Arizona republican., 1906-11-18
IMMIGRATION TIDE
 TURNED S0UIHMARD
The Beginning Of the Solution of the
 Labor Problem in That Section.

Washington, D. C.. Nov. 12.-(Special Correspondence of The Republican.)- .)- The recent arrival at Charleston, South Carolina of an immigrant ship carrying
 more than one thousand immigrants.
 marks a new era for the whole south.
 The labor problem has been a very se- rious one in the south. and the atten7
 tion of the people of that section has
 been for some time directed toward in
 ducing immigration. Not alone as
 laborers were immigrants wanted. but hundreds of thousands of tillable acres have been left uncultivated-acres where climate and soil combine to make it one of the richest agricultural sec tions of the world-because of the lack of good husbandmen. Aroused to the
 fact that immigrants were wanted to make the south what it ought to be, organizations were formed for the pur- pose of promoting immigration. At first it was sought to turn sC1thward a fair percentage of those landing in New York, but success in that direction was very limited. Some months ago agents were sent into other countries, to lay before the people the attractions of the south. To this work is due the recent arrival at Charleston, and the work thus begun in being watched here with great interest.
 Commissioner General Sergeant. who was at Charleston. when the ship ar rived from Bremen. pronounces it's cargo of human freights as a ship load of the best immigrants that has come under his notice since he has been in 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. 9th CTS are farmers. and will seek land to cultivate. and still others are mechan- ics-all willing to work Commissioner Sergeant says they will soon assimilate Americanism. and become most excel lent 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 direst immi- grafton to southern parts. The sue cess of this undertaking has opened the eyes of ship-owners to the fact that di- rect 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 Commis- 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 immi- grants arrive at one port. A leading 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 has proved both uncertain and inadequate. The class of immi- grants landed at Charleston will soon eliminate the negro from the occupa tions to which I have referred. It vii give us an infusion of high grade skill ed labor including technical talent. in to the various industries. and will. thereby. elevate these occupations to a higher efficiency. and enable us to more nearly compete with other sections of the country.
 "The south has long bene handicap ped by the absence of skilled. intelli- gent iaoui' dhu u VIII hot pN A'"e H'" until this handicap is removed. It is the beginning. also. of a new era in agriculture. for it brings to us intelli- gent farmers who will take up and cul- tivate small tracts 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 violence from that cause"