Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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SEN. LATIMER ON IMMIGRATIO] Spoko on oubjK-1 at Groe.- aio Wa-i uesday Nu.V i- -Declared lis was not Opposed to Immigrants Who Oamo From North of Europe. i\ Greenville, September 20.?Unite r States Senator Latimer spoke in to Court House here last night by r-i quest of the Farmers' Union on th subject of immigration. lie said i part: "The editor of the News and Com ier in an editorial of the 20th ins states: The kuestion of state aid t immigration should have no place i; the campaign for United States Son at or in South Carolina next ycai What the South iCarolina General As sembly may do for or again'st the sup port of the department of immigra : tion and agriculture, of which Col 1' J J. Watson is the head, is too small matter upon which to hang the elec tion of a*senator.' "I have no criticism to make of th statement made by the editor of th News and Courier as quoted abov except that J have a right to my view upon this question, and having stalei those views, if they are not anlagon ized by the newspapers or by my op poncnts in the campaign for re-elec tion I see no necessity for hangin; the election of a senator upon tha issue. "The editor of the News and Cour ier further states that in the short in terview I gave out to the Greenvill News I failed to discuss the most im port ant feature involved in the im migration question, viz., its bearing upon fhe question of white wupre macy in South Carolina. U ''Tn (lie first place the policy o r bringing immigrants, and the class o immigrants Miat I object to, in m; I j judgment, will in no way add to tli' 7 citizenship of our state or promoh the attainment of those condition which we hope to produce througl immigration. I have stated befori and reiterate it now that immigrant: will not stay in South Carolina unti we have made their conditions which involve wages paid and socia surroundings, equal to these they cai obtain elsewhqre in United States Tn the past and at the present tim< we are paying lower wages in th south than in any other part of th United States, and until this conditioi is changed so that labor will receiv* fts good wages here as elsewhere it i impractical to hope that the labore will remain with u's. This, of course has nothing to do with the immi grants who come here to rent land or purchase homes, and to that clas T have never raised the slightest ob jection. i "A furthervpolicy that I object t? Vs i* that of paying their transportation This involves a tax on our people am imposes no responsibility or expens upon the immigrants brought here i soon as he is landed and find .j that he can do better elsewhere he im mediately leaves the state and w< have borne the cost of his transpor tation and the disappointment incident to losing his services. Durinj the construction of the water powe near Bel ton some 75 or 100 foreigner were brought here from the north t< construct the dam. They hail theii transportation paid, and, I am reliab t ly informed, the next morning aftei they landed at the dam nine or ter failed to report for duty, having lef during the night, and in a short per iod practically all of them had gon< and the parties paying their trans portation had to lose it. This effor on the part of our people to get im migrants has been tried over and ovci again, and in every instance that 1 have heard of has proven a failun and a loss to those who put up th? I money to pay their transportation. 4. "I would like to know from the I editor of the News and Courier whai number of white citizens have beer f) added to out state from the 500 oi 000 immigrants that were brought ov er on the Wittekind, and if it is no! true that the more than $20,000 put | up to. pay their transportation waf 1 practically a total loss? 1 "I am in favor of, and so stated ir I the interview I gave to the Greenville I News, a good class of immigrants j? coming to South Carolina and maki ing it their home, and put ?nysclf on record now as not opposed to immi grants coming here from Northern It' Europe; but this class does not require to have their transportation ! pa-id, and when they come and pav their own transportation T am satisfied Hint more of them will remain with us, and even if they should go 1*1 there will be no loss to our people. W "No one realizes more fully than K T do the importance of white supre\)\ macy in the south, but T deny that A'| Hie class of immigrants that T pro'j,| tost against being brought to South i\ \ i !I Carolina, viz, Hussinu Jews, Turks Greeks, Roumanians, 'Southern Ilal ' ians aiul Asiatic peoples, that wil come over the Triest Line will aid iu in maintaining white supremacy ir the south. I state further that, it my judgment the better class of iin. migrants, viz, those from 'Northerr d Italy, Switzerland, Germany, France o Holland, Belgium, England, Scotland >- Ireland, Denmark, Norway and Swede en will not go to' Triest to take pasn sage for the United States. There are millions of people in Europe today ready to come to the UniteC ( Stales if they had their transporta 0 tion paid and I am satisfied that wc tl could increase the number of inimi. grants coming to I his country to the full carrying capacity of all the steamship lines now coming to tlu u United Slates if we would but put m the money to pay their transportation, and if we could keep them on a the farms we could increase our cotton crop to 15,000,000 or 20,000,00c bales, and lite result would probably be that we would lake 5 cents for il e instead o? ,the present price. 