The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-03-05

ton as to what is best and to put the
bill in it's best shape. Mr.. Branch's
remarks were forceful and his argu-
ment strong.
Mr.. Stewart Adds His Voice.
Mr.. Stewart of Harnett spoke for
the bill, saying that his people had
written and urged him to do So He
had investigated and had found that
in the last few years $500 farms had
been abandoned. and that in the last
ten years 5000 people had left the
farms to go into the towns and the
cities. This he held was proof posi-
tive that more population for the
country is needed, and that there was
prospect of such being brought to
North Carolina. His own county of
Harnett had in the past been sneered
at by people outside, but by means
of advertisement ana publicity it had
progressed and is now the peer OF
any, for it had received new people
in it, and had developed wonderfully
going beyond others in its per cent of
progress. This Ell Dorado of North
Carolina does not lie in its mines or
in its manufactures. but in the de-
velopment of it's fields. The rail-
roads of the State managed by able
business men are now doing work as
suggested in this bill and in develop
inc along their lines are developing
the State. There is no more danger
of obtaining undesirable immigration
under this bill than there is now in the
immigration laws of the general gov
eminent. His argument was a vigor-
Gus and eloquent one, his closing
tribute to the home being most
charming.
Mr.. Feimster to Cut Salaries.
Mr.. Feimster, of Catawba, sent for
ward an amendment putting the sal,
airy of the head of the bureau at
$4,000 in place of $4,000 and that of
the clerk at 81 900 in place of $1,000.
In doing so declared that here is
another bill with salary in it,
Mr.. Cunningham Likes 1t.
Mr.. Cunningham. of Person, spoke
for the bill, declaring that as the
farms are being depopulated it is high
time that more people were being
brought into the State to enrich its
fields by their toll. He earnestly ad-
vocated the measure in eloquent
words
MI. Graham Says Try 1t.
Mr.. Graham. of Lincoln. said the
measure is new one. but that as the
Governor wanted it, that it might be
it did not prove successful it could be
done away with.
Mr. Mitchell in Opposition.
Mr.. Mitchell, of Berthe, opposed the
bill saying he felt that he was repre-
senting the best interests of his peo-
pie and the State. He said that this
is no new measure, that it had been
tried before. AS to abolishing the
bureau after being created he cited
the Geological Board saying it was
to get rid of it, though
many wanted to do SO, as they did
likewise with reference to the Bureau
of Labor and Printing, which many
felt to be q Sinecure. He was not
that the railroads desired
the bill to pass, but if they wanted set
tiers along their lines let them secure
these, and that otherr counties could
act for themselves as had done Co
lumbus county in bringing in immi-
grants He would object to certain
classes coming in, that in his section
his own people had increased values
of land IS, so and 100 per cent, eX-
claiming with reference to others com
ing in but as for me I say North
Carolina for North Carolinians," this
bringing applause.
Strikes and lockouts in the North
and Northwest are not here in the
IL.
North Carolinians that III
not the richest people we are the
grandest and the best. We are try
ing to live up to the ideal of that great
Commoner not to cruelty mankind
upon a cross of gold or place the dol
lar above the man." Here in North
Carolina he said we had the people
who We're multiplying, that men now
advocating the bill had voted against
increasing by 5000 the salary of
man who is building UP the popula-
ton with nine children now at home,
and that they ought not desire 10
spend money to get foreigners here.
He said that while he expressed OPP
position to the measure, yet if it is
passed he would endeavor to aid in It's
execution.
Mr.. Ehringhans Is For 1t.
Mr.. birmingham, of Pasquotank, adj
vocated the bill, saying that it is true
that North Carolina is for North
Carolinians, yet the best they could do
for the State is to bring more people
in If to aid in it's development, not to
erect a Chinese wall about the State.
labor is needed and the
way to bring it is to advertise what
we have, that the Immigration Bureau
is in reality to be a great big adver-
Using machine to bring in the best
class of labor.
Mr.. Wood Opposes.
Mr.. Wood, of Randolph, opposed teh
bill, saving that no State in the Union
has built UP faster i'll the last ten
years than North Carolina, and that
it has been done by the energy, abili-
ty and industry of North Carolinians,
that the world is recognizing the
bright future of the State which has
in its borders fewer foreigners than
any other and is yet pushing forward
in gaining a new population. NO
foreign population is wanted unless
that of the right kind, but no one
knew what class might be drawn here.
The certain thing is that we can build
UP North Carolina with our own peo-
pie and with our own means.
Mr.. Cover Favors.
Mr.. Cover, of Johnston, said that
while his county did not need the
measure, vet the State did, and that
a man is needed who can say who