The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-03-16

1oe dues'fon VI RESTORING 10 the peo-
pie OF the District OF Columbia the
/ privilege of suffrage is again being an
tagonized in the District.
A popular lecture by Chaplain c. c.
McCabe on THE Bright Side of Life
s in Libby Prison" will be delivered in
the Marble Collegiate Church. Twenty
ninth street and Fifth avenue, New
j York city. on next Tuesday evening.
& SOME FACTS ABOUT TEkE SOUTH.
recent issue of the New York indie.
pendent contains a number of interest
ing and instructive articles on the
South and its resources by leading
Southern men. For instance. ga Gen
eral Southern Outlook" is the title of
an article by Secretary of the Navy
Herbert, and one by Secretary Hoke
Smith on ''The Cotton States EXPOSE
ton" which is followed by one by ex.
Senator Walsh on agriculture in the
South, " and still another by Senator
Pasco on Labor in the South" These
are all live and interesting questions of
Immediate and lasting concern to the
Southern people.
~ In dealing with the question of i'm
migration to the South Secretary Her
4 bert says:
"Ihere is really no prejudice exist
ang on the part.of Southern people to-
WARD immigration from the North,
The company of Germans that came
down to Alabama and established the
colony of Cullman. cams from the
Northwest The great misfortune with
us has been that immigration generally
travels on isbthermal lines, and Immi.
grants who come from Germany,
Sweden, Norway and the United King
dom, seem to leave the Old World with
the idea that IN the Southern States OF
america the climate is too hot, and
that 1t IS 5lokly there; and SO they first
go out West. Statistics show Alabama
70 be one of the heelthiest States in the
Union. The immigration we have been
getting IN the South has been from
people who have tried the Northwest
ana who, being comparatively near TO
u.s. nave had some opportunity of
learning what the conditions in the
South really are."
HE V1RGINIAS agrees very fully with
the Secretary as to the statement that
there Is really no prejudice existing on
enc partlof the Southern people toward
immigration from the North. and it is
glad to say also also that the belief
which has heretofore obtained with
European immigrants, that the climate
here is too hot for them, is fast being
dispelled and in time such belief will
be a thing OF the past.
In speaking of this latter question, it
s is proper to say that The Emigrsnt. n
derman publication in New York, has
contributed not little towards placing
The South'in its true position as to the
heaithfulness OF its climate.
For several months The Emicrant
hos published some valuable facts con.
cerning the temperature of the South
efn country. showing that the Ger.
man farmer will find here the same
climate LIE had left behind in "the
Fatherland."
The article of Senator Walsh "On
Agriculture in the South" pluinly sets
forth the needs Of the South along that
line, and is full of truth and wisdom.
He says;
"What the South needs are small
3 farmers to engage in diversified ngri.
cultural pursuits. | do not believe
+ That there. IS any country on the habit
able globe, climate or location consid.
cred, that will make as good terms az
the South will to Industrious farmers.
~ may be affirmed that there is moth.
ing that section of our country will not
produce except. possibly. coffee. In
tue State Of Georgia they produce all
she ceseals-wbeat. rye, oats, barley,
icorn--ve8etables of every description,
While cotton grows everywhere.
my opinion, the South will never
become financially independent until |
She Faises hor own breadstuffs and
makeo cotton secondary or anrnlns