farm
diversification and economic stimulation. Then, too, a more
equitable distribution of the sons of Ham will teach the
Caucasians of the northern States that wherever there is a
negro infusion, there will be a race problem--a white man's
burden--which they are destined to share.

Among those holding the view that the South needed the negro was the
_Memphis Commercial Appeal_.[158] Concerning this an editorial in this
paper said that not only does the South need the negro, but that he
should be encouraged to stay.

The enormous demand for labor and the changing conditions
brought about by the boll weevil in certain parts of the South
have caused an exodus of negroes which may be serious. Great
colonies of negroes have gone north to work in factories, in
packing houses and on the railroads.

Some of our friends think that these negroes are being taken
north for the purpose of voting them in November. Such is
not the case. The restriction of immigration because of the
European war and the tremendous manufacturing and industrial
activity in the North have resulted in a scarcity of labor.
The negro is a good track hand. He is also a good man around
packing houses, and in certain elementary trades he is useful.

The South needs every able-bodied negro that is now south of
the line, and every negro who remains south of the line will
in the end do better than he will do in the North.

The negro has been a tremendous factor in the development
of agriculture and all the commerce of the South. But in the
meantime, if we are to keep him here, and if we are to have
the best use of his business capacity, there is a certain duty
that the white man himself must discharge in his relation to
the negro.

The business of lynching negroes is bad, and we believe it
is declining, but the worst thing is that the wrong negro is
often lynched. The negro should be protected in all his legal
rights. Furthermore, in some communities, some white people
make money at the expense of the negro's lack of intelligence.
Unfair dealing with the negro is not a custom in the South.
It is not the rule, but here and there the taking of enormous
profits from the labor of the negro is known to exist.

It should be so arranged that the negro in the city does not
have to raise his children in the alleys and