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THE DALLAS EXPRESS
has never hoisted the whit
feather, neither hat it been dis
tract J by the yellow ttreak. It
li not afflicted with the flannel
mouth. It it a plain, every day,
tentible, cornier oative newspa
per, which trimt no tail to catch
the passing breete; fliet no
doubtful flag: it profettet a
patriotism at broad at tnr
country. III love of even hand
ed justice covert all the terri
tory occupied by the human
race, Thit It pretty high ground,
but we live on it and art pros
pering. Boyt of the press come
up and stand with us. Thit
ground It holy,
W, 5. KING.
OUR NEW SANITARIUM.
' The opening a few weeks of the
McMillan Sunlturtum. marbed thu be
gl'inlri of what we hope will prove
a now era In the service of our phy
sicians lo tho general public.
V.odcrnly equipped, handsomely ap
pointed and cupahle of pjleioncy
ministering to the physical needs of
suffering humanity, thin Biinlturlum
HtandH ns concroto prim' of the de
sire of its founder nnd Y.'.h associates
to keep abreast of tho times and
minister efficiently to the needs of
his people.
Wo hope that our people generally
may nmlco use of the facilities olfer
ed by this Institution.
We hope, ihat other )li Milium may
give it their support to the extent
that soon it will prove too small for
tl'j demands mode upon it and" thus
guarantee! its growth and fonthiue-1
maintenance.
OX LOCAL II.LITKK.U V.
Tho announcement of recent eensi.s
figures iclr.tivo to II literacy In Dallns
has been provocative of much dls
cm.sloit. And well mlsht they..
It has lin found that of the 4.G32
persona in Dallas 10 years of ago
and over who are unable to write
In any hm-'unse, 2,318 were Negioes.
In the face of figures such as these,
argument that our people are not.
doing much to lower the educational
standard of the city in which ;hey
live Is lacking.
An 4 the truth of such an assertion
made It all fairness by student o'
tnis condition Is made more manifest
as one takes pains to give special
attention to the number of young
men and women who eonnot write
their names or read even the simplest
script.
s?ti'h persons cxlr.t in greater num
bers in our city than we suppose.
Ami tho mopt imfortmate aspect of
consideration of them an the con
ation whl'h they help to maintain
is, that they make no real at
tempt at betterlnr themselves.
In these days o free night schools
and other educational agencies there
Is no excuse lor Ignorance and illlt--eracy
to such a great extent anions
any other class of rltlzeni.
Pride In ourselves and Interes In
the welfare of our city should ren
der us all anxious to remove this
condition of Illiteracy which. In so
far as It Is attributable to our own
neglect, renders criticism Inpocslb'e
of rebuttal.
Patronize our advertisers and men
tion the Expriiis when making your
purchase.
Its getting so now that those who
do nt read their own papers find
few points of conversational contact
with their fellows.
Salvation may be free, but some of
our pastors are levying a heavy toll
on the vad that leads to It.
THE ANTI-LYKCHING Bill
At last an anti-lynching bill has been introduced in Congress
and favorably reported by the House Judiciary Committee.
Its author is Representative Dyer of Missouri. And it pro
vide that any member of a mob, defined as an "assembly of five
or more persons acting in concert for the purpose of depriving
any person of his life without authority of law," shall be im
prisoned for life or for not less than five years and that State
and municipal officials, who through neglect of duty fail to pre
vent lynching, shall be imprisoned for nqt more than five years
or fined not more than $5,000. Federal District Courts would have
jurisdiction. Any county in which a person was lynched would
lie required to forfeit $10,000 to the family of the victim.
The favorable report on this bill seems to mean that at last
representatives of the people of the United States are beginning
to realize that if the institutions of law and orderly government
are to le saved, the mob and the spirit of riot must be curbed.
And well may they.
What the final fate of this bill will be cannot yet be deter
mined. It may not pass. But its failure of passage will only go
far toward guaranteeing the ultimate disintegration of a nation
al entity which all nations now call great.
