The Grenada sentinel., 1904-01-23
AN AUSTRIAN GENTLEMAN
Gives Ills View, on Farming in
This Section.
The German and Austrian Compared
With the Negro Labor.

lue Oesndn ana austrian f(0mpdTed
With the Negro Labor.
EDITOR GRENADA SENTINEL.
Dear Sir:-In reply to your kind
invitation to express my opinion of the
South, 1 take the liberty to send you
this, which I sincerely hope will do
some good. 1t is with that view that
I write.
Since 1898 have been continually
travelling, and during this time have
seen pretty we'll the entire globe.
But finally have settled down in this
dear county, believing it is the best
on earth, and everything I can do for
its welfare shall gladly do.
The great resources Of the South,
it's climate and soil, the possibility of
working out Of doors eleven months
in the year are the attractions for the
Northern farmers, who have to battle
often, with the disagreeable weather.
The farmer is the foundation of the
state or a community. Everybody
knows this fact. II the farmer is.
prosperous all other lines Of business
will prosper. His welfare is the vel
fare of the country.
Today, we have thousands and mil
lions OF acres of land-good productive
and fertile land-being uncultivated,
or half cultivated by the hand of un-
skilled and unreliable labor, such as
the negro, and by the way, many OF
the whites who fail to take thought
of the work engaged in. We know
that the negro, as a rule, cannot be
depended on, to any great extent.
The little education we are giving
him, and have given him already has
made out of him an unfit member of
the country for sturdy work. We
know also, that he is inseperable
from cotton. He has no desire for
other farming: at least, he doesn't
understand it sufficiently to satisfy it's
work. What is the result of all this
acreage Of cotton? Exhausting of the
soil and our dependence upon other
sections to supply us with food, seeds,
etc. How can we prevent this de-
pendehce? Who will give us, the
chance OF enriching our properties if
the negro is out of question:: This
question naturally arises. In our
opinion it will be descent of the An
glo-Saxon race. Open your doors for
the emigration of people who arc used
to hard labor: to farmers who have to !
battle with long winters and unstable
summers. Open your arms to receive
him, for he is the man who will give
your estate marvellous value through
steady, faithful labor, through his
knowledge OF national economy; the
man who understands farming thor
oughly; the man who will use the
waste which is now being, thrown
away, to the best advantage of the
land, and, too, he will not think he
will own you in a short time if please
notice it-if you will keep up step
with him: if you will not depend any
more on this negro hand to support !
you.
Nature has given you all resorts, all |
possibilities to succeed, especially at |
present, in time of our prosperity in !
America.
Take ]aborers on the farmes in nv
native home, Austria, and compare
your assistance with theirs. Men not
less than six feet tall, strong build,
steady and reliable laborers receive. as
for days work-from
sun rise to sun set, from II to 20 cents
a day, and women and children receive
from 7 to 10 cents. You find this
people living fifteen to twenty persons
in one room, and this same house
furnishes shelter for hogs as we'll
This people are not allowed meat ex-
cept Oh tile great holidays or when
they join the army. Look and see
how our colored brother (?) lives, tool
in all his laziness and Incidence. If
people have no meat for their break
fast then it is all Off.
This will give you a solution to the
success which our German and Aus
trian emigrants are meeting with here.