The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-08-30
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labor Is a Curse

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! q, August 25. Ex-senator
~. written letter to Colo
\ nan Of Greenwood, expressing
Y \. recent acts Of lawlessness
.,,,v He attacks the posi-
....tor Tillman and others who
j. action Of the whites. SEN
,,vors deportation of negroes
4. .oIution OF the race problem;
!, ne state prohibiting emf
4. rorklng within it's borders,
N. II South Carolina, he con-
Aonus OF SO much per head
IA to get the negroes out OF
s.pator Butler is very earnest.
!, spologlst for lawlessness at
a K sny class of people. and offer
!. ar II in Greenwood or any ouler
! " IN order to check 1t we must
,,u,es that produce lawlessness
!, a effective remedy. Public
Nd denunciation will rot cure
n. You may plaster over a sore
,,n,p body and conceal II for a
], i, the disease is in the blood
.r,k gu. somewhere else. a good
ri strike at the root of the dis
/. .rsdicate 1t there. while lie APP
|.a,,lyes on the surface.
~ ,.sss can not live together in
4, i,,uls Of equal civil and POLITICAL
M Ne sooner we realize that the
n WI be for both races. The grad
wymsnen, separation of the races
IN solution O. the terrible prob
sNtteruess between them is grow
\ intense every day and will con-
Increase in intensity as time
unless some practical remedy Is
Otherwise the day of painful ret
i, inevitable. and a train of ca
= "a IN store for US too distressing
mate. The fate of the negro is
\ pIlisble, as things now are. The
X slsboring white is worse so, as
! 3 umpete with negro inoor.
EDFAlS TILLMAN A LICK.
|bwry easy for Tillman AMI Others
kaute the lawlessness of the poor
mn, the one gallus, wooi-hat
/ he poor fatmer boys Let Mr..
Y md those who join him as the
ID o. the negro and present de-
km o. the poor white man, pvt
his Ii his place, and walk between
Nv handles, shove the plane or
(ih hammer from sun up to sun
ID competition with iegro labor,
NJ u from 50 to S. per month, II
4 neal and three pounds of bacon
u Some OF these patriots now
\ o. the 'one-gallus, WOO! -aat
Iut and have been Cor years living
fnliries. enjoying the cream Of the
II he grace CT the 'ons .gaiius,
y tavd.' Having reached The top,
y kick down the ladder on which
'lks tc wealth and power. Such
tletversion to the ways OF law ana
iisone tired. f--.@
6kii, have no excuse to offer for
I1plne or any other form Of out
sls. come times Justification, If
AHs, nay be dug up from the
! y poverty end the hard lines to
cheap negro labor have plunged
Suthy, poor white men.
Etyarment of the United States
r. appropriate a hundred millions
1s AID duplicate as often as may
6saaly, to assist the negroes in
~ colony to themselves, or, what
y almost as effective. assist them
w 70 the North and Northwest.
P'aDmsnt did this for the Indians
'ls' could not live in peace with
'Ie nelslbors. Why not ATOP: the
Rasy ior the other colored rae?
wy l'lenable law on our s.a,ate
4srs 1t a penal offense fcc IN
Y 'sent to induce negroes to
Y sate ought to be repealed. ana
y ought to pay a bonus of so
aeaa for every negro who can he
y Cheap labor is the curse OF
.aiy' II may enrich a few, but
1 s.s OF the citizenship can not
I. Nv state OF semi-peonage of
Y Of wages.
/. anhlFTY WHITE LABORERS.
'saooVners would be better off if
hecr would get out and make
n y Intelligent, thrifty class of
wssls weo would intelligently
Il as'lcllture. improve the lands
4, plenty and prosperity where
u aao degradation now hold
N poiary inconvenience might re-
N lsslo should go away. but the
Y. N o. the South would meet the
~ y au1 solve 1t with courage and
y ,, me terrors which bcset the
N, lslf families would give place
~, sa,,s q security and composure.
a ss,. adjust itself on lines OF
~ salshtened progress. AS it is.
N. ~ leaving the farms. seeking
NJ wnere they avoid competition
M Ia aoor, Whenever -ney find
N ,a euls, heads of families are
< ~s XII. and villages for better
/, ,,o, tnelr families, leaving the
MI INV rninous tenant system.
'ue had and domorali1es the
,s %,es young men to look the sit.
\ p,s..a y the face. Those Of Us
I, s,tn va tae meridian OF life can
\ ~ OF things live to sec the
IA. ~ myself, ! shall po,,,; cut
n H., appears to me. ani con-
,s ~ ! can to the solution cf
N II on lines Of humanity
ps,,ioa. ae discussion thAre is TO