0 "It is claimed that our country wa.first settled by immigrants. This is 1 true, but they came of their own ac_ cord and I have no objection to sucl people coming now as came in the _ early history of our country. Thej ? were from desirable sections of Eu ^ rope and there are millions in Europe today who would make aceeptablc citizens here, but I favor their relying on their own resources to get here. e "A few years ago it was regarded _ as extremely dangerous to travel _ alone through Sicily or without the rr protection of soldiers. There were sc many robbers and bandits I hat it was almost impossible for one to pas.* f through the island without being held f up and robbed or murdered, and it y was a common occurrence for these B bandits to capture members of the e wealthy families and demand a large s sum of money for their release. In j many instances these amounts were a paid, and in others payment being refused, the captured party was murj dered. Tn passing through Sicily I made inquiry about the robbers there j and was informed that there are no longer any robbers and bandits in Sicily, that they had all gone to the ' United States. Nearly all of the outrages, foul murders kidnappings and robberies that have been perpetrated 1 in New Yoi-k city and Chicago have been directly traceable to the Italg ians and other low classes of immigrants that have come from Southern , Europe. All of the anarchistic organizations of the country had their origin and derive I heir membership almost entirely from the same element, and it was at the hands of one of of this class that McKinley met his death. "The editor of the State in an ] editorial of the 21st instant seenif e hard put. to find any reasonable , grounds upon which to criticise m.\ s interview and started out by making . complaint of my advocating Federal q aid to drain the swamp lands south ot _ Columbia, intimating that it is nee. essary to have immigrants to drain r it and to utilize it after it is drained. [. I presume those swamp lands are s owned by some one and we have had 5 citizens enough in the slate up to L. date to take care of practically all the land in the state. However, if there r is any land there that is not needed 1 for cultivation by the population wo t already have it can simply wait, as _ it. has been doing these hundreds of 3 years, until it is needed by the natur_ al increase of our population, and by t natural increase I mean those who _ come to the south of their own acf cord as well as the natural increase [ by birth. > "The editor of the State goes on ; and quotes me as follows: I am not opposed to the people coming here, > provided they promise to make good t citizens and benefit our country rathi er than prove a stumbling block and a hindrance. I made no statement to . the effect that we should exact promt ises from those who desire to come i, here and, therefore, the criticism of i this statement is without force. I realize the value of the promise of such i immigrants as the state refers to, and, . therefore, could not have made such ; a statement. "The editor of the State also criti icises my knowledge of the mill busi ness, which may be a just, criticism, i I realize as well as he does that manu facturing and diversified industries i in the south add to its prosperity; but ' T further hold that it is belter to pro duce what we now produce and sell at i present market prices here than it i would be to over-produce, which would be the result of ovcr-populai lion, and be forced to sell on the mar kets of the world in competition with , the cheap labor of Europe and take the low price that would naturally i result therefrom. It is the overI , population of Europe that is causing j the low price to labor that prevails there. In France, Germany, a?ul | Northern Italy the price of day labor on the farms foi* women is from 15 to 25 cents, and for men it is from ^ 30 to 40 cents per day. In manufactures the wages paid are from 30 to ' 40 cents for women and from 40 to (50 ' cents for men per day. "There is no better example of the j conditions that prevail under over. population than around Milan, in the I district of Lombardy, Northern Italy. . Tn an area embracing; about 4,000,000 , acres, a population of nearly 4,000,. 000, with the richest agricultural , lands probably in Europe, and the| j largest manufacturing interests, em-j , bracing the manufacture of butter, j j eheese, silk, cotton, hemp, linen, iron,j wool, farm implements, wagons, car( riages, buggies and machinery of ev- I cry description which employ almost I two-thirds of the population; and , with the soil producing wheat, oats, !