The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-11-12
A GLIMPSE OF THE FUTURE.
THE NEGRO IN THE WEST
There Arc Forty.ave Thousand Coiored Meu
Ia Chicago Alone.

CHICAGO Nov. 1.-THE oxtentto which Afro
| Americans have settled In the Western and
Northwestern States during the past i've years
| Ia one OF tho most significant facts connected
| with Americas most perpleNing race problem.
II has heen stated time and again rs tru-
ism that these people arc constitutlonally in
capable OF standing the rlcors OF cold climate.
| and that pulmonary complaints nmong them
in such climate work such havoc -ant SUR
| yiyors are frightened into fastening back TO
warmer ATTITUDES. Experience in the West
| does not bear out such conclusions. 90 far as
| lettering others from coming and frightsaing
| away those already here arc concerned. when
thcy get here they remain here. adjusting
| them selves to the climate or succnu3ing to
| it's rigors.
For some reason or another there has been
| in recent years u steady emigration OF Afro
| Americans from the South and East to the
| West and Northwest. and especially from the
| Southern States. Indeed. the emigration from
| those States, while not large enough to attract
| special attention and cause alarm among en-
| ployers OF labor. is as steady and continuous
| as clockwork. and the tendency is steadily
| growing more pronounced every year. There
| mark bic rush made by Afro Americans. upon
| the several occasions when Government lands
| in Oklahoma and the Indian Territory have
been thrown open for settlement during the
past few years, upset the reasoning OF those
who maintain that these people are not colo
| niaers. that they are always satisfied with pre-.
vailing conditions. and that they are opposed
| TO change OF any sort.
| For instance. here in Cook county, there are
| upward OF $4,000 Afro Americans. 80 per
| cont OF whom have come from the Southern
States in the past decade. They have among
| them somo twenty-five lawyers. twelve doc
tors. four newspapers. and preachers enough
| to save them all from the wrath to come"
Chicago Thoy are important factors in tho life
INV ~" wor hv those who nre most earnest for
my WY pS ,n1se WHY aho Wiz ~i,r For
| nve miles Of State and Dearborn streets and
Armour avenue (Which parallel each otherI
hlHioui aNehue l"hioii p"i"iioi eae' o'iioi'
they reside almost to the exclusion OF other
races. which do not however. hesitate to frat
ernize with them. Large numbers OF 'hem
also reside on Harrison and La Sale streets.
t,,n -, tho oit,, Ia which thoy do not resd, ond
ton o, the Guy IN Wnsh .neS no no,
some me- Of them old residents. have become very
rich because of the phenomenal advance in
the price of real estate during the past dec.
ade. ono OF them recently disposed OF de.
sirable site for $4,000. for which he paid
" Nv pIm.rd iI W Worris nro y, tho o,, suo
ai LaMnru IL, n1f hs Que Vi t., inc e ,osS ssu
draws his clentsfrom all the races of Chicago's
i,,J ra,,,,iot,on In tha oo,,rso -, n oonror-
atlou pith a On tha ~" svr"t ~ INA Atro
American in the West" he said:
"Tha Afro.huorioa, nonnintio, n, rh,-
cago is on the increase. During the past
ten wears the increase has been very great.
Tan ', vaars ano # did not sxcaod ~ 600 az
len years ago IL ulu NOT eAceea lo.ooo. 30
that tho increase has been from LOCO to 1.2OO
7 10 fhat ba
;noroosa ~ tho ,ost ya,r w,o ,,u.ad nv ~.
ineioase Vi .,e pas' your was oauseu w tho
attractions OF the Fair. great many visited
tho Fair, but they were people Of leisure and
ooev o,roumot,noao who have .lroodr 90
e"'' eiieuihe'ancee' "io nave a'ieauy fe-
turned to their homes. Others. however. took
advantage of the cheap rates and came here
"a rom,in Nost n, tho no,vonn, ors oro vouro
" ieih"in' 'ios. VI inc newcomers are Souhk
people. especially young professional men.