The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-01-21
FUTURE LABOR FOR
The GREAT SOUTH
CONTINUED From First PaCeD

Inc HktAI OUUIh
! Continued From First Page.)
stripping the supply, and the supply
Itself is of an inferior quality. From
the standpoint of the manufacturer.
the labor situation Will probably be
/ still more unfavorablc in the future
than II has been In the past fol- the
reason that the waSe-carners original
| ~ recruited from mountainous and
agricultural sections have made prog
ress towards the consciousness OF their
own Industrial importance, in which
| Quality they were formerly entirely
lacking. AS other industrial oppor-
tunities, offering more attractive re-
Enumeration and conditions of employ
ment. arise they will leave the mills
ana mines and cause a depletion Of the
present operating forces. The employ
er Will probably DO, therefore con-
fronted not only with an Inadequate
TABOR supply to meet tho GROWING;
needs Of industry, but also will face
the problem of Il decline In the present
operating force. The negro has been
shown 10 be unsatisfactory for cotton
mill and other factory work. Conse-
uucntly, the Southern cotton mills and
othcr manufacturing industries. as
wei as the mines, In the future must
draw more and more for their opera
tiVes upon sources of labor outside the
South.
ENistinE sources Of Labor Supply.
: TWO sources of labor supply are
nVallable--the Immigrant from Great
britain and Northern Europe and the
IMMIGRANT from the countries of
southern and Eastern Europe. The
New England mills and the mines anu
manufacturing establishments OF the
Middle states ana the West during the
past hfteen years have depended upon
the latter source of supply. The MEM
bcrs of recent Immigration from thu
south and East of Europe have founn
extensive employment in Northern
and Western industries and have been
and are st!ll displacing the native
American and older British ana Ger
man operatives. These immigrant
races have been without previous ex-
perience abr Dad, and their emp. oymen;
has been made possible only ty the
development OF automatic machinery
and mechanical devices, which have
eliminated to large extent the Gle
ment of skill formerly required of in
dustrial workers
Such class of labor could readily bc
be used in the South Probably II,
could be employed more satisfactorily
son that nutonatIc mnchirnr
extensively used In III. So,,n 49,.
chief recommendation iios j.,
aniiity and its ready acceptance or
conditions of employment. 1t should
be borne in mind. however, that the
native white laborer of the South has
hitherto refused to work in the same
migrant. IT should nIso ho 60, -,
ed that the Soutbarn ,na Ea.,a,,.
European Immigrant is nbar.a,ost,a.
by high degree of i1,itoracr 80
rcry low standard Of Iivinr "a
erect of his connc,ition rnan tno
American wagc.earnc,. has hen die
astrous He is a chean onnrat',a .,
the way of dollars and cents bu, T.,
not Desirable from ihc s,nndnoIn. &c
the future OF industry or IN. ranarai
social or politicaI wa,Ihoinr az. th
south
The WuEe-Earncr rho sou,h S,.,.
The future of mining ana man,.f,c-
turing in the South can undonhtcIIv
best be built upon a labor force com
posed OF Americans and reprcsenta-
tives of Great Britain ana Nnrthar,
Europe. The mempcrs ~ thosc Voc.
have for many vcars bcer sitiIIoa
workmen and have acquired :. h,rn
aegrcc OF efficiency Thev ,yn,,Id ~,
ford labor basis upon whicb ~.
south could hone to comnete no, ONLY,
with other sections OF the ;,niien
States, but with any country NJ Tho
world British and German ;,n,n,-
grants would probably w,tbo,, ST
ton, b. worked with tho nreenn,
Southern wage Garner. They Iyn,,ld
also be quick TO take ADVANTAGE NJ IN.
opportunities OF Southern mill ana
mining villages in the way % annd
housing facilities and tho deveInnmsr,
of supplementary Incomes fror, the
keeping OF gardens. cows and r,,,,,r,
They would also form satiefactorv
and desirable body OF citizens 90.
are at present being RAPIDLY disolacen
in the Northern and Western miIis
and could after some dimcrIt
preliminary experience be attracted IN
large numbers 70 the Sou,b
The undesirabIIlty Of this ,,,su .,
In,mirr,n,s ,ro,, ~ "