Nor is it to be argued that such a bill would stop lynching.
Such, in the event of its passage, would not necessarily maintain.
Fnr after nil it is the atrreement in SDirit of the people with all
measures and laws which aruarantees their effective working
rather than the penalties which they impose.
But it can be successfully held that the realization that lyn
ching had at last become a concern of the Federal gdvemment
and that it had decided to throw its power into an attempt at its
control would cause those, who now casually allow it or refuse
actively to ccmbat it, to think more seriously of the offense
against united society which they commit by the failure to exert
themselves in its abolishment.
Lynching must be curbed for it is America's greatest men
ace. More and more it is coming to pass that law is disregarded
and a false popular will is made manifest by the mob.
Even now in too many sections of our country no man's life
or property is safe because the spirit of the mob has rendered
the machinery of the law well night powerless.
Nor does this condition limit itself to any particular section
of our country. While it is true, that because of longer practice,
some sections may. have reduced the burning and torturing of
human beings to an art a bit more fine than those in which mob
murder confines itself to mere hanging and shooting of the vic
tim, it must be realized that nearly every state North, South,
East and West has had its share of disgraceful acts which should
have had no place amone civilized men.
And, whether the Dyer bill succeeds in its passage or not,
we welcome its introduction since it is provocative of speculation
upon the final result of this practice if allowed to continue to
grow and spi-ead.
GAINING IN EDUCATION.
Figures gathered from the 1920 census show that in Texas
there are now 102,053 Negroes who are unable to write in En
glish or any other language. Though this figure is large it repre
sents a decided decrease in illiteracy during the past ten years.
The percentage of Negroes in Texas who, ten years ago were il
literate was 24.6. Now it is 17.8 showing a decrease of 6.8.
The percentage of children of school age in school has in
creasel from 70.2 to 80 in the same ten year-period.
It is worthy of note that Negro illiteracy is surpassed only
by that of foreign-born whites.
While much satisfaction may be drawn from a consideration
of this gain in literacy amon? our people, it is worth while also
to realize that much greater speed is possible in lessening the
ignorance of our masses.
This increased percentage of literacy is due only to the
grasping of educational facilities supplied by individuals who of
their own volition turned toward them. That such should have
been the case to so great an extent is worthy of commendation.
The increase may also owe much to the number of youths who,
educated in public schools, have attained their majority during
that period.
But we should realize that no organized or special statewide
effort has ever been launched which had as its aim the encour
agement of our people to become educated, to attend school. It
would appear that an organized effort in such a direction could
be made well worth while.
Education is a ital necessity to every individual of our na
tion. The increase of educational facilities makes ignorance in
either the young or the old almost absolutely inexcusable. Our
state leads the South in its appropriations for education and its
school system, as it affects Negroes, offers opportunity for sub
stantial improvement to young and old alike.
We in Texas have reached that state in material prosperity
which will allow our children with few exceptions to attend
school uninterruptedly. In rural and agricultural districts the
school term is so arranged to give them a fair amount of time
in school. .
A large percentage of cities and towns have instituted night
schools for adults.
It is for us to take advantage of these opportunities more
universally.
If during the next ten year period, our percentage of literacy
doe'i not show more marked improvement over its present rate,
commendable though it may be, the fault will be ours.
Pride in our own progress should cause us to see that such is
not the case.
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Tfl& MIRROR
or
Its our opinion tbet a wife who
quits her husband In the summer
oueht to be made ,10 star away vhen
winter comes.
The after .?ffie,tn of some of the
product of the modern hootleeqer
might well bo nimed "while snake"
Instead of "white mule." It biles
morn than It !' k.
HOME LIFE.
No nation or race of people has prospered long which has hot
cultivated and made sacred the ties of family life. It is "the foun
dation of all lasting government and the reason for being of all
laws. And care should be taken to preserve it and guarantee its
continuity.
Wt especially should bear this fact in mind to the extent of
exerting special efforts in the direction of its greater develoi)-
ment among us.
