Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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: IGATIOld MENAOE IN OUR:.NSTITUTIONS HOP CADLER WRITES AGAIN ON THE SUBJUOT. ral Reasous Given to Show Arti aly Stimulated Immigration Must Result in Harm-South . Must Preserve Ameri canism. .. noble Georgian now the resident the state of Illinois, sends me a st interes,ting letter from which I ake some extracts to which I beg 6 invite attention, He writes: "My Dear Bishop Candler: I can not refrain from thanking you most heartily for your recent article in the Atlanta Jourinl, entitled, 'The De lusion and Snare of Artificially Stim ulated Immigration.' Having been a resident of Georgia for the first thirty years of my life, I can easily understand why some of Georgia's citizens clamor for foreign immigra tion. They wish labor for their farms and factories, and money for their purses. A scheme promising fi nancial returns attains an easy popu larity when its moral consequences i- are ignored. But I am glad there are somo left who are not misled by the glitter of gold, and who view this matter of immigration from a more elevated standpoint. "For the past three years I have ..Ved in Central Tilinois-the most prosperols part of one. of' the first a.-ricultral states in the nion. My bitsiness brie me inl daily touch Wihli the 11arin) class, and I wish to give you some of Iy observations along Ohe lne of Your artiele. This part of Illinois is densely popuilated, one hundred acres being regarded as a large farm. The country is laid off in sections of one mile square, marked by public roads which are perfectly straight and -Which divide into sq'uares, these beautiful and fer tile prairie lands. Handsome farm houses line these roads, giving the country the appearance of the sub urbs of a large city. The land around them is worth from $100 to $200 per acre. The physsical conditions are all that could be desired, but what of the intellectual and moral conditions? ''The people are very illiterate shockingly so--landowner as well as his tenants and hired laborers shar ing in a common ignorance explains why they are so free from any thing like caste. This illiteracy is overlook ed and uneriticised because of the high standi.ng financially of the farm owners. It is not uncommon to find prominent and wealthy men among them who can neither read nor write. ''I.f a man who owns one hundred acres of land has a son old enough to work lie needs no hired help to cul tivate his farm for in this level, stunipless and rockless land, the fath er' and son with gang p)lows, culti vators, and other labor-sav'ing de vices, ean easily cultivate the wvhole tract. The wife and mother, aided by servants, will (10 all the house 1101( work, including the laundrying. If the land owner lives ini towni, as is often the ease lhe is constantly coin plaining ab)out the labor pirohblm, just as you hear' sneh men complain ling in the south. Ini fact, necessity. not superior indulst ry. leads people of means to work on their farms here. At the season of harvest labor is so seai-ce that common day hands com mand $2 to $3 1)er day. Nearly every class of labor is organized, and de mands both high wages and short hours. Domestic seivants are few, and not one farmer in twenty has one in his home. So much for the labor question. ''Now, what of the moral conditions of this section? First, let me say that pure Americans are in the minority, the 'population being mostly Italians, Poles, Irish, Germans, and some French. The Sabbath is not observ d, but is for the most a day of orts and games, such as fishin.g, inting, ball games, and cheap t hxa a. I was invited to a 'prowressive chre' party to bie hlcd on Sundiay. 1ethical standards arc different mn those of the south. Children have no reverence for and men hav~e little r espect for innocence of childhood. A fath hinuks little of using profane or ~ene language in the presence of family, and the children in turn k after the same style oin the ts. 