The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-10-08

men 30 the south who because OF the
trouble that che negro problem" ~ pol
itics and crime mas given them. are
ready 20 declare that they wish che negro
Was well out % the South. Now tho fact
is that there are good negroes and bad
negroes. a. there are Of an other races,
and 80 Tar as farm labor o. concerned
those who have al their lives worked the
neero in the south. and unders and him.
know sefy well that there b. no better
form lIbor when intelhEently directed.
This fact is sfrkIngly brought out DO an
address los Mr +. } Merriam Of Battlc
IAN. Ca. before the Georgia state
Agricultural society. NJ Dublin. Ca.
ou Aus 8 He said with us
Boz che South the question OF farm
labor b. essentially o question OF negro
la Dor There are some among you. !
know. Who would like 10 see the negro
cleared Que Of the country. but 10 he
were who would take his place.
You would have "a depend almost entirely
on your own Efforts until the foreign ele-
ment came To- "a take the place OF the
blacks calamity / trust We shall never
boz called upon to endure The South Is
to-day almoss the only part Of the country
which is truly American and ] hope We
shall leurn 60 keep 10 so. - i tell YOU
can take my negroes and DO as much
or more work. and do ~ A. well ,s with
any lot % white men YOU can pick up.
The negro j. the natural labor
OF che South and with prop
er management be can hc made
10 pay" The speaker then went
on 10 detail his experience in picking up
" White lsb1rers about Atlanta. and the I'M
satisfactory result e the experiments.
with tho negro. WIN sou want your
horse hItched up IN sunday morning. you
call out Here Nose catch my horse. VIII
your and shortly the horse comes around
well Eroomei aud shiny. with Moses hold
ing him hat 10 hand and rmi INK a. you
came out You may give him nickel or
cigar. Or nothing ~ all-lt is al ~"
same co him. The Boss wants his horse
lud that ia enough Bu. 10 The man is
white man. II sou can ind him. you say.
'Mr Johnson. vii you te Kind enough 10
hitch up the bay q the buggyf' ana NJ.
johnson goes about the task moodilF,
muttering that ne was not hired 20 walt
on people But when pay day comes he
expects all these little extras TO hc sei-
tlcd for You may run of your negroes
a. you viii. hut for me 3 will keep mine
for a while yet f-r J cons der the nc
grocs on the whole. much superior 90 The
class Of white labor you may be compel
ed 20 hire
Ram uouhtlcss there b. class 81 intel
ligeut farm llhorers iu the North. but
FOR the Southern conditions there IS 10
farm labor that can compete with That
o. the negro Treated fairly ana justly
ana paid his wages promptly .n cash. he
wi become attached 10 your interests ana
serve YOU faithfully We have worked
negroes as slaves and free msn. aud while
.here ere certainly many vicious ana
worthless negroes In the South, the race
as q class are the bes farm lahorcrs We
know The evil Of the "a has been
largely brought out hy the miserable
white men who have tried to use the me-
gro for their selfish ends. and they have
wrought immense evil 20 the negro The
Southern people will never tolerate the
negro a. a political power. hut will care
for him. educate him and mako him the
happie-t farm labarer on Garth II the pol
idcians viii let him alone.