The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1910-07-06

WHAT We NEED
Hew to Build Up North and South Caro-
lima Permanently.
EXTRACT FROM ADDRESS

EXTRACT FROM ADDRESS
on Clarence Toe. Editor Of tlse Pro-
srr>sive Farmer and Gazette. Rial
eict, Y. G.. Before the South Car.
olina Press Association. Glenn
Springs. ). c.. June Is. 1910.
Roth Ca-o!inaS need and must
have larger proportion Of white
people. The whole South. in fac:
is still! 100 sparcely settled. Our II
Southern States. excluding Texas.
support only 100000 people O.;
both races. and oE!y i0.000.00o
white people. while the same area ~
Europe supports over leo.000.o00
white people. And i; must be &C
memtered .ha; up 20 certain point
which we shall no, reach for CEN
:u.ies yet. and other thiass being
equal. p-osperii: depends upon d.:"-
sity OF population Population makes
wealth. provided thar il is normally
intelligent and efficient.
Or course. We do not want the
lowest class European imuig -a'ion.
II we can &c. immigration from Eng
Land. Scotland. Ireland. Germany.
Holland. Sweden. etc-tle countries
whose Blood has gone 70 make UP
our vigorous American stock-it
would oe OF great help 70 Us. Nc
arc all OF US such inniSra1;: our
selves or descendants OF such immi.
grants. From some counties OF
Southern and Eastern Europe. on the
other hand. immigration is OF de-
cidedly lower order and objectiona Die
because OF a low standard OF !n.eili-
gence and efficiency.
On the very same principle. how
ever. immigration Of normal or
high standard OF intelligence and
efficiency is desirable. Such immi-
grafton can be had. and ought to be
had-in some measure. perhaps our
English. Dutch and Irish kinsfo!k
across the sea-but chiefly from our
Northern and Western States. For
years now hundreds Of thousands OF
the most cntarprisnG and progress
Sive farmers in the Middle West
have been going into Canada with
its long hard winters and bitter cl'-
mate. not only giving up American
but actually paying Two
TO three times as much for land n
that ;nhosp;table re:ion as land OF
the same fertility commands in the
South. We ough; 10 have brought
these men 70 the South. They know
ou. institutions. our language. they
.re Industrious thrifty. wideawake
and many OF them are OF Southern
ancestry who should naturally come
back home. Let's bring them back.
II there were no other reason for
advocating such immigration from
the North and West. should favor
:, as su.est de!iverance from our
race problem The proportion OF
negroes 10 whites is too large ia ev-
.ry Southern State. and my hope l.
that ultimately the tides Of migra-
,ion and immigration will equalize
population until the proportion OF
negroes IN no State vii! exceed 20
pe, cen,. Ne mus, train the negro
more ignorant he is the great
.. the burden OF the South-but at
bes, the process will be slow. and
at preSen, it would probably not be
100 much TO say that in considering
our whole population. including our
great constructive leaders and cap
,ainS Of industry. the average ncSr"
IN the CarolinaS in economic worth
and efficiency is only half as useful
AS the average white man. In other
words. in rating general average OF
efficiency we should pu, the white
man al 100 and the negro al 30. so
,ha: a county half white and
nes,o would have an average et:it.
ency OF -. OF handicap OF oo PEI
cent. as compare" with a county
with an exclusive white population
Of normal degree Of efficiency.
Whether or not the diserence Is
as much as have indicated. certain
L is that the larger the proportion
Of whites. the higher the average o:
efficiency. the more prosperous VII!
be our every industry. and the be-,
ter X will BE- for every !ndlvi1uai
-itizen. including the negroes them
selves. There are just t1o great
wavs 10 build up the Caro!iEaS First
and OF paramount, Importance is ed
ucation of all our pe, =. ana
should only supplement this by put
ting more .arnes, emphasis upon
practical education. education that
| trains for efficiency. not education
suited 20 the great urban centeTs OF
Europe and the North. but educa-
ton suited 20 :he needs OF great.
awakening AGRICULTURAL: citizenship
such as ours is and must be.
And second only 70 education. IS
immigration.
Now let Us star; risht-not .!
seeking immigrants from Southern
| Europe. bu, By advertising our re
sources 20 the thrifty. enterpriSins
and progressive farmers OF the
North and Wes,-mrn OF ou: StocF
who only need an invitation {, maa;
them come. Emerson vas r!Sh
vhan hc said that every man who
comes into city with any pu!chaS
!, yts 4