The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-05-21
HOW SOUTHERN sTNTINf NJ IL
STUDIED.
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The south i held together uudtr
the Democratic label by the raee
question. end the race question alone
What arr.nr non~enset We: thes.
are the words - Henri Natter~on. -
kentucky. who i not generally given
20 writing nonsense.
We much fear that our AarSe Henry
is not unlike the rest OF those fe.I
lows who come - the south. stf
around the clubs aud hotels In the
cities. and 60 away 70 give expert te~-
umony as to the sentiment - the
Southern people For he. even hke
those farther North who are not
Southerners. gives u,terarce 20 an
idea that one can easily get from talk-
ing with some half-dozen business
men that are leading social factors Ia
the big towns OF the South such as
Columbia, Charleston. Atlanta. Biz
mingham. and others
Something Ike ninety per cent. Of
the people Of the south live outside
OF incorporated towns. This does not
mean that they live outside OF cities
like Columbia. Charleston, Birming-
ham. Charlotte. Atlanta. Knoxville.
Nashville, etc. ii docs not mean that
they live outside or towns like New
berry. Greenwood, Anderson. Green
vile. S~partanburg. Union. Sumter or
angeburg. Darlington. and the like.
II means that something like ninety
per cent. Of the people Of the South
live outside Of any towns at all
Nearly every little place II the South
that has a population OF three hun
dred people IS incorporated. Accord
ing TO the census, something X
ninety per cent. OF the people live out
side or these; that is. out in the real
country. And it Is safe 10 say that
not ten per cent. OF the people Of the
South ever nave been inside Of either
q nI1,E 49,
tors frequent when they come South.
and that they have not been inside of
hotels such as these investigators stop
at when they are here.
In every as we have minated
there are q number. a very small num-
Der, Of so-called business men" who.
because they have accumulated or in
herited or for whom the town itself
has accumulated a little money. are
put on the reception committees when
prominent visitors come. They know
nothing about craftsmanship. they
care little about political principles.
but they are forever venting their
vise-acre ideas on the subject Of po-
litical doctrines. Because they have
made money for themselves or had ii
made for them. they stand well fnan-
tally and socially in the community.
they have an influence. or hin they
have. among that large class of de-
BtlIIciIl anu less ones VINO
are supposed to think that because
these wise-acres are more successful
financially they naturally have more
sense than others, especially about
economies. AS a matter of fact, not
only do these groups Of business
men" know nothing about statesman
ship and care little about political
principles, but they know nothing
about economic principles. They
are the fellows who are forever Vent
ing this arrant nonsense about a grow
ing tariff sentiment in the South.
Now MT. Watterson has been 10
some Of these big towns talking to
such men as these and he has got IT
into his head that the people of the
South would probably be Republican
If it were not for the negro. The rea-
son Is, that these men. reading finan-
cial papers published in the North, as
sociating with men of eminent sue
cess in the financial world in the
North. have imbibed their notions,
and they him they think that pro-
lection is a benefit to the country.
\ protective tariff Is not a benefit
to the country. 1t is not a benefit to
any considerable number Of the peo-
pie In any part of the country and
the people OF the South know it far
better thar do the people in other
sections of the country where the
have been under the influence Of the
little groups of business men sitting
around the clubs and counting-houses
Of the cities. The South would be
Democratic and remain so. that is. II
would stand for the policies repre-
sente by the Democratic party. chief
of which is opposition to the protec-
tive-rObbery. even If there were not n
negro this side of Africa.