opening Of the southern exposition here at
noon today OctayUs Cohen, editor OF the
Charleston World sad'
Nature has done much for the south; man
has done but little. Instead Of employing our
remarkable advantage Of soil and climate as
steps 10 lead 10 the pinnacle Of material pro-
grcss, we have, regret 20 say, simply made
use Of them 10 IA sufficient extent 70 enable US
90 exist In scant comfort.
Right here in North Carolina, and next door,
In my native state, South Carolina, 20 say
nothing OF the others which are also greatly
blessed, do you not know, and are you not
willing 20 admit that II New Englanders with
their feyersh push and keen financial instinct
possessed half our advantages, they would
have two of the most thriving, bustling and
wealthy states in the Union?
We have lived too much within ourselves,
and must stop IL Immediately Inter-
course almost always involves education On
some point, and Il must, therefore. be OF bene-
1T.
You all know as well as 90 that tho argu-
ment advanced in nearly every southern state
against the school Tax
Is that you will be helping TO educate the
negro's children.
Ofcourse you will; and why should you not,
pray2 The correct theory is that property
should provide educational facilities, inas-
much ms property finds Us greatest protection
In. and derives it's principal value from, an en-
lightened populace.
Give all of your people I'm this state rcasona-
bly, good elucationS, and the appreciation In
the value of property before the close of this
exposition would be almost startling. think
every one will admit the correctness Of tLis
statement.
Now, II it be true, why should we desire 20
keep any portion of our population in itelo-
rance?
say to you now, my friends. IN all earnest
ness and with n full appreciation of the i'm
portancc Of the statement, that the negro IS
with Us 10 stay, and the sooner we come TO a
realization OF the fact the better.
And further, | wish 60 express IL as my
honest conviction that il this were not so, the
future of the south at large, especially for tho
next thirty or forty years, would appear 10 me
10 be very gloomy. Any great negro exodus
means untold loss 90 our people.
The Negro Is Docile
and gives n better grade Of field labor for a
given anoun; of money than any other nation
alty. In many portions of the south, even I'm
my own state, agriculture Is next 10 impossi-
be without the negro. He wants 20 live with
us and continue to ride along with MS 10 wealth
and prosperity, and we Eust make IL possible
for him 10 do so. ClimGtically, this Is his only
home in North America, but we are fast ap-
preaching the twentieth century, and we must
not shut our eyes 10 the fact that 10 scuticnt
being is now willing 20 have his children grow
up without some education. Therefore let
the negro have it as well as your own children.
Give lots of ii to both Of them, and you viii
merit the well dono Of the civilized world, and
your own offspring will receive the direct ben
eft OF this liberal policy.
on the other hand, the negro must bear in
mind that his place in the political economy
OF the south is clearly defined.
He must not hope 20 rule here. He is in
competent to do SO. He has once tried the oX-
pertinent, and will himself admit that II was
terrible disastrous one for the south coming
too, Ps II did, close upon tho devastation and
dcsolation Of the greatest civil war the world
has ever known.
At the same time, rs have already said, we
Owe Him Educational Facilities,
and we should give them with a good grace
too. That he can avail himself OF them is
amply evidenced by the showing made here
today In lis department.
Lam not a farmer, but / take tho greatest
interest in all measures suggested fo...h .he
amcliOration of the condition OF the agiTcu,-
tural classes, and my observation leads ne 10
the conclusion that the two remedies FOR tho
farmers ills are diversity OF crops and plant
in.. "teu acres % the mule" In other words,
don't pay the western farmer an enormous
price or corn for yourselves and your stock,
vi en- ylur cotton is selling for less than the
cot OF production.
But above ALL my friends, let us
broaden Our views
let us not imagine th1t the sun rises and set ;
only In our section; let Us bear In mind that
the money of the north and east stands
awaiting the welcoming hand. and evidence OF
willingness our part 60 help ourselves, to
come hero TO assist In developing our truly
wonderful resources; let Us put aside petty
jealousies In small communities; let us devote
less attention TO electing this that or the other
man TO office, and more 20 our own business
In short. to borrow the yclnacular Of the day,
let us make up our minds 20 hustle" so that
when the historian OF 1851 complies his records
the south win be found 60 be the busiest and
wealthcat, as Il IS today the foircst most chiv-
a!ric and God blessed land on the face OF the
earth.
NIun Gata 4