The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1905-08-26
Baltimore Wants Southern Trade

Baltimore Wants Southern Trade.
A staff correspondent of the Baltimore Sun
has been writing comparisons OF trade eondl-
tons between New York and Baltimore,
making favorable showing in behalf OF Bal
tmore. In a recent letter the correspondent
writes
The South is naturally Baltimore field.
The city is known everywhere as the Chief
city of the South. What is more natural than
| that Baltimore merchants should nourlsh ana
care for the Southern trade.
| What are the Baltimore merchants doing to
nourish that trade? We have not noticed
any movement by business men there IN sup
port of the proposed amendment to the Con-
stiiu,ion, designed to eliminate the negro vote.
! Do not the Baltimore merchants realize
that would be long step n holding and IN
creasing Southern trade?
Don't they know that if the amendment IS
defeated the defeat will act as an invitation to
! iliterate and worthless negroes TO come TO
Maryland, where they can vote and have votes
to sell?
Don't they know that there has been
steady stream of negro immigration from the
! South since the ignorant and worthless class
of that race has been denied the voting privi-
lege by wise constitutional provisions there ?
Don't they know that the Republican party
| of MARYLAND is composed of almost an equal
number of negroes and whites, which is lead
mainly by whites who are more interested IN
holding Office than in the general welfare
Don't they know that if the amendment is
| defeated it will not be long before the negroes
outnumber the whites in the Republican party,
and by their numbers be able to control the
| organization and the nominations and appoint,
ment TO Office?
| Don't they know that the reason for the
present negro immigration from the South is
| the political freedom in Maryland?
/ Don't they know the Southern people de-
MED the voting privilege to its Ignorant negro
population to remove menace TO white sn-
premacy, and insure a continuance of good
/ government?
! If the business men OF Baltimore do not
1 know these things it is high time they should.
/ And let them ask themselves if Baltimore will
commend itself 10 the Southern people by
voting in favor OF negro suffrage. And do
| they think Southern business men will trade
| in a city ruled by negroes, combined with
( portion of the whites, aud lead by men Ike
| Wachter. Watty, Andrews, Stone and Cum
miugs Will they stop in city where they
| NAV be told ITO move on by negro police
men? VIII Baltimore progress or be retarded
/ by negro control? Republican rule IN Balti-
/ more has always been marked by increased
/ tax rates. Will not increase tax rates in-
/ crease rents aud consequently increase cost OF
/ goods?
| Baltimore merchants should consider these
i things. There is no negro rule az Baltimore
today-except the influence Of the negro in
I the Republican party. But how long will It
4 be If negro suffrage Is continued before ne
1 groes will be numerous enough, by reason Of
/ immigration. TO control the Republican party
aud the State ? And If the whites ia that
/ party do not give them fair share Of Offices,
| they can take matters in their own hands.
/ he baltimore IntFNAAuAs SA9AaA FFAsNta~NA
that the negroes from Virginia aud the Caro-
/ liuas are not coming TO Maryland seeking
I employment. There is plenty OF work At
l home No; they are coming here to exercise
( political privileges and trade in politics.
4 If the Baltimore merchants and business
men waut to commend themselves further 10
the South they should be moving against a
( continuance Of negro suffrage. With one
/ leading Baltimore daily silent and two ram
/ pAnt ia favor Of negro suffrage, aud their col
umns filled with articles against the suffrage
amendment by uiue-eArat lawyers and lnde
pendents, who viii be out Of politics when
/ there will be no negro party With which io
I combine. is creating an impression that tbs
negro stands we'll ia Baltimore aud that the
city will give big majority to retain iguoraai
aud worthless negroes on the voting lists and
! 10 put there all Of that Class who may come 10
/ Maryland.
/ Il will be too late to act II the amendment
should be defeated, aud high Tax rates and
high rents prevail aud negroes be Installed as
policemen and IN other places. Let the Bal
timore merchants look ahead al possibilities,
If negro suffrage Is endorsed. |, will not do
10 say these conditions are improbable. To
make them Impossible IS the way to make
them improbable.
Aud the time to &C, is now. The impres
sion is getting abroad, as remarked above,
that the people OF Baltimore will endorse ne
gro suffrage If this is not true, let the bust
ness men Of Baltimore prove it by movement
10 the other direction aud show by numbers
that the people of that city favor the supreme
CIV of the white race and wholesome and eco.
nomical government
Let them put themselves in accord with the
people of the South on the negro problem Il
they would enjoy Southern trade.