'Little deference is shown an, and apparently she expets .Individualism is the reigning eteristic, and restraint is rq d na tyranny. Now and then Ill find a family more oI'thiodox tlh and regular In conduet, try enforce better' discipline in the but such a family has an up gt in . the effort to exclude ovailing .sentiments and cud f their .neighbors ini the comn *4majority of the people nest and ,hlw-abiding, it .is ut it 'nust 'be e~membered that the l4vs are made by the major- col ity, and are no higher than the cur- ed, rent standards which are embodied ant in them. Tie fact is that the most of m the people do with inrpunity and-per- bit fectly good conscience what would ag be wrong and.criminAl in people with higher ideas o life, for after all the ma character of a people is expressed gr( by the ideals of right to w'hieh they th,4 are loyal. I ab< "Let me say further, that these I I people have a naturai antipathy for it the negro, and within ten miles of the where I live there is only one ndgro a family. Other negroes are neither tOf wanted .nor expected here. be] "Now, from what I have written, ke( various conclusions might be drawn. tit, It seems to me the most rational one ity is this: Georgia and all other south- ,e( ern states may well go cautiously and -i slowly in this matter of encouraging an and1 stimulating foreign immigration. the There are more precious t'hings than my commercial gains and material pros- tyi perity, and today Georgia has some e, of those precious things. She -will des not, if she is true to herself, ex- mo change those things for that which we she will surely not want when it wil has been obtained. Wealth is but a 131 coarse and flectipg possession, but a too refin,d anI Christian civilization is all an enobling and enduring inheritance. Ow To this -better part may my native d rc state cleave with all her heart! ''With 'best wishes and kindest re- (1 ea1rds, I am1, Yours sincerely, a U'pon this thoughlti'tul and Sug04(es- X tive let(er T make several obselrva t ionsz. zl (1) As n1ppuarls frlml the leffo't . ter, farmti labor. I'rm for-el-n 1,ands. will be organizel labor. Comingu. in blocks. as it will when artifieially sIItulated it will reml at inl in bulk. This meains it will be harder to assimilate, and will tIus coitinue rl generations, if not forever, massed in foreign col onlies. (2) These foreigon colonies will be UI inimical to the negro, and their or- <h 111nized labor unions will have mo tive and power enough to set in mo tion movements adverse to the com1 peting negro lalborers with a view to getting them out of the market. This process will leave the supply of farm labor little or no better than it ANow is, and, besides, it will en genlder hurt ful race antagonisms as well as dangerous labor agitations. (3) These solid blocks of foreign ers will be perilous political itnits, voting in body, under leaders who can wield them at will and who will often be purchasable. Such bodies will breed the worse form of politi cal bossism. Such has been the out come in other sections of our coun try, and we cannot expect a differ ent fate if we create similar condi tions. What game for the brewers, distillers and barkeepers will be sup plied by these solid blocks of boss led foreigners in a prohibition elec tion. What ''b)locks of five'' will be- 1 come effective in all elect iotts. What liv Ifessiatn politics we shall have! bil (4) Thet artificial stimulation of yom foei immnigrafiti will ftnd to set- bil lein colonies thle f'oreigniers brough~lt gu< to ouri shores by such processes, and Ispt tis will tmake them less opetn to re- wo Ilieious efforts on their behalf. The me 'i'ritnclny'i any land( tends 'str tcrsaize ina boytha forgets ow wid.This is true of the American tre DIRECT FROM OUF WILLO" WWH FULl I, QTS Send us $2.85 case with no mar quarts of WlLLO'% Try it and if yon best you ever tast< pense atnd your $; Isn't that a fair of Remember we from us you save1 * era and avoid allc LO sure of getting ou: our distillery, witl *way. If you prefer c four full quarts of c WHISKEY or $2 buy a better corn any price. ...