Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1898-12-18
OF THE SLAVE.

- AAAN NNNAON NNAINFIIN
49, papers have received, com
Jug u''ectiy from the producers Of
0'''on. Business engagements have
made Il impossible for me to make
special reply to their letters Of ap
p'oVal' and through Texas Farm
ana Ranch / desire to thank the
writers and say to them and to all
o',iefs who may be interested in
'"'S subject that the industrial re.
generation Of Texas may easily be
a0'''e'ed, II those who appreciate
the necessity for it will work
uni'edly for it. 1t is not capital
iexas needs as much as it needs
'hought--industrial agitation.
a correspondent writes from
blooming Grove an endorse
'nen' In behalf Of the "toiling,
weary, careworn women and chill
uIen' cotton slaves, ofour state and
Of the South" Before me rises
'ne vision Of a scene portrayed by
friend who lately returned from
section where cotton was but
recently introduced. He was there
curing a cold snap Of unusual Sc
verify and was shocked by the
sight OF girls in their teens exposed
70 the biting billiards, picking cot
Ton In scanty and ragged attire and
with bare legs and feet. Such
spectacle ought not TO be possible
IN any civilized country. Shame
upon us that il should be made
necessary here by the demand for
bread In a country which right
Aully used would, with the land
now in cultivation, sustain a popu-
iation ten times as dense as ours.
a business man writing from
Houston urges me to keep up the
fight for humanity" Is it not a
question of humanity-and more?
Shall the women and children in a
majority Of the country homes of
the state be permanently reduced
to a servitude more irksome than
that Of the slave who was a mere
chattel2 The future Of the state
hangs upon a right decision of this
issue. High medical authority
could be invoked If il we're neces-
Sary to show that thssevTe labor
'sasw,-mr--dt--rohh' females, old,
middleaged and young, in the cot.
ton patch, is a crime against the
race, and without speedy relief,
their unfortunate descendants will
pay the penalty. Never truer
words we're written than those Of
the poet Of the poor:
"f'ui bold peasantry, their country's
pride
When once destroyed can never be
supplied"
Several years ago while travelling
between Chicago and Nashville 1
chanched to meet the president Of
the Fruit Growers Association of
Tennessee, and was much interest
eCin his recital Of the progress Of
the industry he represented. AT
The beginning it. was without a
marksi and freight rates were pro-
- hibitog. An organization was
IN Infected which was strictly busi-
~'s inik methods and purposes.
rFlmads, to whom one mans
-ymld have been Of no in
n~lniever, were qnisk to en-
Mu " industrial movement
kuueonc s7freighs-~fo. then.
ya,.alY. : hmt growers sub.
- a iheir wants 10 the roads, and
GOT shat they required in the way
Of rates Fertilizers were hauled
for them a. nominal rates in order
to ipceasc the productiyeness Of
the soil. Under this stimulus the
fruit that had been going to waste
found a profitable market, the in
!. dustry grew rapidly, and at the
Cine Of the coversation TO which /
refer regular fruit trains were be-
ing run from West Tennessee to
far-away Boston on schedules that
beat passenger time.
Through cooperation and bust