Evening journal., 1903-05-26
SOME VIEWS OF
THE GREAT SOUTH
Alfred o. Crozier, Who AT
tended Charity Conference
in Atlanta Interviewed !
SOCIAL FEATURE OF RACE PROBLEM

Alfred o. Crozier, Warden and Mrs.
A. $. Meserve and Mr. and Mrs. Jack
son, OF the Girls Industrial School.
have returned from Atlanta, Ga, where
they were I'm attendance at the National
Conference of Charities and Correction
Mr.. Crozier was reelected treasurer OF
the organization.
In speaking OF the meeting this
morning Mr. Crozier said:
The Atlanta session of the National
Conference of Charities and Correction
was one Of the largest ana most valu-
able ever held. Only one other of the
thirty annual conferences was in the
South. That was at Nashville, Tenn, in
1894. The next win be at Portland,
Maine.
"To those acquainted with Southern
hospitality the exceeding cordiality Of
the citizens Of Atlanta was no surprise.
The charming Southern ladies know so
well how to make everyone feel COM
Portable. The delegates sent by the
governors OF the various States and
from philanthropic and correctional in
stitutions, all returned home with
pleasant recollections of the people Of
Georgia. and of other Southern states
whose inhabitants were represented in
the Conference.
THE private and public functions in
honor of the officers and delegates We're
elaborate and delightful. We always
hear of the hospitality and graces of
the Southern ladies', but I am going to
enlarge the observation to include the
gentleman.
profound subjects of mutual con-
Germ were discussed without reserve by
those from every section. When ques-
tions of humanity are uD even State
lines disappear.
''The is deep under-current cours-
ling throughout the entire country
making for a higher civilization and q
better citizenship. AT times it is forced
down and obscurcd in localities by o
flood of evil conditions; but it is the
dominating force emanating from the
consciences of the whole people anc
viii surely prevail. The problems con
lsidered at Atlanta are fundamental t'
this general tide
'As to the Industrial outlook i'm the
Southern states it is very bright At
1onta was barely "a reminiscence wher'
General sherman left it for the sea. 1
was simply demolished. Now II Is
bustling city of 100000 population, witt
elegant homes, -scrapers and mug
factories. Considering that the wa
ieft them without resources their de-
velopment is the more marked.
"The prevalence of great cottol
mills everywhere throughout that sec
tion makes one wonder II any are lei
i'm New England. g..
..Nlulions of dollars have been put INT
these industries employing hundreds g
Thousands OF people, making additloha
ana home demands for their cotton an
puttlng vast sums Of money into local cii
lcniaiiou. This enables the development
of their immense natural resources. /
iron. coal. timber and products Of thel
lson. the South win play leading part
our national Industrial development an
commercial world supremacy.
"she is equally concerned I'm finding FOL
cien markets for her surplus products an
in protecting her industries and workme
AGAINST the excessive importation of IN
products made abroad by the cheap labo
of Europe and Asia.
s.The interests and belief of the South
with the industrial policies of the Reput
ucan party. Protection, reciprocity an
commercial expansion are as essential
the continued prosperity of those States a
OF any northern State. They know thi.
Their memory Of the part that part
played in their affairs forty years ng
does not stand i'm the way of their &C
operation In support Of those policies
They have embalmed those memories an
now desire simply to enhance their presses
Interests.
"The social feature Of the race problel
seems to b. the sole obstacle preventin
their absolute polatical union in nation.
Affairs vita those in the North and WEI
whose indu strial interests and fortunes al
dependent upon the same national and II
ternaMonal policies.
1T IS altogether lnloly they win find
way to divorce their local problems froI
their national policies and not much long
be found lighting in Congress the thinl
vital TO their industrial and commerci
growth and personal prosperity.
Their intelligent laborers are coming
The same view held by American working
men elsewhere. that without an arbitral
tarim tax against foreign made good
wages here must be reduced to the 10
scale paid in Europe and Asia OF our O.
dusiries will be driven out Of business a
togs,her by cheaply made Importation
That % is a choice between protection al
high wages on one hand or how wages
! no wages, on the other"