The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1907-10-01

NicekS, RoumanlanS, Southern Ital-
lans and Asiatic peoples, that will
come over the Triest Line will aid us
in maintaining white supremacy in
the south. I state further tnat, in
my judgment the better class Of i'm
migrants, viz, those from Northern
Italy, Switzerland, Germany, France,
Holland, Belgium, England, Scotland,
Ireland, Denmark, Norway and Swed-
Ell will not go to- Triest to take pas
sage for the United States. There
are millions of people in Europe to-
day ready to come to the United
States if they had their transporta-
ton paid and [ am satisfied that we
could increase the number of immi-
grants coming to this country to the
full carrying capacity of all the
steamship lines now coming to the
United States if we would but put up
the money to pay their transporta-
ton, and if we could keep them on
the farms we could increase our cot
ton crop to l5,000,0O0 or 10000, 900
bales, and the result would probably
be that We would take 5 cents for it
instead of the present price.
"It is claimed that our country was
first settled by immigrants. This is
true, but they came Of their own ac-
cord and I have no objection to such
people coming now as came in the
early history of our country. They
were from desirable sections of Eu-
rope and there are millions in Europe
today who would make acceptable
citizens here, but favor their relying
on their own resources to get here.
"a few years ago it was regarded
as extremely dangerous to travel
alone through Sicily or without the
protection Of soldiers. There were so
many robbers and bandits that it was
almost impossible for one to pass
through the island without being held
up and robbed or murdered, and il
was common occurrence for these
bandits to capture members of the
wealthy families and demand a large
sum of money for their release. In
many instances these amounts We're
paid, and in others payment being re-
fused, the captured party was mur-
dered. In passing through Sicily I
made inquiry about the robbers there
and was informed that there are no
longer any robbers and bandits in
Sicily, that they had all gone to the
United States. Nearly all Of the out
RACES, foul murders kidnappings and
robberies that have been perpetrated
IN New York city and Chicago have
been directly traceable to the Ital-
ians and other low classes of immi-
grants that have come from Southern
Europe. All Of The anarchistic organ
izations Of the country had their orr
gin and derive their membership al
most entirely from the same element,
and it was at the hands of one of
of this class that Mckinley met his
death.
"The editor Of the State in an
editorial Of the 21st instant seems
hard put to find any reasonable
grounds upon which to criticise my
interview and started ont by making
complaint of my advocating Federal
aid to drain the swamp lands south of
Columbia, intimating that it is nee
essary to have immigrants to drain
it and to utilize it after it is drained
l presume those swamp lands are
owned by some one and we have had
citizens enough in the state up to
date to take care of practically all the
land in the state. However, if there
is any land there that is not needed
for cultivation by the population We
already have it can simply wait, as
it has been doing these hundreds of
years, until it is needed by the natur-
al increase Of our population, and by
natural increase I mean those who
come to the south of their own ac-
cord as well as the natural increase
by birth.
"The editor Of the State goes on
and quotes me as follows: I am not
opposed to the people coming here,
provided they promise to make good
citizens and benefit our country rath-
er than prove a stumbling block and
a hindrance. I made no statement to
the effect that We should exact prom