Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-09-10

pie can deal wisely with Southern pro-
blems in view of the race complied
lion.
with by no means fair or equal
chance, with unfair freight rates AMI
an unfair national fiscal policy, and
without ready access to capital, thes-
seventy-five years, the southern peo-
pie have met their problems, the very
gravest of problems, in way and
with a degree Of success of which
they are proud. Senators Borah and
King gave eloquent testimony to this
fact in the last session of the Senate
Amazing Progress.
"And economically speaking, the
South has made an amazing progress
so great that two observations may
safely be set down:
"(1) The Southern region has re-
quired and received during the depres-
sion far less of Federal assistance
than any other. For example, the sin
gle State of Pennsylvania, population
9,O00,000) has received more w. p A.
aid than eleven Southern States (pop-
ulation 99,0O0,00W. (2) Industrial pro-
gress has been so rapid and so great
that Eastern and Northern States are
bitterly complaining of the flight of
capital to the South, and doing all
they can in the Congress to arrest it.
For example, North Carolina leads al!
the States in the manufacture of tex
tiles, of furniture, and of tobacco. And
this is not due to competitive wages.
The Southern textile industry pays it's
workers a larger portion of the value
IL ~, fo ~ y, +6o
ern and eastern textile industry. All
manufactures in North Carolina pay
workers thirty per cent more of the
value added by manufacture than do
all manufactures in New York State,
in which the President and Miss Per
kins are citizens. The region of the
Nation making the most progress fin
ancially and commercially the last
thirty years is the southern region
The region that has best withstood
the depression is the South. So far
from suddenly saving us now by Ma
tional interference, all the evidence is
that we are saving ourselves and con-
tributing handsomely to relief in the
North and West! Of course the up
lifters will be rushing in to get tbs
credit.
Native-Born Population.
''The South has an advantage that
it hopes in all events to preserve: Our
white population is native-born 70,
from six to ten generations It is pure
American, and it is English, Scotch
and Irish about IS per cent, if we
leave out the Spanish element along
the Gulf of Mexico.
1--WE much prefer no further indus
trial progress whatever to progress
that would dilute our Southern Saxon
civilization. We are capable of pro-
ducing and prefer to produce our own
population. We are doing -four birth
rate is highest. We will give hearty
welcome to capital, but we insist upon
supplying the labor.
I'm plain words we have made q
great progress Notwithstanding all
handicaps; we have much more to
make, and in making it we propose to
preserve the South as the South. T.
this is provincial then we are pro-
vincial and do not care if we are.
Have it your way, but leave us alone
Call us what you please, but keep
your nose out of our business.
Keep Out Gangsters.
1--WE have from time to time been
advertised as feudalists, as benighted
as rebellious, as poverty-stricken, as
hopeless, as lynchers, as victims of
hookworm, malaria and pellagra; and
we do not care, if this sort of adver-
Using will keep out of the South the
type of population and politicians.
gangsters, agitators and grafters
which we see, read of and hear of in
the other parts of the United States
We know that our general health is
very good, and our death rate com
pares favorably with that of other
regions.
eve welcome ministers, teachers,
students and visitors from everywhere |
but we are determined to throw out |
the professional uplifters and politi- |
cal. missionaries who come down TO
teach us the more abundant life at
SO much per day of the Federal
money.
Never Burned Humans Alive.
Nov and then we do have lynch |
ing. but we have never burned human |
beings in a. prison, twenty at a time,
and roasted them, as they have been