Jamuy life as such amonir us dater, baJc very little farther
than the establishment 'of us as freedmen. And, while we have
made wonderful strides in its development in the past 50 year
period, our inability to have maintained that status. during slav
ery days will be forever felt Undeveloped family life means little
respect Ir tamily ties and a lack of proper background of tradi
tion and achievement without which all urire to eenuine end avor
is either lacking or purely artificial.
iTide ci raco and irloiy of achievement are best taucrht when
children are young and impressionable. Mothers who nurture
babes have much control over their direction as men. But without
well established homes as the general rule suca direction and
training of the youth is not possible.
Tt is for us to remember this fundamental fact in attemntinff
to plan wisely for the greater success of future generations.
ii we are ever to succeed greatly as a race we will succeed
primarily because in the generations which are to come, the de
sire for accomplishment will have ben nurtured and made strong
by successive developments in home life arivl strengthened family
ties. -
AnJ In this connection it may also be said that more atten
tion should be paid to grar ting to wives and mothers that leisure
which may be spent in raore completely rendering the home a
place of comfort, conducive to contentment and ratisfaction.
There is no doubt but that we r.eed more wealth, education
and co-operation. But the attainment of these things to the ax-
jjusioj7 or mat wnicn uiey embellish and render more sacred to
man, the home, is a thwarting of the purpose for which they wu-e
intended. - .
Home life is the reason for being of every advantage which
our civilization now offers.
Let u strive earnestly to successfully develop it.
We cannot commend the meens used by the TexAikana mob
of Negroes 'ast week but we must adipit that their performance
was made e.isy by the multitude of examples furnished by toii'
neighbors and best friends. ... .
WHAT OF THE 3Il0KITrS
From everywhere the cry of "get together" has been sounded; from
nowhere has the cry been headed. "Organize the black folk" has been the
slogan and only pitoble, pathetic efforts have resulted. Strong and mighty
spirits have leaped Into the midst of the great confusion and have attempt
ed to clear up the Babylonian disorder, but to no avail. The laws of civ
ilization and evolution prevent success. The great majority of black peo
ple cannot be marshalled and intelligently controlled until the educated
and enlightened minorities are organized and united. Organized minorities
control the world, and organized minorities will control until the capital
istic Bystem of government is overturned. The black people cannot escape
this Inexorable law.
When men lived by "direct oppropriatlon" and gathered their food from
trees and streams and straight away conveyed it to their mouths the fathers
of the families got together and formed their family groups. This "group
spirit" began there and has seeped down the ages until the present day.
Organized groups control Uie money of the world. A handful of million
aires hold all the wealth accumulated from the bowels of fertile America
in the palms of their hands. A handful of commanders control the armies
and navleB of the world. A handful of politicians make the presidents of
republics and fashion the mandates for Uie people. A handful of police
men protect the teeming millions from -the savage propensities of thieves
and murderers. In the times of riot and rebellion organized hundreds
hold thousands of bedraggled and disordered maniacc at bay". The organized
minorities repel the brute Instincts of mankind nnd give the human pro
clivities a chance to function. It is strikingly prominent and notoriously
true that the blaek people have no organized minorities.
The black people have entirely too many Bchools of thought and too
many men who seek to mount the crest during the time of storm and dis
aster. The black people have not evolved far enough in the graduated
scale of evolution to afford so many different sponsors of liberation and
freedom, each of whom swearing and avowing that he is the great apostle
and after him the deluge.
