Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1902-04-03
KELLOGG ] IN The SOUTH
Editor OF the Jamestown Alert Writes
OF the Customs and Develop
ment Of the South.
Railroad Labor Nearly All Done by
Negroes, who Thrive and Grow
Fat on the Heat.

Special corrssppnde Jamestown
Alert: The growth of the towns and
The country show the effects of labor
backed by enterprise, skill and money.
New enterprises are constantly appear
ng and the spirit that is making the
new south" is seen on every hand.
The ante-bellnm days are forgotten and
the citizens of the region through
which the road runs join hands with
The men of the north in the work of
developing the great natural resources
OF the country and in making money
in every channel of business and
trade. The lazy conversational, indif-
feaent atmosphere of the older parts
OF the south is lacking in this part.
Time is not given over wholly, or al
most so, to social side and to idleness.
Whale .ll 1t is true that the heavy work.
the common labor, is done by the ne
gro yet the business enterprises and
trade are conducted by the white men
who who are adopting northern ways. and
as far as the climate permits, pursue
them untiringly with general success
is generally profitable,
and every town contains a large num-
Der OF stores compared with the sup-
porting population. There are no
large department stores as in the
towns OF the north The stocks are
large but generally poorly arranged.
The colored man spends all his money
and me earns 1t, to. live. There is a
state law against begging and, so out
SIDE or Hot Springs, Ark, the para
disc OF street soliciting, there are met
no tramps asking for meals. Work
can be had at any point and this spoils
the tTamp's excuse. There are trarnns
however. the same as in the north
but they are a rowing and apparently
SER sustaining variety who do not
bother people by begging at least. 4
Ihe negro men and women do all
the hard work in field. on railroad
street and in the house. The sun Of
8 summer is too penetrating for white
LABOR to continue long on such Jobs
but it has no effect on the black man
me pigment in his hide seems adant-
ed TO dispose of the hot sunshine, to
absorb or shed the heat rays and tn
get tat with loss of perspiration
onat would soon make white north
erner as thin as a rail. .
3 Negro labor is different from the
white gang labor of the north and II
mas to be handled differently. The
snarp boss methods will not do. The
foreman who will not exercise patience
and kindness with negro labor crews,
soon finds the men leaving him. Thev
can get work anywhere and so. if an
boss attempts to rush Them
or make them do things they are nat
1rally averse to, they quit. But with
kindness and discrimination a great
zeal OF work daily can be gotten from,
\ utpl hSy5 crew. :I :.
Inc common wages on the railroads,
n track work are $1.25 a day. Negro
labor is building up the south. It is
making the roads, repairing the
tracks, y laying the rails. planting cot
ION. building towns and cities and do
ng IN every way what the white or
foreign labor of the world is doing
Jne man who runs a large lumber
amp, and farm in Arkansas. employ-
hg from go to 300 negroes the wear
around. recognizes the fact, that tba
men must have some amusement and
sources to spend the money thew
earn. So on the place is provided . 1
lance hall, with women, a saloon and
arge store. and the proprietor and en-
oloyer gets the profits both ways. The
negroes are contented and stav month
artef month instead of going TO some
town and spending their
earnings sia1s1lll in low dives and the idleness
y a protracted spree. Negroes, no
nore than whites. can be cured OF
Vlces by any short cut vet discovered 4
and the wise employer modifies the
s1 and does both the men
md himself . good turn.
The new south is being built up bv
ne negro laborer under better and
wiser use leadership than he ever had |
oefore and the idea that is civilizing
nm IS fhe idea Of his independence
and responsibility which he never had
p the old chattel slavery days which
paralyzed the progress and demoral-
lzed the public and private morals Of
The south.
One Of the new features of railroad
travel N the south is the special at
Eention paid to the separation Of the