The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-01-15
INN MIGRATION IS NEEDED
THE GREATEST NEED OF THE STATE Is
SMALL WHITE FARMERS.
Ths Large Plantations Must be Sub Divided
Race Problem Should be Viewed
In Its kakedness.

tflllpSldilU. y. 80, y u! l. \ no.
10 the Editor: IN thn general desire
TO reform the abuses Of the past Few
wears and make assured for all time tn
come the recent redemption and reg"n-
Grafton of North Carolina. hope the
great advantages of immigration VIII
NOT he overlooked After the establish
mcnt and permanent entrcnchmcnt 3f an
honest. economical State government the
greatest need in North Carolina today
is an immigration OF the small farmers
Of the North and West VINO. with Il
capital of energy. brains, improved az
liculturAl methods and some money
would very much improve the condition
of themselves and our own people ~
coming 10 North Carolina ANA buying
small farms and building homes ol INC
tens of thousands of uncultvateG fields
that are now rcvcrtng to pine forests.
Produce is 81 low and the negro
lahorers Of the East are becoming so
idle, vicious and intractable thai the
farming Of large areas in staple crops is
no longer profitable. The day is at hand
when the large plantations must be SUBJ
divided into small leasphoIdS or farms
10 litUSt EibiS ifHSdl IollS-ttluIt ttil-
ants or owners. We believe this Legisla-
ture will assist our people in rcadjustlng
our conditions. An Immigration Blu
rcau'' as an adjunct of the Agricultural
Department with sufficient appropriation
and properly conducted would be of in
calculahlc value 10 our State. In this
connection we would like to see the
Legislature order the publicati n Of
ten thousand copies of that most credit
able little volume North Carolina and
It's Resources for judiciouS distribution.
We hope the Legislature will not cs-
tabish conjoint banking insurance and
railroad commission. will probably
require the individual abilities of any
three men we are likely to get 10
properly perform the duties of Railroad
Commissioners
If the present Secretary of State has
performed the duties of insurance COM
missioner honestly and efficiently it is
rather small politics to deprive him of
this office. Ii the cmouments are too
great reduce them to Il just and cquta-
Bile basis. There is too much OF a feel
ing am9ng our people that postuant
politicians must he provided for.
We trust our lawmakers will have
the nerve to view this race problem in
its Understandable of false Senti-
mcnt The negro should he forever elm
mated as factor in North Carolina poli-
ttr-giyc him Justice and protection
before The law. equality in nothing else;
throw him on his own responsibilities
and resources. Let him understand that
North Carolinians Will not tolerate the
insolcnt intcrmeddling Of an inferior race,
made presumptious by too much kind
ness in our State affairs. Individual
merit and industrial effort must be his
passport TO recognition in the future.
The thousands of poor white children
in North Carolina whose poverty denies
them the advantages Of education,
cry aloud at the injustice Of taking the
taxes IN the property Of thcir race to
educate race who cndcavor in every
way 10 depreciate that property which
nurturcs tllrm and are dead to all sense
of gratitude
An alien race freed by the fanatical
abolition spirit OF cruel ana unjust war
should no longer he the wards OF the
State when that guardianship is dctri-
mental to our own people and unfits the
negro for any sphere in which Southern
civilization has decrecd he should move.
j. BRYAN GRIMES