The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1907-06-14

land, Australia, where the Swede and
the Norwegian, and .ne Dane have
sone and produce from the forests
and the prairie some Of the finest
communities Of Industrial life to be
round in that great tropical state Of
the federation. ..o. =. ..
"This answers the question as to
whether the Norsemen would or could
leave his cold latitude and be success
ful domiciled in warmer climate.
1.-The German and that portion of
the low race, found in Austria, will
also make hearty, Industrious, frugal
and thrifty workmen, and citizens in
our southern country. Those who
came here from the northland in the
early days of southern settlement are
now among the very best citizens of
our sections. They are all people who
are accustomed to simple life, econo-
mlcal and low wages, and would,
therefore, if brought here direct, be
we'll fitted to the conditions existing
south of Mason's and Dixon's line.
'There is no reason why the north
west should get its giant nerve from
this stream of immigration any more
than the south. The southland has the
advantage of cheaper lands, compara-
lively. speaking, cheaper living con-
ditioms, and the winter hardships are
not so great here as in the cold and
wintery northwest.
"The south, however, will not get
any good class Of laborers or settlers
to come here in such quanitaes as
will be of advantage unless the states
Or other bodies will take the pains to
advertise price, location, products,
living and other conditions, which in
iuce migration from the other side to
this.
"Thc railroads in the northwest
made great efforts to attract immi
grafton there, and this advertising
was supplemented through other
sources.
81 know the Germans, the Aus
trians, people of France, those of
northern ITALY and the Scandinav-
ians are almost completely ignorant
OF the great south, but they do know
New York, Chicago and the great
northwest.
'These people are accustomed to
migrating and settling in small COM
munities Of their own, because they
do not speak our language and they
desire neighbolS. Besides, the village
or community system of living pre-
walls. in the countries named.
81 think that the present contract
law in regard to. immigrants should
be literally construed when applied
to the south. The people here are
helplessly manacled by an indolent
African race, and the application of
the contract labor law neither pro-
tects them nor aids this section. If
bands of worlmen or settlers could
be brought here in any other way un-
der the present conditions there
would be such relief and waiting
would be applied or developed.
"While we DO not and should not
encourage the influx into America
of the lower order Of Polacks and
lower Italian class, we should give
our people whatever relief they can
obtain from the labor at hand-con-
tract or otherwise-as to temporary
relief. If osuthern business concerns
or associations were permitted O go
into northern Italy, Scandinavian
countries, Germany and Austria and
induce the better class of Austrian
laborers and agriculturalists to come
to the southland on the contract con-
ditions, which insured them immed-
late employment and provided them
with both the necessary transporta-
ton and the means Of living, very
desirable class Of people could be
brought here, and I feel sure that
they would settle down and material
ly aid in developing the great hidden
resources Of this rich section of our
nation.
81 hold up my hand in holy horror
at the spectre Of degradation and of
crime that would come to us from an
influx of any considerable number
here Of that low, degenerate type of
Italians which now flocks in hordes
from the street work, structural and
other contract work of New York and
other cities to the south. -