Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-06-19

prive one of joys that otherwise might be
found, even in circumstances attended by
misfortune.
AS we say, it seems likely she has figur-
ed correctly one very profound result of
the exodus of so many of our southern ne
groes to industrial centers of the east and
west.
Cheap labor means high-priced land and
the ownership of large tracts by the
wealthy. And the negro has always fur
nished the landlord with cheap labor.
The migration of the negro on a large
scale will mean higher-priced farm labor,
just as certainly as the sun sets. If this
migration reaches the extent predicted by
some, it will undoubtedly mean that hun
dreds of Thousands of acres, formerly farm
ed for big landlords will lie idle, will fail
at lower prices.
And this will mean that the renters, who
will be able to get better shares for their
labor, will be the better able to buy their
own farms and establish their own homes,
If this comes about on a large scale, then
every of us in the south will be better
off. 1t is prosperity and comfort and edu
cation for the many. not the few, that
makes people strong and good and great.
If the farm lands of Georgia were own
ed by twenty thousand men, it would be
calamity. i they were owned by five
hundred thousand, we would have the
greatest state in the union.
Think carefully over the letter of our
correspondent. See If, in your opinion, she
has not hit the nail on the head. Then
look out over your neighborhod and see
how many negroes who own their own land
have left to go north
1t is never easy to determine what the out
come will be of changes in the social order
Printers who in the old days of composition
by hand set 1000 ems of type in eight hours
feared that the mechanical typesetting ma
chine, operated by one man, setting 5000
ems in an hour, would put most of them into
the penthouse. AS matter of fact, it made |
work for many printers as the country has
been able to produce. 1t mace it possible for
US to give you 1919 issues of our paper for 81, |!
whereas formerly you paid 81 or SO for fifty
two issues of smaller size.
The migration of the negro is regarded by !
many as a calamity Certainly it is a shame |
it, some say, many leave because they are
treated unfairly. But whether it be ca
lamity or a blessing either for the southern
white and negro, or for both, cannot be deter
mined except by the passage of time.
1t may be that the negro will not prosper
in the north Or it may be that he will pros
per and the section he left will not only pros
per under altered conditions but will give
better treatment to those of the colored race
who remain. !
Whatever the upshot may be, we may con-
fdently assume that out of ne lux and moil
will come ultimate good.
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