The Washington times., 1895-01-05
Industries IEESl)ijTH
Their Relation 10 Labor Discussed
!. by Hon. Carroll D. Wright.
DIyERSTICATION IS NEEDED
Negro Problem Cannot Be Solved BY ANY
Scheme Of Colonization-With Increased
Consumption There Will Come Increased
Power of Productivity and Enhanced
Wagcs-Labor Difficulties in the South.

Labor and the industries Of the South"
was discussed last evening in an able paper
before the National Geographic Society at
National Rifles Armory by Hon. Carroll D.
Wright, Commissioner af Labor.
Mr. Wright pointed OUT tina, the patience
which the South exercised for twelve or
fifteen years after the c.ose Of the war en-
abled her business men TO pull together, 10
appreciate their status and tonnderstand the
necessity of individual development. They
also after careful study discovered the ex-
tent of their natural resources; that their coal
deposits exceeded by more than Iorty times
the strength Of the coal fields of England in
III ir original richness; that they had also
immense deposits OF iron, aud learned tne
relation OF their cotton industries 10 the
heavier indus. s.risS-
With these great basic resources the South
has worked diligently, and as Il result has de-
yeioped wonderfully in transportation, bank
ing WATERWAYS, educational institutions, and
on many other lines.
In sesping with her development and pro-
Cre5s. the South has reduced her Indebtedness
and shown thorough appreciation OF all the
benefits which come from individual pros
perity. The Southern States recently dis
]
from the concentration of too much force in
on industry The lesson was severely taught
and quickly learned. Now their corn goes TO
the Northwest, and the far West is using
MACHINERY MADE IN TIE SOUTH.
He gave figures illustrating various lines
Of development and then turned his attention
! to the influence which this development has
on labor. The negro labor problem, he con-
ioIar in in,
/ creased demand rom the workers, and then
The South would he met with the labor diff
/ cuitjes which must be handled with wisdom
! and IN. the light o. the experience fthe North
ana Europe, which have met them in turn as
: Their industries have been extended.
lie believed that the fundamental prnci-
/ pics o. Industrial training must be applied az
I vel! as ;he principle OF elementary education
/ tnat no sch No OF colonization in this or
I other lands could possibly solve the negro
/ problem; that The basic error of the govern
ment in making a treaty with the Indians
would not h, repeated with the negro. hut
! tiat in higher standard of life and in n con-
seauently increased power Of consumption
there would come a correspondIngly in
creaaed power Of productivity aud enhanced
wages.
The negro could not be made over into e
Caucasian but should be developed into the
very best negro possible. His standard OF
living IS now represented by less than 81 a
week. whiie that OF the American laborer is
represented hY -3 per week. But with the
nat1rul resources OF the South and the abund-
ance OF ianor the negro's standard OF living
must rise and
WITH IT HIS WANTS.
So The patience7of the South will again be
tried, but on different lines from that Of q
generation ago. The speaker predicted that
With the wisdom of the captains of industry
in tie South. who are watching the effect il
other quarters OF the world, the labor diff