Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1905-05-31
SOUTHERN INDUSTRIAL MEET
Parliament to Consider Questions Relating to-
the South's Welfare in Session

In the South, the Governor said, tho
negro is given every legal right he is
entitled to. Their children are edu-
Gated as are the white children; they
are given asylums for their deaf. dumb.
and blind. and are everywhere given
the merciful hand: but" he said.
there is one distinction. one line We
draw, and that is the line of social
equality" That, he proclaimed. could
never Ire. The races were separated by
the laws of eternity, because. he said,
the white man never was intended to
be put on a social equality with the
negro. He appealed to every one pres
ent to make known the truth and thus
correct any error and lie
The Session Wednesday.
Washington. Specially discussion
OF Immigration and an address by
Gustav H. Schwab, of New York. on
Foreign Commerce and Ocean Trans
portation" were the features of We'd
ncsday's sessions of the Southern In
dustrial Parliament The immigration
question was discussed by Senator
Simmons of North Carolina. and Com
missioner General Frank Z. Sergeant.
OF the immigration Bureau. Perman-
cnt organization was effected by tho
election of Gov. Robert b. Glenn. of
North Carolina, as president. and 9th
CT officers as follows Or. w. G. Muir
ply, of Washington. secretary; 7. r
ThaXton of Columbia, :. c.. treasurer
Vice presidents: Alabama. VIM. RiciI-
ards. Huntsville Georgia. w o. Nc
Gowan. Hoffman; Mississippi. Henry
kcrnoghan, Jackson; North Carolina.
Il. :. Reinhardt, LinCClnton; South
Carolina. +. j. Watson. Columbia;
Il. I, To-
Texas, Thos. Schwartz, Corsicana.
Virginia, c. l.. Holland. Danvillc.
Executive committee: w. T. Brown.
Rcgland. Ga; =. j. Holiday. Wash
inSton, Ga; Miss j. $. Mccarthy.
Batcsvile, S. c.; J. \. Brown, Chad
bourn, n. c.; Albert Akers. Nashville,
Tenn; T.. c. Robinson. Houston. Tex:
J. S. Browning. PoCahontas. Va: H.
l.. Vest, District of Columbia.
In the absence of Governor Glenn.
w. O. MCGOWAN, of Georgia. presided
Gustav II. Schwab, of New York. in
his address on the Subject of For
eign Commerce and Ocean Transports
tion,' was the first speaker He was
followed by Senator Simmons OF
North Carolina, who spoke on the sub
ject a immigration. He said as a re-
suit OF the agricultural and Industrial
there was a demand for labor which
could not be supplied from its own
people, and that in consequence the
South was struggling with a labor ia
mine.
Nearly every section OF the country,
he said. had claimed and obtained a
share of the enormous immigration tor
the United States from abroad during
the last 20 years. The failure of the
South to get n part of the new com
ors not only accounted for the present
labor famine in that section, but in
many other ways. he said. had been
observation-disclosures TO the United States
The kinG of labor the South needed,
he said. was a debatable question. He
described the system of wages in the
South as being almost universally on
the share plan. and advised those ac-
tually engaged in efforts to induce emi-
grafton to the South from other sec
lions or from foreign countries To pre-
sent that plan. and not be miSlcd into
comparison of wage scales. If labor
erS for the present could not be gotten
from this country, it was certain. he
said, that with proper effort the right
kind of men could be obtained abroad.
Mr. Sergeant declared that 30 per
cent. OF all the immigration to Aher-
lca came INTO the state OF New ork-
the great bulk of the aliens remaining
in New York city. They DO not. before
coming here. he said. look up the geo
graphical situation. simply going to-
where their friends have preceded
them. What was needed was to offer
advantages to aliens coming TO the
United States whereby they may gath
er some knowledge OF the country out
side the great CcnterS of population
IL would be a good thing not only to-
say to the alien, You may land" but
| also to furnish him information re-
garding the opportunities il. various
sections OF the country.