The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1906-11-16
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The Negro as an Obstacle
To Southern Immigration
Splendid Address Made by Governor Hayward Before
the Southern immigration and Quarantine
Conference at Nashville.

The tlrst speaker at the opening scs-
sion of the Southern Immigration
and Quarantine Conference in this
city this morning, after the adj
dress of welcome and the response,
was the Hon. d. c. Hayward, Cover
nor of South Carolina. Governor Hey
wards subject was "South Caro-
lian's Efforts for Immigration. He
said:
Mr.. President and Gentlemen: I
made up my mind some time ago that
nothing, unless the difficulty were in
surmountablc, should keep me from
being present and taking part in the
deliberations of this Convention. Last
year ! made an earnest effort to be
with you, but could not overcome the
obstacles that prevented.
Our country is so large, its inter-
csts 50 diversified, that VIC can just
ly say each section has its own pc
culiar needs, each relating to it's own
environment. | rcaG :;ih {" =: 49,.
tercst the programme which y g.. sent
to me by your secretary few days
ago, AMI I was impressed with the
Importance of the questions to be
discussed at this Conference.
feel that I am indebted to your
partial consideration in the subject
which you have assigned me. All the
South has vital interest in the ques-
ton Of select immigration, but my
State, South Carolina, following an
old habit of hers, has taken The lead.
She was the first State in the South
to establish an official department Of
Immigration, and thus place herself
where she could best supply all the
requirements of this great need. /
shall not weary you now with a re-
cital Of the artluous details attendant
upon The practical establishment Of
thiS department. Opposition was en-
couniercd--obstacles were in the way,
! and numerous difficulties had to be
overcome.
The need was great, hard work was
done, and one of the results to which
l can now point was The arrival in
Charleston harbor Of one Of the great
ocean liners of the North German
Lloyd Line, bearing nearly five hun
drcd immigrants. Some Of these were
men Of means and the large majority
were hale, hearty and good looking
specimens Of Austrians. Scrvians,
Gallicians, Crotians and Dut tch--t -train~
ell workers and Of a type that prom
isrS To develop into good American
citizens.
Attractions South Carolina Offers.
We have in South Carolina and in
the South a broad and rich field for
the proper class Of immigrants. Fer
tile lands are lying idle; we have
forests Of valuable timber and now
here have manufacturing interests
multiplied more rapidly. We have
a climate uncxcclled the world over.
All Of these make a most inviting
field for capital and labor to increase,
to prosper and to work together in
harmony. There is ample room for
the professional man and for the
machanic; for the common laborcr
and for the skilled artisan; for the
mill operative and the capitalist. We
have need for all of these, we have
room for all, We have work for all,
and it is to immigration we must look
for our future development.
There is great deal more involved
for the South, perhaps, from immi-
grafton than appears upon the sur
face. I shall endeavor to make this
more apparent in what I shall have
to say to you. In the establishment
Of our bureau or agriculture, COM
merce and immigration I felt that
the subject Of immigration had a
bearing, and decided one, upon our
most vital problems. In my mes
sage to the General Assembly I urg-
cd upon that body what I felt to be
the great need for this work, and I
was, Of course, much gratified when
it was officially inaugurated.
Immigration and the Race Question.
My principal reason in wishing to
sec immigrants brought into South
Carolina and the South was not only