The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-08
NEED WHITE
 IMMIGRATION Will Always Be Vel come In South. INTERVIEW WITH MR DAVE Especially Desires Men From North Western Empire. rae Purposes sf the Cemmereiai Bodies ef the seush Are HisA, De-
 veiepmeut Being De-
 sired Here.
INTERVIEW WITH MR DAVE

e. Grosvenor Dave. Managing -Direc- tor of the Southern Commercial Con- grsss, when interviewed today rela- tive to the attitude of the Congress towards immigration. had this to say;
 "As the Southern Commercial Com gress looks towards making the work of all Southern commercial bodies more effective. It's attitude towards immigra- ton, will De based upon consensus or the views held by organizations throughout the South. 1t Is Q subject on which in the South thsre is wide dlvergence of opinion, as to methods. but very clearly defined views as to the results that are desired
 'Speaking at this moment for Ala bama alone. may say that there Is decided feeling in favor of the srri- val from abroad Of white agrieultur- ists and others, particularly from Northwestern Europe and the British Isies. Such men will always be wei come in the South; for they arrive In America with q due respect for law and order and with a sympathy for the governmental Ideals which have made America great. There Is little desire for the class of immigrants who later lead to . struggle in maintaining the ideals of American civilization.
 =-rIHS kGuStGt ASGAAA8 Aa NANe NaN V derfui agricultural possibilities of this part of the Union had better remain unnsed. if the utilization of them should lead, to .sccentuating in any way the effort to maintain that which has already been gained In the past cen- tuyy, We are convinced by the rec ards of personally conducted colonies, that the need of the South In the di- rsction oe settlers is that they should have the capacity of self-government and an understanding of self-controi; pride of race; respect for human life; a freedom from clannishness and a dealre to become, as immediately as
 possible. individual members of the
 body politic. We do not want the men
 who simply regard American opportu- nitles as a means of self-aggrandize-
 uaent and an early return to the land
 of their birth. We believe that the
 great opportunities and resources of the South can best be developed by the
 white people as those who first began to develop the resources of the South,
 "We have already seen groups and colonies formed that increase the prob- lems of the South instead of solving them, We see wandering groups brought to deai with business oppor- tunities along the Gulf whose personal
 behavior Is lower than the lowest with
 which we normally have to deal,
 "The purposes of the commercial | bodies Of the South are high. Devei- opnene fs desired and not hindfance | M9 in&fm4ke knowledEgpf many mer | tiifou8houE the iSotfh. dealing with the I problems of It's development, has l Ohown me that they desire the utilisa- | ton of the South's advantages. bat do | not desire to lay any additional prob | Iems of governmental struggle upon l the present or coming generations. The South with It's great resources is des' ! tined to play, in the harmonious devel' | opment of the nation, . vastly more l important part than It even played ir | the earlier years of the country. Thil | is realized by the commercial bodiei l and the full seriousness of a hastenec | development of today leading to In. l tenser problems of the future. is fully l understood and will be guarded
 against
 'Thls attitude of the Southern com.
 mercIal bodies is not based upon con I cett of race or belittlemsnt of condi, l tions secured in other parts of tht | country. but is based upon lessons pro claimed from crowded centres an( some rural parts Of the nation .wher. | serious results have come from thost | who cannot comprehend the ideals to- | wards which Americans are striving | The re-creative power of our schoo | and other social systems, is understood | but there must be in the material up on which these work . willingness tt become an actual and orderly part 0- | ANtA Rol AA aEA oR