The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1905-02-18

called attention to the congestion of
the population in New York City, Chi
cagO, and other nOrthen cities; the
enormous expenditure for the sup
port Of INDECENT aliens. the record of
the lesser criminal and police courts;
| the alien inmates of hospitals; in
| mates of jails and reformatory instr
| tutlOnS.
| The crowded habitations of foreign
ers in the cities; the struggle for bare
existence by which the sweatshop sys-
tenn had passed from one alien race
; to another; the introduction into this
/ country of the Malta, the vendetta,
| the "Black Hand" and anarchist So
| cieties, and, on the other hand, the
millions of untitled acres and the I'M
| satisfied demand for agricultural and
| other manual labor. All these evils,
he thought, could be cured by the
diversion of part of this foreign i'm
migration into the agricultural sec
| tons of the south
The southern press, officials and
peop'c generally have expressed them
selves f-:ar IL % tie movement, and
| as anxious to welcome the new COM
ers-this showing a marked change
in the old belief that the settlement
of European immigrants in this sec
ton would do harm by disorganizing
the negro labor.
Even more pronounced is the press
of the north, which is giving the pro-
ject a send off that cannot fail to
help it. These papers declare that the
tide of foreign immigration to the
south by bringing about the devel-
opment of this section will benefit
the country as a whole while it will
hasten satisfactory settlement of
the race question
The Chicago Post (Rep) thinks
the movement destined to be success
because it is in the hands of such
eminent practical men.
''Of two fold importance" says the
Post is the movement launched
in Washington for the purpose of di-
verting TO southern agricultural
and industrial communities the
stream of immigration that now Is
directed to the large centers of noDu-
latiOn in the north Besides serving
in a measure to solve the serious prob.
lem of foreign colonization IN cities
|
trial revival an added impetus suf
hcient to overcome any retardent in
fluences that may develop.
The proposition differs from mos
social and economic schemes, in tht
fact that its consummat'On is in th'
hands Of practical railroad men in
stead of dreamers and Missionaries
The benefit Of such an arrangement
to the immigrants would be inCalCu'a
BILE Many of them would find in tn
south climate and soil conditions no
widely different from those of thei
native countries
They would feel and indeoen
dencc and encourag cement toward use
full citizenship that in the very natur
Of things cannot be given them in tn
great cities The proposition IS on
that merits the fullest encourage
ment"
The Philade1nhja Ledger is equal
" emnhatic IN its views and amour
ces that it will SUPPORT any legisls
ton necessary to bring before til
newly arrived immigrants the advar
tages of the south for their settle
ment The Ledger says:
"The department of commerce an
labor at Washington has undertake
a work, under the direction Of Fran
P Sargent. commissioner Of labor, f
g the distribution Of Immigrant
:. throughout the south. which promi
~ es the most beneficial results TO II
II imm;orants ard the whole countr
he Commissioned Sargent. at the meetin
of held the other day to discuss the pre-
e ject with passenger agents Of variot
he southern railroads. outlined a pla
o. which requires an enactment by Coz
u gress creating an information burea
is the chief port of entry. or several BIZ
lp reaus at the important ports. The 0
es fcials of these bureaus are to collie
hit all possible information about the V;
rious sections of the south which o
On fer opportunities in agricultural an
lie other industries for enterprising worl
IS, ers.
DIS "These bureaus working in coopel
id alton with the railroads, with the en-
lie ployers of labor and with boards {