Suppose Mr. Dubois, advocating higher educotlon and social freedom,
and Major Moten, ndvocatlng Industrial education and passive submission,
with Marcus Garvey preaching the redemption of Africa, and the creation
of essential Industries, could be merged together? Suppose our ecclesiastical
i,n f tv, rfk,( nH n.nntlRt rhurchcs could be cemented in a higher
council with Dubois, Moton and Garvey? Perhaps let us call in the politi
cians of the rank, which respect for manliness ana gooa ciuienbmp i.c
vents us from naming, and let all of these gentlemen be organized upon a
common platform for the salvation of the race. The foundation for racial
solidarity would be lain, but as It is now we have no organization oi
direct the course of the floundering
ship of the black sojourners as it tosses fitfully upon the seas of out
rageous fortune."
w ,.. imrcm. inner-circle as the other great people have. We
have no Lenlnes and Trotskys working together in perfect unison. We have
na fablnUs or sanctuaries In which to deliberate upon me much ul
j nr. n win meetlne In Londom. the eccumenlcal conference,
another In Paris, the Pan-African Congress, and antother in New York-
the International Convention of Negroes. These scauerea ana umuvucu
eim. mhn the neatest attempt in the history of the
CUUIID tfllUO " w .
world in secret organization and disaster was lanuched-the Ku Klux Kian.
We need not advise the minorities to organize, external un."
from Caucasian sources will force them, and evolution, never changing in
Its course, will compel them. It does appear however, that intelligence
and sound thinking could accelerate it a bit and throw the minorities to
gether. Chicago Whip.
THK HANDICAP OF POVERTY.
Everybody can explain satisfactorily why our race is poor but not
Land of Plenty. In spite of the ranid strides made by individuals, the
Land of Plenty. In spite of the rapid strides made by the individuals, the
race itself remains poor. Yet annually the race itself handles enough mon
ey, which if wisely invested and spent, would enable us to remove this
handicap of poverty.
Lacking experience, we often pay dearly for it. We are seldom ani
mated by moderation, when we invest our money. We make the mistake
of risking our all with a Ponzi In some wild plunge or we play the game
of safety first and deposit every dollar. Into a saving bank with a small
interest. AVhat we need to learn Is how to stay in the middle of the road
with the assurance of safety for our investment and the largest return
possible.
To mafcter this barrier of poverty, it Is incumbent upon us not only
to make safe and sound investments, but to give our patronage to the bus
iness Dims, liberal enough to give members of our race a chance to earn
their bread and butter.
I to hltrh tlma fnr nnr rnco in mnhlll7A (tu hrainR pynerlence and c.anl-
tal lo build up more enterprises of enduring worth and pride. Dilligence
in business is me Dig suck tor our puvcuy. iue wunu us now uitamtcu,
i ruled by capital. Unhappy that" people that have not the Almighty Dol
lar to fight their battles. Plead and wail as we may for our divine rights, but
unless we have money to re-enforce our arguments they fall flat on unsym-n-ithntin
ears Faith in nnr nun aMlitv and honestv. faith in our nowers
to build up great business concerns will hasten an economic day of freedom.
This Is no time to live jin the past with its wreckf.ge of racial enter
prises. Every race has had Its failures as well as our own. Safety first
is not always safety. To risk our money is far more desirable man to
.nn.. it in cmo Rnvinir. Hank thev are not absolutely safe as we all
know in Boston. So many of us handle to little surplus money that wo
are paralyzed to all business adventure by the mougni mai mue win not
he missed. If the day of large financial values is ever to oome to us, It
must come by cur little amoun's combining into large ones.
A race that persistently uses what capital, experience and character it
has, however Binall, for the promotion of its business, will one day be rich
in worldly goods. If we would be rich Instead of poor, strong Instead or
insignificant, we must support race enterprises and create new ones. Our
poverty ought to spur us to risk our money in business, developed by flesh
of our flesh and blood of our blood.- Boston Chronicle.
PBESBYCrJA-ULl) SIGHT.
By P. S. Rodgers, Cpt. D.
In presbyopia-old sight, two things
are inpori.int to you. You eight to
know the svmploms of presbyopia,
and you ought to knotf, with reason
able certainly when you are properly
fitted with glasses.
On the average presbyopia sets in
about 40. if however, there is vigor
of bodv and mind, no excess of hab
its, no disease of malformation e.f
the eye, prtcbyopia may not be lelc
until some time after. Slight de
grees oi myopia or near-sight, may
delay the uppearance of old sight
still longer. Higher degrees of my
opia may prevent it entirely. Here
is the secret of how it .happens that
some people can eo through life
without feeling the need of ulafwrs -at
least, till later ii 'ife. than most
people. They are myoptic. Just enough
to neutralize the need of glasses de
veloped by advanc ing years.
