The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-03-26
IHAV'E:,.C|:H.l'.N|lES;'E||:' !.
In THE SOUTH.
DR. l,afferty Wants 10000 Of
Them to Take Place Of
tlesNcgrocs.
REMARKABLY SUGGESTION.
Editor Advocate Says Missions
iii South Africa Likely to End
iii Waste, Loss and Failure.

&To5mcet tho problem Of the south--the
problem of the form without color Of
Stlb, ignorant and shiftlcss black, Of the
handicapped for lack OF ca
pablo material. out OF which to mould
his staff Of employees who arc to till the
soil and develop the territory-to meet
this very grave condition and overcome
1t, tho Rev. y. J. 1.affcrty, D. D.. editor
Of the Christian Advocate, the organ Of
two 4 conferences of the NJ. 81 Church
South would import into this section OF
5America one hundred thousand selected
Chinese who are to work for twenty
years and than return TO the far East.
This thoroughly remarkable conclusion
Is the grand climax of4an editorial that
covers the entire front page Of the cur
rent Advocate and runs some distance
beyond. DR.. Lafferty discusses South
africa and cudgets the aEnglishman right
vigorously for hts treatment Of the Beers
who were forced to trek and trek until
they got tired OF trekings and turned \
around and licked John Bull a few times
'rhe editor ridicules the howl raised ]
against the Beers tl1atSthey were slave 4
Eholders--'"'ttla s.gmade the black say
fageg work ana would not allow loafing
and la ziness.'s 1Le scores "the London
fana ties and reduces the black man to
ths very lowest scale. When the Brit
5ish won the fight because the nmmuni.
ton and the resources OF the Beers We're
exhausted, every negro was s'given. " his
freedom and Exeter IIolI. London the
menagcrIc Of every Wild idea screamed,
beloved. and brayed its JOY"
SAME OLD STORY.
1t Is the same old story. says Or. 1,a 81
fsionary work in South Africa is Of no
5avail-the story OF the freed negro that
everybody knows so well.
HI ,"Around every town and city the freedTs
men collect In h1,ts, 6lay In lazlress un-s
der the sin from dawn to Sdewy eve re-
sflsing to work. while his wife scrubs
and washes and tends n poAlto PATCH
He is n thief. loafer. infested witt YER 7
min, and inviting dlsegsa-growing worse
and worse. Missionaries Dom various
denominations have labored for years
among the Africans. spending money
without stint erecting churches and
schools. We learn from letters OF Editor
paln1ora OF the st. Louis fAdvoca te, now
In South Africa, that the bulk OF the ne
gro Bnptlsts. Presbyterians, plscopai.
sians, etc. have since freedom OUT
these tCnurCneS anu JSiiASu g = = .
nom nation. gone to th.mse Ives. and go
ing back to their old habits Of supe s1'si
ten. switchcratt and vilenass. \ The mis-
sfrnnries sacrifice Of good men, are all
alikely to end in waste, slosssss failure .s'
u Under a subcaptioh, Facts VS.. Fanati-
cism." DR.. Lafferty shows that the
"freedman" is worthless and that south
Africa is sinking backward for lack
OF reliable labor. Lord Miner and his
council propose to Introduce Chinese la
Dor. to bring them to South Africa on an
apprentice contract OF twenty years. and
then return each one to China. Here IS
where Or. Lafferty gets his Idea, ana
he puts It at once to use He says II
is time to shut up "the experiment sta
tons" with the negro. who Is a failure
America should profit by South Africa's
experience-south Africa, with her China
men, who are admirable workers ana
live on the rations of a tame squirrel
and the wages OF dime day.
BRING THE CHINESE.
Ard this continues DR.. Lafferty. lis
the solution OF our negro problem
Tho European emlgrant Will not como
South to be associated with the negro.
Tho Northern and Western man uarm
hand CLASSY has antipathy to the negro
Our landowners. the tlllers Of the soil,
cannot get farm labor They are haEdl-
capped .5
Why should not 10000 selected Chi
nese BIO brought to the South for term
OF twenty years? They are heathens
Give them this chance to learn the true
religion. Away from their pagan temples.
associates, customs, our religion would
have better access to them. The err
Eclrclng pagan by a Christian civil
ization is a great lever to lift him. He
returns to China. perhaps. a Christian.
Z A ChInaman1A a miser. He goes home
"a capitalist He will bring the influ-
cnce OF his financial position to bear on
y his Eeighbors In Pekin and elsewhere