The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-12-24

Nthout the preceding explanation some OF the
figures especially those relating to the smaller
cities Of the South. would be absurdly incon-
gruous For instance the negro population OF
Norfolk. as above stated. apparently exceeds
The'nggregate population of the town by some
1000 The flrs, column includes all the negroes
In Norfolk county, whereas total population
that nearly the total population of Memphis was
negr" rs well as that 81 Charleston, Mobile, Lii.
Tie Rock, &c In the casc Of Mcmnhis Of course
the entire negro population OF Shelby county
is included: ~ is the negro population Of Pulaski
county included in Little Rock. and So on. ST
New York 81 S"w Work r"nn ~ Brc SEIS s'sS'
Kings, Boston Of Suffolk. New orleans Of Orleans,
Cincinnati OF Hamilton &c Bn,; as before re.
reside outside tho city limits Washington in.
cludcs the District Of Columbia bur the city now
pretty much reaches To its borders In every d.
rcction. and beyond them on the north.
by this prescntmen, the reader is enabled 10
gate. II will bc observed that few negroes settle
in the FAR Northern cities: their climate is deter
rent Nov have very many found thei, wey to
the distant Pacific Coast most probably from
in ~" large city Of San Francisco is surprising
population tables 81 the cities and towns lie.
through the border States the centre Of the coun.
Kansas. Memphis, with only onrquartcr N"
total Formulation. has nearly as many ncgrrc.
as New Orleans Norfolk with only hall the ror,y
Rock has three times aS many negroes as Ger
weston, with no great difference in their aErre.
gate, POPULATION OF course. The prororton
~ blacks IN whites In the Cotton States cities 10
generally greater than elsewhere, hut In very
few Of them dos The proportion on exceed that in
from the foregoing tnhlc it appears 10 be from
the Gulf States toward the middl" belt
the causes which draw the negroes to Washing.
ton. The fact, doubtless. that it is the .copitsl
laws and regulations for their rrotrction. hs.
something 10 do with it The chic, influence.
arc that while the climate is ,conCcnial both mon
snd women find ready and easy employment
here at better wages than elsewhere. They nl
ready enjoy here every right granted 10 thcir
To- he projected in their lives and propcrty al
though they have no political status in the Dis.
,S Sc and liza cannot mot GEo, nu, hs ch.t point win
mcnt, more cons Iteration. probably than is shown
them IN any other quarter ~ the country ~"
the world, and they are making more rapid rroi-.
rcss. perhaps in education and general advanc.
Srcci'l causes Of . different nature orc-,..
elGwhcrr To attract them 10 particular cities
=, The negro population q the Tennessee cri
instance, compare st Louis md Louisville Tn.
latter city, with only one third the population ~
greater. We, both cities nrr in former slavr St,trs
nre almost in the same latitude end are both river
fro with least imwdimcnt The small COM.
para'iyr negro population of New York and Brook.
'yT S p % s IN ,Gs %TTTsNG i also sgrnE
more negroes than Greater New York pcs
the attitude Of the white poul'"'on 81 these cities
toward the negro have anything 10 do with thc--
figures look AT Knnsas Topeka's porIla,i7n
Is 20 yer cent negro: so is that Of both k,rsas
city, Kan, and l.cavcnworth Iraycrwur'h
with only 10 78S people all told has 4 4G6 Negroes
whereas the city Of ST Joscph in the Missouri
side Of the river, nearby with n population COW
sdcrahly more than double that OF ieavrnworh
returns only 1914 negroes ST Joseph had been
: Iaycholding city, whereas Ieavenworth was
in a free State
The black POPULATION Of Washington in lSsO
was $1,000: the incrcaSe in the last decade there
fore, was 1919 The increase between 1870 md
1880 wns 10 1902. almost precisely the same hut
The proportion nf the increase between whites and
blacks fell of very considerably on the pqr q
tho blacks between 1880 and 1900 What the
forthcoming census will show liz uncertain hut
do not agrece with those who argue th the black
population has increased here in the present de-
cndr more rapidly than the white II il more
probable that the black percentage Of ncrr",-
will fall Of more markedly than in the preceding
decade. II is unlikely Tint the hlar'i porulati
OF Washington will exceed 10000 in 1900
whereas II il probable the total POPULATION vii
u" above 100000 But no city in The Union -
gaining ~ fast IN negro population ~ WHshrE
Ton whatever the relative percentage may 10
between The Two races next year
Whether this heavy Nero population ~ rs
national capital IN ndyanta gc0us or othrrvl.r
either locally or nationally, leave "a the conslr'.
alton Of deeper philosophers than myself loon.
tent myself with stating n few fncis II is gov
ing into question Of interest II not mpnfnuC'.
J. Penny.