Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1895-01-05
OUR TAXES AND OUR EDUCATION
Al EXPENSES.
The Petersburg, Va, INDEx-AP-
prAr. under date of Dec. goth says:

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Among the educated colored men OF I
he north T. T. Fortune, the editor OF
he New York Age, holds high rank. 10
the Age of the 9th insts IN com1 qlsn. G
mon lynch-lew in Texas, fortune
writes:
serbara ara plenty of tough white men
and touCh black men in Texas IL Is
EOS, a. to which are the tougher, ana l
the conditions would be vastly peoper y ]
the touChs of both sorts were lever; ouo
there are more decent, selL-resp-cOAIs
srd stlf-reliant men OF both races III
T.,~ fban there are toughs- Are We
- srsend All our time and attention ano
svmnathv on the toughs and leave the
honest reople uumentionedf MY neau
a.,5 ,,,1 heart are not built that way
the-v are very evenly balanced forces, ehu
enchle me to denouDce wrong wherever
T Ard ~ and TO commend right wherever
I find it, as light is given me 10 see-
There are tough men OF oosn raccs
in every state in the Union, anu eno
,-;,l 10 doubtless as long as the Worio
,.s4s Rut the tough" element among
| the Southern whites he's never oomlnat-
"a the majority of the whites, but on
the contrary has been kept unoer suDJsc-
49,, That thie is true can be proven py
| -, ,,.-sonnel of the Southern represen-
t t.,t in congress aud by the cnar-
sctey of the men who administer the al
sairs of the several State governments
| our fair-minded contemporary
makes a statement and submits
nroof In support OF the same.
Let us see. Because the per-
sonnet OF the Southern representa-
tson in congress Is satisfactory Is no
evidence that the tough element at
J home is not in the majority. 1t Is
Init a practical demonstration OF the
q 40 oft expressed opinion that intelIi-
Ua,ce viii rule, ard win exercise It's
= mower even though 1t be In the min
i ority. go far as numbers are concern
!, ad When this intelligence is backed
t by money It's rule is douoiy certain
q and reasonably permanent
: When. a community or section
d condopes crime to theextent OF max
,e ing no sincere effort to mete punish
o. ment. It becomes responsible Tor tn'
is crime itself and is share holder" II
the atrocity.
Some communities are more nDer
. al than Others. 1t Is the bushes
element, the wealthy, the capitalist
y who see In the suppression OF Grim
ife the increase of their possessions, an
70 In the multiplication OF it the withel
" Ing of their brightest prospects, an
~ the dlminution OF their incomes.
80 minority OF intelligence can and do'
q lcontrol a Imai GRITTY .of ignorance
nv fair means If it can; by d
centIve means If 1t must. The lNDE
to to APPEAL says;
the There are also slough" negroes, b
sV- they do not count for mucn e&cepI
der the wsv of crime, and the great body
ays the race is quiet, peaceables well conte
lad 70 work for it's daily bread; and 1t
lite moreover. q most important, IN TACT
ior, might be said Indispensable quantity
our Southern agricultural Development
Well. said, sir. No one condem
EN- the tough element of our populate
uly more than we. 1t does the race
calcuIabls harm and should a
,n,r must be SAINT to the rear.
the We will be forward In working
felt form and meteing punishment, a
f irsa are willing to meet halfway hber'
and minded white citizens who have
such themselves to the performance o.
sbIe similar task on their side OF the Il
ired But the INDEX APPEAL does not
e ! al n us full Justice when it says;
TT OF Fortune doubtless is familiar'with
ocai tax statistics OF the south, ana prope
Tern- he knows that in Virginia the wn
men nav more than 90 per cent. of the wi
they amount collected for the support OF
Tern- state government. The exact hg
Vern- under the assessment of 1891, were
con- follows: whites, g 1886, $50; negr
S1O3. 565. The amount expended
the state for educational purpose
70 70 1907, 929 Appropriated IN the rau
sion. school attendance, the white
. to schools get $3.50 564; the negro
schools, $309, 364-or three times
amount of taxes PAID Dy the ne
When TO this sum is added the amO
says naid on account Of the negroes Tor
49,. nal expenses, normal schools
'o,.,e,5 asyIums, the whole foots mp $6OS 8
srnS or six times the sum paid IN by
3 this blacks for the support OF the go'
That ment.
auon The above Is dangerous gro
avs il Inasmuch as the constitution
gov laws of this country are designed
! l con. fIscountenance class Legislation
, ex divisions upon basis OF possess
<. y II 1t is entirely out of the question
- ' such deadly comparl
sword which Is two-0
/, !, - - both ways. 1t Is
ndrsd stro. weapon In the hand
OF his the rich % use against the poor
e orisw the white people who pay the e
high and educate the children y the
apt ito to ored people complain, Why 81
,ly be- the rich people not dovtne
tering thing who educate the childr'
20 Less less poor people?
'bitra- To insist upon this point, Is {
nsd to vocate the abolition OF the P