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WHITE LABOR IN THE SOUTH. A Bid That Will Not Be Long Resisted Natural That White People Improve Opportunities. Washington Post. With a cotton crop valued at $7oo,ooo,ooo and the certainty that the annual product of this staple will equal or exceed that sum in value for years to come, the South is making a bid for white labor that will not be long resisted. Labor goes where reward for honest toil is assured, and the conditions in the South are now such that the white man ma, rely upon profitable em ployment. with abundant oppor tunities for bettering his condition, without which there is no incentive to labor. The development of the cotton industry in the South reads like a romance, and its results must be a revolution in the wage system and methods now employed in car ing for this great industry and devel oping other branches of the coun try's wealth of resources. In the decade following the civil war the South produced about 2, 5oo,ooo bales of cotton annually, which were disposed of at fancy prices. Then came an increase in production and a decrease in price, which resulted in the planters secur ing about the same money returns as in the first decade. Within the last few years, however, the pro duction has increased at an en ormous rate and now amounts to about ro,ooo,ooo bales annually, with a value of about $700,000,000. Cotton factories have been establish ed and the centerof the fabric manu facturing business removed from New England to the South. This was the first long step in the solu tion of the labor problem. White men were required for skilled work in the mills. Their wants and needs caused the establishment of 'other manufacturing industries, calling for the services of more white la bor. The bars have been broken down and the white man has es tablished his position in the field of labor in the South without losing his self-respect or his social stand ing. White manual labor is no longer considered with the disrespect that was one of its burdens in slavery times. Men who have studied the labor conditions in the South are now most enthusiastic in encouraging white immigration to that section. The results of the last few years have shown that white men not only excel the negroes in the work in the mills and factories, but that they raise more and better cot ton than the negro workmen, are better paid, have better standards of living, and add greatly to the prosperity of the communities in which they have located. It will be a surprise to people of the North, perhaps, to know that white men are now doing most of the work in the cotton fields. The Census Bureau statistics show that of the 24,000, ooo acres of cotton raised last year white labor worked z4,5oo,ooo acres of it and nearly 5,000,000 acres were worked by "white managers," men who rented small tracts and hired negro laborers to do a share of the work. These facts should effectually explode the old argu ment, used by immigration agents interested in booming Western lands that the white man cannot work cotton profitab'y and cannot endure the semi-tropical climnate of the cot ton section. It should show show much more profitably white men can raise cotton in the South than wheat in the cold Northwest. The South is enjoying the blessings of a remarkable prosperity, and there is nothing more natural than that the white people shall improve the op portunities o? sharing it. The South, Las The Post has before remarked. TAMING A HORSE. Three Artielex That Will Subdue the 1loxt Savage Animal. There were trouble and excitement one day on a ranch in Colorado. A high spirited, half broken stallion was prancing about the yard attached to the rarcher's house. He had just thrown a cowboy who boasted there was nothin on four legs he could not ride. and he was rearing and bucking so that not even the pluckiest man on the rnxeh dared to approach. Whitt i1he uieu -werv standing around wonde:in;: wb:,t to do the rancher's si.:enu-ye:"-Old daughter came out of the i:o:ir:e ::d calmly waiked up to the excla;d :mi1:::A. Wen hie s-aw her he ceased rearing, whinn:dal :m-:l strd still. She just pat her 11and on iAs mane, stroked his nose and then v:iulted lightly on his back and rode around the yard. to the amla::ement of the men. "How Co you manage it?" one of them asked her. "Before you tackled him he was as savage as a tiger." "It is simple enough," the girl re plied. "Any woman can handle a horse better than a man can. See this" -showing the man a small round ob ject she had in her hand-"this is horse castor. Horses love the smell of it and will go up to any one who has it. "Any horse has sense enough to know the people who love it. That stallion began to quiet down as soon as he saw me. When I got near him he smelled the musty horse castor in my clothes, for I always carry a little piece in my pocket. "That pleased him so much that I was able to stroke his head. While do ing so I rubbed his nose with a few drops of oil of cumin, which I had poured into the- palm of my hand. Horses positively love that scent. Then. did you notice that I put my hand into his mouth? The object of that was to pour a few drops of oil of rhodium on to his tongue from a tiny vial which I always carry. "With these thre, articles any horse can be tamed. Where do you get them? Well, the cumin and rhodium can be bought at any drug store; the horse castor must be cut from a horse's ft -e foot. It is a warty growth there." It is a fact that horses are very ft d of these scents. They are often used by women in the tropics and west In the training and breaking of horses. New York Commerical Advertiser. BRAHMAN PROVERBS. 4F He that committeth no evil bath nothing to fear. Mix kindness with reproof and rea son with authority. Of much speaking cometh repentance. but in silence is safety. The first step toward being wise is tc know that thou art ignorant Envy not the appearance of happi ness in any man, for thou knowest not his secret griefs. Indulge not thyself in the passion of anger. It is whbetting a sword to wound thine own breast. Consider and forget not thine own weakness, so shalt thou pardon the failings of others. The heart of the envious man Is gall and bitterness. The success of his neighbor breaketh his rest This instant is thine. The next is Ir the womb of futurity, and thou know et not what it may bring forth. As a veil addeth to beauty, so are a man's virtues set off by the shade which his modesty casteth upon him. As the ostrich when pursued hideth his bead, but forgetteth his body, so the fears of a coward expose him to danger. NOTE THE CHANGE IN THE AD. of Quattlebaum & Schumnpert. these young men are not giving their goods away, but are coming nearer to it than any other dealer in this section. TE llBE IOM AI'TRUT CO T HE JANUARY ASSESSMENT OF the Home Loan and Trust Company will be due and payable on Friday, January15. Mr. J. E. Norwood, vice president, has kindly consented to re ceipt for mue for the assessments due in January and February. Please call at the Savings Bank and make payment to him. The board of directors will meet at the Savings Bank on Monday, Jan uary 18, at 5 p. mn. E. H. Aull, f.See. & Treas. 60 YEARS* EXPERIENCE TRADE MARKS DESIGNS atents taen trouc" fu nn & Co.receIve pcial rnotce, without charge, in the Scientific JImericafl. A handsomely tiustrated weekly. litrrest cir yer I 'r ni itht L51 byalndae MUNN & CO.361Brosa-a.-NewYok Brn- nce as F St. Washungton. D. c. 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