Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-04-14

fruits and vegetables on the coast and
sea islands. to the winter grains and
hardy apples in the old red hills. can be
produced in abundance. Barring rain, OF
which the average is small but sufficient
to produce the crops of the region, one
can work outdoors 1856 days in every
year, and produce some marketable crop
each month All Of this makes for the
success of the small farmer located near
the town, where a few acres carefully
cultivated and properly managed prove
profitable to the newcomer. be he native
of the United States or from the shores
of Europe. He is happier. too, living
close 20 nature. and when a man once
gets the red soil of Georgia ground into
him he always stays with us. 1T is not
exactly the same elsewhere.
Effect on the Foreigners.
"How much does prohibition affect i'm
migration? Many foreigners will not
come to country where they can't have
their wine and beer
''The Georgia prohibition law is of too
recent enactment to indicate just now
what its ultimate effect will be upon the
Immigrant who likes his wine and beer
The several sections of the measure are
drastic in the extreme. and it is proba BILE
that most of them will be tested in the
courts from time to time. The bill is so
worded as TO permit Of very liberal inter
-
centage of alcohol a beverage shall con-
tain, but states in general terms bever-
ages which II drunk to excess will pro-
duce intoXication.' Under the old Geor-
gia local option law l per cent OF alcohol
was the limit. 1t is noteworthy fact in
this connection. that of the various peo-
pies we come in contact with only the
Americans and English are given to
drunkenness or who are addicted to the
strong runs and WHISTLES, therefore the
oil 60 Nnyfn fao1 tl1a off, Of lro
tic prOhibitory laws to greater extent
than will the others who come. Judge
Andy Calhoun Of the Atlanta city court
recently rendered a decision In regard
, per cent of alcohol is permitted in the
soft drinks. This. of course, helps out
the Teutonic element very much.
1.-The immediate effect Of prohibition on
the foreigners already in the state has
been disastrous. Nearly every family Of
own vineyard and made its own light
wine and fruit brandies for home con-
sumption: these, Of course, will have to
be abandoned. which means a direct
time when they were just beginning to
feel at home with us. Foreigners who
have been in the state long enough Of
course. appreciate. just as do the Ameri-
cans. that prohibitory laws do not. In
any sense. actually prohibit. They are
only a source Of Inconvenience Such
men order regularly and receive their
supplies from outside the state by ex-
press.
ITO the Russian. Jews. Bulgarians and
Austro- Hungarians the new law means
nothing. They are all temperate people
unused to the strong Scotch whisky
made i'm New Jersey and the seductive
American cocktail. They consume enor-
nous quantities of tea and a non-alco-
holic drink which they make themselves
from black bean bread. called 'keslie
quas. and appear to- enjoy both hugely,
though 'keslie quas' to the uniniUated Is
something fierce Speaking of tea and
the quantity consumed by these immi-
grants 1T is noticeable that since the
Georgia prohibition law went into effect
that one firm. always alert for business.
and understanding the migrat:ons of tea
drinking people better perhaps. than any
other firm in the business. has had its
tea advertisements. well printed in Yid-
dish. displayed in every Atlanta street
car
Attitude of Labor Toward Immigra-
ton.
Are the labor organizations opposed
to immi gration?' l asked.
Some of them. yes: in the MAN. how
ever. the opposition is directed only to
Slavs and Iberics. Everybody IS willing
that English. Irish. Germans and Swedes
may come in. Members and officers of
labor organizations among the highest
class of the skilled trades composed
largely of educated and intelligent men,
rather favor the idea. Such men real
iZe from q study of conditions that i'm
migration of the right class is neces-
sary for the proper development Of the