Too many presblopia comes prema
turely. If your eyes have been over
taxed; ir sickness or pretractcd-dc-!:ility
have impaired the physical
system;, if you have suffered from
intense or prolonged excitement or
disease, or defects Involving eye
strain and drain of nerve force;
If any e -teens of debility has depleted
your physical vigor, your eyes, tluj
rrgana snonert to feel It. will surely
mrW. Causes like these may, any
of them, so affect the eyes as to In
duce presbyopia along In the thirties
or perhaps earlier.
The one safe rule fcr the aver.ia?
rerson Is to expect and prepare to
wear gl.isses for reading not far
from forty. If you detect a tendmiey
DR.R.H.TROTTER
to push the reading farther away, or
a preference for coaser print; if al
times, the letters blur and you In
voluntarily close your eyes for a
momentary rest, take it as Nature's
warning. You will do well to Iwe'.
her danger signal. These are signs
.f presbyopia--especially if you are
near the age of forty or upwards.
If you had no former trouble, it is
probablly presbyopia uncomplicated
with , any other delect.
When your vision is normal you
can hold reading fourteen or lliteea
inches distance with comfort. After
presbyopia begins, your eyes are
strained at that point and the ten
dency Is to push the reading fimher
rway. Increasing the distance-fB a
relief but not a remedy. Using the
eves under these conditions, without
the aid of glasses, will rapidly an.i
-leriously Impair their visural power.
The only proper remedy is the
prompt use of cor:er.tly fitted las.ses.
Their aid to the eye, to conserve its
efficiency, is as much calUnl for as
li a suitable remedy to ans other
railinn' organ. Moreover, a remedy
in many cases Is simply empirical.
The remedy here preseribed Is a
sovcriyn specific
This gradual decrease of ocular
power which accompanies aw ought
not to be thought contrary to na
ture any more than it is for hair to
turn nijiv, the hones become brittle
or the muscles fraerid. $t Is nat
ural. The demand for . glasses is
perfectly normal. Besides, as age
advances, the oilier physical faci1
ities are apt to he used less and les:;.
and the eyes more and more Arti
ficial aid should be expected.
REPORTS DECLARE INDUSTRIAL EXHIBIT. AT THE COM
ING STATE TEACHERS' ASSOCIATION TO
SURPASS FORMER EFFORTS.
By T. H. Brlttaln.
From all reports the coming ses
sion of the State Teachers' Associa
tion which meets in Dallas, Nov.
24th to 26th inclusive promises
to be the best In the history of the
association. There will be those who
come way from the tide waters of
the South, there will be those who
will come with their raiments cov
ered with the dust of the Panhandle
of the West, there will be those
who will come with their eyes dim
med from looking at the Eastern
sun and there will be those who
will come with their ears blunted
of the hooting of the owls and
the sweet cooing of the gentle doves
on the north; some coming with a
message to inspire others and some
coming with the hope to be Inspired.
One special feature of the asso
ciation this year which we hope will
give the greatest amount of Inspira
tion will be the exhibition of Indus,
trial projects designed, prepared and
made by the students in the public
schools of Texas. Every school In
the state that has this phase of
work connected with their course of
Btudy has been requested to bring
or send specimens of their work.
There will be on dlBplay, specimens
of work In Manual Training, Me
chanical drawing, architectural
drawing, free hand drawing from
the elementary aad primary schools,
domestic science, domestio art, shoe
making, writing, music and art.
ft is the hope of -the local com
mittee that every teacher who comes
will avail themselves of the oppor
tunity to inspect this magnificent
collection of handicraf work and
when you return to your various
homes add more of this kind of
work to your course, it will pay.
MEMPHIS FIRM GUARANTEES WORK FOR IDLE
MAKES STARTLING OFFER TO ALL UNEMPLOYED.
