St. Paul daily globe., 1895-10-27

INT PAUL DAILY
do not think that will ever come to
pass. The races will keep apart. 1t
is better for both that they should
do so."
''Win there ever be social equal
ity?"
mo, 1 think not. I don't think it
best for either race
You say they are now kept apart
in the churches and in the schools
of the South?"
yes; it is their desire, as we'll as
ours
How about the railroad cars?"
.'There are separate cars for the,
negroes on some of the Southern
railroads. but the whites are not per-
mitted to enter the negro cars, and
can be ordered out just as the ne
groes can be ordered out of the
white cars"
| KINGDOM OF MILLS.
How about the manufactures of
the South? Are they increasing?
"Yes, indeed replied Secretary
Smith. 1.-THE country is growing
very rapidly in a manufacturing
way. Cotton factories are springing
| up everywhere and 1 understand
that some of them are making as
high as 20 per cent a year. There is
| no reason why the South should not
manufacture all it's own cotton in
stead of exporting it to New En-
gland and Europe. There is a diff
ference of per cent on the value of
the cotton as baled and sold in
the Georgia markets and it's value in
Liverpool, and this per cent alone
would make enough of a margin to
pay for it's manufacture in Georgia.
The difference of half cent a pound
of profit in the value of cotton would
make per cent, and in these days
when capital is going begging that
is fair profit, to say nothing of the
Is and 20 per cent which some of
the factories say they are making"
THE SOUTH IS BRAINY.
''The South, Mr.. Secretary, seems
to be giving us a large amount of
our American literature today. Many
Of the authors and authoresseS are
| from the South, and, compared with
| the North, it furnishes a larger num-
Der. Why is it?"
81 suppose it is because the South
| has devoted itself more to education
| al and professional lines than to
| business ones. 1 don't bslieve there
| is any difference in the intellectual
| caliber of the people. But the North
has thrown its force into business.
Ut has been dealing with material
| things, and the South, not so thick
| ly settled, and scattered over planta-
| t1onS, has rum more to literature. A
larger number of our Southern men
| go into the professions than do the
men of the North, and a great num-
Der are pracIticing these professions
| in the Northern cities. Have you
ever thought of the number of South
| ern physicians in New York city?
Their name is legion, and proportion
| ately they surpass the number from
| the North
How about the unemployed in the
South, Mr.. Secretary? Are there
| many men who cannot get work?
Is there much suffering from pow
erty?'
mo, think there is none such as
you have i'm the Northern cities.
There is no suffering and no pauper-
| ism to speak of. We all have enough
| to eat and drink
SILVER VS.. SCRIPT.
How about the silver question?
You have been making speeches
throughout the South upon it,
Yes, 1 have made some" replied
Secretary Smith. ''The silver santi-4
nlent of the South has. been exag-
gerated. The better sentiment of the
people is in favor of sound money.
1t is the easier for them to see the
dangers of any inflated currency
through their experience with Con-
| federatel money. When the war be-
gan all OF our notes were good for
face value, as we thought the Con-
federate states government would be
!
the war went ON, and it became i'm
possible for the treasury to give
something of the actual value for
| them, they deprecated and fell Att
first the reduction was small. but
it steadily increased until man paid
5000 for saucer Of ice cream or for
cigar. L had in my audiences men
who possessed large amounts of
money. 1t represented to many of
them actual losses. 1t is, of course,
worth nothing now, and it was not
hard to draw the comparison be-
tween 1T and free silver. Another
example l used was that of a Ger
man, who lived in my state, and
who coined on his own account gold
when this Confederate worthless
money was circulating. 1 showed
them that his stamp upon the gold
gave 1t circulation because it was
gold, and that, though he is dead,
his coins are still worth their face
value"
How about the Nicaragua CANA? ?
That would be of great value to the
South, would it not?''
Yes" replied the secretary. But
don't think I ought to give any
expression upon it until we get the
report OF the commission that was
sent down there to investigate its
praet1cability. This is the only oues-
tlon. Ii it is mechanically possible
without too great an expense. il
shoufd by all means be built. 1t
would be of immense value not onlv
TO the South, but to the whole co,rn-
| try
| Frank G. Carpenter.
| Sorry He Spoke.