Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-08
AT THE WHITE HOUSE
Talk on Conditions in the
South.
MAYOR OF CHARLOTTE
CHATS WITH THE PRESIDENT ON
THE SUBJECT.
Farmers and Industrial Conditions in
Prosperous State-The Chicago
Post Office.
MAYOR OF CHARLOTTE

s. s. McNineh. mayor of Charlotte, N c.,
paid his respects to the President today and
chatted with him about conditions in the
south 1.-The south is in splendid condition.
said Mr.. McNinch. Our people have never
been more prosperous. The rise In the price
| of cotton has been helpful to the south but
our farmers are not the only class that are
| prospecting and contented. Our industries
| of all sorts are thriving. do not believe
| that there will ever be a surplus of cotton
| again. The southern farmer no longer has
| the labor to make the big crops of other
days Farm labor has gradually grown
scarcer. Industrial conditions have had
| much to do with this. As the demand for
| labor In the factories and shops of the cities
| has increased the price OF labor has ad-
| vanced, resulting in drawing away from
| the farms The southern farmer has had
! to turn in and get between the plow ham
dies himself. Instead of cultivating many
| acres of poor ground, as in the past he
| now cultivates only the best spots, and
gives his own time and labor to the work
| This has been so beneficial that the south is
feeling it,
It was a hardship on the farmer for a
| While, but he finds now that the more at
tention he pays to his farm and the more
| he works himself the better off he will be-
| This is shown in the fact that the southern
farmer has not had more money since be-
| loIe lHe civil war IN ten years the south
! Will, IN my opinion, be wealthy as any
| other section of the United States, and I
| do not expect to ever see cotton get down
| to five or six cents q pound. There isn't,
| and cannot be. the labor In the south to
| raise a crop of such proportions as will
| make the prices go much lower than ten
cents With ten-cent cotton the southern
| farmer will be financially the peer of the
| western eastern farmeg."
Senators Foraker and Fulton and Repre-
| sentative Jones of Washington, and Little
| field OF Maine were a few of the callers
who saw the President before the cabinet
| session.
The Chicago Post Office.
| Representative Foss of Chicago talked
with the President today about the reap
pointment of F. E. Coyne as postmaster of
! the big western city. Mr.. Coyne has served
| four years and has the best of indcrse-
ments from the business interests of the
| city. When his term nears an end 1t is ex-
| pected that Senators Cullom and Hopkins
Will formally present his name to the Presi-
| dent for another term. So far as can be
| ascertained there is nothing in the way OF
| Mr.. Coyne being nominated by the Prest-
dent.
! Secretary Loeb said today there was no
truth In story that the President has pur-
| chased pair of prize winning bull terriers
| from a Connecticut kennel. The story said
| the President paid $3.50 each for the dogs.
The President Is not much Of a dog fam
cier, although he likes the hunting breeds.
Steve" Connell. well-known secret
service officer, will succeed Frank Tyree
one of the secret service officers en- duty at
the White House. Council was at one time
on duty at the White House, but recently
has been doing duty In the west. He Is a
COOL determined man, and the secret sery-
ice officials have great confidence in him.
Conference With Plat.
Senator Platt and the President had a
long conference last night Some federal
appointments in New York were< talked
over Senator Platt is urging the President
TO name Robert Morris as United States
attorney of the southern district of New
York 1t was thought that Morris would
be appointed. but the President is said to
be opposed to naming the choice of Senator
Platt
Frank Dingley of Lewiston, Me, editor OF
the Lewiston Journal, had an interview
with the President on the tariff question.
He Is a brother of the late Nelson Dlngiey,
father of the Dingley bill. He is a stand
patter and does not believe the tariff ought
to be tinkered with in any form for some
time.
The President talked to Mr.. Dingley about
the historical features of the Dingley bill.
inouiring about the truth of statements
that some of the schedules of the bill were
fixed considerably higher than would other
wise have been the case so as to open the
way for concessions by reciprocity treaties.