The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-11-14
GLENN AT CHATTANOOGA.
His Speeches Were Received With
Great Enthusiasm.

The most important address de-
livered before the Southern Confer
ence on Quarantine and Immigration
at Chattanooga last week was by Gov
ernor r. 3. Glenn. The papers Of
chat city continue to commend the
sentiments expressed in the Governors
speech on THE South: It's Past, Pres
ent and Future"
The following extracts are taken
from Governor Glenn's address:
I'VE look out over our section and
we see that in the temporal, as we'll
as the Spiritual, worlds that the har-
vest is great but the laborers are
few and that we need to induce all
those whose purpose ii is TO build up
to come into our midst TO do this
we should invite capital to come es-
pecially manufacturing industries of
every kind, and to induce them to
come We must promise them protec-
tion--taXes as low as posSible-only
requiring them to live and let live.
We must give them to understand that
they cannot in any way become a
monopoly or Cypress and Interfere
with the rights of the humblest in
dividual or weakest corporation; that
we welcome the great insurance com
panies to our territory, but laws
should be passed prohibiting them
from doing business here if they use
the dividends of theih policy holders
for election purposes or for illegal
lobbying before Legislatures; that
railroads should be encouraged, but
should be controlled TO the extent
of being held to strict accounta bility
in giving just rights to all and using
Inc improper methods. Labor
should be invited here, as it is sorely
needed, but we only want labor from
fearing, law-abiding sections. We
want men of sturdy habits-home-
seekers-and no people should be al
lowed to come that ne would not be
willing for our sons and daughters
to intermarry with. The most strin-
gent laws should be passed against
pauper and criminal labor coming
into our section. and against those
who do not believe in God or regard
the Sabbath or respect law and order;
and TO induce the better class of
labor to come we must give good
wages. combined with reasonable
working hours
Future of the South.
Governor Glenn spoke of the great
future of the South resulting from
the building of the Panama and
other canals, and from the fact that
the South has no freight to pay, and
having cotton and tobacco can under
forcing them to seek Southern ter
ritory can thus enhance the South's
wealth. He said that with the great
resources Nature has given the South
that if it is wise in the kind and
quality of people brought here there
was no reason why the advice of
Horace Greedy 'to go West should
not be changed to go South, where
there is peace and prosperity. where
homes
and worship God according to the
dictates of their conscences.
This part of Governor Glenn's
speech was received with great en-
thusiasm, especially his picture of
the future of this section,-going for
ward in prosperity and wealth, power
and prestige, to take its rank in the
very forefront of the nation.
Governor Glenn continued:
How powerful, how strong is this
our glorious republic. 1t extends from
the great lakes of the north, from
ocean to ocean, into the great regions
of the klondyke of Alaska. covering
some of the isles of West indies,
throughout the lands of the eastern
hemisphere. into the Philippines. It's
climate embraces the cold trIgld re-
glon, the mild temperate zones, ana
not, arid desert and plan
Its resources are unlimited and
cannot be numbered. In its progress
IN the past in discoveries, IN lnVeA-
tons, in the arts and sciences, IN COM
merce, innavigaton, in clVllizatlon ana
religion cannot be estimated, ana l. is
impossible to tell. 1t fills TINS Whole
universe with its vastness ana us pow
er It's present, with its long Instance
~ns, its wireless telegraph, its
yelopments, its grand pos
untold opportunities but
rs and intellect of
faa ~ "@+ this
great, Ia,
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