The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-02-07
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Gathering 81 Public Officials,
M,antfa ct,tretsS and Rail- "a, Il: 4 B
IT 81 road Men. sss Y
SECRETARY METcAlL. [. SPEAKS 2 E (
Senator Simmons Talks Sof Itt1-
IN migration The Cuban &
;sH Minister Present. B
(speclnl q rhe TlmeS. DIspnt chg

4 Especial to The Tlmes.r spatch.)
Il N Hi II 1'r11N n, CT, Feb. s. a no table
gathering OF 3apublio officials, rnan.,fac--3
fturors and railroad met, gathered here
tonight Il banquet wen he Manu- NJ
facturers' Club. ~ 6 II. !.
The guests Of honor arrived on q sp e.
cial train from washington over the
4 soutilcrn Railway. The party consisted
Of Secretary Me tcalf {, 81 Don Gonznlo DE
y Qicsada, n the Cuban minister at IVilsl,-s
4 ingtor, NJ Senators Simmons and Ovcrtlai,5
Representatives r. I'M Pare and 81 u "A
Small. b Of North Carolina nnd sssJ. 5s M
Dixon of Montann: President Samuel
II gpencer, W. w. Finley, u. M e Nnnus and
lI1.8 81 I3rowr, 1, OF the Southern RAJ way,
and several news paper men. N "a
\ The first y speaker OF the evenln 9 wa
Secretary Victor Afetcal of y ne De
partrnet1t OF Commerce and La Dor, VINO
| discussed Industrial conditions In North
Carolina and the South and the need ed q
| anS expansion OF our Tor egn trad 5s
n SPEAKS OF TIIE SOUTH .,ss M az .5s
h After Quoting figures to show q Y otabie
| increase gir,$ business In Mort Caroiina
during the past ecndc ~ .e
d1;oted some attentIon TO the South az
n i&FEe, say Ing that the lumber and timber
4 Industry showed greater expnnslon 3 here
i than elsewhere In the Uni ted s tates.gHO q
1 uthn product lonS OF cotton and the manu-
| factlre thereof, the speak sal ,,St
Il E.During the recent years the world = 9
commercial output OF raw. cotton 8, ga
averaged approximately fifteen million lion
II baleai 4 year IA The average prod q
1 thnY1IJnitcdS states for The las seven Y
wea "a has been 4 tile n ess than eleven
4 million balcs g. yehr. or about per t.1
| az the total commercial suppl ne
continuance OF thls scond ttion 8s O. ms
proportion OF Arnerican supp y: o. .sne
iworld's requirements. will depend I. pr,i-5
ma rilv 3unon the ability of the South TO
meet The demand ut prices which Eng =,
\ EFF.1r,pe Japan and other Gust toners VIII y.
regard as fair and reaso bic. ~ my
Interests Of the United States and q the
ISouthern States more y! nc 9loll
DR. lie In being only q source q. vi y
Iin8the Shipment OF the finished pro duct
Il ie a. ~ facturcd article II Is bett er 80
ahin arm Than SO ship raw cot ton, but
I'M n better still to ship he woven g
n enc people have ever been SO grealtt!S
handlcap as you people o. me SCUM.
For nearly five years you man 7
afcontest unparalleled In the world 8 4 MS
Il Il ,nrvSYa, I'd MI the close OF that contest.
fdeplored now alike By men OF the SOUTH "
d "a well RI 3 fof the North, YOU found your
selves in a han rupt condi ton ana 60
relied TO begin life anew. But you we're
3ieaual &to the occa sion. Il 8, s3s:
& The spefk urg ed n the culttvntioIllS g s
b foreign trade. saying that y mn p oe 3
\ sought and found ana de 2,
mills ma be 1nult lped and SUI Ae 81
busy Il. I. q Il y 4 &,
i'g.'Ti1c united States grows The cotton 81
Il M ~ 4 continue TO grow It In competl-
ttion With, all he world ..LIs ], {,
y issSa SENATOR SIMMONS SPEECH.
giiSas senator f. N. Simmons spoke on irnm
j ara lion ON pfaslzing the need Of more
labor an the South. He said IN part IS
'.That this Is a q uestionSot great anu :,
NJ nressing urgency Is now conceded by well
q nigh a every one In the South, including
4 most Of those who untll recently denied led
y ! nat tho South was confronted by either
n q present or prospective labor problem,
land who denounced as dam US u not
"A Revolutionary. any and every movement
hooking to the introduction OF foreigners
In that section. T. he pr essence IN the SCUM ..
. lin largo numbers Of tho negroes, a q OCH ociie
land cheap laborcr. created and foste ,l
gsmuch OF this opposition and now that
this opposition has largely dlsa ppear ed
Etrls preserc &C, though in mparati vely less
Il numbers. answers greatly to the Oil
Il ic,ilty.8S ho continued, grows out OF e Inc
4 objection OF the white wnge ear to
being brought into compel ION VII = y ne
negro, WHOSE wants compared IN :! ms
Z lRref meagre and VINO Is scohte!steu -
ftupon d lower plane than VIII satisiy ms rs
Fasnirat IonH. B This has been the main obs
q ata cln and lis to an extent still an obstacle,
to getting desirable wage earning immi-
grants to settlein the South. but what ~
y ever ma have been true OF the situate
"a lin this respect Il the past. there is hut
#hittle in present dustr!al status OF tn the
negro in tho South upon which 70 longer y
base this objecti on..s i,
Il I~'0rhis competition between the white Inn
y lmirra * wa re Garner nd the black man
on the farm In the South would not ab 4.
4 a competition between joint wage earns
Iers at all ana the immlg grants would soon
II Ibecome independent farmers
AZ ter 8recitlng tho need OF immig
II 1.-The speaker Expressing the belle n that
XII they can readily be secured, said tisss
If. elf the bill ! have 1nt1oduceo IN aloH-
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