The Atlanta constitution., 1895-09-23

any one forge a race issue? Honest and
decent men will accord to the negro that
just measure of favor as member of So
ciety the laws afford him. and which his
conduct deserves. and the long processes
of time will determine whether his pres
ence is q benefit injury to himself and
to the land to which he is now as warmly
attached as his white neighbors. No pro-
cess of reasoning, no fertility of con-
lecture, no empirical legislation will af-
ford another solution of the so-called ques-
ton. Why agitate il then? Its unnecessary
discussion, as 1 have already said has
withheld from the resources of these
states the developing hand of the indus
trious white man, whether farmer or ar
tisan who. earning a bare support else
where, could, in this genial ciinle, win an
abundance of which he never dreamed.
1t is more cruel to the negro than it is
detrimental to the white men, for the
prejudice it awakens causes the idle, ig-
norant and lawless to become his
picious enemies. 1t is, indeed, n source of
alarm to those industrious and respectable
negroes whose intelligent labor and self
denying habits have supported their fami-
lies, educated their children and added
millions annually to the taxable values of
these states. The true policy of peo-
pie is to ignore the question and drench
with vitriolic contempt the narrow intense,
infinitesimal creatures who forge the is
sue and disturb the good feeling between
the races to advance their political ends.
There is thing since his
emancipation the south has ever
guaranteed to the negro, that is no
matter what his trade or occupation, the
privilege of earning his living. Ii is a
common spectacle upon structures Of every
character to behold numbers Of white and
negro mechanics working si1e ~ side. 1
have regretted to learn .nat This not true
i'm the northern states. | was nItu: med
by the president of a Technol )gical school
from Philadelphia, man of great 1ntelli-
gence and great benevolence, that they
yearly turned out numbers of coloied
youth trained, skillful in the trades they
had mastered, but that if one Of these men
should be employed as a skilled la51rar on
any work. every member of the trade un-
ions would quietly gather up his tools ard
quit the job No such feeling mas e-lsted
here. The opportunity for iecauical eGuca-
tion is the greatest benefaction his friends
can bestow on the negro. The skill Il the
graduate of an Industrial school IS his cap
ital lie has been taught TO appreciate the
dignity Of labor lie is not trivins I'.r the
unattainable. lie is useful citizen
from the start lie begins mis- GiawCIl. ca
a solid basis. How incompIcIbly Superior
is his condition To that of one of his lace
who is trained FOR "a profession where he
must depend upon the patronage and s'cn-
der means of his own people. or OF Cne who
speech IL it be said that the argument
would restrict the genius of the Mro-Amer-
lean orator Though why Afro L 40 nos
know, let him bear in mind that it took
800 years for the white people of Amtrl-
ca to bring forth such orators rs james
Uts. Samuel Adams and Patrick llenry.
y poor man shouid make sure the ir's-ns of
a livelihood before he attempts excursions
into the domain of art. Iht hn renem-
her the episrammatic language Of our sa-
eacious president. 1t is condition end
not theory that confronts us and the
certain comforts OF good home and an
ample support are worth more to him than
all the Ordtions since DemOsthenes thumb
cred IN Athens, or Cicero charmed the
crowds of the Roman forum.
There's No Better Country.
''Thc truth is, after making due allow
ance for our disadvantages, the world
should awaken to the fact that no other
land lighted by the sun in its diurnal
progress around the world affords such
attractions as q home for men with lives
before them as do these southern states
of the union. 1t is demonstrable beyond
question. Here the obscrvant traVeier VIII
see on one farm the luXuriant beauty of
our royal staple, the dark, rich green of
the Indian corn, the golden glory of the
ripening grain of every kind. the sweet
yams, Irish potatoes. peas, hay, ground
peas, sorghum, watermelons, apples, pears,
figs, pomegrauaGeS grapes, plurnS anu oth-
er crops and fruits all grown in perfection
in the same soil. OF late years the Geor-
gia peach for it's flavor and its beauty,
commands the market. Georgia is espe-
cially fitted Tor small farms. In the noun
tain county of Habersham, where rs my
summer home. there are NUMBER OF
Swiss and Germans. They were very poor
when, "a few years ago, they purchased
small holdings of land on what was
known to be barren ridge. They planted
the grape. and While many of them We're III
danger of starvation until their vines De
came productive. | do not know now any
where a more thrifty rural community.
The income from wine and grapes OF a
man who with his wife does the whole
work Of the vineyard and the farm, his
plow beast an without the pride of an
cestry, is annually froa $500 to $500 net
The Industrious people are all living III
great comfort. These are object lessons
which might lie gathered from every
county of what may be accomplished in
this genial cline under circumstances the
most unfavorable. At this moment the
rivers of Georgia flow idly over
admirable locations for water pow
ers which would turn the spindles of
the world. The mountains OF north and
the sWamps of south Georgia are luXu-
riant with "a great variety of rare and
beautiful hardwood The Georgia pine is
famous throughout the world There is
scarcely a farm in the state which has not
a copious water supply, even for the hot
test season OF the year. The authoritative
figures of the cotton exchanges and other
business associations bear out and sustain
all / have said with regard to the pro-
ductiveness OF the south. Texas is the
first and Georgia the second as cotton
states. In 1881 Georgia produced 1125.000
bales. Texas and the Indian Territory 2,O59,
900 bales The total crop of that year was
75J0,00O bales. and it will be remembered
that in 1878 the entire cotton crop of this
country was but 100000 bales. But while
the production Of cotton has wonderfully
increased. its consumption has increased
proportionately. In 1854 the total con-
sumption for the United States 2,319-
3SS bales. of which consumption 7lS5l5
bales were taken by the spinners of the
south, and in the consumption by south
ern factories Georgia is only surpassed by
North and South Carolina. The consump-
ton of cotton throughout the world has
doubled since the year 1870. The average
annual increase in consumption is 2iJ.O00
bales of 400 podnds each. OF all the cot
ton grown in tne world. the United States
produces 20 2-l1 per cent. 1t should ever
be borne in mind that cotton is quick
money C-OD. l. Isl incomDarablV the chief