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APRIL . 1905 how many moved away this year, and he said one, and I asked him how many last year and he said two at his request, and the year before only one left. This man has the greatest faith in the capacity and the character of the colored people upon his plantation, and because the people know that he has faith in them and trusts them, they stand by him. I am very sorry that we have never been able to meet each other, and hope at some time that we can. Yours very truly, Booker T. Washington P.S. One other point I omitted to mention. I think that one of the fundamental diffculties in regard to the trouble in the South is in this direction: Within the last twenty years the industrial operations of the South have increased three or four fold perhaps. While this tremendous increase has been taking place, the South, unlike the rest of the country, has been depending upon the native population unaugmented by emigration to take care of the increased industrial operations. If New England or any other section of the United States had to depend upon natural increase of population to keep pace with the tremendous growth in industrial operations with other sections of the country, it would be in the same position that the South is. The scarcity of labor, brought about largely in the way that I have mentioned, makes the laborers, in my opinion, feel an independence that results very often in their not sticking to a job in the way they would if they felt that if they gave up their present job they would have to seek many months before finding another. B. T. W. TLpS Con. 307 BOW Papers DLC. To George Foster Peabody Tuskegee, Ala.] April 6, 1905 My dear Mr. Peabody: I have received all of your communications, and am very glad to know that you are so well pleased with the sug249