The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-10-01
INDUSTRIES SOUTH.
Editor Coheu's Speech at the Open
ing Of Raleigh's Exposition.
sEAscsABIE EDUCATION Urged,
Both for Rlaok and White Citizens.
gho Acvantages OF coiored Help
In Pieid Laoor-Tbe BLACK Man.
Hcwever Must Not Hope 10 Rule.
LET Ct Broaden Our vIews.'

Lei ~ ouE FIdWh
EALsioH, Dat I'm an address at
the rsnily Of the Southern exposition
hers at : ;on today octavus Cohen. edi.
ter of The Charleston World. said.
Nature las done much :or the south,
man has done hei littla instead ot am.
r!oy'ng our remarkable advantages sf
so,l and climate as fteps 70 lead 70 the
p,nnaele OF material progress. ws have,I
iss.et to say simply made use Of ,hem
10 suahclent extent tc srable as 70 az.
;si in acans comfort.
Right mere In North Carolina, and
Eext door, In my native state, South
Carolina, to say nothing of che others,
which are also greatly blessed, 40 you
not know, and are you not willing to
admit, that If New Englanders, with
their feverish push and keen financial
instinct, possessed half our advantages,
they would have two of the most thirty.
ing, hustling and wealthy states in the
Union2
We have lived too much within our
selves, and we must stop it Immediately.
Intercourse almost always involves edu-
cation on some point, and it must, there
fore, be of benefit.
Educate the Masses.
You all know as well as | do that the
argument advanced in nearly every
southern state against tho school tax is
that you will be helping to educated the
hegro's children.
OF course you will; and why should
you not, prayp The correct theory Is
that property should provide educa-
tional facilities, inasmuch as property
Gn Ia ifo ot r,,nfa1ttR,, in, IA
rives its principal value from, an en-
lightened populace.
Give all of your people in this state
reasonably good educations, 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 this state
ment
Now, if it be true, why should we
desire to keep any portion Of our popu-
lation in ignorance2
/ say to you now, my friends, in all
earnestness and with a full appreciation
Of the Importance Of the statement,
that the negro is with us to stay, and
that fact, the better.
Colored Help Invaluable.
And further, / wish to express it as
my hOllbob GOnNlCblOA Lllhb II biilS N6l6
not so, the future of the south at large,
especially for the next thirty or forty
years, would appear to me to be very
gloomy. Any great negro exodus
means untold loss to our people.
The negro is docile and gives better
grade of field labor for given amount
of money. than any other nationality. In
many portions of the south, even in my
own state, agriculture is next to impos-
sible without the negro. He wants to
live with us and continue to ride along
with us to wealth and prosperity, and
we must make it possible for him to do
so. Climatically, this is his only proper
home in North America. But we are
fast approaching the twentieth century,
aud we must not shut our eyes to the
fact that no sentient being is now will
ing TO have his children grow up with
out some education. Therefore let the
negro have it as well as your own chill
dren. Give lots of it to both and you
will merit the well done of the civilized
world, and your own offspring will re-
ceive the direct benefit of this liberal
policy.
The Black Man Cannot Rule.
On the other hand, the negro must
bear in mind that his place in the polit-
ical economy of the south is clearly de-
, fined.
He must not hope to rule here. He is
incompetent to do so. He has once tried
the experiment, and will himself admit
that it was a terribly disastrous one for
the south. coming, too, as it did, close
upon the devastation and desolation of
the greatest civil war the world has ever
known.
| At the same time, as l have already
SAID, we owe him educational facilities,
and we should give them, and with a
/ good grace, too. That he can avail him
self of them is amply evidenced by the
showing made here today in his depart
ment.
/ am not farmer, but take the great
est interest in all measures suggested for
the anelioration of the condition of the
agricultural classes, and my observation
leads me to the conclusion that the two
4. remedies for the farmers ills are-diver-
( sity of crops and planting "tan acres to
j the mule" In other words, don't pay
the western farmer an enormous price
for corn for yourselves and your stock,
when your cotton is selling for loss than
the cost of production.
"Let Us Broaden Our Views"
But above all, my friends, let us
broaden our views; let us not imagine
that the sun rises and sets only in our
section; let us bear in mind that the
money of the north and east stands
awaiting the welcoming hand, and evil
dence of willingness on our part to help
ourselves to come here to assist in de-
veloping our truly wonderful resources;
let us put aside petty jealousies in small
communities let us devote less atten-
tion to electing this, that or the other
man to office, and more to our own
| httci tVN alaA Af-t tN hEr Al,,x
nacular Of the day, let us make up our
minds to "hustle," so that when the
historian of 1881 complies his records
the south will be foundto be the busiest
and wealthiest, as 1t is today the fairest,
most chivalric and God blessed land on
the face of the earth.
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The saw mill and lumber yard of Bird
& Wells, at Wausaukce, Wis, on the Mil
waukee and Northern railroad, were com,
pletely destroyed by fire. About 5,0O0,O0t
faat ~ an tyad IuY1h hnr tuaa buroad The