The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-02-03

have the mineral resources developed.
Not one single person engaged III
this work has any desire to bring TO
the South any of the Objectionable
class now reaching our shores. but We
do want The desirable immigration,
and particularly do We seek the agii-
.cnlturalist now located in other paris
az The United States, less favored eli
matIcaiN than our own section.
"rhere arc thousands of farmers in
Tho Northern and Western States VI ho
are tired of battling with a righteous
climate. and who are seeking infor-
nation with q view to locating among
u.s. In our work we have succeeded
I'm inducing Il large aumber to locate
with as. and in my Office there are up
proxi,natelS one thousand communi-
cations. each person eager 10 be in
formed Of the conditions prevailing
IA the Sonth. How did we originate
these inquiries? Fly systematic and
persistent advertising.
North Carolina is an extremely re-
sourceful state. but il SOU had no
other territory capable OF considera-
lion than that in the Eastern part OF
this state. and forming the bass of
one of the most magnificent truck gar
dens of the earth. il would be your
duty TO provide means whereby that
fact might be known 10 the battlcrs
q AGAINST the clements in other parts or
the country.
"But the lands capable Of produc-
ing vegetables are not your only
claim. for you can also supply the
wants OF the dairyman. Stock-ralSer
and fruit-grower
"ln 100 only about nine per cent.
OF your population followed manufac-
turine or mechanical pursuits in gain
"
cent. were employed i'm agriculture
md fisheries. In 1900 this latter fig
,lro had dropped TO sixty-four per
ent. and during the past four years
The percentage engaged III manufac-
turing has steadily increased.
"Do you propose to let natural cons
-,itions continue and under them al
CIV the farms 10 supply the mills ana
toriculture 10 decline accordingly
."rhe United States census shows
that North Carolina has contributed
10 other States--in quite q period of
time It's true-about $50, 900 persons.
While in return from other states you
have received about $4,000.
.s,To nv mind these conditions prove
-onclusivcly that some action is ne
-,essary to fill in the gar caused by
loss of labor from the farms and in
enc direction and loss Of population in
II Il.
could be the part of wisdom to create
he office of commissioner. and TO
provide him with necessary funds for
The proper conduct of his office My
Gea is that he ocupy the same rela-
ION toward your State that the Indus
rial Agent does toward the railroad.
Nil the expense be Justified? an
wcr that the railroads would hardly
.xpenG thousands of dollars annually
t II did not.
1--WE are experiencing greater
period of industrial activity than ever
before known We believe it Will
ontinue North Carolina is Justly en-
tiled to It's proportion. and unon you''
ice. sion largely depends whether you
hall receive that proportion or not
Senator Bragaw said he was
ecently in Columbia. $. c..
md had long conference
with Immigration Commissioners
Watson of South Carolina. He asceT-
aimed that the bureau in South Caro-
ma had been operate eminently
successfully. The Eastern section OF
North Carolina needs labor. and Keller
must be given in some manner Mr.
Bragaw said he desired that no actioii
Mould be taken last night as Mr.. Wat
son of the South Carolina bureau
ouid> be induced to speak before the
committee, and no action should be.
AIKEN before il has the opportunity
o hear Mr. Watson, who had given
Mr. Bragaw assurances that he would
De glad to address the committee.
Senator Moore said he had received
communications from men interested
u labor and industry in South Carolina
ind he said that the citizens of that
State were well pleased with the oper-
tions of the bureau. He said he had
10 inclination to press the matter fur
.ner and had no objection to its being
teferred until others should have been
.eard.
Senator Mclean opposed the bill.
lie said the bureau, If established.
you'd not be to the best interests Of
North Carolina, as the agricultural
BOARD had decided this way. and the
commissioner of agriculture himself
opposed the bill. The truckers may
leed hands Il few months during the
year, but after these months are over
he State in some manner must sup
BORT them during the rest of the year.
Senator Duls said the matter was of
sufficient importance to justify Il delay.
md a number of gentlemen from
Mecklenburg county desired To be
heard on it. He suggested that the
bill be printed.
Senator Bragaw said the committee
should avail itself of ali possible avail
the matter should be deferred.
Mr.. w. l.. Cohoon. editor of the Tar
Heel of Elizabeth City, said the East
ern part of North Carolina, the Abe
marie section, possessed the best OF
prospects industrially. He said as Sec
retary of the Chamber of Commerce Of
that town he was frequently in COM
munication Nth capitalists who de-
sired 10 locate, and in many instances
location could not be made for want
of labor. The farms. are growing up
in briars and brambles. and the farm
ers are compelled to go to the towns.
In only six counties i'll the State IS
there sufficient labor. In the Western
States there are men assimilated with
our ideas, and they are willing. anx-
ious to find homes. The State wants
honest men, and that is the class of