The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-08-16

ton has meant to the prosperity Of ,
people until now, the new education
is going TO mean tenfold more, ant
the Carolinas should make haste &c
tSad al other States i'm taking advan.
tage OF this great energy giving i'm.
pulse. We have made great advance:
In eduction. and yet the best thine
the Carolinas could do now, the best
financial investment her people could
make would be TO double this school
expenditure. Considered simply as a
profitable place to put money, IL
would pay the man who has land, the
man who has capital. the man who
has scientific knowledge or industrial
skill. and the man who lives by his
muscles. For the prosperity Of all Is
measured by the intelligence and ef-
ficiency Of orr average man.
And not only the schools. but all
other agencies that are educating the
people to higher degree OF eflcien-
cy. deserve our support Just in
proportion to the extent and thor
oughness Of their work.
First Of all then. in raising the ef-
hciency of our average man. we
need always and everywhere TO help
forward the cause Of eduaction for
the development of our own people;
and In the next place We ought TO en-
courage the immigration Of progress
sive and enterprising men and wo-
men from other sections.
: Need More People.
While the great basic principle
upon which we must build Is that the
prosperity of every industry, and ev-
cry individual is measured by the in
telligence and efficiency Of the ave-
rage man with whom we have to
DEAL We need also to remember
simply as a modifying factor-that
up to point Of density which We
| In the south shall not reach for
centuries yet. prosperity will be en-
hanced by increasing the number of
intelligent and efficient people per
square mile. There Is point Of
diminishing returns but We are in
no danger of reaching it. AS il is,
both Carolinas need and must have
larger proportion Of white people.
The whole south Is still too sparsely
settled. Our eleven southern states.
excluding Texas. support 10000. 900
people Of both races. and only 49,
100000 white people. while the
same area in Europe supports over
1s0.000.000 white people.
, "Of course, We do not want the
lower class European immigration.
IL we can get immigration from Eng
land. Scotland. Ireland, Germany,
Holland. Sweden. etc.,--the countries
whose blood has gone to make up
our vigorous American stock-it
would be Of great help to US. We are
all of us such immigrants ourselves,
or descendants of such immigrants.
From some countries of southern and
, eastern Europe. on the other hand,
immigration Is Of p decidedly lower
order and Objectionable because OF
low standard of intelligence and
efficiency.
"On the very same principle how
ever. immigrants OF a normal or
high standard Of intelligence and eff
cheney is desirable. Such immigra-
tion can be had. and ought to be had
lin some measure perhaps from our
English, Scotch. Dutch and Irish
kinsfolk across the sea-but chiefly
1 from our northern and western
states. For years now hundreds OF
thousands Of the most enterprising
and progressive farmers in the mid
die west have been going into Cana
da with It's long hard winters and Bit
ter climate, not only giving UP
American citizenship, but actually
paying two or three times as much
for land In the inhospitable region as
land OF the same fertility commands
in the south. We ought to have
brought these men to the south. They
know our institutions. our language
They are industrious thrifty. wide.
awake. and many of them OF south.
ern ancestry. who should naturally
come back home. Let's bring them
back.
One Strong Reason.
IF there were no other reasons
for advocating such immigration
from the north and west. | shoulJ
favor II as our surest delverance
from our race problem .as Senator
Tillman himself has so strongly