The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-01-24

NEGRO FARM HAN[ s

From the State, and That There is N
Desire for Social Eqaulity on
the Part of Negro's, Who
are Under Obligations
TO the Whites.
President Thomas E. Miller, of the
Colored State College, made q some
what remarkable speech at that In
stitution on e nancipation Day. II
order that our readers may see To-
themselves what a highly educated
colored man thinks OF the problems
that confront the South We make
some extracts from the spee c1. Afte]
speaking OF the Emancipation OF the
negro, be took up the subject Of hi!
address. which was,i the things that
effect the negroes in the South af5el
forty years Of freedom" Here ART
some CT the reasons that he claimed
vas affecting the negroes for the i'll:
First, the law. making body o1
South Carolina is responsible for the
destruction Of our labor. II they hac
been employed by the enemies Of az
agricultural South to run of the Ia
Dor from the South they could net
have done the Job any more thorough
lY and completely than they have
done it.
Every law that has bsen enacted in
the last % years has been intended tc
protect the agriculturists and keeE
them a full supply Of labor; the rights
or protection Of the labor. has never
been considered in a single one Of
them. HeEce as the labor law was
against the laborer be has become
more shy yeai after year; and when.
ever and wherever he could get away
from it be would leave first to little
towns, then to the cities, then to the
North.
The second cause Of the unrest OF
the laborer is the trial justice system
with it's plenary powers, and Its II
responsible constables.
have seen the irresponsible COZ
stable In the country use his ready
revolver on helpless accused charged
with the slghtes nisdemeanor- with
no punishment coming to the conss3
bic.
IL were an enemy to my dear BE-
loved Southland I would have paid
agents and lobbyists begging Soal
Legislature to continue In power the
irresponsible, harassing trial justic-
system.
OF all the Ills that IF c., retard
and prevent the progress OF the South
the trial justice system, with its un
limited power and lack OF response,
bility to G. ID or man, is the greatest.
Hence the things that affect us and
the South, above all other Ills and
destruction, are the labor laws and
The trial justice system. Continue
chem as they are and we shall not
only succeed In driving away black
labor, but we will never get white
immigrants who are so greatly needed
to come an stay in our limits.
The third Ill is the lack OF protec
tion in the little towns. Hence cur
people run away from the labor Law
and the trial justice system to the
little towns for police protection; and
when they fail to get it there they &c
to the big cities, and from the big
cities to the North.
What is the worth to community
In money OF an honest laborer-maD
OF woman-between the ages OF IL
and 60?
Under the slave values laborer
was worth 81, 900; but the best teach
ers Of political economy claim tnat
we must take into c)ns deraticn OF a
laborer the power to consume ano
produce. This would make the value
Of each laborer to our Com
about $4,000. The price OF bis pro
ducsion annually plus the price OF bis
consumption is not less than s4oO
This is 10 per cent on e. 600. Ans
to his producing and consuming pow
er must be added the wealth thai
comes from his. increase in cfSprinp,
which would make bis value to the
Commonwealth greater still.
Hence, every able bodied man OF
woman that has left South Carolina
In the last % years is a loss OF not
less than "a 900 for each.
: r the United States census Is felia
BILE we have lost by reason Of our peo-
pie having left the State not less thar
Is, 900 able bodied laborers in the last
80 years; each one Of them valued al
not less than g. 900.
We have lost from the field OF pro-
duction and consumption S75 00(
multiplied by $4,000, or $500, 100000
And for what? Why did We not keeE
these people? Why, because we are
short sighted. We have leglslated il
the wrong way. They are gone, anc
What? We must nov appropriate
annually thousands Of dollars TO coaz
and beg the Huns, the Poles and th'
Italians, and In time the Chinese, Il
come here and take their places.
I, as 2 negro, want prosperity II
the South; anG IL I had it in my, pow
CT I would bring here and locate eysr!
nationality from Europe and by en-
couragement, and repeal Of the obnox
ious features Of the labor Law, and b.
the curtailment OF the great poWe,
of the trial justice system keep then
here.
The South needs their presence
tha;r conojnp cannot in anY way in