_ corn, potatoes, barley, rye, grapes ami almost all fruits, wages range from 3;) to 2;i cents per day for women and * from 20 to 30 cents per day for men on the farm, and from 30 to -10 cents for women and from -10 to f>0 cents ' for men in the factories. Why would not a repetition of those wages and i conditions, or probably worse, come ^ to the south under over-population? j ^ These people have utilized all their | water power for running their ma1 chinery and for irrigation purposes, and all other natural resources, so J that T cannot imagine it possible for The AS KNOWN 1 W1 I We have decidec We believe this t > ; advantage of out i pay an extra pro pay. We quote ; everything going Dress ( Outing I Prints > Percales, nice goods ' Brocade Suitings Secillians 1 Plaid Dress Goods Auburn Suiting Show Silk Broadcloth, all colors Homespun Notions at lowest figures. Belts Spool Cotton Jewelry anc The best line ever brought to A good Watch for 99c. Othe See our line of Jewelry and s We are prepare same money if th have to pay an e) fellow when you Y< ilu'Mr ui more fully utilize to ndvan-l tttvio every resource nl their command. I'lioy are a more industrious people, and yet a great deal poorer than our people. This is but an illustration of the conditions in Franco, and in fact, throughout all Northern Europe. "I might continue indefinitely these comparisons between conditions in Europe and in the United States to the advantage of the United States, but deem it necessary at present to say no more." i It doesn't always pay to be good?j and it never pays to be bad. 'J'lie l'acifiic Ocean seems to be J beaming up pretty well under Secretary Tat't. YOUR LIVER is your best friend or your worst enemy. Active it's your friend. 1 orpid it's your enemy, and ita army is Constipation, Biliousness, k Sicft Headache, etc. N AJND TONIC PXLLXTB J, make'active, strong and healthy, > livers, preventing and relieving > liver troubles. | ' j, Complete Treatment 23o. HAVING DEC j Cred -IERE, WAS i iO PAID HIS I to make this A 0 be to our advai customers. Wi fit to make good a few prices to s ; up, our prices a k)ods! 5c. yd. 5 and 6 14c. yd. 8 l-3c. yd. 10 and 12 l-2c. yd. 15c, yd. 12 1.2, 15, 20 and 25c, yd. 10c. yd. 25c. yd. $1.00 yd. cheap at $1.25 -5c. and up. 10 to 25c. each. 1 c. a spool. 1 Watches! the town of Prosperity. r grades in proportion. apply your wants in all lines. id to give the bu; ey will give us th ctra profit to ma buy of us. )urs with bargair Prosperi A"Bilious Attack.*" Symptoms, Sour stomach, nasty taste in mouth, sick headache, sallow complex, ion, the world your epemy. Cause. Constipation, inactive liver, overflow of bile into the system. Relief. Treatment for two nights before retiring with AND TONIC PELLETS One anight,don't worry, sleep well and Nature'll do the rest. XLntire Treatment 2.5 Ct?. Arrival and Departuro of Trains. Schedules of passenger trains in and out of the Union Station, Newberry, S. C. Southern Trains. Xo. 15 for Greenville .... 8.50 a. m. No. 12 for Columbia ....10 32 :\. in. Xo. IS for Columbia .... 1.50 p. m. sTo. .1!) for Greenville .... 1.35 p. m. Jo. 11 for Greenville .... 4.42 p. m. Jo. 10 for Columbia .... 9.47 p. m. 0., N. & L. Trains. To. 85 for Laurens .... 5.19 a. m. To. 22 for Columbia .... 8.47 a. m. To. 52 for Greenville . .12 40 p. m. To. 53 for Columbia .... 3.10 p. m. To. 21 for Laurens .... 7.25 p. m. To. 84 for Columbia .... 8.30 p. m. The foregoing schedules are given :1DED THAT it Sysi \ BURDEN 1 OBLIGATIOI CASH STORE ntage, and we k Ten you buy frot the loss on the 1 how how, on a < re coming down. Clothingl We are prepared to give you in Clothing than any concern c Boys' Pants from 25c. a suit a M^.n's Pants $1.25 a pair and Men Men's Suits $5.00, $7.50, $1C We've got the goods and pi Give us a look. Shoes! Here we can do you much ? Child^n's Shoes Women's Shoes Men's Shoes All goods from the farm wea If you don't look us over yoi ying public mor leir trade. Rem* ike good the los is for all, ty, S. C. onl.v tor in I orina I ion, arc not guaranteed and are subject to change without notice. July 15, 1907. G. L. Robinson, Statiou Master.. CHEAP RATES Via Southern Railway. Jamestown; Ter-Centennial Exposition, Norfolk. Va. On account of the above occasion? tho following instructions will gov~ern the sale of round trip tickets toNorfolk, Va. from N(wherry, S. C. Season ticket?$10.55. This iicket will he sold daily April 10th to including November 30th, 1<)07, fin^l date to leave Norflok returning Do? comber 15th, 1007. 00 day ticket?$1(5.'10. This ticket will he sold daily April 10th to und including November 30th, 1007, final date to leave Norfolk returning sixty (til)) days from (Kite of sale nndu not luted than december I5lh, 1007, Fifteen day ticket?$1-1.30. This* ticket iwll be sold daily April 19th to and including November 30th, l!M)7, final date to leave Norfolk returning fifteen (15) days from ante* of sale. Coach Kxcusion ticket?$H.55. Thisticket is not god in sleeping, Pullman, or Parlor cars, and will be sold on Tuesday of each week during period of the exposition, final date leave Norfolk returning ten (10)> days from date of sale. For routes, stop-overs, etc., write or call on us. :em, X) THE MAN MS, from this date, now it is to the m us you don't fellow that don't Dash basis, with, f Clothing!! bigger values for your money )ffering goods here this season. . ,nd up. Boys' Suits 75c a suit and up... up. 's Corduroy Pants $1.25 a pair.;. >.00, $ 12.50 and $ 15.00 a suit. rices ana thsy must be sold. Shoes! >ood and save you lot's-of money 25c. to $ 1.00 a pair. 99c. to $3.50 a pal $1.50 to $5.00 a pair. r to the nicest Patent Leather. t will lose money. e goods for the ember, you don't :s on the other