The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1905-02-09
SHIP COTTON GOODS
And Not So Much Raw Mate
rial Advises Metcalf.
BUSINESS MEN BANQUET
Notable Gathering at High Point, N.
c.. at Which Secretary OF Com
merce Suggests Important
Move for the South. &

Move for the South. &
A notable gathering of manufactur-
ers and railroad men gathered In
High Point, n c., Monday at BAN
quet given by the Manufacturers
Club.
The guests of honor arrived on
special train from Washington over
the Southern railway. The party con-
sisted OF Secretary Metcalt, Don Ga
lonza de Quesada, the Cuban minis
ter at Washington; Senator'S Simmons
and Overman, Representatives r. N.
Page and John H. Small of North
Carolina and ]. M. Dixon OF Mon.
tana, President Samuel Spencer, w.
w. Finley, L. McManus and l. 8.
Brown of the Southern Railway and
several newspaper men.
The first speaker Of the evening
was Secretary Victor H Metcaf OF
the department of commerce and la.
bor, who discussed Industrial condi-
lions in North Carolina and the south
and the need of an expansion Of our
foreign trade.
Secretary Metcalf devoted some at
tention to the south at large, saying
that the lumber and timber industry
show greater expansion here than
elsewhere in the United Stales. or
the production Of cotton and the man
ufacturer thereof" the speaker said:
During the recent years the worlds
commercial output of raw cotton has
averaged approximately 15,000,001
bales year. The average produc-
tion of the United States tor the last
seven years has been little less
than 100000 bales year, or about
Is per cent of the total commercial
supply. The continuance OF this con-.
dition, of this proportion of Ameri-
can supply Of the worlds require.
ments, will depend primarily upon the
ability of the south to meet the de-.
mand at prices which England, Eu.
rope, Japan and other customers will
regard as fair and reasonable. But
the interests Of the United States and
Of the southern states especially, no
longer lie in being only a source OF
supply for raw material. Those in.
terests now lie in the shipments OF
the finished product, the manufactur-
ed articles 1t is better to ship yarn
than to ship raw cotton, but it is bet.
ter still to ship the woven cloth.
Senator Simmons spoke on immt
grafton, emphasizing the need Of more
THAT this is a question of great
and pressing urgency is now conced.
ed by well-nigh every one in the
south, including most Of those who
until recently denied that the south
was confronted by either present or
prospective labor problem, who pro-
nounced as. dangerous II not reTolk
tionary, any and every movement
looking to the Introduction of Cor
eigners into that section.
"The difficulty grows out Of the.
objection Of the white wage earners
to being brought into competition with
the negro whose wants compared
with his are meager, and who is con.
tented to live upon, a lower plane than
will satisfy his aspirations. This has
been the main obstacle, and is to an
extent still an obstacle to getting de-
sirable wage earning immigrants to
settle in the south, but whatever may
have been true of the situation in this
respect in the past, there Is but little
in the present industrial status of the
negro in the south upon which to base
this objection.
Senor deQuesada, the Cuban min.
lister, delivered an address punctuated
by applause and laughter.
Other short roasts were made by
President Samuel Spencer and va
rious guests.