The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1907-05-07
IMMIGRATION TROUBLES.
South Carolina Has Started Wrong
End-Mr. Gadswen Reports Diff
ficulties as They Appear to
Him.

Charlotte Observer.
Mr.. p. II. Gadsdcn. of Charleston,
a clear-headed and very delightful
gentleman, has just returned from
Germany, where he had been in an
official capacity in the interest of inn
migration to the south, specifically to
South Carolina, and has submitted
his report to the mayor Of his city.
If we read it Alright it presents none
too rcSrate Il prospect, and for the
sake of its exceeding interest AMI
%"l"nrtance we devote much space,
which is well occupied, to extracts
from it. Speakin" of his conference
nj Bremen with the chiefs of the i'm
migration department of the North
German Lloyd Steamship Company:
"They stated to me that the sue
cess of their immigrant business de-
pended absolutely on the confidence of
the immigrant class in Europe, and
had been built up by their dealing in
absolute good faith with them on ev-
cry occasion and by never misrepres-
enting the facts; that no movement
could be successful or be made per-
manent on prepaid passages, but must
be based Oh the letters and reports
Of those who had gone ahead to their
relatives and friends; that the immi-
grants as class were ignorant and
suspicious, and that as rule all they
Of r. tIn
ton, Baltimore and New York, and
they naturally wanted to go where
some of their people had preceded
them, that it will be very difficult,
even on prepayment Of passage, to
divert them to South Carolina, and
impossible unless 1--WE could satisfy
those already here; that the business
proposition in this light was secon-
Diary in Importance; that they would
not carry immigrants where they
would not be satisfied at any price,
rs it would seriously affect their en-
tire migration business.
"At an interview with Mr.. Misler
few days afterwards we found the
same conditions, only worse, if possi-
BILE. Mr.. Misler's business consists
III issuing advertisements throughout
the various countries OF Europe, and
personally soliciting immigrants for
America for the Lloyds. He has no
offldibl connection with the Lloyds
company. The complaints which
have been received by him were so
numerous and were of such serious
character that he was afraid to pro-
ceed further in southern immiera-
ti~H for fear of Its immediate iniur-
ious effect upon his personal bust
ness. Hc stetaospd ETAONI ,noET
ness. He stated positively that he
would not be willing to take any fur
ther steps to secure laborers for South
Carolina or the south unless he could
first be assured that the immigrants
would be placed in remunerative pos
itions under conditions that would
make them satisfied.'
Mr. Gadsden summarizes his obser-
vations Of the Situation in what The
Charleston Evening Post calls the
Following "concise statement
81. That the duty is devolved up
on the people Of the south, if they
desire European immigrants, to use
every effort to satisfy them after they
have arrived
"2. That for very considerable
period the passage Of each and ev-
cry immigrant will have to be pre-
paid.
"3. That until such time as the
wage scale of the south approaches
more nearly that obtained through
the north and west it is hopeless to
expect white laborcrs to come to the
south IN preference to the north.
20. That our attitude throughout
the south to the white laborcr will
have to be materially altered before
we can expect to have the immigrant
satisfied to remain as q laborcr with |
us.
"5. That we have been proceeding |
up to this time on purely artificial |
and unnatural plan in reference to
this subject of immigration; that no.
where has it ever been possible to
bring in the laborer first, and that
all successful immigration movements
have been started by settler and fol-
lowed nv the lobornr