The Pensacola journal., 1907-05-12
The Kind of
immigration We Need.

grafton Florida needs is the kind that
will adapt itself to developing the
resources of the state, but it
thinks that we could also use some
mill and factory help as we'll The
Tribune says:
In the main the Tribune is ready TO
agree with The Pensacola Journal
upon the question of immigration into
the southern states
without question the kind of people
the southern states most urgently re-
qulre, more particularly the great
| and fertile state of Florida, are those
who will settle upon and cultivate
their vast tracts of untitled soil AT
ter all, rhe first need of all countries,
/ no matter what heigh of civilization
! Chey may have reached nor how great
| may be their commercial and manu-
! 1acturlnS activities, is the extensive
: cuItYatlCn of their acres and the DrO-
ducuOn of life-sustainIng food In the
! state OF Florida, with its almost per
! petuaIly beneficent climate and soil
| whose fertility is unequaled anywhere
! else IN the United States, yet with
/ thousands of square miles of unten-
anfed wilderness, a farming pOpula-
ton is the most pressing need. And.
| moreover, intelligent immigrants who
| Will engage in agricultural pursuits
are sure to gain an ample reward for
! their labOrs.
At the same time, the fact must
not be overlooked that in many por-
| uons of the south, yes, in the state
OF Florida itself, there is a great and
growing demand for skilled labor. We
say skilled labor, because we most
certainly do not want a cheap class
OF labor that Will underbid American
workmen of ability; vet who. because
or their cheapness, will tempt south
ern employers to use their services.
with the certain result that the outuut
from southern factories and work
Shops VIII be degraded, unworthy the
lntelhgence and good judgment of our
people and would bring disgrace
where honor and respect are most
earnestly desired, and, generally
speaking, most truly deserved.
What the Tribune says may be
true, but nevertheless we don't want
to bring that kind of immigration
here. The mills and factories are
filled with people who have not
made successful farmers or who
would probably not make successful
farmers if they had a chance. They
are recruited from that surplussage
that does not find farm life agreeable
and there will never be any shortage
in their supply as long as the ag1-icul-
turaf districts are sufficiently popu-
lous to supply them.
We want farmers for two reasons:
first, because the farmer is the man
who is looking for a HOME. and
is therefore the most desirable class
or Immigrant; and second, because |
the farm is the real source of all of |
our wealth and Florida never can be |
rich and prosperous until that source !
of her wealth is developed.
Give us imni grants who will make |
good farmers and all of the other |
propositions viii take care of them |
selves.
The difference between things thir- /
ty years ago and now is illustrated hv |
the fact that at that distant date the |
Western Union successfully enjoined |
a railroad from carrying materials for /
the construction .ef a telegraph line |
by competitor. Things are getting /
easier.-Tampa Times.
Yes, that was thirty years ago. but
it has only been within the last year
that the Western Unions successful |
monopoly of the island of Cuba has /
been broken and another telegraph
company granted a right to land a
cable there. 1t was only about six
years ago, or less. that the United
States war department refused to al
low the Postal Telegraph and Gable /
Company permission to establish an
office there. While the Postal will
soon be established in Cuba, the
Western Union still enjoys an abso-
Lutte monopoly of the business there.
You don't have to go back thirty years
to find anomalies of that kind.
The. editor of this paper is stuck
on Quincy-decidedly so. The way
business has been rolling into the
Times office for the last three weeks
Is enough to make any man fall des-
perately in love with the town and the
people.-Quincy Times
Now this is the way for a news
paper man to talk. The old idea of
telling how poor you are and asking
subscribers to come in with a little
cord wood and a few chickens on sub
scription evidently does not prevail
in the Quincy office.
Some members of the Alabama
Press Association are roasting Gov
ernOr Conner and what they term his !
''pliable" legislature, because an anti {
pass law has been enacted there and {
is being enforced. The anti-pass law
is a good one, regardless of what the
newspapers say about it, and. Florida ,