Newark post., 1910-06-15
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The people Of Newcastle county are
ior the most part business and manu-
facturirg c,ass. Those in the rural
districts, especi"'iy. contrary to the
gtn raj rule OF the State lack socia
iIity and are conservative without be
NJ cold I'm the two lower counties
como itfOnS are reversed. The people
aie not So busily engaged and there
lot { have more time To spend i'll other
ways. Having more time at their dis
posGl they are naturally more sociab e
and h ,spftatle l.eniency toward the
negro is a characteristic OF the people
OF the lower counties which we in
Newcastle lack.
Almost all the manufacturing oi the
State is done in Newcastle count,
while farming is the principal industry
IN the other counties. The methods
II farming in the upper and lower Sec
tons are very different. In Newcastle
cutnty the farms are small and as a
rule owned by the cultivator In Kent
and SUSSEX the land is divided into
large tracts which are managed direct
ly Ly the owners and worked by ten
ants under rental. In the north pro-
dues are raised for retail markets. but
| in the southern part the produce is
wholcsaled
The causes of these differences may
| be attributed to many things Per-
| hGps it we go back to the ancestors
| nf those who early Sett' ed our Sta,c
we may be able to see how through
generation after generation the primi-
| tive ways and habits have been trans
| mitted. Delaware was first settled by
| the Swedes and Dutch in the northern
| part, and the southern part was settled
| by the English Knowing the char
| acteristics and habits oi the Swedes
and the English, we can trace a resem-
| blance in Our own people to these first
| settlers.
| Perhaps some difference III our peo-
| pie may be accounted ior by the facts
| that the wage Garner is better off III
Newcastle county than in the others
| His wages are on the whole higher
and his term OF employment extending
throughout the year In general his
work is more skilfu and favorable t.
| the intelligence of the race.
Our people have their good as wei
as their bad points One Of the best
characteristics OF the Delawareans i.
| t'ldl VII q WiibiS liSS ldNS " idiNS
pride. This may be shown best by
comparing it with surrounding States
espe Ially Maryland and Virginia Ii
these States the people take grea
pride i'll tracing their ancestry back tc
the earliest times OF our country. Per
haps they are justified in their pride
but many OF these families have iallel
financially in the last century, and som,
are really poverty stricken: yet thes,
people will not associate with those
in the neighborhood who have not thi
lineage behind them. This broker
arstocracy dislikes work OF all kinds
All the work that is done must be don,
by negroes. This, indeed, is falls,
pride which we do not find in thi
State Our peop'e think nothing o
work. Many of our families, some 0
them wealthy, disdain to have hiret
help i'll their homes. This is especial,
so in the two lower counties.
| Honesty is another virtue of ou
people. That we possess this virtue
is shown by the fact that prosecution
for debt are very rare.
The size of our State brings the peo
pie into closer relationship with thu
government than large State would
i Many of the people come into direc