The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-01-28
CHANGES IN SOUTH
. DULY CONSIDERED
Some Talk Along Lines That
Must Be Taken Into Very
Careful Consideration-Thc
Coming Race, and What II
May Mean to the
South.
by W. J. L..uCk.

Ihcrc are number OF considera-
lions OF vital Significance to the
southern people. which are generally
i"st eight OF in contemplating the ey-
trnordinory Industrial DEVELOPMENT of
tht Southern States within recent years
me tendency at the present time 10
lay stress upon material progress should
i:'l be discouraged. Safeguards how
over. should he provided against the
"hinvorablc effects o: unrestricted or
huHuidcd industry and commerce The
south should provide Tor an Intelligent
tNpahs!on OF business and manufactur-
ing and insure tho proper adaptation
of industrial and commercial forces TO
It's political institutions The com
pifte industrializatien OF some OF the
Northorn states points "A warning
irger In this direction
SocinI nnd IndustriRI Changes.
Inc change in the character of
Southern communities, and the ra pid
migration OF Il diverse population from
"thcr sections OF The country 20 the
south. together with a constantly
growing iniiuN Of alien peoples irons
abroad-all attracted By the com
mercial and industrial opportunities OF
inc Southland. rs we'll az IN. move
lncnt uf the white and negro popula-
ton from agricultural localities to the
newly developed industrial centres
iifN'i biltb'E D:tu uf3tElbEu III tlcSe
,olurnns The resultant changes in
social and industrial conditions arc
especially noteworthy.
y distinct waHc-carniug class is be-
Ing developed IN the south. composed
OF the agricultural and mountain pco-
pic, who have moved into the cotton
inlll and other manufacturing centres:
the negroes who have come IN large
numbers from the farms 10 the towns
and elites. the skilled artisan and
inechanlc. who has migrated from the
North and West and the inexperienced
Southern and Eastern Europeans, who
nitNe come TO DO the ungkillcd and
laborious work OF tue mines and mills.
i'urthcrmorc. there has been 4 con-
.st1nuy Increasing ilow OF capital from
the North and other sections toward
the South. seeking investment In the
numerous enterprises designed to pro-
mote southern Industries and develop
southern trade and resources. Along
with II there has also gone an influx
OF capitalists or their representatives
and other persons. who have been
animated primarily with the CONNER
ciai motive. anG who have rapidly as
stunned positions OF prominence and in
iluencc IN Southern industrial and
mercantile activities. Tho large cor
pcrationa OF .'ew England and the
North, especially those concerned with
the manufacture vi textiles ana iron
ana steel products. and those engaged
III the production OF coal and lumber
and tho manufacture OF wood and
chemical products. have acquired large
interests and have tabiisncd mills
and factories In the Southern states.
10 thes. establishments officials ana
clerical forces have been sent, and
they. together with the representative
"f northern mercantile and financial
~ tod he.
irunsplantcd ana alien business and
Industrial population.
Al the same l!mc the industrial de-
yc!opmcnt OF the Soutn has be II mark
cd by the cmergcncc into power and
influence. socially and commercially, of
HE mercantile and trades people of
the South itself. whose status under
The more rigid caste system of former
years was that of a middle class Tho
risinl, into prominence Of these people
has also been accompanied by the
sinking into the background of THE
old clements Of leadership. In other
words, the control of affairs and the
direction Of public opinion in the South
seems TO he pussin" into the hands of
commercial and IN lustrilt class conf
posed partly of outsiders and partly OF
Southcrners who until recently had
occupied a subordinate position. Con-
tcinporuncously, the old system of con-
troll is rapidly disappearing. The trend
of things also indicates that these
tendencies will become more pro-
nounced In the -uturc
Future Political Questions of the
south.
1t is also evident that the industrial
Changes which have been IN progress
III the South have brought into eX-
istence a new order of political pro-
blcms. The political questions of the
new South are economic. They centre
around the new forces, when have
been Embossed. Political thought is
concerned with intelligent Legislation
for the purpose of promoting com
mercial and industrial progress. In
eyitably industrial and commercial
problems must be acted upon by
Southern voters and legislators, and
the result of this action VIII largely
determine the democratic institutions
OF the South are to be industrlalized
or whether the new Industrial forces
arc TO be adapted to and brought into
Harmonious relations with the South's
political ideals and institutions. In
teliigent political leadership Will be
necessary to the successful solution
OF this problem.
The business problems Of the great
er South are also new. Provision has
already been made In most of the
Southern States for the training OF
engineers, chemists, and technical cx-
perts whose knowledge and ability may
be used In tho development of mining
and manufacturing, and in the ex-
pioitation OF the South's natural re-
sources. There Is also need for the
training OF bankers. financicrs. and
tho business, men and promoter OF
broad view and wide range of inter-
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