esting communication from Richard H. Edmonds, editor
of the _Manufacturer's Record_, setting forth the industrial advantages of
the Southern States, which was published in its columns, the _Times_ says:

Without in any way countenancing the impertinence of "antilynching"
committee, we may say that a state of things in which the killing of
Negroes by bloodthirsty mobs is an incident of not unfrequent occurrence
is not conducive to success in industry. Its existence, however, is a
serious obstacle to the success of the South in industry; for even now
Negro labor, which means at best inefficient labor, must be largely
relied on there, and its efficiency must be still further diminished by
spasmodic terrorism.

Those interested in the development of the resources of the Southern
States, and no one in proportion to his means has shown more faith in
the progress of the South than the writer of this article, must take
hold of this matter earnestly and intelligently. Sneering at the
antilynching committee will do no good. Back of them, in fact, if not in
form, is the public opinion of Great Britain. Even the _Times_ cannot
deny this. It may not be generally known in the United States, but while
the Southern and some of the Northern newspapers are making a target of
Miss Wells, the young colored woman who started this English movement,
and cracking their jokes at the expense of Miss Florence Balgarnie, who,
as honorable secretary, conducts the committee's correspondence, the
strongest sort of sentiment is really at the back of the movement. Here
we have crystallized every phase of political opinion. Extreme Unionists
like the Duke of Argyll and advanced home rulers such as Justin
McCarthy; Thomas Burt, the labor leader; Herbert Burrows, the Socialist,
and Tom Mann, representing all phases of the Labor party, are
cooperating with conservatives like Sir T. Eldon Gorst. But the real
strength of this committee is not visible to the casual observer. As a
matter of fact it represents many of the leading and most powerful
British journals. A.E. Fletcher is editor of the _London Daily
Chronicle_; P.W. Clayden is prominent in the counsels of the _London
Daily News_; Professor James Stuart is Gladstone's great friend and
editor of the _London Star_, William Byles is editor and proprietor of
the _Bradford Observer_, Sir Hugh Gilzen Reid is a leading Birmingham
editor; in sho