The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1906-02-06

sion u the "Eoitherucr NC have r.
.cc.yed from Buffalo. \. Y. q commun.
l|ication which seems 10 = il is yers
Isubject matter 10 uncoascioussy out
lime the distinction oet"eeu r. North
Icruer Who Is welcome and tic North
,crncr who is not welcome 81. the South
I'm the same b!ee III. It may be stated
itEat the type described ~ u CORES
lpondont is the provincial who couIc
not successfully emigrate ~ all. III i
due 10 the fact that certain represen-
l|tatiyes Of this class. being disappointed
lin the south as they would have beer
disappointed elsewhere. have returned
ito their homes 10 speak from their
iown ~prejudic4s thai the question raised
by tho "Northeruer" d. 10 the -ecep-
ton Of the Northern man in the South
lcame ever to be raised. The cores
~ipondeut referred to writes.
To the Editor: / ind in yester-
days New York Evening Post your
comments on the Posts reEle" OF
The Northcrner. / haEc not reed
itnc story and my impressions haze
been received from personal onN@f
sation and from southern neWspap-
ers. vet / have concluded from what
have heard that the Posts statement
That the lot of L North
erner in a Southern town is often a
4 most unhappy one is a very cOnSeT-
vaJive and mild statement. Let Us
= suppose the case Of Il man Of mod
! crate means who has been impressed
! as all must be who examine the sub
ject b. the great natural advantages
! and of the South, and VINO
becomes convinced that an out
: Is,, 81 money and h~5IcineCS 4hHItN Viii
bring him much greater returns there
than in the North. and moves ms
family to your state and engages dc-
lively in business. lie is Il manufac-
turer who is an ardent Projections
and believes the prosperity of the
country depends on the continuation
in power Of the Republican party.
He belonged to the sturdy, conSclen
tious class who believe 4 citizen N q
Republic has large duties to the state
and society; that the public school
system is the most important institute
ton of the country and the funda-
mental idea is to give the largest, oeSt
possible amount Of educational tram
ing to the pOores class of the COM
munity. He has been accustomed to
interesting himself in the tenement
house and sWeat-shOD evils and
fighting with all his might against
the greed and avarice which have
produced these evils. In his new en-
Vir0nment he finds the negro takes the
place Of the Russian Jews, Poles and
Huns as the lowest element OF the
State and he starts in at once to az
itate and work for their improve
ment; insisting that the school facil-
tiles shall be increased to give every
negro equal accommodations, equaf
advantages in length of schooling and
quality of teaching with the best white
schools and that there be no attempt
to raise The money for negro schools
by negro taxes only, but that as in the
North. the tax shall be general and
the ignorant and poor raised in in
telligence and usefulness by the tax
on those able to bear it. He DC
ceeds to organize Negro Republican
Clubs as he used to organize Italian
Republican Clubs, he bitterly denoun-
ces the restrictions placed on man be-
cause he is black by the %ingenius n
Infamous "grandfather' provision of
so manv Southern States, just as lie
used to d~enounce the narrow un-
American A. p. A. agitation in the
North.
Now. Mr.. Editor, that is the sort Of
man who has been the leader in the
uplifting of the West. who has been
in giving it colleges and
equal to those of the East and
reducing the illiteracy to a point he
low hat even of the best States of
the East-who has built up its bus
mess enterprises and been the leaderI
in political affairs.
Do you think that such men would
now be welcomed as a desirable ad-
dition to your section of the South"
/ have come to the conclusion that
such a man would do far better to
go West, don't you think so?
Yours truly.
O.. H. BOIES.
Buffalo, n. Y, Jan. 10. 1905.
rc --- e 4z.
est enough to reply to in your paper
please send me a copy.
Answering the question as to wheth-
err or not such a man had better go
West than come South, We do not hest
to say with patriotism, if not sell
fishness, by all means let him go West.
must take issue, however, against
idea that he would be received bet-'
ter in the West than in the South or
it is his type which has built up
the splendid Democracy of the Wes-
States. In either locality, he
would be endured, but he could hardly
much respected. This is a big coun-
try and outside of a few congested dis
tricts every section wishes new blood
and additional population. No section,
however, South or elsewhere, desires
revolution. Less, even. tina revolution
do they desire bigotry. The man who
from the North, moves. He can
not carry with him the opinions of his
neighborhood. He arrives among a
people who have been living among
their peculiar problems and f~ashioning
them into q distinct civilization. The
man h for purposes of self-advance-
lment and, incidentally, the up-building
Of the new section to which he moves.
desires best to accomplish his ends
comes with open eyes and an UMPIRE
JUDGED heart. What he aims in the
course of q natural ambition to do is
do some thing better than the peo-
pie among whom he casts his lot. If
he can do that, he is welcome, but he
cannot bring a new creed in his grip
sack. 1t is the simple failure TO avoid
o~pinionated delusion which has
0nSjjtJItai Tho rock Of n,o,y- fooj;cl,