If tie tie ever comes when the southern falrmers llst begin to divide il tiose lands which deseeided to thmcn from the blood ini sacrifice of their forefathers. let the division be nade withl a Iieople whio will reflect credit upon their citizenship and become desIrable additiols to te present population of the South. Governor Coiner. of Alabama. in his inaugural address a few weeks ago. in discussing the enactment of laws to eiieourage inllnigratioi. said : What law we make certainly we should make it so restriclive as to make those who colle fit associates for our own vellowhailed. blleyed Ieople. Alabaunna is Just emerging from tile ~il)overisling condilion of lowprice laboi. ilnu for tile first time we are alp]roaching the standard of prnice paid by Northern States. and it would hue i cala1lity to throw an uuerlying quicksand foundation of this lowest class of labor from the congesled districts of the Medilerrcan shore. .Make the conditions in our own State so fructifying that our owin peolle will stop emigrating. and give the natural inflow and incurease tha will come froni imliroved conditions it chance. and this will larguly rectify tile prolper deniand for labor. Some 400.000 of oui owli pcoille ]ave eligralIed. It will be a calility to Put in colpetition with nid push out those who are here. substltlltng a nass of tiils Jowprice siil. which this bill proposes to introduce. Fiveeighths of the labor of this State is white. flveeighlhs of tie cotton crop is mnade by white labor. le first effect of this flood of cheap hlbor woulil be a vital blow lo tle white labor in ocr midst. tiIs wlhite lbor willil reaiches from onr nortlen to oiii souther boiunlaries. whether engaged in production or lnill factr re. Immigrants. yes. wc want then : llt we do not want immigrants for tie llose of reducing the irice of hiliOI. We WVIlit theil for ditllIciShiip. In this stltelnelit tle governor was correct.
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