Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-11-13
REFRIGERATION TIDE
 SOUGHT BY SOUTH
Conference at Nashville Nil! .}~i Nt'ft" tfti tu Establish De-
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&a-5}5fle.=f,5#3 Nov tA H -ea leaders el #tn 1amGsraE ion #@. 1g- me0s ia t,tg- 4oTza succeed tn 4oI- ting tbeir p.ass adopted at tho Southern IHaui-ta'ion and Qualan- tine confluence here. November F to Il, inclusive, each of the south- r" state. will establish and main tain stale department of imnligra- lion.
 The conterence began it's second annual meeting in Nashville Mon day and un4nestionably it will be one oi the most important meetings ol the kind ever held i'll this conn try The pro2ran calls for namcr-= ous addresses bH prominent men. and before the benediction is pro- i nounced on the tbird day there is ] little doubt but that the leaders in the several southern states will nave at least agreed upon some concerted effort to turn lie tide of 1 llll1hl grafton to the south { null few years ago the south tFh negro seemed to be eoual to the labor demand on the farm and in the industrial field. but il has been clear for several years that 'he south conld no longer depend upon th" negro or even it's own Whites to perform all the labor needed. Men who have given the matter careful thought have agreed 'hat heretofore the demand for la DOT was filled only because of the small demand and the inactivity of capital In this section of the country.
 f'e" railroads We're building: on l iN q lew mines We're being opened here and there; comparatively few Manufacturing plants were being oullt. The labor on the farms secm- :, cd sufficient because SO little of the general country was under cultiva- :! lion.
 This labor began seeking higher 1 pay on the public works as the country began 10 develop. and in many great sections of the south the farming sections Were practical ] " depopulated so far as the day la Doft'H was concerned
 LaborerS Go to Cities.
 Then the second drift came when ] the few larger cities began the ra- pld development and growth that tt least a dozen of them have enjoyed Tn the last five years. From the smaller towns the laborers driftra j 'o Memphis, Nashville. Atlanta. l}lrn1in2ham. New Orleans. etc. =un- til il was almost impossible to .ct mon or women cnon2h to operate a small industrial plant in small ] city. Even in the larger cities la hor has been extremely scarce for several wears
 lh" matter has been forcefullv brought to the attention of the commercial organizations and lead ing citizens of all the southern l states, so when Governor D. C. HeHWard, of South Carolina, called the first immigration conference at Chattanooga, Tenn. in September 1 905 his call was met by d general response. That meeting was d de- cid.d success in that it awakened interest throughout the country. and placed all the south on record as inviting thrifty immigrants from ! Whatever land.
 About 900 delegates from com mercial organizations. cities, coun- ties. etc, throughout the south, at tended the Chattanooga meeting. Thus far more than that number the invitation to come to Nashville next week, and the committee in charge of the meeting is confident that fully 2.500 will attend.
 Many Governors to Attend.
 On the opening day Governor John l. Cox of Tennessee will de- liver the welcome address, to which five governors of other states will respond. Governor CoX,s address will deal more with the needs of Tennessee in the way of labor and capital than ill the glories Of the individual sons or the grandeur of mountains, rivers. e'c,, and instead of being welcome address it will merely be the first speech of the meeting The responses by the other governors are termed re