The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1911-08-25

BUT TWO STATES N UNION
SHOW NEGRO MJOnTIfS
Publicity Movement Inssswstsd
tootlos 10 White immigration
tspsetsd TO Wipe Out ynfs'
yofsbIs Condition By 1926.

Ai g1aas tbs feceht csmpsisn,
sad In 'iot III dufiag .bls pDblie
career. MAJOR vsfdsmsn hss epntin
usiiy told the penple n Tho dsngef'
esistios With = surplus ~ negf0es IN
the state. Iie has pinted out the
fact that there IL majority ~
negroes In Mississippi, only South
Caf0iina showing like condition,
and baa cootended that this condition
must he reversed II the great old com
mon wealth shall come lnto her right |
ful condition " prosperity and pro
gfeaa Many of the newspapers 90
pecially outside the state, condemned
Vafdsman for this open stand, ana
among these newspapers was the New
Orleans Times Democrat Nov, how
ever, some OF these papers, In various
ways, have admitted condition, the
facts ~ which they were unable 10
suppress, and The Times. Democrat,
In Its issue Of last Tuesday morning,
contains complete fefutation of It's
former position. Major Vafdaman
stands yIndicatcd, II he needed such
vindlcation, by this editorial lD The
Times Democrat, which was as
follows:
Now that the political campaign In
| Mississippi Is over, that state proposes
TO turn It's attention TO the task OF
advertising It's resources, lands and
possibilities throughout the country,
with the idea OF attracting immigra.
tlon, especially white immigration,
, from the north aud west. Mississippi
, has held two big immigration convcn-
tions, at Jackson and Gulfport, and
has laid the foundation for move.
, ment OF this kind. The lumbermen,
G who have been most active indus
+ trially, and who are deeply interested
0 in the states prosperity, are expected
!. to help In this movement, In the way
y OF getting settlers for their "cut-ovel
:. lands" means so much for them. II
Q Is expected to raise $4,000 for the
q advertising and immigration work
/. aud the slogan OF the movement vii
y be mississippi a white state In 1925
T. with as many white as black inhabi
ID tants."
NEGRO MAJORITIES.
Mississippi is one OF the two state
with negro majority, the other oein
South Carolina. Two others formerl
suffered from an excess OF negroes
n Louisiana and Florida, but both hay
n escaped from the drawback, and hav
been benefited thereby. A negr
majority stands In the way Of whit
|S Immigration, as many white settler
farmers or laborers, are not eager t
~. come to a land where they are likel
~ to be forced into competition wit
negroes. For this reason Oklahom
fought so strenuously against negI
Immigration, and 1t Is today reapin
the benefit OF its opposition.
Florida got rid OF It's negro majoril
fifteen years ago. In 1900 the whit
he were in a majority OF 67,000, sin'
for Increased to 100000, and, as u cons
au quence, there mas been steady Unfit
OF white settlers, Florida increasir
cts more In population in the last decat
no than any OF It's sister states OF u
on South.
he is A DISADVANTAGE.
ire Louisiana, which had negro m
he jority, showed an excess of 100
ira whites by the census OF 1900, whit
his has since been increased to 100000
ces 100000 by the count just taken, al
an, this will help immensely In gettil
rts immigration. Some negroes have lei
ler finding It impossible to meet presel
OF agricultural conditions In the sou
r a aud the ravages OF the boil weev
er. Many whites have come 10, and a st
ito larger immigration Is expected In {
of carly future, when all the facts abo
,at Louisiana are known aud all its a
vas vantages and attractions made publ
the Mississippi still labors under :
his disa dvautage of having a negro n
jority. This was 266,000 10 l0t
There is every reason to believe til
at. this majority was reduced during /
OF past decade by the large immigrati
DR.. OF whites engaged In various Ind,
ter tries, especially In the production
ned lumber, and by some emigration
ave negroes Ia the boil weevil panic Of Ia
ect year. win it be possible to complets
ow. wipe out the negro majority by TO-
TO and thus bring Mississippi iowa
ing that Industrial development wbi
cky comes with a larger white populatio
, OF 1t will need some work aud the
operation OF the whole people
the accomplish the desired end.
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