Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-18
IMMIGRANTS TO
HELP THE SOUTH
LATE ARRIVALS FROM EUROPE
OPEN A NEW ERA
Thrifty, HardWorking and Moral, They
Promise Relief from the Labor
strinaency-New Steamship
Lines to Southern Ports

Special to The Herald.
WASHINGTON. Nov 12.-The recent
arrival at Charleston, South Carollna'
of an immigrant ship carrying Inols @
than 1000 immigrants marks a new et'
for the whole south. Inc lapol piVp ~,
south and the attention of the people
NJ that section has been for some time
dirocted toward inducing Immigration
Not alone as laborerS were Immigrants
wanted. but hundreds of thousands OIL
tilobIe acres have been left unculti-
voted-acres where climate and SOL
combine to make Il one of the r1chest
agricultural sections OF the world-pe-
csuse of the lack Of good husbandmen.
Aroused to the fact that immigrants
wore wanted to make the south what
II ought to be, organizations were
formed for the purpose of promoting
immigration. At first 1t was sought
to turn southwark fair percentage
of those landing in New York. but sue
cess in that direction was very limited.
Some months ago agents were sent into
other countries, to lay before the peo-
ble the attractions of the south. To
This work is due the recent arrival at
Charleston, and the work thus begun
is being watched here with great in
terest.
Commissioner General Sargent who
was at Charleston when the ship ar
rived from Bremen, pronounces Its
cargo of human freight as a shipload OF
the best immigrants that has come un-
der his notice since he has been Ill
office. They are thrifty, Industrious,
sober and intelligent people, seeking
homes. Many of them are weavers,
and will materially aid in developing
the cotton industries of the south.
Others are farmers, and Will seek lanu
to cultivate, and still others are me-
chanics-all willing to work. Commis-
soner Sargent says they will soon as
simulate Americanism, and become
most excellent citizens
The securing of settlers and laborerS
is not the only good result that will
flow to the south from this attempt OF
South Carolina to induce direct immi-
grafton to southern ports. The sue
cess of this undertaking has opened the
eyes of ship owners to the fact that
direct lines of steamships from South
Atlantic and gulf ports to Europe Will
be a good investment and one such
line is to be established Immediately.
in speaking of this subject Commits
sioner General Sargent says he has
long urged the policy of directing i'm
migration to other ports than New
York; that it is not for the best inter-
ests of the country to have all lmnl-
grants arrive at any one port. A lead
ing citizen of Georgia, who is in the
city, sums up the good results from
this movement as follows:
Negro labor in some occupations IN
the south hasN proved both Nuncertaln
and inadequate. The class of imlnl-
grants landed at Charleston will soon
eliminate the negro from the occupa-
tions to which 1 have referred. 1t will
give us an infusion of high grade
Skilled labor, including technical tai
ent, into the various industries. and
will thereby elevate these occupations
to a higher efficiency and enable us to
more nearly compete with other sec
tions of the country.
The south has been handicared by
the absence of skilled, intelligent labor,
and it will not be long now until this
handicap is removed. 1t is the begin
ming. also, of a new era in agriculture,
for it brings to us intelligent farmers
who will take up and cultivate small
tracst of land to the best advantage.
It will, in a very few years, eliminate
the negro political problem, and the
south will have no more scenes OF Vio-
lence from that cause