The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-07


It is gratifying 10 observe the earnest
hearty and influential support which the
Philadelphia Times is giving to the eff
for1s Of Mr.. n. f. Thompson of Johns
town. Pa. 10 turn the attention of Penn
sylvania farmers and home seekers TO the
south. Mr. Thompson has lived in the
south. and Col. A. X Mcclure, editor of
the Times, has extended and comprehen-
sive knowledge Of this section, its people,
climate and almost innumerable advant-
ages. These gentlemen, therefore,
are able to give the Pennsylvanians
some wholesome advice and back up what
they say with a recital of incontrovertible
facts The broad-minded view of the mat
ter taken by Col. Mcclure and his ex-
celont newspaper is well illustrated in a
recent editorial in the Times, which we re-
produce in another column this morning.
Readers will take into Consideration the
source of this expression Of opinion and
others by the same paper, and the articles
viii carry great weight.
A striking contrast is presented in the
attitude towards the south of the news
papers Of Philadelphia and New York. OF
all cities in the north, New York should
be the especial friend of the. south, yet
we find that the daily newspapers of that
city rarely have a coed word sor this sec
ton, and seldom if ever assist the south in
securing a desirable immigrant. They say
much about the advantages Of the west,
but very little about the greatly superior
advantages of the south The majority
of the newspapers of New York, it seems
are divided into TWO classes the sensa-
tional and The selfish There are, of course
a few heightened, clean and admirable
newspapers there The first mentioned
class, composed Of the yellow journals and
their imitators. continually eater to the
prurient and otherwise debased portion of
the population, which they seek 10 multi
ply in order TO increase paper sales. They
are nearly always engaged in an effort to
send some innocent person to the peniten-
tiary of the electric chair, or to save some
guilty wretch from the consequences of
crime. In the second class are the parti-
colored journals They are pharsaical
and intensely selfish. They sheer at any,
thing which is not for New York, and
frequently affront cities, ports and sec
lions which contribute vastly 10 New
Yorks wealth and Importance; in which
they show ingrautude. There is always
very marked demonstration of this
in the opposition of the New
York papers to appropriations for
rivers ana harbors in the south.
Ii is all right for congress to spend mil
lions upon millions in harbor improve
ments, Notifications, dry docks, navy
yards, etc, in New York, but when there
are appropriations TO be made for South
Atlantic ports harbors and rivers. the pa
pers of New York indulge in mean in
situations and assertions about pork
barrels" and the like. Yet the South At
lantic section gives New York its best bus
mess.
Whenever there is a lynching in the
south, the New York papers exploit the
matter under big, black headlines, but
when there is an effort to build up the
section by inducing desirable white imml-
grafton, these same papers, not only with
hold their support but descant upon the
alleged lawlessness of the section and the
udtiStts WulCn pedCe-iONMB newcomers
run in attempting TO live in such a sec
ton. If they ever have a good word to
say of any section except their own, it is
said of the west which never has been
and never viii be closely allied with New
York and the northeast
The New York papers, it seems, should
be more friendly disposed towards the
south from self-interest if for no higher
reason; and they could find no better basis
for a start in the right direction than the
letters of Mr. Thompson and the editorials
of the Philadelphia Times. The movement
which they are trying to further is a pa
triotic one. It's object is to improve the
circumstances of thousands of deserving
American citizens, as well as to develop
the richest section of the United States.
There is no selfshness whatever in the
matter. 1t is a pro bono publlco'' proceed
ing all the way through; and the south
and the public viii appreciate the friend
ship and services of the Pennsylvanians
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