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THE PHOENIX TRIBUNE
Arizona’s Greatest Weekly
Phoenix, Arizona
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THE COLORED MAN’S BURDEN
The interview which follows recently appeared in the New York World]
It is an upstanding contention for the fundamental rights of the Negro peo
ple. Doctor Scott makes it clear just what the Negro is expecting to come out
of present efforts to establish triumphant democracy' throughout the world.
His appeal for fair play is of a character entitling his views to widespread
publicity and approval:
By Paul Hanna, in the New York World.
"An apology from the Colored people would not solve nor simplify this
problem, even if I were authorized to make it. And I am not so authorized.
We make no claim to perfection; we confess our share of responsibility. But
the Negro masses have made it plain to their leaders that no discussion of
the present-day race conflicts in America will have their approval which as
sumes that the blacks are more to blame than the whites.”
Not the voice of Booker T. Washington hut much of his spirit is heard in
that utterance. Emmett J. Scott was private secretary to the great chief at
Tuskegee Institute for eighteen years, and spent a total of twenty-two years
at the centre of Afro-American culture. During the war with Germany, Dr.
Scott served as a special assistant to the Secretary of War, a post which he
resigned June 30 of this year to become secretary-treasurer of Howard Uni
versity. Germany was beaten, peace had returned.
Two weeks later battles were raging in the streets of Washington. No
one denies that white mobs began the new civil war. And no one denies that
the blacks retaliated. The shadows of the White House and of Howard
versity, miles apart, became centers of conflict. The police department ab
dicated. Grinning citizens went out to see the fun and were brought home
with the more innocent dead. Federal troops finally recaptured Washington
from the enemy, who retreated westward over the Alleghenies and fell upon
Chicago. It was then that I found Dr. Scott in his office at the university and
asked him if he thought the white and Colored people of the United States
were civilized enough to live together without making their common flag the
symbol of chronic massacres.
“If our ideals and professions arc not moonshine and hypocrisy, then a
peaceable solution will certainly be found,” Dr. Scott began. “I confess there
is much in the record to discourage optimism. During 1917 and 1918 the
Colored people of America gave a demonstration of patriotic loyalty, efficiency
and courage unexcelled by any other element of our population. Democracy
was at stake, yet during those critical years 100 Colored men and women were
lynched in the United States, more than ever before during a like period.
That was discouraging.”
Then Dr. Scott smiled at a happy recollection.
“In the great victory parade in Atlanta an old Colored man was perhaps
the proudest marcher in line. He bore aloft a banner attesting that eleven of
his sous were serving in the army of the United States. It must have been a
hard blow for him to learn that he had been topped by another old man of his
race from Louisiana, who gave thirteen boys to the fighting forces. But this
must hurt him still more."
Dr. Scott held up a Georgia newspaper. It contained the story of two
young Colored women who, being pursued by two delirious white youths,
sought shelter behind the locked doors of a neighbor's home. The white men
beat on the door to break it down. An old Negro came out armed with a gun,
and ordered the assailants away. The white men attacked him. The old de
fender of womanhood shot one of the men. A white mob sent the Colored
man to a horrible death by lynching.
“But even through this dark scene in American life, some pure hopeful
life shines," Dr. Scotl resumed. "That terrible episode shocked the South.
Listen to iho Atlanta Constitution, which, in concluding a long editorial de
nunciation of the offenders, says: 'This monstrous affair does not concern
Telfair county nor Georgia alone but the American republic as a whole; and
wc might as well look the future squarely in (lie face and be prepared to ac
ct pt federal jurisdiction in crimes of this kind if our own state has not the
courage to meet the situation and apply the remedy.’”
That editorial was printed on July 25, when Chicago was entering her
separate argument for federal regulation of lace wars.
"1 was born in the South. 1 have labored there. The masses of the Negro
people live there. For many years to come'this will be true, and that section/
should take the lead in establishing definitely friendly relations between the
races. The time has come when there is more than a sentimental motive fof|
doing so. The new motive is economic, and it applies to every part of the
country where workmen arc scarce and the worth of the black man as a
laborer has been demonstrated. Every American com muni ty must soon real
ize that it cannot permit lawless groups to prosecute the Negro if it wishes tq
enjoy the benefit of his economic contribution.
“On the 1918 basis of 1,000,000 immigrants a year, the United States is
now suffering from a deficit of at least 4,000,000 workers. And there will be a
continuing deficit, for while there is no immigration many foreign residents
of the country arc returning to Europe. The Colored man has profited from
this, and of course he knows it. He would indeed be the mental inferior ot
other Americans if he did not. Ido not believe he plans to take an unjust or
improper advantage of the circumstance, but it certainly does not weaken his
claim to ordinary justice, which is all he asks of bis tellowraen.
“There is an interesting economic background to the Washington riots,”
Dr Scott continued. “During 1917 and 1918 the government needed many
thousands of additional employees, as you know. Yet in many departments
prejudice against the Colored people remained strong and effective enough
to bar them from the public service. This produced a curious and unexpected
result; it acted rather like a boomerang. Private employers in the District
of Columbia lost their white workers to the government in very large num
bers. The high average salary of white men who went to the government re
mained at SI2OO or SI4OO a year. But the skilled Colored mechanic
prejudice excluded from the public service found himself earning $5 to $8 a
day. By a twist of events, he bad become a menace because employers pay
him more than they used to." Dr. Scott smiled again. "I have some old fel
low's working around the university grounds here who collect $3.50 a day
from us. They received about $1.36 under (he pre-war wage standard. 1 can’t
abuse them and get a mob to chase tbeni to make tbem work for less, but I
fear that expedient is sometimes resorted to elsew here in the economic strug
gle. It is one kind of human nature; to strike at your most exposed competi
tor, and the Colored man is frequently the easiest target.
“But such tactics, if permitted to coutinue, simply undermine our democ
racy and cannot possibly bring a solution of the problem. Thoughtful teach
ers, students and employers are coming to see this quite clearly, bide by
side with the disgrace of lynching there is growing up in the South a deter
mination among the better elements of both races to stop this evil before it
engulfs the whole nation. So we have here au open letter to white college
men of the South signed by members of the faeultics of eleven different state
universities in flic South in which a fine tribute is paid to the Negro, and all
■re reminded that ’no people is stirred to higher/kings when habitually re-
THE PHOENIX TRIBUNE—ALWAYS IMPROVING
ferred to in disparaging or contemptuous terms. Ordinary human beings live
up to or down to the role assigned them by their neighbors.’
"Beside that fine letter may be placed the ringing denunciation by Gov
ernor Bickett of North Carolina of the current effort to revive the Ku Klux
Klan, in which he asserts: ’Just now all of us need to be considerate and
kind and trustful in our dealings wdth the Negro; the best and the wisest men
in both races are.’ On the encouraging side also there is the example of such
Southern employers as the Tennessee Coal and Iron Company, which prizes
its Colored workers so highly that it is catering on a large scale to the black
man’s strongest desires by providing fine facilities for the education of his
children, and other agencies for his welfare.
"No, I am not despondent over the outlook. The situation is serious but
not desperate. All healthy sentiment in favor of fair play is growing up on
many sides. Wise and courageous leaders of both races are now contending
that the first and biggest'task of democracy is to keep her own house in order.
It is vain to talk ideals unless we practice justice. And in the final triumph
of justice 1 never lose faith.”
Dr. Scott stood silent by the window for a moment, then turned with hi 4
face full in the morning light, and summed up his hope and convictions.
“To all your questions there is a cheerful answer. If there is a crisis in
the race problem it is because the Nation has ignored, neglected and pushed
the problem aside. To solve it we must face it—and who shall say we are
afraid to face it?
"Too often the whole question is complicated, and well meaning "efforts
negatived by many persons North and South, who conjure up the spectre iT
“social equality,” a term which, as often used, is a misnomer. Every self
respecting Colored man and woman concedes the right of every other indi
vidual to decide whom his associates and companions shall be. Nor is the
Negro—and I think I am rather well acquainted with the main hopes and as l
pirations of my race —desirous of imposing himself upon any one, or any pure
ly social group in which he is not welcomed. But that has nothing to do with
the civic rights and privileges to which every decent man is entitled. Cer
tainly it has no place in the minds of those nearly 200,000 black soldiers who’
have returned from France, where in the eyes of native men and women they
were not regarded as pariahs but simply as good fighting men who knew how
to do the job they were sent to do.
"Nor do our people dream of using force lo overcome those who spitefully
treat them, save within the bounds of strict and instinctive self-defense. What
the Negro wants with all his heart, and what America will proudly concede
him, I do believe, can be stated very easily.
“In substitution for lynchings, he wants justice in the courts; he wants
the privilege of serving on juries; the light to vote; the rght to hold office,
like other citizens. He wants better educational facilities ;abolition of the
’Jim Crow’ car and of discrimination and segregation in the government serv
ice; the same military training and chance for promotion in the army that
white men enjoy, destruction of the peonage system, an equal wage, better
housing, better sanitary conditions and reforms in Southern penal institutions.
“That is (he Negro problem. Does it impose too much upon the greatest
democracy in the world? I cannot believe that it does.”
