The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-04-15
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81 facttTing word Il is dependency upon
Il the cotton growing states Of this
country, accentuating the acuteness
OF a situation already seen and realiZ-
ed. The farmers Jared we'll and they
e have profiited. Now they realize
: their power and their opportunity,
but they find themselves without the
4 necessary labor, and intelligent labor
they must have. They consequently
want something and want it quickly.
Another phase of this situation is
the negro question. Our farmers have
always had plenty Of negro labor on
their places. Today they are crying
for labor with which to work their
crops. Having lost the white tenant
farmer for the reasons assigned they
have suffered the additional partial
loss OF the negro farm laborer This is
due to the fact that the negro's ten.
dency, In our State at least, in the
last few years has been, first, to seek
I The larger centrca Of population and
commerce. In the cities ne finds him
otsself poorly clad, irregularly and i'll fed
and a Snatural victim Of immortality
the conS4equent sufferer from disease,
which Wend to balance the death and
Dll Uh .E1uGC. ABdilii lllS uCBuciCy ID W
seek, rNailroad construction camps and
to mONe north and east. The eXempli-
ficationN OF this can be most strikingly
found irA Washington and Baltimore
and evefS here in New York, the in
crease In She negro population in the
two first o.name cities having been
reached in t&he last two or three years
All of th1s!se things have combined,
together With the appearance OF the
boil weevil iAp Texas, to awaken the
agricultural Interests of the South to Il
realization of Che fact that something
must be done. {Thc great need Is white
settlers from tHis country and abroad
My State has Seen the situation, and
that is why | ;Am here. Our farmers
know that theSs boil weevil, unless an
insect to DESTROY him is discovered. is
likely to cross CHE Mississippi at any
moment and Go &hat Sully had done
this year, with toe additional feature
that the effect orS prices will be per-
manent. They kno& that if the wecvil
does come prices will, remain nigh, and
that the danger of f{the pest is an elc-
ment in the situation. They realize
that they want diversified and intcn.
sitied farming. ancl, knowing this,
they have succcededNin establishing,
near the heart OF tlGc state, divcrsiii-
cation farm No. / 1y the federal gov
ernmanf, under they boil wceyil appro-
priation.
Further, knowing the need of in
telligent labor, the State has estab-
lished its departmenttpf agriculture,
commerce and immigration, at the
head Of which have been placed for
four years, with the vie|f of inducing
desirable neestmen1 and settlers
from north EuropcjJLlNId American
points to come to 500. ,arolna- the
real garden spot OF tbc.ob, ,prld, possess
Ing soil and climate pl, ducing some
crop the year round. VIE have thous-
ands of acres of land lying idle at this
time, and it is the province Of the
: new department to bring about their
development.
The department. has beTen fashion
ed upon the best features oof national
and State departments Of. ike nature,
and the scope is ffJfoad enough to admit
of It's handling iqny conditions that
ment
am here noYy to set the ball in
motion toward g&tting that which we
so greatly needS intelligent white
labor OF Saxon origin. The work, 50
lar Is OF constructive character, but
trust 1T will be PROLIFIC of genuine
results L am dealing wSithall having