The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1894-07-21
A LABOR SOLVENT.

The following is an extract from a
recent widely published article BY th,
Hon. Edward Everett Hale, Of Msssa-
chusetts:
III is not necessary Cor me to 20 into
an elaborate discussion of subject !;
put u seems very plain to me that relief
from labor troubles lies In the Southern
States. Ifinstead ofimportlpg foreign
pauper labor to work In our mills and
along our great enterprises Of all sorts,
We would seek laborers among the
thousands of unemployed negroes
down South most beneficial chsuge
would be instituted In the United
states. In the first place, hundreds
and thousands of undesirable immi-
grants would be kept out Of the coun-
Try, which would be greatly benefited
thereby, and, secondly, employment
and wages would be given TO any OF
the colored citizens, who undor the
present regime are unable TO get
work Of any kind"
The author argues from purely
imaginative and fictitious conception
OF Southern conditions. Barring VOL
untary idlers and vsgabonds, there are
no thousands Of unemployed negroes
down South; unable to get work un-
der the present regime. But under
lying the writer's falSe premise may
there not be-unknown TO him-a po-
tentisl economic and industrial fact
Unluestionsbly the promise of EN-.
ploymsnt which involves novelty. trav.
sl, freedom from domestic environ.
ments, will catch thousands of young
negro men who will prove more trsc.
table under discipline and oppression
than the thousands of white striking
miners. With no ambition to accu.
mulste or build homes, mining life
seems to be proving congenial to the
ncgso. They have driven out the
white miners In Kansas and to q large
extent IN Alabsms. And the follow
ing dispatch shows that they are being
thus used in Pennsylvania:
scottstlalc, Ps.,-The situation III
the coke region continues peaceable
and while the old men are still hold
ing out, the importation Of negroes Il
gradually breaking the strike. Sever
car loads VI negroes arrived to-day aut
at the same time largo number Of for
eigners took their departure.
The Slsvs and Huns have become
disgusted at the long idleness and msuy
are leaving the region never to return
Secretary Darby, Of the Miners Union
has teudered his resignation
Since this dispatch there have beer
violent outbreaks against the usurpine
non-unIon negro miners In both Penn
sylvania and Alabama. But these
will bo be severely punished aud will
prove no lasting deterrents.
How far the new utilization will
extend is contingent upon number
of influences and. happenings. Climat
| ic conditions will be all obstacle in tht
way of large or permanent negro mi
grations North. But under tactfu
handling the dark brother, barred from
| the labor unions, will get bis revenge
as q weapon for mine owners and Other
corporations to hold over white strik
ere. Already some railroads heve rec
ognized the value of the negro as
specific against strikers; and have hat
no trouble. Others are making chang
es of switchmen, &c, Intended to d.
permanent.
or course such drafts on Its labol
will be sensibly felt upon the South
And thus tho movement may acceler
ate the introduction Of white colonist
who will make farming successful, II
the region Of the large and fast decay
ing cotton plantations. In this connec
ton the following notice will be fount
interesting:
"a private dispatch from Chicago
announces that at meeting held there
Sunday the location Of Belgium col
ony west Of the Valley route, between
Msrigold and Cleveland and about i2l
miles north of this city, was decided
upon. Representatives Of fifty fsmi
lies will purchase lands there. Th'
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