The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1900-09-13

the Situation Will become More EN-.
barrassing.
lRsleigh Morning Post.l
70 the Editor of the Post:-T b q
Niger racket" seems to be like
banquo's ghost-wont down. Some
are determined TO keep it alive re-
CARELESS OF conseq
The only people OF whom ! ever
heard that could pass through q cam
paign IKE the last one was, and not
be disturbed, are the Egyptian Num-
mics. They would probably retain
their usual tran quility. The negro,
though, like most people. has a Ger.
tain amount of resentment. While
he possesses it in Q smaller degree
than the white man. yet it is resent
ment neverthe less.
This writer cannot truthfully be
charged with Mckinley leanings nor
Republican inclinat,ons, for he is
t.inted with neither; but q Demo-
crat, pure and simple, a Bryan and
Stevenson Democrat. But for a
while at least, he would like for the
"Nigger racket to be kept in the
background.
Before the August election none
were more loyal to the racket" than
he was, and when told that some of
the negroes were threatening to
leave on account of the pre- JUDGE be.
ing engendered against them arose
in his indignation and said. Let them
60 And they went. This was be-
fore fodder pulling and cotton pick
ing time. He would be glad to see
those same negroes back now, for the
fields that knew them then are hun
gering and thirsting for them now
and no negro in sight on my place.
II the cry is kept up. there may be
other farms in the same fix that 10 inc
is to-day. 1t is useless to assert
that such campaign does not dis.
turb labor, for experience shows that
1t does.
Then in the light of this expert
ence, let us have peace.
The farmers were loyal to the cry of
the politician. for the good of the State,
now let the politician keep quiet a " hiie
for the good of the farmer.
But say some, the negro is not leav-
ing the State on account of politics. 1
think you hold that view, Mr.. Editor.
But how do you know? believe there
is no one that does not prefer a congo
nial atmosphere, political or otherwise
1t is enough for us to know that the ne
gro is going, and that farm labor is be-
coming scarcer. But up jumps some
one who sits in the shade and gives free
advice to the farmers and say: Do the
work yourself, you and your children,
and save the money that you pay to the
negro and educate your children with
it. Part of this may be good advice to
a man who is anxious to get out into
the sunshine, but there are so many of
us who prefer to farm in the shade,
that the advice may not be relished by
ali. Then again, if the party who ad-
vlses Us would 60 with us into the fields
and give us practical demonstration OF
his ability, we might have better
opinion of the quality of his advice,
and his knowledge of what he is talk
ing about. But, Mr.. Editor, he is not
coming. Oh no. Then for one man to
go into two-horse crop to gather it
is lonesome work. He would feel about
like the politician would at the polls on
election day with The voters all at home
mighty lonesome. But seriously, Mr.
Editor, labor is scarce and does not
need to be disturbed by the continued
agitation of the negro question. l have
two horse crop worked with negro
labor. Mr.. Negro has left and 1 have
been unable SO far to get any one tC
house the crop. My corn fields are
brown and no fodder pulled. Nor am
alone in wanting help bear complaint
| from many sections of the State in re-
gard to the scarcity of labor. The ne
gro is politically dead, then let us not
c ntinue to harrass and kick his corpse
/ n 10 q {
farmer, I am bold in the assertion that
we don't need to drive him out of NOrtf
jCarOlina. further believe that TIT
man who would do it is an enemy tt
the agricultural interests of the State
The negro is the only practical .hiret
! lab rer that the farmers of Eastern
i North Carolina have been able to get
He has accepted the political situation
as probably no other people would. al
most without murmur.
Twenty-three negro Federal office
holders in the state are to be deplored
SO are hundreds of fields of ungathere'
crops. The farmers will be faithful an
loyal to the party in trying to put
stop to the former. Will the politician
now aid the farmers in trying to pre-
vent the latter? I b. lieve the state ca
be carried for Bryan on the Kansa
City platform. If it cannot, the nigge
racket, in my opinion, will be an FL
pensive "luxury," especially to tn
farmers.
: When labor is disturbed, the farmer
: suffer. AGRICOLA