Memphis, Tenn., Oct. 27. There
is no necessity of any honest man
or woman being out of employment
and destitute at the present time.
The Oriental Chemical Company,
Memphis, Tenn., manufacturers of
Beauty Bloom Toilet Articles, Old
Indian Medicines, and Meyers Fam
ily remedies had authorized us to
offer any honest man or woman,
reader a supply of thlrtyflve guar,
anteed Toilet Articles and Medi
cines at wholesale prices which they
can sell at retail prices and pay the
Oriental Chemical Company for after
the goods have been a,old. This vir
tually enables any man or woman to
go Into business for themselves.
I If you or any of your friends or
'acquaintances are out of work, write
the Oriental Chemical Company,
1 Memphis, Tenn., giving the name of
'this paper and they will supply you
with goods for a business of your
own.
OPEX-nodR MfcKTIlVO ON INTER
IIAI'IAI, t O-OI'KHATION.
Work Carried on by 800 Coinmlttera
Source off Oiinoaitlon I'ollojr off
Conference YerNu Conflict Dr.
CirefCK on Ku-KluxUm.
0 AX OLD ST0BY.
In South Africa Negroes outnumber whites i.i tjie ratio of five to one.
Permitted to practice polygamy, the blacks there are multiplying far more
rapidly than are the whites. This numerical ratio in favor of the black"
Is likely to Increase.
Politically, this preponderance of blacks is causlnsr anxiety. In the
province of Cape Colony, and In that, province only In iue Union of South
Africa, Negroes are permitted to vote. A suffrage qualification In the Cape
is that the blacks must have each an annual earning capacl- of approx
imately 250 and they must be able to sign their names. Of Iste, the na
Ive blaeks have been keen for education and ambitious to participate in
politics. They aro beginning to realize the power that Is, or niAy be, theirs
by reason of .their numerical superiority over the whites. "It is certain,"
says a dispatch f.om Cape Town, "that as years go by their condition will
be greatly Improved and thit they will not be content to be the 'hewers
and d-aw ers' that they now are." '
Political activity and aspiration of these blacks, recently .manifested In
the politics of South Africa, are ascribe I to the programme outlined last
year by Marcus Garvey who, it will be recollected, advocated African rule
throughout the continent of Africa and wherever Africans dwell in great
number. This programme of .Garvey's, accompanied as It is by his mag
niloquent rhetoric and flowing purple robes, has inflamed the imagination
of Negroes in South Africa and Incited them to aspire to. If not to demand,
political dorolnancy not only In Cape Colony, but' throughout the South
African Unioa.
. Through the practice of lolygamy by the blacks, it is believed that the
present ratio of five to one In their favor will soon be increased to at least
tea to one. With this lnceraslng Negro population, and the, desire and
inclination of the Negroes to participate dominantly in the politics of the
Union as well as in Cape Colony, British and Dutch iahabltants apprehend
that all South Africa may soon be confronted with the problem that will
seversly test popular representative government thc-2.
This political solidarity o' Negroes In South Africa Is already promoting
a union f Dutch, British, German and Irish elements of the population,
ono more demonstrating that whatever blacks in greatly superior numbers
combine for political purposes, whitts also unite. The leon is as bid ad
race. Ixwlsvllfe Journal.
Hampton, Va. Oct. 27. "When the
Colored people have such friends
among the best white people In the
South 8 the friends I aaw and heard
at the Atlanta meeting of the Com
mission on Inter-raclal Co-operation, It
Ih not fair to gay that the South lg
(ig-alnnt tho Negro,'' nald Dr. James K.
Gregg, principal of Hamptoir Institute,
In a recent Sunday evening address,
In which he outlined the so-called
"open door meeting" of the Commis
nlon. Dr. Gregg referred to the work
which is being done by Inter-raclal
committees in 800 counties of the
South with a view to eliminating
causes of friction and to "stopping
trouble before It really gets started.''
