The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-12-08
~, rIb11ss: VA DECEMBER

tnat the safety, honor and welfare o. the
commonwealth demand that the negro
silA-A De renewed OF the responsibility or
us snare IN representative COVE. .ment
except In individual Cases, wn.re he snall
come up to the necessary standard set
for the exercise of that privilege.
1t, therefore, follows that there are two
classes, governing class and another
which might be described as the wards
of-not the nation in this case. bur the
State
My contention is. not that the negro
shall not be educated. 1 am thankful,
for every welI-Girecsed effort for that
purpose, such as those at AuslleSee and
Lawrenceville in this State.
My claim is chat it is the duty or the
white people to give their own children
sufficient opportunity for education first.
After that duty mas been performed.
| let us see If we cannot provide for the
! negro something better tnan that which
| for thirty years has most so much and
| benefited so little.
l am utterly Cisgusted with the cry OF
negro education" while the wI.tc cni.d-
rem are neglected. AS to your editorial
| In regard to the expenditu.e of school
money, l think it scarcely neecs an an
swer.
|
one as to the policy OF the State. ana
| not the action OF one county.
| BY your own figures the State pays in
| this county, ,or negro education, SieSl.6,;
| for the white, s.. l52.5o; nearly twice as
| much for the negroes as for the whites.
| You say that the loca. taxation Il
| education is a4,T59.39, OF whicn you sup
| pose" tho negroes pay VT, or q little
| over one-hfth, while the schooi-aSe CEN
sus shows SAT negroes and 1855 whites.
| AS there is probably Il comparative pro-
! portion OF taxpayers, the ratio OF school
tax paid by negroes and whites would be
interesting.
| l labor under tho disadvantage OF not
having the figures accessible, but. IL 1
F! might claim your privilege tf taxing
| things for granted, [ woulG Judge the
| school-age census would indicate three
negro Taxpayers to one white, Which
would show each negro to pay one-fit-
tenth of each white.
The distribution Of school :uads shows,
either a misapplcatoh or funds, tor
| which you might request the proper az
thorities to give an explanation; or else
that the distribution is basea on actual
attendance, in which case the See-te should
base its appropriation on attendance ana
not on a scnool-age census. as a conlparl-
son of the two would SOW that only
norton OF the negro children attend the
public school,
This letter is already too long, but al
low me to remind you that it is the pro
vince of a newspaper to furnish informa-
ton based on facts and not Geoate on
the expression of personal sentiment
You will, therefore, please publish the
| following:
:rhe whole amount OF school-tax paid
in the State; the whole amount PAID by
white tax-payers; the whole amount PAID
| nv negro taxpayers; the whole amount
| paid out for waite schools in the H-.,te'
the whole amount paio out tor negro
schools in tne State; the school-age CEN
sus of the State; the number OF Wihte
children In that census, the NUMBER OF
negro children in that census ti!e report
| of Observation-Disclosures for the last year !,
the number of white children in attend
ance. the number of negro children in at
tendance.
When these figures are correctly given
and it is found that 1 have been IN error
in regard TO the distribution OF the tax.
| T will be ready to acknowledge the same.
BLACKSTONE va, November 22nd.
The following figures II reply to Mr.
r<nvl,s request, are furnished US from
the Department of Educatlon:
/. whole amount Of State school-tax
assessed: . -.
White ....... ............ sl2pU5 "a
CoIored ....-......... .....-.....' ia0''o. %
whole amount Cincluding State. city,
county anG district schooi-fundsl paid ou'
for support of -. -,
White schools ..-......-.. i'o'''-oo "
,,a,aras schoo,e 43D,UUU "
Total ........ ............ 1,9Ss.Z5S "
2. School age 81 years. ChlloIet
enumerated census 1900:
,trhita . l5,6oS i
Colored ............. ........''''
otal ,....--...... ......-..'.. e'A''-' "
4. School attendance for 1860:
wh;+a ..... 1926 "
f,Iaos 655i9 VI
,ro+s1 ..... z164ot VI
Enrolment: =,
White ..............' ..'''''''''' II,, =.
Colored .............. ......'''.''
Total ...........- ....-.'..... o'N'o'' w
Local revenue from cities "oo'nt %
Local revenue from counties - -o-So. q
Local revenue from districts -'i''.4 -
Real estate owned:
PI- negroes ..... .-...-..-... L1'Uoo'Soo W
The Jamee.own Celebration.
| Editor oc The Times: