The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-03-04
NV Are the Dominant
Rack, and There Is
No Color Line.
surIlEss AND INsoLENT.


r-.tfcd States authority now NOUS
rhe physIcal features OF the three
msy ,eser,hic one another closely. Gu
~ conditions arc not unlike ana ,he
.ssr,nsl products OF one OF the otner
,'.ssdency are in common as REGARDS
80 cofiee, fruit and other branches OF
,,culcal agriculture IN ysn'tloa .ne
80 element Of the popu'auoh' no"ese''
! ~ African negro.
~ ,.sonie OF jamaica. when slavery
~ .toiIshed some seventy ycars ago.
~ rv.cfically in the same conditions
VA. fc~enAd for the Cubans when Span
Va sosssrion ceased 10 exist In their
$3.50 srhe ruin TO Industrial enterprise
r'.sSnrsd by the sudden freeing OF the
1900 Z, jamaica was very nearly as
rs = xNat caused by the weary years
Y PRECAUTIONARY warfare between 1895 and
- rredlt was exhausted, and many
: ~ Plantations abandoned for want of
800 - nav the laborcrs In the fields
~ rurchase the machinery required for
~ ~ N the estates. In the case OF
m.s1ca there was no question of the
ssNNty Of the government, and little
ksr of uolltical unrest among the inhab-
ssrts 10 throw obstacles In the way OF
resdy revival OF Industrial prosperity.
h cuba many people are inclined 10 be-
~ sro1n tho control of the restraint of
X. IInitsd States, will entail an unstable
sSministration, constant political disturb
sress ana other conditions. tending to
rrrate lack OF confidence in the future,
"a consequently strong deterrent to
IL advent OF prosperous commercial
sfustIop. In these circumstances
jamnIca was, therefore. more favored In
~ slrurgie Against the prostration fol-
ewing the abolition of slavery than Cuba
,cday h her efforts to revive her indus
nj lifa, II the government Of the island
b delivsred TO the Cubans.
Increase Of Blacks.
hone respect jamaica has been more at
dlndvuntaga than the Spanish West In
dan islanAn. The Spanish coionists hnd
lheir descendants are enabled TO withstand
th< 01kcts Of climate In more satisfactory
mAz4r than people Of the Anglo-saxon
Moo& and. moreover, constant influx of
MaRkds has hitherto come from Europe
% stfensthsn the hands Of the white sec
nu VI the population in both Cuba and
Puerto Rico. but more especially to the
sxnG island. These immigrants were
tsvR from all classes of society, and did
not merely constitute tho property-owners,
empcysn OF labor. or those holding SUI
pereg places ~ overseers and clerks AZ
M ihs case in the British colony. In
lan1lea the result Of tho white frnrnigra-
ton Wing confined to the middle class In
We \ that there IN no leavening of The
bssf sections of the population by a dis
houticn of Europeans among the mass Of
he peopse. A cessation of Spanish immi-
G1ttM into Cuba must eventually produce
anfAs conditions. for Il IN unlikely that
Ne Anglo-Baxon element In the United
states win show any greater prediction
Tor manual labor IN a tropical climate
han did the British In the case of ia
macs
When the slaves became free the white
popAtion OF jamaica comprised about
49, inhahitants. while the black and half
Msea section numbered approximately ?o0-
~ Al the present time the whites do rot
ucNd ixue, and the people OF oil grades
y color have Increased TO 6500oo I'm round
nuneers OF the latter probably $4,000 are
mAattos. Climatic influence has undonbt-
eaF heen most prominent factor In bring
~ about this altered proportion Of he
ACES From time to time efforts have
wsn made TO check the diminution OF the
nafopssn element Of the population by in
sassmenas for immigration. but practically
:" s'ch attempts have proved abortive.
oesered Man Prcdomiuates.
- TIE negroes steadily augmented In
.sMnefs 80 the administration OF the col
sAs 80 utiftsd into iegislating for their
rather than showing any preference
'. y ~ small minority OF the white set
- sa'a THIS tendency has slowly be-
VINE mere marked. untli today the COLI
WV nan Is clearly the predominant part
u thc situation This condition Is,
Y spafss 10 be regarded as only the nat
49, outcome Of eireumis ancos- possibly
$50 'ar regrpt. but an undeniahle fact
wv sAh only be unreservedly accepted.
-, as matters are tending at pres
~ ,aste Is every Indication To show
80 = the Immediate future the white
~. 70 Jamaica will become sttii FUR
srs,a. es'slr,ed as regards numbers and
k~sssss' Whtio the negro population wilt
Essns practically the only factor receiv.
nr,s ssssuefatlQn In 50 far as the policy
w gosernmsnt Is concerned.
:, 'ssse y no coior line among the neanle
!, ssa In The hotels and restaurants
49, esuss whites and blacks are re-
s ~. without distinction ON the street
ae,,.t =. wAcn travelling on the railroads
sas.,. aauient IL accorded to all pass
800 w the eyes Of the law the white
.,s., saa We negro are equal. and this
,s',-s.1s ristdly enforced by the au.
~. rather in favor az the negro
~. 9.neiwise where any Doubt exlstx
~ 90 sntsg0nistie feeling hat we.n
nss,s' Sa saarcpean community and the
Sea- for the mulatto section Of tho
uss~ IVA me futi-hIoodcd African at
~ Sa.ss uncencealra contempt. and
,s..s = We haif~hreeds would h., amy.
NO., IVY Pleasant were Il not FOR the
h.,lsa ~ the authority OF tho aduainis-
ssns Y restrain this feeling ana pre.
Astss. ee'ns demonstrated by violent
hs at,...,
nan suenttoA and care aevatea far
rs ,as 's past by the British a,,thari-
"a, ~. 49, me improvement Of the gen,
ut .,sasuen OF the jamaica n.wro has
4 sue,,ssau IN AL directions that measure
A<n sxss. which might reasonably hay.
gaxs ~ 1900 m the circumstances. rhe
Mss NhtAauon these eolored nponle
aNp p.saea Is little more than skln
q mi. aeauon has failed permanently,
Asa 80 their power Of underxtanaIrs y,
ss,n'r,e Toy succeeded in making thcrr
sasat ~ ~ any great extont OF tho
'ae.r laho, NJ Tree agents TO dispose OF
Aazs i N ~ we best advantage. Ind.,-
Tao ii ~ Aeynote q the whole sitna-
's'@ha AZ the present time.
n. ''es Not Have To Work.
~ negro does not reau,o ,ha, ,Asr.
= sOrc. under the existing conditions
70 work, and as q conse-