The critic., 1891-02-24
cunnrNr rnnss orINroNs.
business Men win Like rt.

From ne Philadelphia Pssss.
Governor Fosters training, business cx-
pcriencc and strong common-scnsc ought
to make the very kind of q Finance Min
istcr needed at this crisis. y His
appointment can hardl Y fail to be well
received in financial circles. lie will dis
appoint reasonable expectation IL he does
not as Secretary of the Treasury add to
his already established reputation
and prove that his selection by the presi-
dent Is no less sagacous and well consld-
Secretary of the Treasary!e
Biom he Nco York Herald.
Ex-Governor Foster of Ohio will make
good Secretary of the Treasuay--so the
Republicans tell us. lie occupies the
same position on the currency question
that Window did, and that Is a matter of
prime Importance to the business COM
munity. 10 the political motives which
prompted his selection we are utterly In
different. We pay no attention TO the
rlimor that Harrison does not feel able to
cope single handed with Blaine, that
Foster will keep an eye on the Maine
statesman and post the President as to the
ways that are dark and the tricks that are
vain.
/ Harrison, it seems has n vague sus-
pcion that Blaine may rob him of re-
nomination. on which he has set his
heart, and Foster, whois M, experienced
politician, will look after the interests of
his superior.
These family uuarrels are not par
ticularly exciting though they sometimes
| prove amusing. Harrison's ambition for
| second term and Blainc's hope TO get q
| first term will not interfere seriously with
| Democratic victory in '92. In the mean
! time, however, II is pleasant to know that
our finances will be In the hands of q
man who believes in honest money.
The Retreat of the Negro.
From he CoVief-,Journdl.
Observation shows that the negro IL
steadily drifting or being driven by force
of circumstances into the lowlands of the
Atlantic States or into the far South. Thus
he holds his own fairly well in the sea-
coast regions of North Carolina, but IN tue
riplands of the interior he Yields. Even
in States of the far South he cannot stis-
tain his position in the hill country where
there is most prosperity, increase Of popu-
lation and business enterprises.
In South Carolina, which has greater
percentage of negro population than any
other state, they have the low, unhealthy
region next to the coast practically to
themselves, outnumbering the whites
more than ten to one in one county. But
back in the interior, on the plateails and
in the hills, the white faces regain the
majority, and are increasing it, and there
thriving young cities are springng up.
Georgia and Alabama have a similar ex-
perence. Mississippi, with its great area
of low or swampy country, much of it OF
exceeding fertility is receiving Il great inn
migration Of negroes from States farther
north, and there the negro problem as
sumes its grayest phase. The physical ge-
ography Of Arkansas Is much like that of
Mississippi, and its experience with the
negro is the same.
In studying the negro problem we must
not lose sight of these facts, 1t is ques-
tion that three or four decades from now
will surely be confined to few States like
South Carolina, Mississippi and Louisiana;
probably these tlree alone, and in time
the white man will secure numerical SIT
periority in them for-unless it be in the
tropics-the Caucasian will win every
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