The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-11-24
INSTRUMENTATION that makes the ac. moro

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INSTRUMENTATION that makos the ace NOR,
offensive
Thc board has met trying situation
iii wisdom and In duty, and It's actor
Will he in the interest OF school discip
line throngaout tho entire State.
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The Commissioners and Irnmi-
grafton.
IN making the question OF new populn-
ton for the South d leading feature Of
their deliberations. the Southern States
Association OF Commissioners of Asii-
arc guided by an intelligent understand.
ing of the needs OF the South Of to-day.
Inasmuch as practically nothing has been
done toward effacting tangible results
in this direction, Mayor Mccarthy is
possibly somewhat premature in fearing
that the Importation of new settlers into
the South Is likely to be overdone. Nearly
everybody will agree With him, no doubt,
in dceming 1t undesirable that the South
should be dotted with monstrous cities,
filed with all sorts of people from all
over the world; but lit can scarcely be
maintained that any city Tho South is
as yet in the remotest danger Of anything
OF the kind. Between that event and the
present dearth of vitality necessary labor
with large areas OF desirable land, far
too thinly populated there Is rather Il
wide interval.
For our part. we believe that tho Hon.
n. p. Sargent, ommissioner-Genera of
Immigration, Of New York, who addressed
the convention on Wednesday,, was fully
within the facts when he said TINT this
part of the country need haveFno fears
whatever OF ''the so.cnlled horrors of
Immigration" Tho South, he pointed
out, has SO much to offer III the way Of
resource, opportunity and natural adj
vantage that she has only to make these
things generally known to get the choice
OF the best classes OF immigrants In tho
world All that is necessary Is for the
South at last to remove the bushel from
her light, and allow It to shine where
thrifty capable and Industrious men may
SEQ it.
This view IS the view Of The Times
Dispntch, and we find 1t admirably
stated and championcd in the appended
clipping from the Wall Street Journal
Of New York:
what tho South pre-eminently needs is
an influx in populations and until 1t gets
this lis agricultural, industrial and mining
opportunities, Its commercial advantages
and manufacturing possibilities, uns,ir-
passed throughout the entire country, will
remain in statu quo. An intelligent pre-
isentation of it's diverse advantages pro-
imulgated broadcast should attract to Its
territory emigrants of the better class
accustomed to agricultural pursuits abroad
land divert Dixie-landward the present
steady stream OF emigration toward the
West. In addition, Western farmers seek
ing more congenial climes would probably
migrate and bring with them their say
ings and experience, and the potent in
.nuence OF capital itself would be at
tracted. +
advertising is the only medium to
achieve for the South the permanent sue
cess desired. Advertising Is to-day tho
cornerstone of the business mart, indus
trial as well as commercial, and a re-
course to this Indispensable agency in
exploitation should bring abundant re-
wards. d New South Wales, the most pro-
gresslve division of the Australian Com
nnonwealth has attracted to it's confines
e;nigrants from all lands by extensive
advertising, and strengthens its develop
:nent and resources through the efforts
OF a salaried press agent! In. general.
the press of the South is doing noble
missionary work in this cause, but its
is restricted, and means more
far-reachinG must be employed"