- Our guarantee refunded goes witi Is rutn no risk when of outr company he WFf CREEKDSI and will do exact1 MACONJ,OA 'THE SWIF'i ,Owner. ofReetr . , ,K ' ony in all the lands I have visi and our people are as good y other people. It will be ev( re true of foreigners beguiled k to our, shores by immigral mts and labor bureaus. '5) After every allowance has'bee do for lamentable defects and r ittable blemishes it remains tri it our southern type of life 5 Mt the best to be round anywher ive seen many lands, and I gia as my deliberate judgment thi re has not appeared on the earl better type of civilization t.ha t of the old south. Our peop iev6 the Bible, attend chure p the Sabbath, reverence the san r of the home and stand for pu in government better than do an ple I -have seen. If there is ain; nig better this side of heaven tha old-fashioned Christian home i south I have not yet met it. F< part, I do not care to change ti ie, or even to take the risk < nging it. If any good foreigni ire to come amon . us on their on tion, and will conform to this typ shall be glad to see them, and v 1 give them Christian Ivelcom t we need no other sort, and .11 many of any sort. We shall nee the land God has gven us for ot a children and our children's chi Phe south is the iome of Amei ism and the strionghold of evang il Ieli-ion, andl tle 1ntions er e us nothing which we cani affoi take for these "'ood thill.ts. N I 4o tile worll Ilore 11,ood by pri viw-r aIn wxam1ple of such a 111 Ie of civilizaiitin 11hia1 we eau 1 'lill" a retvf e for 11Ioxe )loet 1,1it, llers wlho "111e Io Ils ey onV , and wlomn we SNIK LW I s from no hi.,ldier Illoti' thal of a-reed. 'Godlilless with * Contentment a.t gain.'' said the a1postle. It at gain for the south in both i iduial life and inl t.he life of fl' 1mn1111ity as a whole. THE NEW WAY, TIE EASY WAY, TUE CHEAPEST WAY to make Ice Cream. Simply Stir the contents of one package Jell-O ICE CREAM Powder nto a quart of milk and freeze. No heating )r cooking; nothing else to add. One pack ige makes nearly two quarts of fine Ice .ream. Costs about 1 cent a plate. Five kinds: Vanilla, Chocolate, Straw "erry, Lemon and Unjlavored. Approved by Pure Food Commissioners. No disease germs or ptomaine poison In 1611-0 1@* Cream Powder 2 packages25o., at all grocers. If your grocer hasn't It, send JN us his name and e %.. s 5.,and 2 pack ages and our 11 lustrated recipe -- book will be mailed to you. The Genesee Pure Food Co., Le Roy N Y Visit our booth atjamestowvnExpoA~tion.4 A Poor Organ. )am(s) the bile. That's what ye er(lees if it's torpid. Thent t) overflows into the bloed-poisci ri system, causing s ick-hieadaceh ousness, sallow skin, epated to: , sick stomach, dizziness, fainth his, dark rings abount thle ey rn-out look, etc. R amoni's trea atl of Liver Pills and Tonie Pelle engthtens, the liver-makes it doi ii work. Prevents and( cures the~ utbles. Aiuds-doesn 't force. Enitil atment 25e. I DISTILLERY TALE ISE - PRIPAID nwwilship you in a plain ks to shwcontentst, foutr.full Li DALE RYE, expr1ess prepid(. don't find it all right and the !d, send it back to us at our ex ~.85 will be promnptly refunided, fer? are distillers, so- when you buy he enor mous profits of the deal 'hance of adulteration. You are rwhiskey just as It conies from aout being tampered with in any orn whiskey we will send yeu ur ALLAN INCLAIR'S OORN .80 ,express prepaid. You can't whiskey from anybody else at of perfect satisfaction or money i every shipment we make. You you deal with us as the owneh zve resources of a million dollars y as we say. CREEK DISTILLING CO., MtACON, CA. 1 Distillery No. 29..Swift Creek, Ga. MEDIC 10 tt That I Y When you need Medi 11 take the best, and it a sprepared. We have Pelham's Dr and guarantee al Send to us your Pre: the highest quality Drugs a liver promptly. We prepa any Doctor in Newberry c4 Our Spring Tonic is a r i that tired feeling so many* I Everything for the home WM. E. PELN, Reliable Pharmacists Ir C, 1 A "Simply Be autifi but in apporateness, and th sipy beautifu."myb If it is not you can make itns mae e$them appropriate bym thenm "simply beautiful 'by u The SanitaryWall Coatin Anoreastine makes wall look better and last longe bta sy to byand easy to applya powder from reading this a but call at our astoraatlet rs sho youn t at>eutiful tints and stenciled be made with it--let us9 Alabastine is, an exact ly wvhat it will do. Newberro Ilurdw I N E S .ure! cines, you should ;hould be properly what you need at -ug Store, 1 that we sell. 3criptions; we employ tnd Chemicals, and de .re prescriptions from )unty. apid seller. Good for talk about. in Toilet Articles. fM & SON, Newberry, S. C, You can ca mak lAIN COMBINED Revives old Wood Work, ~ Furniture, ~'~'t~'Floors, Etc. ore Coeiponu.