Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1907-07-27
Stand BY Scott Don't Be Mislsd.


Several years ago MIR. Scott wrote an
article for the Manufacturers Record
the hest friend by the way, that the
South's Industrial progress has ever
had-m which he dealt with the labor
situation in the Delta counties, where
they sometimes have forty negroes to
one white man. He advised the en-
couraging of immigration there of ltal-
ian peasants from Northern Italy, peo-
pie that are no more Johannesburg
dagoes than New York bowery toughs
are Southern farm boys. They are
good, law-abiding people and very in
dustrious.
By gross Misrepresentation Mr.. Scott's
enemies are turning some good men
from him. They are trying to fool the
people into believing that he would
flood this state with dagoes. Don't be
so easily misled. Do some thinking for
yourself, Don't you want mississippi
to be awhiteman's country? That S all
Mr.. Scott wants and he says, which Is
mdeniably true-that this is not and
cannot be a political question; it is an
industrial problem altogether, And he
advises the Delta farmers to get, not
the best people for the best people are
going to stay in NoXubee county and
countries like this, but the best people
they can get, which he believes to be
Italian peasants.
Below is given Mr. Scott S own state
ment of his position on the immigration
question. Read it and read it carefully
and do justice to fine and patriotic
citizen of Mississippi;
On this subject of immigration | beg
to remind YOU that | stand fairly and
SuuareV with the National Democratic
party, and with every Southern states
man of national reputation, so far as |
am advised also call your attention
to the fact that four southern COVER
nors today are using every legitimate
means. to secure the right sort OF white
immigrants for their respective States.
| went to Europe in person to investl-
gate Flabor conditions there for my
brother farmers and myself. After
looking over the ground. found that a
numbdr Of white farmers, men and wo-
men. born and reared on the farms of
central and northern Italy, desired to
make their homes in the South in order
to better their conditions, and | want
to call your attention to the fact that
the Italian farmers from this pert OF
Italy have been known for centuries
past as Industrious, desirable and law
abidiag citizens and splendid farmers.s
After informing myself in the prem
Uses, | have secured few Of these
farmers, such as | have lust described,
to take the place of indolent negroes
who have deserted my fields, and want
to say right here, broadly speaking,
this experiment has proved satisfac-
tory. | find one Italian farmer equaI
to three average negroes in point OF
industry, and superior to him in every
other way. They have no social inter.
course whatever with the negro, anc
make law abiding citizens.
Notwithstanding the fact that have
brought no undesirable people into the
State, notwithstanding | am in thor
ough accord with the National Demo
cratic party on the subject of immigra-
ton, and the further fact that the views
of every Southern statesman Of Ma
tional reputation coincide with mine
while four Southern Governors are to-
day using every proper effort to secure
desirable immigration to their respec-
tive States, | find, my countrymen
wherever | 60 within the limits of this
great commonwealth, that my political
enemies, and especially my dis ingUishc6
competitors who are aspirant for gu
bernatorial honors, are trying to poison
the public mind against me by repre-
senting that | have brought into Miss
issippi large number of the criminals,
and the scum of the great Italian cities
and by the further statement that it is
my intention and desire to food the en-
tire State of Mississippi with a similar
class of people. This is a gratnitous,
wicked and cruel SANDER. There is not
one word of truth in it and no excuse
for it.
find that my distinguished compet,
tor, Judge Truly, cas- been particularly
active in making this charge against me
by innuendo. Until recently he has not
mentioned my name, but from the teno'
Of his remarks he clearly conveys to
the minds Of his hearers by innuendt
the charge that have been guilty Of
the great crime of flooding Mississippi
wilh the criminals and scum Of Italy
and yet my fellow citizens, this distir-
guished eX-iurist who wants to be YOU
governor solely because Governor Van
daman, after the most heroic efforts or
the part Of Judge Truly and his friends.
declined to reappoint him on the su.
preme bench, stated when we met in
joint debate some time since at Pitts.
broo, to the audience assembled there.
that had not been guilty of bringing
into the State undesirable immigrants
Of any kinds.