The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-10-12

nent, there is no reason to think that there
is any mistake made IN granting its
claims. Its success means great deal
fer the South. Wool for paper stock
costs at the mills North near IS per thou
sand. The wood al Pensacola costs a
nominal price plus the haul NJ. Win no
other advantage than this indicates, paper
making in che South ought 10 become
leading industry, and doubtless will.
Immigration TO the south.
VI. v Richards. land commissioner OF
the Southern Railroad Company, Wash
ington, read a paper on immigration. lie
said:
Immigration from the North to the
South Is what the people Of the North
want and is just what the people Of the
South want. Then let us have 1t.
The tide Of immigration from the or
ganization Of the government has until
recent period had trend towards the
West and Northwest. The foreign born
popula ton of the South Is only $50 346. com
prislng about one-tweuteth Of the people,
or per cent, while In other sections IL
is S719.20, or about - per cent All OF
this class has been assmila ted, and no
evil results have thus far been expert
enced
The South, up to a decade or two ago,
had never solicited immigration, at least
in a systematic way. Every effort was
made to secure IL by the West and great
sums Of money were expended 10 carry
on the work. The result has been seen
in the rapid and substantial development
OF the West What were embryo settle
ments at the best fifty years ago are now
distributing points for highly prosperous
sections Of country rich in farms mining
ana manufacturing points. lum oering in
dustrles, fisheries, etc, and city and coun-
try are growing up side by side. II all
this could be done in the West, with its
great drawbacks and disadvantages as
far as climate and location are concern
ed. what coula have been accomplished in
the genial climate of the sunny South"
The wave of immigration has crossed the
continent and stopped only as il has reach
ed the shore of the Pacific Nearly all
of the valuable lands open TO homestead
and presumption settlement have been oc-
cupied, and the chances for getting in
on the ground floor, so numerous in times
past, no longer exist. Business has been
compelled TO settle down in the channels
established in regions long settled, and
considerable capital is now required if
one Is to set up for himself,
1T is not 50 in the South. The figures
show that only about 40 per cent. of the
farming lands are under cultivation, and
that Jas. 639 672 acres are waiting not only
The man with the hoe but the farmer
with all the modern appliances for sue
cessful farming. Here the soil and eli
mate are adapted to the raising of a long
ana wide catalogue of products. which EN-
brace all the staple cereals, saying moth
ing Of cotton, sugar cane, hemp the FIN
est grades Of tobacco, etc, the
South having almost "A monopoly of
the four last named products. But in adj
dition. all varieties of fruits raised in the
higher lautudes, with many others which
can be grown only in sub-tropical regions.
Unsurpassed stock ranges are found here,
wi "A ~ eli To al ma 81 "a
and an ample supply of water, where all
descriptions of stock can be raised a
minimum cost, and which II is not too
much TO say, are a veritahle stoakmaas
paradise. The peculiar topography of the
country admirably adapts il for fruit and
vine culture, and there is no region on the
globe more highly favored by nature for
these industries; and as a dairying region
II is second to none; lands are low 10 price
The annual rainfall Is abundant. not an
acre requires irrigation as a condition pre-
cedent to a prolific crop and the climate
Is so genial in many localities that out OF
door work may be done all the year rouud
All those reasons go TO show that this is
an ideal section for the farmer, not only
with capital, but for those whose principal
capital is their industry and skin.
The South needs more manufactures.
There Is no section of our country that
surpasses or even equals the South in
point OF ia lAId al advantages lOi great AttdA-
ufacturlng centers, and there Is no branch
of manufacturing industries that cannot
as successfully be carried on in that sec
ton as in any other. Its two
great needs are people and capital
and these can be secured only by imm-
grafton. During the last decade a good
beginning has been made. and the volume
OF capital and the tide of people have been
rolling in, but the movement is yet in its
infancy"
The Race Question.
To-morrow's discussion is expected TO be
extremely interesting, relating as it does
to the race question. The problem bears
almost directly upon the Industrial prog
ress ON the South, and it will be brought
TO the attention of the delegates by sew
eral of its noted champions.
Prof. Booker r. Washington. president
of the Normal School at Tuskegee. will
speak on the question during the morning
session.
Former Gov. w. A, McCorkle of West
Virginia, who is president of the con-
vention, will deliver a speech on the ques-
ton.
IL is expected that these speeches win
bring on a heated and lengthy discussion
and Col N. f. Thompson secretary of the
convention, said this morning that he did
not know where il would end.
Prof Washington has no objection to
the Acknowledgement of the negro, but he
wants the ignorant white mans vote cut
off at the same time.