The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-03-15
AS \ NORTHERNER SEES II.

The True American, a newspaper Of
Trenton, n. J., of recent date contain
south, immigration and the competition
between New England and the south in
cotton manufacture. The Charlotte OBJ
server says it was ent a copy OF the
paper by a friend at the north. The
Observer passes over the Inaccurate
cOmprehensiOns Of the negro and his
habits Of thought" and gives the fol-
lowing extract from the editorial on
the need of immigration in the south,
the relative advantages of the two cot
ton manufacturing sections and the
future status Of hat industry in those
two sections:
The industry ard intelligence of the
Europeans far exceeds that of the ne
grOes, SO that southern manufacturers
are also DESTROYS Of securing white
abOr. In his way the south is solving
its race problem, the north is being
relieved Of greater congestion, and the
best interests of the immigrants them
selves are conserved.
But the cotton manufacturers OF
New England are afraid that the en-
largement of the white population in
the south in this manner Will make it
more difficult for them to compete
with the cotton manufacturers of the
south, and they have stirred up the
labor unions of New England with
the notion that better facilities for
manufacture in the south will mean
lower wages in New England.
Logically. it is impossible to conclude
that New England can long continue
to profitably manufacture cotton. 1t
is also difficult to understand how the
wage scales Of the south can long con-
tinue lower than those of New Eng
The time must come. no matter
what sort Of legislation Washington
gives when New England'S cotton
mills must be abandoned. Naturally,
too. cotton manufacturing will concen-
trate about cOttOn-grOWing centres, for
the markets for cotton are more easily
reached from the south than from New
England.
The republican party may pass laws
to save the New England mill owners
their Investments for a time. but when
it undertakes to prevent the southern
states from securing for themselves the
right to attract desirable immigrants.
as 1t is proposed in the immigration
bill, it is preparing for q fall, JUS
tice and the interests of the whole PEG
pie are of greater consequence than the
interest Of New England cotton manu-
.facturerS.
That sounds more like an extract
from a southern newspaper. 1t has
more weight, however, coming from
the source it does, than it would have
were it the production of a southern
That editorial shows the trend of |
public sentiment to the north of the |
Potomac and thai the thinking people |
of that section realize the true cordi- |
tons of the south at the present and |
what they will be in the future. They |
see that the day of New England's
supremacy in cotton manufacture is |
about Over and that the south will soon
spin and weave all her raw cotton in
stead of growing it for others to man
ufacture. The injustice that is being |
done the south in the way of prevent
ing her becoming a successful rival of
New England in the manufacture of
her own raw product is coming to be
by people outside the borders
IF the south. When they begin to
ak about justice and the interests Of
he whole people" demanding fair play
or the south in this matter, victory
for US is assured. !