The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-11-09

problem. Excuse mo from suggesting
what that solution would be, for do
not know. but I,know that the south
ern negro should not be- encouraged
to believe that he is the white mans
equal" -, ,....,,..,,
This has been q prosperous. year for
the SOUTH said, e. H. Dove. of Balti-
more. Md. to an Evening Times rep
resentative this morning. 1.-THE cotton
crop. promises to he more than fair
average yield, probably not SO full a
crop as last year. This. however, does
not mean what 1t did ten years ago.
The south, and especially the states Of
South Carolina and Georgia, no longer
depend SO exclusively ON the cotton
crop as a raw material. The mills
down there have sprung up 30 that In
the so-called Piedmont section for
miles they are hardly out Of sight at
one another. =
Farm lands have become four and
five times as valuable as they were
ten years ago. Labor is we'll paid
there. too. Girls can earn up to $50
a month in the mills and men up to
$50. and these are not heads of the de-
partments. but merely laborers who
understand the work. in the mills.
There are no unemployed In that sec
ton now except those who will not
work. The attempt to get foreign Ia
Dor down there has not yet made much
Roadway. but as soon as the great ad-
vantages are understood by the foreign
element they will be going south in
stead OF coming west
1.-THE best proof Of the business Is
that the Southern railway. which is a
most important factor in northwest
South Carolina. is unable to handle
the traffic with its present single track
ing of its road day and night in an en-
deavor to catch up with the freight
demands Of the section"
1T IS very unwise for poor man,
that Is. a really poor man. whether he
is laborer or farmer, to go to Can
ada and expect to make a living cas-
ily," said w. l. Shank of; Winnipeg,
Man. at the Dacotah. Some persons
who have. gone to the Northwest ter
ritory have been deceived and have
found things not so good as pictured
Much Of the false idea, believe, ia due
to the Misrepresentation of American
promoters, and not to those Of Canada.
Some Of these cases have come under
my notice, and have found that the
persons were entirely misled concern
ing the situation in Canada.
"A farmer should not think of going
to Canada to get home without hav-
ing at least 5000 or $500. 1t costs only
about SIS to get the land, but by the
time a farmer has built shack and
procured all the things necessary to
put in crop, he has spent consider
able money. He must live meantime
and keep his family. Besides this, his
crop the first year will not make him
any money. If he does have some
money. however, and can tide himself
over the first year, the remainder is
smooth sailing. ~ -:
"a laboringn man who does outside
work is unemployed about five months
in the year. The weather gets SO cold
during the winter that most of the OUT
door work. Is suspended, except haul
ing and some excavation. This work
pays only about 81 day. During the
other months, however, wages are
good and labor is in demand. The
salaries are somewhat higher than
they are In the states, but living is
higher also, and the laborer comes out
about even. =,
Labor troubles are not so frequent
! and are usually of little consequence
There Is determination among the
master workmfn not to recognize all
the petty demands of the unions, but
the laboring MEN are treated squarely.
In some of the open shops wages are
paid sometimes above what is demand
ed by the scale of wages of the unions,
and the hours are the same. This de-
creases the hostility between contract
ors and laborers and things usually
run along without trouble.
There have been few troubles aris-
ing out of the refusal OF, contractors to
recognize certain demands of unions,
such as the rule among plumbers that
workmen shall walk to and from their
work and shall deduct the time in maxi
ing these trips from their regular
| working h6ufS vhen troubles q this
nature arise the procedure seems
queer to Ameficans. The mayor goes
to thes place swhere the mob is as
sembled ana commands them in tho
name Of the king to dispense. If they
refuse, he orders the militia to fire. !"