WANTED—NEWSPAPER WORKER^
(By Associated Negro Press)
CHICAGO, Oct. 1. —The subject of
this appeal has been very carefully
thought out. It would not do to use
the term "journalists,” for that word
ib too professional and is not suffi
ciently inclusive. It would not do lo
use the term “newspaper men,” for
the field is also open to women. The
opportunity is not for a dreamer or a
shirker, but the time is here and
NOW'', and the recruiting stations—
newspaper offices —are open for en
listments of able-bodied, energetic, op
timistic, intelligent NEWSPAPER
WORKERS.
In the field of newspaper and mag
azine work among us, opportunities
were never so glittering and inviting.
The amazing business success o(
scores of our periodicals in the last
five years has lifted the calling from
the realm of uncertainty, hard luck
and labor of love, to a plane of dig
nity, prosperity and fortune. There is
at least one newspaper publisher
whose gross income is more than
$10,090 per week, and there are dozens
whose gross income is far in excess
of SIO,OOO per year, and the field is
getting wider every day.
The newspapers of our group have
at last come unto their own.
No line of business, and certainly
no other of the professions, holds out
a more promising future at this time.
There is not a newspaper publisher
in the country who could not use one
or more additional people ot the right
kind. The RIGHT KIND must be
those who are willing to start at the
bottom, go through all of (he grilling,
grinding experiences, be honest, and
work to the top. The game is more
than worth the candle. There Is ab
solutely no limit lo the possibilities of
success —success is measured only by
the capacity of the individual.
Through the National Negro Dress
Association a plan has boon mapped
out by which those who desire to ac
quaint themselves with the mechani
cal side ot the business, may be ap
prenticed in the National Baptist Pub
lishing House, at Nashville. Dr. R. R.
Wright, editor of the Christian Re
corder, Philadelphia, has expressed a
willingness to take five young people
into his office to learn the profession
al side of the game. “It’s a great
game if you don't weaken.” Any news
paper editor will “take on” any young
man or young woman who has insight
and willingness, and whose “consum
ing fire” is not to sit at the “big desk”
and write “editorials." It is a singular
tact that nine-tenths of the young peo
ple with newspaper ambitions wisji to
begin by writing editorials, and that,
undoubtedly, is the last thing thoy
should think about. It is like a vio
linist who wishes to begin by playing
the classics in music, or a doctor who
desires to perform a major operation
before finishing his medical course, or
an aviator who wishes lo make his
first flight a trip across (he ocean.
There is room at the top, but you must
work up from the bottom.
Circulation in ail •our newspapers,
practically, has jumped from 100 to
300 per cent in the last five years.
During the same period advertising
patronage has jumped from 50 to 200
per cent. It is a known fact that most
of this increase in circulation and ad
vertising lias come to the periodicals
without any one of them, including
the best, having managers at the heads
of these two important departments
equipped in the highest measure of
efficiency, as compared with other
lines of business. What might have
been, or what will be done, when our
men and women have fitted them
selves by careful and the most modern
training for this work, is too startling
to describe.
The Race is' alive to the mighty
needs and power and influence of ca
pably edited newspapers. The people
are buying and reading everything
that’s published, even though in some
cases, as worthy as may be the efforts,
“It’s a shame to take the money.”
Young men, young women, those of
you with high school, business col
lege or university training, who are
now trying to decide on a life work,
get in touch with thj editor, and talk
the subject over with hint. Listen
carefully to his words or advice and
wisdom, and then decide to become a
“newspaper worker.”
“The harvest is ripe, but the reapers
are few.”
o
THIS HAPPENED IN GEORGIA’
(By Associated Negro Press)
Athens, Ga., Oct. I.—Negroes at a
mass meeting near Lexington, Ga. :
have passed resolutions endorsing the
action of whites in lynching Obe Cox.
Negro, accused of attacking and mur
dering the wife of a white farmer. At
the time of the crime the Negro was
under indictment for an attack upon
a Negro woman, lie is said lo have
confessed both crimes.
WILL IT FALL ON DEAF EARS?
(By Associated Negro Press)
Washington, D. U., Oct. 1. —One
hundred thousand Colored citizens
signed a petition to he sent to Presi
dent Wilson asking that clemency be
shown the Colored people who took
part in the recent race rioting in
Washington, according lo an an
nouncement made by Dr. Simon P. W.
Drew, president of the White Cross
Labor Federation Bureau of Amer
ica and pastor of the Cosmopolitan
Baptist Church.
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be responsible for the circulation of j
many S2O bills, boosted from the $2 I
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terday, where two Negroes were j
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round “naughts” from white paper
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