The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-06-22
f n are better than ever be-

of employees are peelei ehoi ~
fore.
The most emphatic need is, as has
been the case for several years, the
nrocurement of competent labor, 10Th
IN the factory and. the field. In the
case Of the mills the acute need OF
labor is such as to constitute the only
temptation to the Vlclat on OF the
child labor law, the provisions of
which meet with the approval Of ver
ninety per cent Of the manufacturers,
and the main .protest-agafnst which
proceeds from unnatural parents, who
seek to make merchandise OF the
Youth OF their children by evasion OF
the law designed for their protection.
In the case Of the. farm there Is again
heard the complaint that n rural
districts are being depopulated OF
labor-that is, drawn to the Industrial
centers by more attractive wages
and a. rassertion of the depletion OF
the supply Of negro labor and the
worthlessness Of sue Of this class as
remains.
The solution of the twin questions
here presented can only be adequately
met by the establishment OF a broad
and liberal policy on the part Of the
State am a general determination for
self-help on the part Of the people.
The great means to this end, in my
OD1IilOI, ~ q O1l1OI o11A
gradual extension Of the scope Of fac
tory labor laws, both as to the age of
children who may be employed and
hours which operatives may work;
(2l an unburdenSOme and yet com
prehensive statute looking to the com
pulSOry education of all children of
school age. The future efficiency alike
Of the mill and the farm depends upon
the intelligence of their operatives.
No r, q n can do the hest work wit
ateMscasfiv, feuwSANDn. mursn S 5
poor tools. When the masses of the
people are set fOrCh in life with a
basis Of health and education as CAPT
tai hey will boln make increased
profits for their employers and greater
opportunity Tor themselves. The day
OF s%lip-shod farming is passing, as is
the day Of ignorant help in factories.
future Of INTEL. gent, we'll directed
work with the soil is Only beginning
to unfold its promise. Universal edu-
cation, as it will reveal to the people
new possibil. ties and methods in
farming, Will ten more strongly thar
any other agency to make rural life
desirable because prosperous and COM
Portable, while at the same time af-
fording to the mills and all
turers q class of labor that will re-
place ShlfIleSSneSS with d~ependahility
and turn waste into Increment.
To assist these ends. immigration
OF the right sort should be ncour
aged. 1t is q patent fact that more
workers are needed. both in the fac-
DRY and on the farm. Yet there is in
the minds OF many people a we'll
dundee doubt as to the desirabiIity
of immigrants. The State affords un-
paralleled opportunity for home
seekers and boundless incentive to
worthy and ambitious immigrants.
character and temper of the pioneer
stock of this State that the indiscr.m-
mate bulk Of immigration (even if it
could be turned in this directory
would be both unwelcome and dam
gerous. This problem, ~inteHigently
recognized and assisted in solution.
may De depended upon to, in large
measure. solve itself, as, by care for
our own in education and morals, and
by protection of the young. we shall
q to high natural ~Vanta and
native industry a compelling invita-
ton to the thoughtful and progressive
people OF other States, who are by
the thousands constantly on the watch
Tor the chance of Self-adVancement
and independence. Such immigration
could be easily assimilated by our
people. The heterogeneous sort would.
even more fatally to peace and hap
piness, substitute for the once dread
race discord even more difficult of
settlement.
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