The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1893-02-11

cook. ALL through the South along the
line OF the railroads the brilliant camp
fire burns brightly ut night throwing Its
ghostly shadows Y g the form OF the
solitary attendant.
A skilled colored laborer can obtain
wages equaling his white neighbor. but
1t is a s~ignigcent fact that in all the
years that have elapsed since freedom
and the advantages Of schools and other
educational facilities the number Of
skilled colored laborers in the South is
less than daring slavery days. In those
times almost every plantation had good
colored carpenters and ingenious me
chanics, but they arc woefnliy lacking
now-sdsys. The negroes are not .
progressive race, and the history Of the
the world proves conclusively that
only when brought into active associa
ton with the whites do they ever rise
above their original station.
The immigration agent is as promi-
nent q personage South as West aud a
talk with him Is additional evidence Of
the old saying that all men are liars.
He will tell yon that his state will grow
wonderful crops OF oats. wheat, corn.
barley, rye and all the rest Of the grains.
but its . significant fact that 1t don't do
it. 1t will grow cotton. sugar cane, rice,
sweet p tatoes, watermelons, vegetables
and q thousand and q other profitable
crops, however, but not over one north.
ern farmer or foreign immigrant IN ten
would succeed 10 making them pay; and
to the man with small means. like the
majority Of the farmers who built up
Iowa and South Dakota, the South holds
no inducements whatever.
The climate Of the South may be
healthful enough, but it is not innerv-
ing, During the summer months one
wants a darkie at each elbow and when
theicool days OF winter and spring come
you get the spring fever and don't want
to do q blamed thing. The southern
people are not laxy-just tired-born
that way. Not all are that way. OF
course. Occasionally you will find q
regular hustler, and the large number
ot Yankees that have settled there dur
ing recent years keep things stirring.
The younger ones are marrying the
languid Southern beauties and the next
generation may prove to be q race Of
rustlers with q big R-but the climate
is against 1t. A Savannah gentleman
who is in business in that city said to the
writer that he could never get USED to
the climate, though he has been away
from Illinois 16 years. He said he would
get up some mornings with every Oone
in his body aching and feeling as though
be had been rolled all night in a barrel,
though otherwise in the best OF health
Nobody seems to be In a hurry in the
South and tile people of that section who
strike Chicago for the first time this
summer will find in the hurrying side.
walk thronss Of that city a greater
curiosity than the big show out at Jack
SOB Park.
But the people Of the South, that is, OF
the towns and cities, are hospitable, gen
er0ust Open-hearted and take the average
northerner in al a long lost brother,
So anxious they are to to induce immt-
grafton from the North that they will
never mention politics and In every way
Try to avoid the subject. 1t is safe to say
that during the hottest campaigns one
will hear less politics discussed in the
South than In the quietest nor .hern
communities. The attitude the North
has generally taken on the negro ques-
ton has lead the South TO believe that 1t
has been very much misrepresented by
politicians and it prefers to remain
silent il only allowed u settle tho dis
tressing problem confronting it In its
own way.
The writer is aware that he will, In
taking this view Of tho situation and in
what is subsequently, herein written. bs
ACCUSED Of seeing through . glass
darkened by Democracy, but he can as
sure the readers of these southern.articles
that what is herein told is the simple
truth a. we found 1t and written from
an unbiased standpoint. It is a signi6.
cent fact that Of the large number Of
Republican editors who took the journey
Southland nearly all were OF that faith
|-xnd who have since their return
Written Ut great length Of the South and
tts people and its social aud political
features we have yet to read q criticism
ulol the South for its desire to maintain
white rule. aud many OF them have taken
the pains TO openly acknowledge that
they had previously entertained wrong
impressions Of the southern question
One Of these acknowledgements is from
bthe pen Of Tom Roberts, one of the lead
Ekrs Of the Republican party of Douglas
Enounty, and is herein quoted as an illus
tatien:
i've have tho reputation 81 being prett.
ffbidlsepublican end hive always thought tina
ItShe negro question in the south was treatel
with anything but fairness. 10 . certain extent
however, we have changed our mind. It ",
lived In tho South which under no circumstance
| aas1ge believe We ever will, re would in al
pro6abis,ty be q Democrat. The negroes do TO
vote. Tbstis a settled question. And in on
opinion:under their present circumstances the
should not. There would ho no living in tn
south for a white man if they did.
Othefsof greater length we have ha,
laid aside, some from Wisconsin paper
but space will not allow Of their 70
production. much Ms anything TOWARD
creating q fraternal feeling between tn,
Two sections is to he encouraged. Tn
Southern trip was an eye-opener Il
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