Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1899-08-04
!. AUGUST FRIDAY 4.
RACE ECHOES.
THE NEGRO'S PROGRESS

Negro. He has fulfilled every
condition OF civilization. He is
fervent, long suffering forgiving
Christian. He is everybody's
\ friend. Every man is welcome
to his humble cabin and to the
best he has in it. he is non>
stricken, ajolly, docile laborer, a
loyal, industrious citizen. and a
brave soldier. He has added
much to the material, moral and
intellectual South since the war,
! as the following epitome Of facts
shows: ~ ..s
He has reduced his illiteracy IS
per cent in thirty-tive years. Neg
70 children in the common schools
numbers 100000; Negro stud
enst In higher institutions 10000
Negro teachers, 30, 900; Negro stu
dents learning trades, 10000; Ne
gro students pursuing scientific
course, 1900; Negro students pur
suing business courses, 1000; Me-
gro graduates, 1900, There are
100000 volumes in Negro libra"
81 o..
ries; l56 Negro|higher institutions;
500 Negro doctors; 300 books wri-
ten by Negroes; $50 Negro law
yers; three Negro banks; three
Negro magazines, and 400 Negro
newspapers. The value of Negro
Libraries is 100000: Of Negro
school property Sl2,o0o,0O0; of
Negro church property S37, O00,>
GOO; value of1SO, 900 farms, $780,
600, 900; Of $50, 900 Negro homes,
besides farms, 1926, 900, 900, and
Of Negro personal property. 1885,
900, Since the war the Ne.
gro has raised for his own educa-
$4,000, 900.
The friends Of the Negro should
not be ashamed Of this record; and
if he has any enemies they surely
a y !. / [ a r Il 4,
must admire the battle which he
fought and won for himself and
for the South. If we turn on the
light of the eleventh census we
find that.
Negroes are more eager for
EDUCATION than whites. The whites
enrolled Il per cent of their popu.
lation in 1870 and only % per cent
in 1890; the Negroes 3 per cent in
1870 and 10 per cent in 1890.
2-TLe whites have 8 criminals
to every 10. COO Of their population;
the Negroes 80 to every 10, 600.
But the whites have 100 to ] in
educational advantages, have the
entire machinery Of the courts in
their hands, and 100 chances to l
to evade the law and to escape
punishment.
Whites and Negroes each
have Spaupers to 1000 population,
while the whites are 81 to l in
wealth and 100 to l in good pay
ing positions.
Negroes die twice as fast as
the whites, but the whites have
greater comforts and many advan.
tages as regards skilled medical
attention.
5-The whites have 81 Of l per
cent divorces. Negroes CT Of l
per cent. The whites have more
than two thousand years advan-
tage III civilization.
6 = Ii the whole country there
are % Negroes to Is whites who
own their homes; tie proportion
should be one Negro to six whites.
/.
7-Of the Negro homes 81 per
cent are trceholds; of the white
homes, but II per cent.
S-Of farms owned by Negroes.
SO per cent are unincumbered; of
those owned BY whites, but II per
cent.
9-Forty-one per cent of Ne
groes are engaged in gainful pur>
suits; while only 36 per cent Of
whites are thus engaged.
10 Government reports show
that the Negrois the best soldier
in the regular army.
@ SIOUX CITY ITEMS.
The ladies Of the sewing circle gave
picnic at the home Of Mrs. A.
Ross on last Thursday evening.
Mrs. Fred Baker of Yankton is visiting
her brother Mr. Thos. Sturgs. Mrs.