Dr. Grflsrg said:
"Dr. Ashby Jones of Atlanta, who
Is one of the sons of General Lee's
chaplain, said that, 'in laying d wn
the fundamental principle that "every
man has a right to bo heard in his
own bohalf." the Inter-racial Com
mission ha found opposition coming
particularly from three sources; from
the representatives of the "old feudal
spirit," from tho representatives of
industrialism, and fr m the represen.
tativea of Ignorance.'
"Dr. Jones also said that 'the hope
and redemption of our Southland de
pends on our stand by the principle
that "every man has a right to be
heard" and. especially where white
men are In control, every cossldera
tlon of chivalry, of humanity, of the
Negro to come into conference con
cerning his part in the work and In
tho life of on- American democracy.
In the commui.lty, in the State in the
Nation.' "'
JDr. Gregg declared that there Is a
tremendous body of Ignorance thruout
the United States. "This is shown In
'the organized deviltry of Ku-Klux-lnm,'
" he said. "Tho Ku Klux Klan
could not exlHt, except for ignorance
and superstition and foolishness. Feo.
pie could not be led Into such abom
inable folly as Ku-Kluxlsm, if it were
not for Ignorance."
KKWS HRIKr'H.
Caledonia, Miss., Oct. 27. Wiscon
sin was formerly intrcHuecd to Ku
Mux Klan acts of terii rism when a
posse of night riders, garbed In the
white robes and cornucopia helmets of
the order, descended upon a farm
house rijar here last Mond.iv night
and threatened John H. Miller, a
young proprietor of the farm, with
serious injury If he did not leave im
mediately. After the spokesman for
the five masked riders had served the
ultimatum t ey dashed away in a
waiting limousine. This deed follows
frequent reports that a klan chapter
had been organized secretly In Racine
county.
BLACKS ABE NOT 1NFKBI0K TO
wiiiTKs, iti;i.;iA sms.
New Orleans, La., Oct 27. That
the black race is not innately in
ferior to the white, but has been
retarded in development because of
inferior environment, is the thesis
of a writer in the liberal Brussels
paper. Independence Beige. He cites
American statist; s in support of his
claim. This article was published
Just aftsr the Pan-American coneresi
in Brussels.
"We should be q lite wrong in
thinking that the Negro race is in
evitably an inferior race. In the
United States where Colored men
take rart in the life of the nation
and where they have benefitted from
civilization, they have risen almost
to the level of tho whites and their
efforti In the intellectual domain
have been quite rcmarkahle. '
"The figures that we have before
us are very significant Thus, ac
cording to the latest statistics the
.percentage of illiterates among the
Nesroes of the United Slates, which
in 1863 was 90 per cent. Is today not
more than 20 per cent The public
schools count two million little Ne
groes, and the colleges and high
srhool are attended by one hundred
thousand Colorcu of both sexes.
"In 1SG7 there were only 699
Colored masters; today there ar3
more than forty thousand. A fact
that shows the Intellectual awaken
ing of the black race in the United
States Is the amouit of contributions
j raised in 1919 for the construction
of nine hundred schools for blacks;
,from the State filiO.OOO; donations
:from white people $90,000; dona
tions from Colored people $544,000,
jand $324,000 from a special sourco
: created by the Jew Julius Rosenwald
oi unica.o
"This very extraordinary . ase in
the intellectual field Is much the fcame
In the economic domain. At the time
of the abolition of slavciy the Col
ored man possessed neither land nor
property. Today 900,000 firms are ex
ploited by blacks. Besides this, the
census of 1910 showed more than
5,200,00 blacks employed in lucrative
busines. and 36 insurance compt-Mes
and 72 banks have been fouuded by
blacks whose total fortune in the'
United States is valued at five mil
lion francs. , . "
"We must take care not to estab
lish a parallel with certain European
nations, in particular with Russia.
Wc must be conten to observe, and
to remember that the Nero is nof.
an inferior brother, as some people
r".etond tnd that as soon as he has
learned our civilization he will soon
rise. to our Intellectual level?'. "'
New Qa leans Item.